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(tip)Rate other games if you want your game to get more attention.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ld48\/wayback-placeholder.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/rancidbacon.itch.io\/diggings-afoot","text":"Link"},{"url":"https:\/\/rancidbacon.itch.io\/diggings-afoot","text":"Link"},{"url":"https:\/\/rancidbacon.itch.io\/diggings-afoot","text":"Link"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"77560","g_author":"1172670","g_event":"LD48","g_eventkey":"109","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"374047","g_title":"\u200bDigging\u2019s Afoot!","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"99999","g_commentcount":"2","g_site2_node_id":"249315","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"249315","n_urlkey":"374047","n_parent":"233335","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/48\/diggings-afoot","n_slug":"diggings-afoot","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"172670","n_created":"1619374489","n_modified":"1777482256","n_version":"766773","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD48","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":1,"author":172670,"body":"_an autobiographical tale_\n\n![ld48-gameplay-Screenshot from 2021-04-27-12.43.52--scaled-down.png](\/\/\/raw\/e72\/a2\/z\/3f5d5.png) ![ld48-loading-screen-Screenshot from 2021-04-25 23.26.30--scaled-down.png](\/\/\/raw\/e72\/a2\/z\/3f5d8.png)\n\n*Play in your browser or download here:* <https:\/\/rancidbacon.itch.io\/diggings-afoot>\n\n**Controls:**\n\n * move: arrow keys\n\n * dig\/drop dirt: enter key\n\n * pause: p\/escape\n\n**Objective:**\n\n * dig a hole. spread the dirt all over the backyard. don't get stuck. or called in for dinner!\n\n**Help**\n\nIf you _do_ get stuck in a corner between some dirt piles you press \"P\" to get to the pause menu & quit back to the main menu.\n\n** Game Mode Options **\n\nEnjoy the relaxed pace of an infinite summer's day in \"Free Roam\" mode--no score, no time limit, just the pure joy of digging a hole in the backyard just for the sake of it.\n\nOr, if you're the more competitive sort, play game mode--there's a score, a time limit and combo bonuses!\n\n** Inspired by true events! **\n\n_ a game dedicated to my loving Mum & Dad :) _\n\nThe story goes that when I was a kid I *really* liked to dig holes in the backyard.\n\nProblem was, my uncles--when they were kids--had also *really* liked to dig holes in their backyard.\n\nAnd, years later, their mother found out exactly *how* deep they dug...\n\n...so given *my* Mum had learned about that family history, I had to live with a strict \"stop digging a hole when you reach clay\" rule! :) (Probably a *mere* 0.5-0.75m or so.)\n\nAnd *that's* the story that inspired this \"Deeper & Deeper\" themed game where you dig a hole in your backyard...\n\n\"Digging's Afoot!\" is what might have happened if I'd watched more POW escape movies when I was a kid--and if I'd learned the \"spread dirt dug out of a hole around the yard\" trick they contained. :)\n\n** Gameplay images **\n\n![ld48-submission-v0.2.1-game-play-second-Peek 2021-04-27 12-35.gif](\/\/\/raw\/e72\/a2\/z\/3f405.gif)\n\n![ld48-free-roam-demo3-short-Peek 2021-04-26 07-15.gif](\/\/\/raw\/e72\/a2\/z\/3c0d3.gif)\n\n![diggings-afoot-title-loading-screen.png](\/\/\/raw\/e72\/a2\/z\/3bfa2.png)\n\n![ld48-iin-browser-Screenshot from 2021-04-26 02.38.49.png](\/\/\/raw\/e72\/a2\/z\/3c0d5.png)\n\n** Fonts used **\n\n * \"Teko\" by [@itfoundry](https:\/\/twitter.com\/itfoundry)\n\n * \"Indie Flower\" by [@kimberlygeswein](https:\/\/twitter.com\/kimberlygeswein)\n\n** Check out the development thread on Twitter **\n\n * [\"Digging's Afoot\" behind the scenes development thread](https:\/\/twitter.com\/RancidBacon\/status\/1385771021760827392)\n\n** Changelog **\n\n```\nv0.1.0 -- Pre-compo deadline upload.\n\nv0.2.0 -- Pre-jam deadline upload.\u200b WIP. 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