Crushing Blocks Till You Drop by Jonathan Lorenz

Dig your through all those colored blocks, make combo to get oxygen and energy. Let's see how deep you can go!

You can recharge your energy level (yellow) and oxygen level (red) by crushing a group of 3 or more blocks.
Move : arrow keys Jump : ctrl Dig : space
POSTJAM VERSION AVAILABLE!
Features: - Roguelite elements - Room diversity - Bonus zones - Shops - Missions - Revamped UI - A better overall experience
The postjam version is more like what I originaly had in mind. Feel free to check it out (windows build downloadable from the itch page).

| Jam version (Web) | https://jonathan-lorenz.itch.io/crushing-blocks-till-you-drop-ludum-dare-48 |
| Postjam Version (Windows) | https://jonathan-lorenz.itch.io/crushing-blocks-till-you-drop-ludum-dare-48 |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/48/ld48-1 |
Ratings
| Overall | 1293th | 3.295⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 819th | 3.409⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 1036th | 3.114⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 1094th | 3.5⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 1633th | 2.773⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 440th | 3.69⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 1187th | 2.324⭐ | 19🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 1593th | 2.85⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 22🗳️ | 18🗨️ |
(CTRL for jump is a bad design. Every time I wanted to jump and move right using D, Chrome asked me if I want to bookmark the tab)
The fact that you're trying to mine *downwards* for a lot of the game feels kinda iffy, though, since there aren't as many options to set up groups of blocks as when you're going horizontally.
The physics had some occasional issues - sometimes the blocks would get stuck and not fall into place properly. Unity physics might not be ideal for puzzle-game-style blocks...
It's cool that you made a post-jam version - might check that out later.
@yword Doing Multiple types of blocks to give player more diversity and more challenge was the plan but I didn't managed to do it in time. In the end I chose to do "mini missions" objectives in the post jam version. Works pretty well! Thank you for your comment!
Other than that, good clear tutorial, nice visualization. The shift/ctrl + space combination kind of confuses the fingers, as space is usually the jump button :D
Well done on the post jam version as well!
438.42 meters seems pretty decent, I broke 315 blocks and probably had over 1000 money. Eventually I suffocated even though a huge chain of oxygen was one dig away.... 😟 Oh well, that's what I get for stalling just to get a huge chain of money.