Beneath The Crust by Kahztein
Even the most dull of asteroids often contain treasures beyond your wildest dreams.

(The game has no ending, if you crash the game that's pretty much a win)
| Link | https://kahztein.itch.io/beneath-the-crust |
| Link | https://kahztein.itch.io/beneath-the-crust |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/59/beneath-the-crust |
Ratings
| Overall | 385th | 3.611⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 182th | 3.75⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 595th | 3.083⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 531th | 3.528⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 496th | 3.611⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 224th | 3.75⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 383th | 3.694⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 13🗳️ | 16🗨️ |
Regardless, a very fun and enjoyable game! Really feeds the brain dopamine.
Good job!
As expected, I started at wrong foot, buying wrong upgrades and sending drill too late. I wanted to extend drilling duration so I bought drill speed and ship speed but I actually need drill length.
But after all those mistakes, I've managed to be in powerful drilling state that I don't need to send signal to find ores and could just send drill to find the ores.
One major issue I encountered was performance. Once an asteroid gets filled with too many treasures, the game starts to lag heavily and eventually froze during a transition to the next level. It looks like a performance bottleneck, possibly due to the number of active objects. With some optimization, this could be a really solid title! Great job on the upgrade system!
Had a lot of fun, very satisfying the first time you scan to find you hit the motherlode !
Good work -- well done.
It's just a pity there's no web build for convenience.