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Matt's Marvelous Mining Mission by mmason

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made by mmason for Ludum Dare 48 (JAM)

Welcome and come on down to Matt's Marvelous Mining Mission! Hop on those controls and get to work digging up all those valuable resources

Plays like snake

Arrow Keys: Move the drill Gamepad should work, might not

Attribution

``` Basement Floor by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3419-basement-floor License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Deep And Dirty by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5045-deep-and-dirty License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

The Descent by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4490-the-descent License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

The Builder by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4484-the-builder License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Marty Gots A Plan by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4992-marty-gots-a-plan License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license ```

Web https://mmason.itch.io/ld-48-jamversion
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/48/matts-marvelous-mining-adventure

Ratings

Overall 1704th 2.914⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1609th 2.81⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1629th 2.638⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Theme 852th 3.69⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1644th 2.741⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Humor 1346th 2.063⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1683th 2.667⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Given 19🗳️ 30🗨️

Feedback

Juliofesch
27. Apr 2021 · 02:15 UTC
absolutely loved the art! amazing!
douglass
27. Apr 2021 · 02:17 UTC
I should say for posterity, Matt objected to the game being named "Matt's Marvelous ____"
eonarheim
27. Apr 2021 · 02:21 UTC
Nice and chill experience, got to listen to some tunes and dig up stuff. The shadows of UFO's and dinosaurs was a nice touch.
benjamin-l
27. Apr 2021 · 02:21 UTC
It took me a while to figure out the mechanics, but once I did the core gameplay loop is pretty good. I kinda wish there was a way to reroll the upgrade, maybe at the cost of some resources. Right now it feels like once you get an upgrade that requires diamonds the game is pretty much over because they're too rare to find before you run out. Maybe my strategy is just bad though :)
pandepic
27. Apr 2021 · 02:22 UTC
Fun mechanics and nice graphics but it's a bit confusing what you should be doing at first.
AstronautGuy
27. Apr 2021 · 02:32 UTC
Pretty neat! I like the core gameplay loop, and it has a lot of potential! I just wish it was a little more clear what the goal was!
Rein
27. Apr 2021 · 02:36 UTC
Dug around for a while then decided to see how deep I could make it. Got to 511 before getting tired of making the trip. It's a solid combination of some tried-and-true concepts, and it works pretty well. Some larger goals would really round it out.
Nanda
28. Apr 2021 · 00:46 UTC
Enjoyed playing it for quite a while. Couldn't tell if there was a bottom to reach, because i tried to find one for a good while. Pretty fun :)
🎤 mmason
28. Apr 2021 · 15:54 UTC
@nanda there isn't technically a bottom, but because resource patches get more rare and larger there is a theoretical point where too much radioactive waste will block you off. I'm glad it kept you entertained long enough to try to find one :smile:
DivFord
29. Apr 2021 · 12:28 UTC
I really liked the mission/quest/upgrade system. Not sure what to call it. It was cool that you could find stuff on one run, and remember where it was when a given mission came up.

It would be nice to be able to skip upgrades you didn't want. The drill was slow enough already that slower drilling felt more frustrating than useful.

The music player is an odd, but cool idea.
SLM
29. Apr 2021 · 12:53 UTC
Cool! I really liked the gameplay mechanics, pretty unique!
DotSquare
29. Apr 2021 · 19:05 UTC
nice game!
The texts and instructions were maybe too small
Apart from that, it's a solid entry, congrats! :)
Préda
29. Apr 2021 · 21:33 UTC
I like the dubstep music :)
Viperux
01. May 2021 · 15:10 UTC
Nice game, very addictive. I liked the "upgrade" mechanic, even if sometimes you have to travel alot to find the right resources. After a little bit I realized that passing through your older pipes doesn't consume "fuel". Really loved to explore the depth and fill the map with tubes :-D
Fer9001
05. May 2021 · 01:01 UTC
really nice game, love the art, great job!
blubberquark
06. May 2021 · 19:37 UTC
I liked the combination of incremental game, random quests, and exploration/digging, but for some reason nothing increased my sensor radius
GaryS
10. May 2021 · 17:32 UTC
It took me a while to realise what I was supposed to be doing here. I think it could benefit from a bit of visual feedback. For instance, the red ore - not entirely sure what it was! - seemed to give me extra pipe pieces, but it wasn't untile around my tenth run through that I realised that!!
Otherwise, it's a nice take on the Snake mechanic. I like that the pipe you laid down in the previous run allows you to dig down further on your subsequent runs, and the collection of multiple ore to get powerups is pretty cool. It's not dissimilar to a Snake-like game I worked on a while back, but never finished... makes me want to pick that up again!
Hempuli
16. May 2021 · 16:57 UTC
Nice! I enjoy these kinds of digging games a lot and the simple controls were nice to use. The copper was *very* hard to see initially and I wasn't sure if the tech in the top-right was something that actually improved my vessel or not; especially the "slower digging" felt a bit curious (I realize now that it was meant to help with collisions, though). I could see this being extended into something very nice :)