Collect all these stones! by Xahon
Cozy idler game. Harvest resources, go deeper and deeper!
Progress wisely, each new level is harder to dig but more reward
What will be your strategy to collect all that ore in the best time possible? Would you hire an army of human workers or run a swarm of collector drones? Can you speedrun it?
The choice is up to you! Share your strategies and results in the comments down below!
Small tip, no matter which type of unit is used, tier gives reward bonus. More tier unit collected the tile, more reward multiplier.
My best result is 3054s (5.0 min of realtime)
Have a good time, stone collector! :)
My second jam alone
| Link | https://xahon.itch.io/collect-all-these-stones |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/58/collect-all-these-stones |
Ratings
| Overall | 397th | 3.5⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 270th | 3.538⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 393th | 3.25⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 482th | 3.538⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 628th | 3⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 639th | 2.261⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 506th | 3.365⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 27🗳️ | 29🗨️ |

It is really addictive, thank you for stopping on level 20 :smiley:
The only thing I missed, was some way for losing workers or machines, like accidents or failures, because it only goes up and up in number. But it is really fun to watch them collecting, and the SFX really suits the game, well done!
Here's my best run!

Update, can't stop optimizing

I think I'm selling my workers around level 10. Though I've found they only slow me down at the end of a level, so I'm experimenting with buying a bunch at the beginning of a level, and selling them before the end of the level so they don't hoard the final blocks. My last run I did this around level 10-15 or something.
I never end up selling tractors at all, with the upgrades it's better value to keep them since the price of upgrading/buying drones to out pace tractors isn't worth it.
Anyway, I had way too much fun with this game. If you ever did an update, hotkeys for buy/sell/upgrade for each type would be amazing.
Q: sell worker, W: buy worker, E: upgrade worker
A: sell tractor, S: buy tractor, D: upgrade tractor
Z: sell drone, X: buy drone, C: upgrade drone
Letting me hold down the button so that it buys it as soon as it is available would let me be even more precise without having to spam button presses. My mouse finger is tired now lol.
Thanks for sharing your strategy, you are right, workers will slow down the gameplay at some point and I believe I get rid of them too early. However, I don't yet know if continuous boosting of workers will work out on the late game against mixed units with lesser tiers, because worker upgrade #10 is far more cheaper than #10 for trac or drone. I think will check it a bit later
Hotkeys feature is a great idea, I wonder why I missed it in the first place when was finalizing the game
UPD: No, workers don't work out in the late game. My best now 2889 on all drones upgraded to 10, can't go any better
Back to your game, textures are good, audio part is nice, and the game mechanic is satisfying. And didn't expect for the last part to happen...
Well done!

Here's my score:

Thanks you all for your support! Your support means a lot to me! I've decided to go Post-LD and release the game on Steam with a few updates to the gameplay, UI and visuals. The estimated date of the release December 1, 2025. The title name will remain the same (Collect All These Stones), so you will find it easily!
The game is released on Steam https://store.steampowered.com/app/4117750/Collect_All_These_Stones_CATS/