{"author_link":"\/users\/vilmantas","author_name":"Vilmantas","author_uid":1037624,"comments":[{"id":845260,"author_name":"mimusangel","author_uid":"mimusangel","epoch":1664814660,"text":"Eeeh, I didn't understand anything...","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":845286,"author_name":"Vilmantas","author_uid":"vilmantas","epoch":1664814876,"text":">Eeeh, I didn\u2019t understand anything\u2026\n\n@mimusangel Which parts are confusing? Does the description mislead you somehow? \n\n","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":845290,"author_name":"AnxiousGameDev","author_uid":"anxiousgamedev","epoch":1664814908,"text":"Hey, it's a very solid technical implementation - the animations, the rocks, the clouds, the crusher are all good. But I think the core mechanic - collecting rocks - isn't that fun. And the crusher is very demanding so I found you can lose quite quickly. I think the player would need more choices to make, perhaps to use the rocks for something. Overall great job making something","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":845292,"author_name":"wrac4242","author_uid":"wrac4242","epoch":1664814953,"text":"feels like a good game, i like the point and click movement, only complaint is sometimes the clouds can be too in the way, but otherwise you done really well","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":845347,"author_name":"LDJam user 280624","author_uid":"280624","epoch":1664815516,"text":"Like for Dmitri!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":845373,"author_name":"maxr00","author_uid":"maxr00","epoch":1664815753,"text":"Nice entry! It was pretty tough trying to keep the crusher active, so I like that I had to decide to use the gems, but Dmitri not sleeping in time ended my run a couple of times lol\n","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":845384,"author_name":"Vilmantas","author_uid":"vilmantas","epoch":1664815857,"text":">Nice entry! It was pretty tough trying to keep the crusher active, so I like that I had to decide to use the gems, but Dmitri not sleeping in time ended my run a couple of times lol\n\n@maxr00 Thanks for playing! I'm glad you got to experience that particular feature :sweat_smile:.\n\nI hope understanding the gameplay wasn't difficult. :bow: ","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":847489,"author_name":"LDJam user 305669","author_uid":"305669","epoch":1664833357,"text":"I did not understand how to use gems\u2026 but if I had took the time to read your description I would have understood :sweat_smile:.\n\nI like the idea. But selling all the gems gives so much money that I am not sure crushing them is worth it :sweat_smile:. Maybe I had a good run where the rocks where close to Dmitry and the machine?","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":852241,"author_name":"LDJam user 161618","author_uid":"161618","epoch":1664863887,"text":"I enjoyed it. Almost felt like I was playing Old School Rune Scape at the Motherlode mine. Theme this time was indeed a bit challenging. Congrats on finishing on time solo!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":854935,"author_name":"Momo_Hunter","author_uid":"momo-hunter","epoch":1664883987,"text":"I had a bug where a new stone would spawn every time I mined a specific stone (the one directly above Dmitri), but otherwise solid entry","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":854959,"author_name":"BlackLambert","author_uid":"blacklambert","epoch":1664884180,"text":"This is a solid entry. The connection to the theme is ok but could be more integrated into the gameplay. Also the style is pretty basic and I was missing some music.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":854976,"author_name":"MrMaico","author_uid":"mrmaico","epoch":1664884310,"text":"Space didn't work for me in the first try. Had to refresh the page. \nI liked that the selling was only open every 10 seconds. I'm not sure what I can do with the money or what the end goal is in the game.\n\nOverall it is a playable game with a unique art style and a very unique take on the theme.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":855457,"author_name":"Vilmantas","author_uid":"vilmantas","epoch":1664887370,"text":">I enjoyed it. Almost felt like I was playing Old School Rune Scape at the Motherlode mine. Theme this time was indeed a bit challenging. Congrats on finishing on time solo!\n\n@zykino I'll make sure to add the golem pet as an expansion point. :wink: ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":856434,"author_name":"Eugenik","author_uid":"eugenik","epoch":1664893339,"text":"Thank you for the nurishment :scream_cat:.\n","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":857330,"author_name":"Puhan","author_uid":"puhan","epoch":1664897872,"text":"All mechanics were pretty solid, it would be better if the rock mines in the game also have gems on them like in the main menu so maybe the gameplay of prioritizing mining the ones with more gems.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":857467,"author_name":"Haotian Chen","author_uid":"haotian-chen","epoch":1664898753,"text":"game is quite hard actually, fun though. i think you can make a more clear deposit and pawn area, it takes me forever to dunk those gems to dimiri lol.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":859697,"author_name":"LightTerraDog","author_uid":"lightterradog","epoch":1664910056,"text":"I liked it, very peaceful actually\n","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":864853,"author_name":"Vilmantas","author_uid":"vilmantas","epoch":1664960439,"text":">i think you can make a more clear deposit and pawn area, it takes me forever to dunk those gems to dimiri lol.\n\n@haotian-chen Thanks for the feedback! Really appreciate that you tried out the game. :v: ","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":864859,"author_name":"Vilmantas","author_uid":"vilmantas","epoch":1664960509,"text":">it would be better if the rock mines in the game also have gems on them like in the main menu so maybe the gameplay of prioritizing mining the ones with more gems.\n\n@puhan That's an interesting point, thank you and thanks for the feedback. :bow: Main menu was done afterwards and I didn't think of editing the existing rocks tbh, but that would make sense. :) ","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":865116,"author_name":"LDJam user 278827","author_uid":"278827","epoch":1664963694,"text":"Runescape mining has never been so fulfilling\nfun time management game, dmitri was a watchful and vengeful man","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":867089,"author_name":"Div00","author_uid":"div00","epoch":1664986956,"text":"This is amazing! innovative concept and fun gameplay. I've enjoyed it so much.\n\nI don't know if this was an issue from my side but I wished if there was a music, sound effects, and audio cues for when Dimitry is sleeping. This game would've been in another level with the sound.\n\nAnother one that I feel the deposit area is not well defined, it's challenging to find a good spot, and annoying when you are right there with the time almost zero but can't deposit.\n\nOther than that, it's a very fun game :100: ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":867100,"author_name":"Rahtainka","author_uid":"rahtainka","epoch":1664987129,"text":"Was a little bit hard to find out that Dmitri needs to sleep that you can drop the gems into the crusher to get more energy. And I don't really get what the game has to do with the theme. But graphics and gameplay is nice.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":868638,"author_name":"Martin183","author_uid":"martin183","epoch":1665000311,"text":"Cool game, sound would have been nice. Holding down the mouse was a bit tiresome when playing on laptop witout mouse.\n\nAlso funny that the game shows local currency.\n\n![Ska\u0308rmavbild 2022-10-05 kl. 21.57.45.png](\/\/\/raw\/f96\/d2\/z\/52675.png)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ld51\/wayback-placeholder.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/vilmantas\/ldjam-51","text":"Link"},{"url":"https:\/\/vilmantas.itch.io\/ldjam51-the-struggle","text":"Link"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"85119","g_author":"1037624","g_event":"LD51","g_eventkey":"114","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"394054","g_title":"[HTML5] The Struggle","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"406","g_commentcount":"23","g_site2_node_id":"304062","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"304062","n_urlkey":"394054","n_parent":"296586","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/51\/the-struggle","n_slug":"the-struggle","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"compo","n_author":"37624","n_created":"1664600130","n_modified":"1779479993","n_version":"943829","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD51","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":2,"author":37624,"body":"# Preface\n----\n\nSecond game-jam where I was working solo. The theme was quite bad and I failed to come up with even a single idea that would be fitting.\n\nI did my best to create a solid game and have fun though. Only a small part matches the theme, but I still opted to get rated, cuz why not. :shrug: \n\n----\n\n![LDJAM-51 Cover.png](\/\/\/raw\/8f2\/9\/z\/4f808.png)\n\n----\n\n## Description\n\n----\n\nYou are trapped on an island and the only way to escape is to save up 100$ and pay off the guard (Dmitri) to you a boat. You are forced to do manual labor - mine rocks - as a way of pleasing your supervisors. You will be 'fired' if the machine that crushes the rocks stays idle for too long and doesn't do enough work. \n\nSimply working for a low wage is not smart or efficient, thank God Dmitri is here to assist you by taking those precious gems that you mined off your hands and pawn them for a split profit. Unfortunately for you the crushing machine also loves these gems and requires a lot of work to crush them thus increasing the activity meter greatly if they were deposited to it.\n\nDepositing gems is a risky business, Dmitri won't like the fact that you are destroying his profits.\n\n----\n\n## Game Instructions\n\n----\n\nYou **Win** if you manage to earn 100$.\n\nYou **Lose** if the **Activity meter** is completely empty.\n\nYou receive 4$ **every 10 seconds** (Did I mention I **love** this theme?).\n\n**Activity meter** is always decreasing. The only ways to fill it back up is to **deposit** rocks or gems for the Crusher to crush.\n\nGet ores and gems from **mining** rocks.\n\n! Click on the gem icons to deposit them when near the belt. \n\n**Watch out for Dmitri**. If he's awake, he won't allow you to deposit the gems and will take the gem you're trying to deposit, plus some extra cash for the hassle.\n\nDmitri will **pawn** gems for you and share some of the profits made. \n\nRock **respawns** in another spot after it is mined.\n\n\n----\n\n## Controls\n\n----\n\n* Press (or HOLD) LEFT MOUSE button to MOVE the PLAYER\n\n* Press SPACE when near a BOULDER to MINE it.\n\n* WALK OVER a GEM or ROCK to LOOT it.\n\n* Press P to PAUSE the game.\n\n![depositing-min (1).gif](\/\/\/raw\/8f2\/9\/z\/4f7d1.gif)![mining-min.gif](\/\/\/raw\/8f2\/9\/z\/4f7d3.gif)![depositing_gems.gif](\/\/\/raw\/8f2\/9\/z\/4f828.gif)![dmitri_assault-min.gif](\/\/\/raw\/8f2\/9\/z\/4f829.gif)\n\n----\n\n## Tools used\n\n----\n\nGame engine: Unity 2021.2\n\nCode was developed using JetBrains Rider.\n\n3d models and textures were made using Blender 3.0.1\n\n----","comments":23,"comments-timestamp":"2022-10-05T20:05:11Z","created":"2022-10-01T04:55:30Z","files":[{"author":37624,"id":723,"name":"$$embed-723.zip","node":304062,"size":10229415,"status":64,"tag":0,"timestamp":"2022-10-02T18:25:38Z"}],"files-timestamp":"2022-10-02T18:25:38Z","grade":{"grade-01":31,"grade-02":30,"grade-03":31,"grade-04":31,"grade-05":31,"grade-06":7,"grade-07":28,"grade-08":28},"id":304062,"love":0,"magic":{"cool":54.0246266723,"feedback":15,"given":7.625,"grade":31,"grade-01-average":3.017,"grade-01-result":406,"grade-02-average":2.929,"grade-02-result":373,"grade-03-average":3.172,"grade-03-result":291,"grade-04-average":2.241,"grade-04-result":477,"grade-05-average":3.19,"grade-05-result":319,"grade-06-average":1.2,"grade-07-average":2.481,"grade-07-result":263,"grade-08-average":2.577,"grade-08-result":408,"smart":-30.706513281642},"meta":{"author":[37624],"cover":"\/\/\/content\/8f2\/9\/z\/4f791.png","grade-06-out":"1","link-01":"https:\/\/github.com\/vilmantas\/ldjam-51","link-01-tag":[50],"link-02":"https:\/\/vilmantas.itch.io\/ldjam51-the-struggle","link-02-tag":[42336]},"meta-timestamp":"2026-05-22T19:59:53Z","modified":"2026-05-22T19:59:53Z","name":"[HTML5] The Struggle","node-timestamp":"2022-10-03T16:33:16Z","parent":296586,"parents":[1,5,9,296586],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/51\/the-struggle","published":"2022-10-02T19:20:28Z","scope":"public","slug":"the-struggle","subsubtype":"compo","subtype":"game","type":"item","version":943829},"text":"# Preface\n----\n\nSecond game-jam where I was working solo. The theme was quite bad and I failed to come up with even a single idea that would be fitting.\n\nI did my best to create a solid game and have fun though. Only a small part matches the theme, but I still opted to get rated, cuz why not. :shrug: \n\n----\n\n![LDJAM-51 Cover.png](\/\/\/raw\/8f2\/9\/z\/4f808.png)\n\n----\n\n## Description\n\n----\n\nYou are trapped on an island and the only way to escape is to save up 100$ and pay off the guard (Dmitri) to you a boat. You are forced to do manual labor - mine rocks - as a way of pleasing your supervisors. You will be 'fired' if the machine that crushes the rocks stays idle for too long and doesn't do enough work. \n\nSimply working for a low wage is not smart or efficient, thank God Dmitri is here to assist you by taking those precious gems that you mined off your hands and pawn them for a split profit. Unfortunately for you the crushing machine also loves these gems and requires a lot of work to crush them thus increasing the activity meter greatly if they were deposited to it.\n\nDepositing gems is a risky business, Dmitri won't like the fact that you are destroying his profits.\n\n----\n\n## Game Instructions\n\n----\n\nYou **Win** if you manage to earn 100$.\n\nYou **Lose** if the **Activity meter** is completely empty.\n\nYou receive 4$ **every 10 seconds** (Did I mention I **love** this theme?).\n\n**Activity meter** is always decreasing. The only ways to fill it back up is to **deposit** rocks or gems for the Crusher to crush.\n\nGet ores and gems from **mining** rocks.\n\n! Click on the gem icons to deposit them when near the belt. \n\n**Watch out for Dmitri**. If he's awake, he won't allow you to deposit the gems and will take the gem you're trying to deposit, plus some extra cash for the hassle.\n\nDmitri will **pawn** gems for you and share some of the profits made. \n\nRock **respawns** in another spot after it is mined.\n\n\n----\n\n## Controls\n\n----\n\n* Press (or HOLD) LEFT MOUSE button to MOVE the PLAYER\n\n* Press SPACE when near a BOULDER to MINE it.\n\n* WALK OVER a GEM or ROCK to LOOT it.\n\n* Press P to PAUSE the game.\n\n![depositing-min (1).gif](\/\/\/raw\/8f2\/9\/z\/4f7d1.gif)![mining-min.gif](\/\/\/raw\/8f2\/9\/z\/4f7d3.gif)![depositing_gems.gif](\/\/\/raw\/8f2\/9\/z\/4f828.gif)![dmitri_assault-min.gif](\/\/\/raw\/8f2\/9\/z\/4f829.gif)\n\n----\n\n## Tools used\n\n----\n\nGame engine: Unity 2021.2\n\nCode was developed using JetBrains Rider.\n\n3d models and textures were made using Blender 3.0.1\n\n----","title":"[HTML5] The Struggle","wayback_recovered":true,"wayback_source":{"capture":{"original":"https:\/\/api-jam.ludumdare.com\/vx\/node2\/get\/308501+308502+308503+308504+308505+308506+308507+308508+308509+308510+308511+308512+308513+308514+308515+308516+308517+308518+308519+308520+308521+308522+308523+308524+308525+308526+308527+308528+308529+308530+308531+308532+308533+308534+308535+308536+308537+308538+308539+308540+308541+308542+308543+308544+308545+308546+308547+308548+308549+308550+308551+308552+308553+308554+308555+308556+308557+308558+308559+308560+308561+308562+308563+308564+308565+308566+308567+308568+308569+308570+308571+308572+308573+308574+308575+308576+308577+308578+308579+308580+308581+308582+308583+308584+308585+308586+308587+308588+308589+308590+308591+308592+308593+308594+308595+308596+308597+308598+308599+308600+308601+308602+308603+308604+308605+308606+308607+308608+308609+308610+308611+308612+308613+308614+308615+308616+308617+308618+308619+308620+308621+308622+308623+308624+308625+308626+308627+308628+308629+308630+308631+308632+308633+308634+308635+308636+308637+308638+308639+308640+308641+308642+308643+308644+308645+308646+308647+308648+308649+308650+308651+308652+308653+308654+308655+308656+308657+308658+308659+308660+308661+308662+308663+308664+308665+308666+308667+308668+308669+308670+308671+308672+308673+308674+308675+308676+308677+308678+308679+308680+308681+308682+308683+308684+308685+308686+308687+308688+308689+308690+308691+308692+308693+308694+308695+308696+308697+308698+308699+308700+308701+308702+308703+308704+308705+308706+308707+308708+308709+308710+308711+308712+308713+308714+308715+308716+308717+308718+308719+308720+308721+308722+308723+308724+308725+308726+308727+308728+308729+308730+308731+308732+308733+308734+308735+308736+308737+308738+308739+308740+308741+308742+308743+308744+308745+308746+308747+308748+308749+308750+308751+308752+308753+308754+308755+308756+308757+308758+308759+308760+308761+308762+308763+308764+308765+308766+308767+308768+308769+308770+308771+308772+308773+308774+308775+308776+308777+308778+308779+308780+308781+308782+308783+308784+308785+308786+308787+308788+308789+308790+308791+308792+308793+308794+308795+308796+308797+308798+308799+308800+308801+308802+308803+308804+308805+308806+308807+308808+308809+308810+308811+308812+308813+308814+308815+308816+308817+308818+308819+308820+308821+308822+308823+308824+308825+308826+308827+308828+308829+308830+308831+308832+308833+308834+308835+308836+308837+308838+308839+308840+308841+308842+308843+308844+308845+308846+308847+308848+308849+308850+308851+308852+308853+308854+308855+308856+308857+308858+308859+308860+308861+308862+308863+308864+308865+308866+308867+308868+308869+308870+308871+308872+308873+308874+308875+308876+308877+308878+308879+308880+308881+308882+308883+308884+308885+308886+308887+308888+308889+308890+308891+308892+308893+308894+308895+308896+308897+308898+308899+308900+308901+308902+308903+308904+308905+308906+308907+308908+308909+308910+308911+308912+308913+308914+308915+308916+308917+308918+308919+308920+308921+308922+308923+308924+308925+308926+308927+308928+308929+308930+308931+308932+308933+308934+308935+308936+308937+308938+308939+308940+308941+308942+308943+308944+308945+308946+308947+308948+308949+308950+308951+308952+308953+308954+308955+308956+308957+308958+308959+308960+308961+308962+308963+308964+308965+308966+308967+308968+308969+308970+308971+308972+308973+308974+308975+308976+308977+308978+308979+308980+308981+308982+308983+308984+308985+308986+308987+308988+308989+308990+308991+308992+308993+308994+308995+308996+308997+308998+308999+309000?authors&parents&superparent"},"object":"objects\/sha256\/84\/847a60d68a9d3075872f677841c93ab6f961e0198b038ac06d5610af5855f9e0","record":"shard-2\/json-live-urgent-v3\/records\/990227e4de5ae8ea565fd4c8f584b2eb8d1c253b9667fd426e76db735729bb52.json","sha256":"847a60d68a9d3075872f677841c93ab6f961e0198b038ac06d5610af5855f9e0","source":"https","stored_at":1784022425}}