DorfSlinger by gdman
Plunge tireless (no) miner Dorf into earth to help him find all treasures of ancient depths of Boria!
Controls: Aim with Mouse/Touch, release to sling Dorf at desired moment.
Dorf drank all potions, so they're out of game due to deadline.
Handcrafted with love using Godot, Aseprite, Audacity without any use of AI.
Tip: if Dorf eats much, it can become obstacle, try giving him a diet! Note - game doesn't have save feature yet. Update for mouse controls.
| HTML5 (web) | https://gdman.itch.io/dorfslinger |
| Link | https://drive.google.com/file/d/122qXyAAqsL7V3BarXmNhay8m8Ugybc8k/view?usp=sharing |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/57/dorfslinger |
Ratings
| Overall | 95th | 3.638⭐ | 42🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 41th | 3.788⭐ | 42🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 169th | 3.205⭐ | 41🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 48th | 4.038⭐ | 42🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 167th | 3.35⭐ | 42🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 151th | 3.238⭐ | 42🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 43th | 3.551⭐ | 41🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 156th | 3.355⭐ | 40🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 122🗳️ | 64🗨️ |
>Failed to read the 'serviceWorker' property from 'Navigator': Service worker is disabled because the context is sandboxed and lacks the 'allow-same-origin' flag.
However, I was able to play it on itch. I think you could make things a bit more springy/juicy with the firing mechanic, right now it feels very rigid. The art is nice, but having menus on-theme would go a long way. Overall, nice work getting this done in 48 hours!
@d-omino Thanks!

Really cool idea to have an incremental game like this where you carve out the stage as you go! The pixel art is great, I like the Dorf sprite in particular. I think having the font and UI panels in the same style as the game sprites could help tie everything together visually.
As for feedback, the early game lacks some more control of your dwarf to go in different directions. And the dwarf slows down too fast. I mostly just went straight down like a brick. Some more bouncy physics would have probably been more fun to play around with.
Like the game, simple but good and a good amount of time used to play throu, great work.
@thoastbot twice congratulations! I realized very late that there is no limit for that.
I am Dorf King!
Very enjoyable! :smile: Upgrade mechanics are so fun.