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The different powerups are also done super well!","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":661917,"author_name":"jonathan-turner","author_uid":"jonathan-turner","epoch":1619616518,"text":"Thanks for submitting to the jam.\n\nObviously you werent going for super modern graphics or audio, but I think your aesthetic was on point. Really great combination of sound and graphics. I enjoyed the different types of materials to dig through and I was able to intuitively read that some would be harder to get through than others, etc.\n\nIt wasn't an innovative game but the execution was FUN.\n\nGreat job.","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":661952,"author_name":"Barisc","author_uid":"barisc","epoch":1619616735,"text":"Good graphics and musics. I wish you continued success. By the way, I was wondering which engine you use. ","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":661977,"author_name":".fpeg","author_uid":"fpeg","epoch":1619616830,"text":"3097 points on my third and final try! Not sure if it's a good or bad score, but I had a blast when playing :) Graphics, sounds and music all blend really well, and the gameplay is easy to understand, yet there is a lot to do and consider when trying to better your score. \n\nI noticed that I got better items early on in my second and third run, which really snowballed my timer a lot :P Is that controlled somehow? The droprate of powerful items?\n\nGreat game!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":661978,"author_name":"VarantTitizian","author_uid":"varanttitizian","epoch":1619616834,"text":"total retro feel, loved the gameplay, very smooth. Had a good time playing it :) ","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":661986,"author_name":"kingslee142","author_uid":"kingslee142","epoch":1619616864,"text":"Quite creative idea. Felt quite satisfying breaking this blocks and the art is pretty good as well. It fits the theme well. Good job!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":662028,"author_name":"dk5000p","author_uid":"dk5000p","epoch":1619617059,"text":"![HighScore.PNG](\/\/\/raw\/598\/81\/z\/41397.png) I had fun digging and using all the different tools.  I wasn't sure what some of the powerups did but didn't seem like a reason not to pick them up.  Was a lot of fun.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":662054,"author_name":"owca","author_uid":"owca","epoch":1619617189,"text":"Very pleasant game. Good work! ","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":662114,"author_name":"JokubasG","author_uid":"jokubasg","epoch":1619617552,"text":"Very fun and satisfying game, nice art.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":662284,"author_name":"GoogleFrog","author_uid":"googlefrog","epoch":1619618614,"text":"Super solid. There is just enough there (three terrain types, four gem colours, three mining tools) to make for a great quick-decision arcade game without overwhelming me with choice.\n\n![mine.png](\/\/\/raw\/7fb\/02\/z\/413c3.png)","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":662903,"author_name":"iovorobiev","author_uid":"iovorobiev","epoch":1619622132,"text":"Very nice little game! It looks finished and most importantly very fun to play. I like the different bonuses around, the graphics is very cute also :)","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":681084,"author_name":"Devastus","author_uid":"devastus","epoch":1619817520,"text":"Simple and effective does it, this was fun to play! And graphics and audio are very fitting for the chosen aesthetics too. It seemed maybe a bit rarer than necessary to find tools\/powerups, but that's a minor thing (and maybe just bad luck on my part). Great job!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":690495,"author_name":"SleepyStudios","author_uid":"sleepystudios","epoch":1620062449,"text":"This was super addictive and I loved finding all the new weirder\/whackier digging tools too. The sound design was really good too - retro but not too grating on the ears (loved the new record sound too).","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":690525,"author_name":"Sasashasa","author_uid":"sasashasa","epoch":1620063014,"text":"Thank you so much. It was nice to once again plunge into the atmosphere of retro games.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":690970,"author_name":"NoahRo","author_uid":"noahro","epoch":1620075963,"text":"Had a lot of fun with this!  \nMy highscore is __2124__, I'm happy I got over 2000 :)","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":691013,"author_name":"Niall_Chandler","author_uid":"niall-chandler","epoch":1620076990,"text":"That was superb! It was a lot of fun trying to get the best high score I could. (Also, I think I'm your 20th rating, so now you have 20 ratings! Yay!)","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":691050,"author_name":"nandelind","author_uid":"nandelind","epoch":1620078218,"text":"Nicely polished game. The animations are great! I don't know how people are getting scores in the thousands; did I miss something?","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":700963,"author_name":"dhavavamba","author_uid":"dhavavamba","epoch":1620798106,"text":"The most beautiful game I have played at ludum dare: solid, decisive, refined and fun!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":702790,"author_name":"gamebuilder","author_uid":"gamebuilder","epoch":1620996731,"text":"I love games like this \u2014 simple, easy to learn, and super-fun. Nearly everything about this game, from audio to graphics to gameplay, feels right on. This is a fine use of Pico-8. 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