Super Boring by perpetuaReality

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made by perpetuaReality for Ludum Dare 48 (JAM)

The objective is very simple! Just bore as much as you can, as deep as you can! Oh, yeah, I mean "bore" as in "dig". My bad.

Outrun the screen and the DEATHWALL at the top of it by digging as far down as you can!

CONTROLS

  • ARROW KEYS to MOVE and BORE (NO GOING UP).
  • R to RETRY.
  • M to MUTE.
  • ESC to QUIT.

POWER

MOVING and BORING takes up POWER! You can check up on your POWER level on the green bar at the right of the screen! You slowly regenerate POWER over time, but don't get too compacent!

HEAT

BORING generates HEAT. If your HEAT goes CRITICAL, you'll be stopped dead on your tracks until you naturally cool down out of the DANGER zone on your themometer. Bore some CRYOPTASE to cool you down artificially some! Also, take into account the deeper down you go, the more the ambient heat will rise, upping the minimum temperature you'll be able to cool down to. And the deeper you go, the more heat you generate by BORING. Keep this in mind!

KNOW YOUR MATERIALS

There's four standard types of materials: DIRT, ROCK, DURALITE, and ADAMANTINE. DIRT takes one hit to break, and each subsequent type takes one more hit to break than the last. The deeper down you go, the more hard materials you'll find! standard_mat.png Also, there's three special types of materials you can use for special effects: - POWERENIUM Grants you extra energy! power.png - CRYOPTASE: Lowers your heat for 5 seconds! cryo.png - TURBOGLYCERIN: Lowers the amount of hits blocks need to take to be broken by 1, for 5 seconds! turbo.png

COMING SOON

(After Ludum Dare) - Pausing. - Fast-Forward. - On-Screen Controls. - Polish Upgrades. - Multiple Language Support?

Ratings

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Feedback

mamon
27. Apr 2021 · 18:42 UTC
Nice and polished game, grinder moving slowly from top to buttom creates huuuuge downtimes and you really... kind of... getting bored :D so, this was a goal I suppose?
🎤 perpetuaReality
27. Apr 2021 · 19:24 UTC
Yeah, that's true! The scrolling does get faster over time, and I meant to make it faster in the beginning, but I didn't get around to it. Maybe in a future update!
mariszin
27. Apr 2021 · 19:32 UTC
Waaay tooo slooow staart. You get to the bottom and wait, while everything catches up
ardorugus
05. May 2021 · 22:06 UTC
Out of the concept the name of the game sounds too... self-reproaching... aye, there's bore, but no boring at all. At least, for a while, until it gets too slow to go deeper with. Maybe if you set difficulty level to some score and make the game go faster, add some music and more fun sfx, would be a casual hit).