Jimdinant to the core by Jvdwijk

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made by Jvdwijk for Ludum Dare 48 (JAM)

In Jimdinant To The Core you play as a cute worm that has to find his way to the 'core' of the world! Go deeper and deeper to find the finish.

The game includes a shop to upgrade your stats, music that changes the more upgrades you get and a sneaky easter egg!

Controls: You can use your mouse, controller or keyboard to move around!

Goal: Reach 4000 Depth!

Ratings

Overall 1603th 3.039⭐ 40🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1635th 2.763⭐ 40🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1583th 2.689⭐ 39🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1019th 3.568⭐ 39🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1366th 3.216⭐ 39🧑‍⚖️
Audio 843th 3.278⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Humor 599th 3.071⭐ 37🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1272th 3.229⭐ 37🧑‍⚖️
Given 52🗳️ 56🗨️

Feedback

Doot
27. Apr 2021 · 20:39 UTC
nice job making a working game!
I like the fact that you can control with either mouse or keyboard.

Balance feels very off, I could only gather one or two rock per run and the minimum upgrades required 10, which discouraged me pretty quickly.

Thanks for the game!
albertnez
27. Apr 2021 · 20:48 UTC
The game looks cute, and I like that you even implemented a whole store to iterate and upgrade your character.
However, I don't understand why my snake takes damage at random times. It's also challenging to find enough food to survive. The game is fun and cute enough to make you wanna try again thought!
DanielD
27. Apr 2021 · 20:51 UTC
This was actually super cute. The design is great, from the menu, to the characters, the music, it all vibed nicely. The only thing was it seemed unplayable because the levels just aren't long enough for you to get going. You already lose a chunk of worm before you can get near anything. The shop music is a bop, btw.
Tino
27. Apr 2021 · 20:52 UTC
where is food?
JoeShanahan
27. Apr 2021 · 21:49 UTC
"I must go now, my planet needs me"

![Screenshot 2021-04-27 at 22.14.22 (2).png](///raw/bed/62/z/40f17.png)
jokerfoxtrot
27. Apr 2021 · 22:21 UTC
Thansk for checking the game!!! the game has a random food, gems and enemies generator and is hard at the begining but once you get some buffs the game gets easier, I managed to get to the end after 5 tries, the deeper you get the more food, gems and enemies you find and you will also find some extra dangerous items, the damage you get is becuase of hunger
kypello
27. Apr 2021 · 23:05 UTC
It feels WAY too difficult to buy anything from the shop because there's just not enough time to find the rocks. Also I don't get why I am taking random damage and I don't understand what the leaves and crackers do, I think the mechanics could use some more explaining. However the UI for the shop is actually pretty well made and polished and the music is good.
SirRed
27. Apr 2021 · 23:07 UTC
I think adding a ui element that showed how much food you had left or something would be useful as in the beginning before I upgraded the food it felt rng as to whether of not the run would be successful because the food spawned far away. I enjoyed playing the game and it felt like it could be a mobile game. Good job.
Simayen
27. Apr 2021 · 23:18 UTC
I found myself very confused on what to do at first, but once I found a rhythm, things started to pick up a bit! Hella cute, great music, loved playing as the alternate skin.
Kamilo
27. Apr 2021 · 23:29 UTC
The graphics are good and stuff but I found it a little difficult to play.
neverautomatic
27. Apr 2021 · 23:34 UTC
A hunger bar would be helpful, as I initially wasn't sure why I was dying. The early game is quite difficult but then get easier after you grind out some upgrades. I definitely like the idea, just needs some more balance I guess.
Ricna
28. Apr 2021 · 01:18 UTC
I liked the store and customization, but sometimes is impossible to find some food :cry:
Anyway that's pretty decent game for a jam! Keep on the the great work guys! Well done!
DesertMawTobi
28. Apr 2021 · 09:17 UTC
Nice grafics, but controls cut be a little more accurate! Great job
kuviman
28. Apr 2021 · 16:06 UTC
The beginning was way too hard, but after the first hunger upgrade it is way too ez :)
cheesepencil
28. Apr 2021 · 23:53 UTC
cute visual and audio design <3
Duck Reaction
29. Apr 2021 · 20:34 UTC
Cute little worm, very enjoyable to move. The shop mechanic is a good idea.

Moles are cool but there missing animations to feel more dangerous.
You should not allow mouse or keyboard in same time because there is conflict between this two controllers.

Good job !
Skvader_418
29. Apr 2021 · 23:25 UTC
the gameplay, music and visuals are all great, i loved everything apart from one thing,
the moles,
they spawn way too commonly, they can charge you offscreen wich will result in certain death, at some points on 2000 meters all i could collect were 2 rocks and all i was doing was collecting health and trying to escape the moles, they can be extremly infuriating, i always get swarmed by them,
anyways, its a really good game, the only problem i had were the moles
Arthurds
01. May 2021 · 12:54 UTC
Really wanted some space gens to get with my fancy space suit! Thanks for submitting it! -PomoTheDog
ksonyanya
01. May 2021 · 21:37 UTC
Played this game on [stream](https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1007202934?t=01h25m01s), find it quite fun! I guess you could add some descriptions to the store objects, it is really not obvious what the upgrades do from the pictures. Also the upgrades seem a bit too expensive, and least from I was able to collect :)
On the other hand, it is quite cute that you have added extra skins and even the secret one. Nice job!
Holtzzy223
03. May 2021 · 17:24 UTC
would of really enjoyed this if the balance had been a bit better! hope my input on stream was helpful! https://www.twitch.tv/its_holtzzy
DevNoob
05. May 2021 · 09:43 UTC
Quite a decent game! Felt a bit out of balance. It takes too long before you can upgrade imo. Also, at random times the worm decides to go away from the mouse and it all becomes weird. However, I enjoyed playing it and played it for quite a bit!
Juanv
15. May 2021 · 17:02 UTC
I really liked the Game! Incredible UI and good idea! However, I found difficult scaping from enemies when playing.