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And terrain editing is one of my favorite features in every game :D","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":998953,"author_name":"Luksor","author_uid":"luksor","epoch":1696354779,"text":"This is a really fun game, the drilling is very satisfying and I had a lot of fun trying out different upgrades.\nThe lava constantly trying to get you adds a lot of thrill to the experience.\nWould love to play a polished post-jam version of it in the future.\n\n![farlands.png](\/\/\/raw\/8fc\/92\/z\/5f53f.png)\nFound the far-lands! :D\n","format":"md","likes":5,"spam":"N"},{"id":999313,"author_name":"sebi","author_uid":"sebi","epoch":1696356924,"text":"The game is really cool, it's hard to imagine you did all this in just 72 hours!\n\nI think this might be another bug - where you can't modify the black terrain:\n\n![output2.gif](\/\/\/raw\/256\/c3\/z\/5f58a.gif)","format":"md","likes":5,"spam":"N"},{"id":999362,"author_name":"sebi","author_uid":"sebi","epoch":1696357254,"text":"And it appears lava in farlands crashes the game ^^' but it's really fun! 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GJ","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":1019395,"author_name":"AlexTengu","author_uid":"alextengu","epoch":1696822494,"text":"I've played this game too much. Let's say, digged too deep...\n\nYou can check the playtest on youtube. I edited the 1 hour video to be short as possible to highlight essential things I explored in your game.\n\nSpoiler: dying being unable to get safe - that is the real tragedy of this game.\n\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PxbMfvL3ty4\n\n![231009 - LD54 Driller Instinct Playtest.mp4_snapshot_01.10.971.jpg](\/\/\/raw\/c44\/a3\/z\/600ed.jpg)\n\n![231009 - LD54 Driller Instinct Playtest.mp4_snapshot_07.50.469.jpg](\/\/\/raw\/c44\/a3\/z\/600ee.jpg)\n","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":1019735,"author_name":"Magnanix","author_uid":"magnanix","epoch":1696850449,"text":"I spent a very long time playing this, what a wonderful idea. Very good graphical representations of everything and the audio was great too! the constant increase in danger from faster and faster lava kept me on my toes - ultimately I died to the evil invisible wall XD.\nMy only suggestion would have been to add a quick tutorial on the goal, I started off not understanding that I had to mine the orbs, instead - I was trying to dig around them (to free them from the terrain).\nOverall excellent submission! :).","format":"md","likes":4,"spam":"N"},{"id":1020169,"author_name":"Spica","author_uid":"spica","epoch":1696875357,"text":"This is sooooooo addicting! Really nice entry! Wish you added a \"pause\" button though so I can take breaks sometimes :smile: (or did I not notice it?) ","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":1020355,"author_name":"Joror","author_uid":"joror","epoch":1696881580,"text":"Neat visuals and fun smashing of rocks! The tension ramps up as you go, but it seems hard to avoid the lava at times?\nBusted around quite a bit, good job!","format":"md","likes":4,"spam":"N"},{"id":1020512,"author_name":"KeichiTS","author_uid":"keichits","epoch":1696887838,"text":"Very clever usage of the theme. The game looks very pollished with good level progression. \n\nIt's impressive for a 72h jam time. \n\nI really enjoyed! \n\n","format":"md","likes":4,"spam":"N"},{"id":1029997,"author_name":"chompdev","author_uid":"chompdev","epoch":1698012901,"text":"Super fun! Congrats on the excellent score. I love how you've distilled the fun of mining into a very smooth and enjoyable gameplay loop, and the expanding lava mechanic is a great way to add tension and put an emphasis on meaningful perk choices. 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