Happy Digger by Panagiotis Iatrou

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made by Panagiotis Iatrou for Ludum Dare 48 (JAM)

Mount your trusty Dig-mobile and get at it! Mine the depths and make your first Gazillion Galactic credits! Upgrade equipment along the way and prosper.

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Programming by Panagiotis Iatrou
Graphics by Thomas Bahototh Finholm
Music/SFX by Thomas Bahototh Finholm

Changelog - 10/5/2021
Fixed a bug that would make any purchased upgrades get removed when respawning.
Fixed a bug that would make the camera shake extreme in some rare cases.

Ratings

Overall 515th 3.762⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Fun 346th 3.762⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1504th 2.762⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Theme 125th 4.262⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 350th 4.167⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Audio 721th 3.429⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Humor 854th 2.735⭐ 19🧑‍⚖️
Mood 683th 3.658⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Given 30🗳️ 9🗨️

Feedback

WhyNot
27. Apr 2021 · 02:02 UTC
A really well-made game, great job! I absolutely love the jet-propelled jump physics.
Imitflat
27. Apr 2021 · 03:00 UTC
Cool to see someone who was inspired to try game creation by that old flash game Motherload.
iasonasgts
27. Apr 2021 · 13:33 UTC
I loved it .It is a beautiful retro-arcade like game with lots of modern elements.Music reminds me of a good old mario game .It combines timing and resource management upgrades scale perfect and the movement is smooth. I am very curious to see what you can create if you have more than 3 days of time. Congratulations looking forward to see your games in steam and google play !
TobyMurray
28. Apr 2021 · 01:09 UTC
What a great game! Definitely in line with the theme. I felt like the controls were very good and intuitive, and the tension to get back to the fuel station in time made for an exciting experience. Good work, high level of polish.
zimny11
28. Apr 2021 · 19:02 UTC
Ah, nostalgia. I like this game very much. My current record is -872m, I think it's enough :P
My only complaint would be the screen shaking while digging, it's too big in my opinion.
🎤 Panagiotis Iatrou
28. Apr 2021 · 19:42 UTC
@zimny11 Yep, thanks for pointing that out. It is a bug and I am not sure if I can fix it since the deadline is over.
Huntrox
28. Apr 2021 · 21:45 UTC
i really like upgrade system fits the theme very well

just one minor note the screen shake is a bit intense
overall very good game great job
Stephen Scott Day
29. Apr 2021 · 20:50 UTC
favorite game of the jam so far. love the soundtrack, love the graphics, but goddamn the best part here is the simple gameloop and controls that just feel SOOOO good. I'm not sure if I was misunderstanding something but there were instances in which I was trying to sell my minerals and it deducted money from me instead of giving me money--- is that right? Do some minerals dock you? anyhow, really loved this, very sweet. I played it on stream here: https://youtu.be/exZFt8U6w5s
🎤 Panagiotis Iatrou
29. Apr 2021 · 22:31 UTC
@stephen-scott-day Yep, unfortunately that is a very rare bug :( Thanks for playing it on stream though! Means a lot.
upcharlie
01. May 2021 · 01:07 UTC
One of my favourites I've played so far. Great graphics, music and gameplay loop :)
PBG
02. May 2021 · 02:44 UTC
Bring on the drilling games! Well done! I like how physics-y it is. This kind of game is my comfort food.
astronautmikedexter
03. May 2021 · 14:46 UTC
Cute music, very old school but did get very repetitive for me very quickly. Would have loved more variety. The SFX were nice and fit in well.

Lovely made, very clean. The camera shake was a little bit too much for me though.
GoldOne
09. May 2021 · 20:04 UTC
Such a great soundtrack! Starts out slow but becomes very addictive with different types of ore and upgrades, really got me hooked! Well done!
VixenMink
11. May 2021 · 02:02 UTC
Love the happy music and the lil animations. Great job
LDJam user 2331
11. May 2021 · 03:41 UTC
Cute little game- loved the pixel art and the auto-tiling when digging. :) I played up until a depth where you first start to get lapis, and I think the game was surprisingly well balanced for the duration I played. While the game is grindy in nature, I never felt like I was grinding around a certain depth repeatedly before I could purchase upgrades to make it further. I made rather steady progress in terms of seeing new ore types and being able to get new upgrades, keeping things relatively interesting throughout. Such balance is really hard to do in these types of games, especially in a game jam- nice work!