Tunnel of Love: I'm Digging It by chelC

So you've been talking to this mole over text for a while now, and you're ready to take the next step...the only problem is she's on the other side of the world! Good thing evolution has optimized you for digging, because it's time to burrow on down and meet her halfway. During your journey, collect gifts to make this first rendezvous special. You'll want to do everything to impress this very real mole at the hottest date spot on Earth!
Tunnel of Love is a drag-and-drop maze puzzle game with a gripping romance story. Can you get both endings?
We hope you enjoy playing!
| itch.io | https://bobogames.itch.io/tunnel-of-love |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/48/tunnel-of-love-im-digging-it |
Ratings
| Overall | 119th | 4.109⭐ | 66🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 168th | 3.977⭐ | 66🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 729th | 3.371⭐ | 64🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 166th | 4.211⭐ | 66🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 488th | 4.038⭐ | 67🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 509th | 3.631⭐ | 63🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 6th | 4.547⭐ | 66🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 356th | 3.943⭐ | 63🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 25🗳️ | 31🗨️ |
Weirdly, this is the second "moles in love" game I have played today... did you collab with @voidfishing?
Still, I enjoyed it a lot. Aside from that one bug, it's a well-made game.
Gameplay is pretty interesting as well, the limited pieces make it trickier than it seems at first glance!
Sometimes I wanted to remove a piece from the board and I couldn't figure out how to do that. I ended up just moving the pieces out of the way, but would have been nice to have the option to just remove stuff for organization purposes.
I think I have to play it a second time to find out what happens when you don't get all gifts (or not enough gifts. I don't know if there is a threshold). Anyway, the final image was a little disturbing, but I was celebrating the stock image.
I think there could have been more puzzle elements compared to the text. Don't get me wrong, I loved the text, but I also love solving puzzles 😅 2 levels between texts would have felt a little bit better I would say. And maybe some special tunnel-pieces to spice up the game a little bit. Like a portal or so, which would add another dimension (pun intended) to your levels. But I guess that's not very realistic, but hey, they are having cellphones too, that work underground.
Also, a right click to remove a tunnel-piece would have been nice too, but there was enough space to move pieces around anyway. Just being nitpicky now 🙈
Спасибо за милую любовную историю, игра порадовала ^_^
Really nothing more to add, oh maybe, kind of frustrating have to "clear" all the board for a single piece, but that's the game I guess.
Anyway, really nice Jam entry!
It would be nice if you could put pieces back without clearing everything.
Here's the timestamped link to the stream vod: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1003143985?t=3h26m36s
The theme is very unique and the graphics are awesome
Great job!
I love these types of puzzle games as it is but the addition of trying to collect all the gifts was a neat mechanic, I enjoyed it a lot, congrats!!
(and thanks to @harrison-dunn for tagging me in another mole romance game, I would've been v sad to miss it :smile:)
Besides that, sound and graphics (the stock images! XD) were great, the mechanic was simple but really well paced and trying to aim at finding the exit collecting all gifts posed a bit of a challenge. Needless to say, it was a very fitting take on the theme.
My only minor suggestion would be to highlight a bit more the exit tile. The arrow at times was too subtle to notice at first sight.
Amazing job, who knew mole romance could be so engaging :clap: :clap: :clap: