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I've never managed to get that to work haha","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1141343,"author_name":"olsonexi","author_uid":"olsonexi","epoch":1744249419,"text":"Fun game. Easy to pick up, but basically impossible to beat. The music is good. Well done!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1141351,"author_name":"Salaro","author_uid":"salaro","epoch":1744249647,"text":"It took me a few tries but I got it! It reminds me of this arcade game I used to play!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1146835,"author_name":"jtap","author_uid":"jtap","epoch":1744421788,"text":"Fun and unusual mechanics of a tiny but enjoyable game, I finished it on the third try, thanks","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1148239,"author_name":"jk5000","author_uid":"jk5000","epoch":1744483631,"text":"A simple and fun little game. Well done.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1148964,"author_name":"NBumgardner","author_uid":"nbumgardner","epoch":1744513909,"text":"Nice job on making a skillful challenge that depends partially on luck of the level generation and partially on building an efficient digging strategy. I did get stuck once with rocks on 3 sides and a water bottle overlapping me, yet I could restart the game quickly by refreshing the browser. If you continue the game in the future, then adding a squish sound effect and a victory sting could be nice for polish.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1150951,"author_name":"Eugenik","author_uid":"eugenik","epoch":1744628021,"text":"Awesome. Thank you from my eyes =)).\n","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1152009,"author_name":"RubixNoob13","author_uid":"rubixnoob13","epoch":1744715606,"text":"Pretty fun little game. Catchy music. Cute art style. I've not heard of this engine before, definitely gonna take a look into it sometime though, looks interesting. Great work!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1153989,"author_name":"Hypersomnia","author_uid":"hypersomnia","epoch":1744932176,"text":"The mechanics is so fun! I enjoy the proper diffulty added to this game, which makes me really immersed!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1155922,"author_name":"someone","author_uid":"someone","epoch":1745280364,"text":"Interesting mechanics. Took a few attempts to figure out the way to proceed and managed to win eventually.  \nThe collision seems a bit janky at times. I was often ended up embedded in the floor and sometimes died to nothing at all and occasionally the bottles would not be collected.  \nA decent entry. \n","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ld57\/wayback-placeholder.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/jeanstkng.itch.io\/exgemdig","text":"Link"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"97332","g_author":"1410779","g_event":"LD57","g_eventkey":"111","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"448983","g_title":"Expert Gem Digger","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"580","g_commentcount":"12","g_site2_node_id":"410780","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"410780","n_urlkey":"448983","n_parent":"406845","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/57\/expert-gem-digger","n_slug":"expert-gem-digger","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"410779","n_created":"1743802603","n_modified":"1778407933","n_version":"1296199","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD57","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":1,"author":410779,"body":"Controls:\n  A: Dig Left\n  D: Dig Right\n  S: Dig Down\n  Space: Restart Game\n\n\nDig your way down before rocks smash you and drink water to recover stamina. 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