Space Mouse by Remn

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made by Remn for Ludum Dare 48 (JAM)

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Storyline:

You are a space mouse. You have landed on a cheese planet to find the perfect slice of cheese. This planet is a dangerous place, because meteorites fall from above. Drip deeper and deeper to avoid getting hit by meteorites and find the perfect slice of cheese hidden in the thickness of the cheese rock.

Control:

Use WASD to walk and break blocks. Get to the cheese slice as soon as possible and don't get hit by meteorites!

Ratings

Overall 996th 3.474⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1080th 3.237⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1805th 2.368⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Theme 369th 4.026⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 878th 3.711⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Audio 260th 3.895⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Humor 474th 3.263⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1076th 3.368⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Given 31🗳️ 6🗨️

Feedback

shnigle shnagle
27. Apr 2021 · 11:49 UTC
This game is very fun, and its good da rat flosses and dig tail. maybe make more astroids fall because its very easy. but overall, fun game.
ps maybe check out my game? (https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/48/into-the-depth)
PaperAeroplane555
27. Apr 2021 · 14:55 UTC
the music is really good and the concept is great!!!

i think if there was like maybe cracks on the tiles that were being broken?? because eating through the cheese seemed pretty sluggish and unresponsive :p and maybe if it could go faster
ASTALAVISTICH
27. Apr 2021 · 14:55 UTC
The game is simple and short but I liked the audio and graphics.
joni-jarvinen
27. Apr 2021 · 14:55 UTC
All the music is very good and the art is nice, too (except for the "Defeat" and "Victory" screens). Some sound effects for the digging and asteroids would have been nice, I think. Gameplay is fine but I think the digging is slightly too slow, though this is of course a matter of taste. Overall a good jam entry!

EDIT: Agreed with a previous comment that there could be more asteroids.
BriceGraulier
27. Apr 2021 · 15:02 UTC
A bit RNG heavy but I had a good time. Music is banging! A few digging sfx could've been cool though.
T C
27. Apr 2021 · 15:03 UTC
Nice simple mining game. While I agree asteroids are infrequent, I also thought it was pretty impossible to dodge them with how fast they come and how long it takes you to dig side to side. But, nice idea, really dig the art and especially the music!
LDJam user 249705
27. Apr 2021 · 15:04 UTC
Me playing the game like:
![Untitled.png](///raw/96f/c3/z/40add.png)

Best music so far tbh
lumue
27. Apr 2021 · 15:06 UTC
Holy brie, the music is awesome!

May I ask, what program (or instrument, or DAW plugin) you used?

What goes well with cheese? Fish say you, well... feel free to check out the marvellous space dolphin @beebo-studios! :v:
asdehielo
27. Apr 2021 · 15:07 UTC
I got the cheese! The music was amazing, and the pixelart was great.

I think it suffers a bit in the gameplay. At first the meteorites seemed impossible to dodge, as they were too fast compared to the digging speed. Then I figured out I could simply hide below the rocks, which made it extremely easy.

My suggestions are:
- Add an indicator to where the asteroid will fall so you have more time to react
- Maybe make the rocks just slow down the asteroids instead of destroying them so it's more challenging
- Make the powerups much more powerful so they are worth collecting (honestly they didn't seem to do anything at all)

Keep up the good work!
HipyCas
27. Apr 2021 · 15:09 UTC
This is a great arcade game, with great audio, really nice graphics and a good base concept. I do agree with previous commits that there should be more asteroids and with @joni-jarvinen in that more digging speed would definitely make the game more dynamic and fun to play with. There is a small detail, that is that you cannot exit the game while playing or when defeated. Overall, good game!
SakuH
27. Apr 2021 · 15:14 UTC
I really liked the graphics and music! The game could've used more variety and been more challenging though.
Karo
27. Apr 2021 · 15:34 UTC
I love the pixelart and the music.
It's a bit too easy in my opinion but I had fun :)
Lisek Gagatek
27. Apr 2021 · 16:06 UTC
I saw asteroids very late and I had not that much time to react, but judging from other comments, maybe for some reason it was just me with smaller visible area due to technical problems (?). Overall the game is quite simple, but nice and fun. Graphics are qute and the music fits well. Sometimes asteroids occupied more than only one column, but still dug the ground only on one column, making it frustrating to die to asteroids that you thought you would dogde. What the game needs the most in my opinion, is some kind of progress display when you lose and asteroid spawn height based on how deep you dug into the ground, to make them more frequent when you are deeper.
dhim
28. Apr 2021 · 09:28 UTC
The pixel art is very nice, the surface seems very crumbly and I like it.

It felt a bit too clunky to dig, the cool down between the digs is a bit too long for my taste.

It felt that getting hit is a bit too random/unavoidable.

It was nice to have a nice Mac Os build! THank you!
walnoot
01. May 2021 · 18:04 UTC
Cool game, beat it on my second try. Music is great, the game could use with a bit more difficulty/variety once you go down a bit