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Was there a way to go to the store without dying?","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1126459,"author_name":"commanderstitch","author_uid":"commanderstitch","epoch":1744074678,"text":"@andrewkennedy you can get the store if you don't die, but then you are probably to weak after that to not \"die\" i ran out of time to make the death scene one that said, \"your ship is broke, but you are not...yet\" or something like that. xD","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1135307,"author_name":"BangKerpow","author_uid":"bangkerpow","epoch":1744155508,"text":"The look is great and unhinged. I'm bad and this and kept crashing. \n\nMy crash edits are so you don't see my desktop. I might have cut a second before the actual crash.\n\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/SJuLLl8a5aE","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1138581,"author_name":"commanderstitch","author_uid":"commanderstitch","epoch":1744209714,"text":"@bangkerpow looks like an upgrade issue, definitely not a lot of testing with those since those were the things i was working on when the event ended. I'd try it but only picking the ones I reported are working. range, firerate, max health, and personal gun. It could be something else, but not sure!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1151251,"author_name":"PhilStrahl","author_uid":"philstrahl","epoch":1744647475,"text":"It felt very much like a UFO-50 game in a sense that I first had to figure out how the game wants to be played. The last level was another instancing overload I've come to love and, let\u2019s be honest, expect from your games. Also the audio was very moody! You already know it, still, for reference, here\u2019s my playthrough of it again: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NR7fySdOzeA","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1154779,"author_name":"INCD021","author_uid":"incd021","epoch":1745082977,"text":"The insane and wonderful graphics as expected :D ![Screenshot from 2025-04-19 19-14-14.png](\/\/\/raw\/5c7\/2\/z\/6c551.png)\nI love the vortex of stones and \"stuff\" very nice effect.\nI found surviving hard at the beginning but very easy as soon as I get a few upgrades.\nVery nice entry :thumbsup: \nAlso, the CLI output :laughing: Love it!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1154874,"author_name":"henk","author_uid":"henk","epoch":1745090226,"text":"My RAM can't handle a game with such high-end graphics.  I made it to the end but attempting to take a screenshot was enough to make my OS kill the process.\n","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1155642,"author_name":"Color and Form","author_uid":"color-and-form","epoch":1745242336,"text":"unusual. i like that","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1155900,"author_name":"Frank Gevaerts","author_uid":"frank-gevaerts","epoch":1745275977,"text":"It took me a while to understand what I was supposed to do, and then I managed to defeat the initial enemy once! No chance against the next wave though...","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ld57\/wayback-placeholder.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/commanderstitch.com\/files\/games\/DigDownDudeLD57.jar","text":"java"},{"url":"https:\/\/commanderstitch.com\/files\/games\/DigDownDudeLD57Source.zip","text":"source"},{"url":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/9X-JEvsxYz0","text":"timelapse"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"96648","g_author":"1001067","g_event":"LD57","g_eventkey":"111","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"448042","g_title":"Dig Down Dude!","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"245","g_commentcount":"10","g_site2_node_id":"407222","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"407222","n_urlkey":"448042","n_parent":"406845","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/57\/im-in-i-will-go-i-will-work","n_slug":"im-in-i-will-go-i-will-work","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"compo","n_author":"1067","n_created":"1742353100","n_modified":"1778416590","n_version":"1311359","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD57","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":13,"author":1067,"body":"Dig Down Dude!\n\nThis thing is very broken, but I assure you, lose not your confidence, it IS beatable.\n\nLet me tell you the things that don't work so you know not to spend money (unless you want the extra points) on upgrades that don't do anything:\n\n* defense - broken\n* max health - WORKS\n* movement speed - broken\n* turret - broken\n* drill - broken\n* Attack Range - WORKS (i think)\n* Rate of fire - WORKS\n* Unlock personal gun - works (i think)\n\nif you go to the exit\/store, but it wont let you out, check the top of the screen. 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If the number isn't to ZERO it wont let you leave. (you need to DRIVE your ship to the exit\/Store)\n\nThere are 3 levels. See if you can beat them all. Should totally be doable. xD\nHappy digging!\n\n![store!.png](\/\/\/raw\/b24\/z\/69f28.png)\n![storeCostsPPPBBffttt.png](\/\/\/raw\/b24\/z\/69f29.png)\n","title":"Dig Down Dude!","wayback_recovered":true,"wayback_source":{"capture":{"original":"https:\/\/api-jam.ludumdare.com\/vx\/node2\/get\/407001+407002+407003+407004+407005+407006+407007+407008+407009+407010+407011+407012+407013+407014+407015+407016+407017+407018+407019+407020+407021+407022+407023+407024+407025+407026+407027+407028+407029+407030+407031+407032+407033+407034+407035+407036+407037+407038+407039+407040+407041+407042+407043+407044+407045+407046+407047+407048+407049+407050+407051+407052+407053+407054+407055+407056+407057+407058+407059+407060+407061+407062+407063+407064+407065+407066+407067+407068+407069+407070+407071+407072+407073+407074+407075+407076+407077+407078+407079+407080+407081+407082+407083+407084+407085+407086+407087+407088+407089+407090+407091+407092+407093+407094+407095+407096+407097+407098+407099+407100+407101+407102+407103+407104+407105+407106+407107+407108+407109+407110+407111+407112+407113+407114+407115+407116+407117+407118+407119+407120+407121+407122+407123+407124+407125+407126+407127+407128+407129+407130+407131+407132+407133+407134+407135+407136+407137+407138+407139+407140+407141+407142+407143+407144+407145+407146+407147+407148+407149+407150+407151+407152+407153+407154+407155+407156+407157+407158+407159+407160+407161+407162+407163+407164+407165+407166+407167+407168+407169+407170+407171+407172+407173+407174+407175+407176+407177+407178+407179+407180+407181+407182+407183+407184+407185+407186+407187+407188+407189+407190+407191+407192+407193+407194+407195+407196+407197+407198+407199+407200+407201+407202+407203+407204+407205+407206+407207+407208+407209+407210+407211+407212+407213+407214+407215+407216+407217+407218+407219+407220+407221+407222+407223+407224+407225+407226+407227+407228+407229+407230+407231+407232+407233+407234+407235+407236+407237+407238+407239+407240+407241+407242+407243+407244+407245+407246+407247+407248+407249+407250+407251+407252+407253+407254+407255+407256+407257+407258+407259+407260+407261+407262+407263+407264+407265+407266+407267+407268+407269+407270+407271+407272+407273+407274+407275+407276+407277+407278+407279+407280+407281+407282+407283+407284+407285+407286+407287+407288+407289+407290+407291+407292+407293+407294+407295+407296+407297+407298+407299+407300+407301+407302+407303+407304+407305+407306+407307+407308+407309+407310+407311+407312+407313+407314+407315+407316+407317+407318+407319+407320+407321+407322+407323+407324+407325+407326+407327+407328+407329+407330+407331+407332+407333+407334+407335+407336+407337+407338+407339+407340+407341+407342+407343+407344+407345+407346+407347+407348+407349+407350+407351+407352+407353+407354+407355+407356+407357+407358+407359+407360+407361+407362+407363+407364+407365+407366+407367+407368+407369+407370+407371+407372+407373+407374+407375+407376+407377+407378+407379+407380+407381+407382+407383+407384+407385+407386+407387+407388+407389+407390+407391+407392+407393+407394+407395+407396+407397+407398+407399+407400+407401+407402+407403+407404+407405+407406+407407+407408+407409+407410+407411+407412+407413+407414+407415+407416+407417+407418+407419+407420+407421+407422+407423+407424+407425+407426+407427+407428+407429+407430+407431+407432+407433+407434+407435+407436+407437+407438+407439+407440+407441+407442+407443+407444+407445+407446+407447+407448+407449+407450+407451+407452+407453+407454+407455+407456+407457+407458+407459+407460+407461+407462+407463+407464+407465+407466+407467+407468+407469+407470+407471+407472+407473+407474+407475+407476+407477+407478+407479+407480+407481+407482+407483+407484+407485+407486+407487+407488+407489+407490+407491+407492+407493+407494+407495+407496+407497+407498+407499+407500?authors&parents&superparent"},"object":"objects\/sha256\/0d\/0da5ba7ed36f877bd4bf5e35da3b70b10aff01be9a276baad939faf73af2a7e5","record":"shard-1\/json-live-urgent-v3\/records\/b127a6645c6bd78db52c56fe07d906c33ba3c76e45f3cb9a346785835439818d.json","sha256":"0da5ba7ed36f877bd4bf5e35da3b70b10aff01be9a276baad939faf73af2a7e5","source":"https","stored_at":1784022549}}