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As far as controls go, I would have loved to be able to use the mouse location\/click to mine, WSAD movement and space bar to jump. I really wish there was some chiptune music to go with this, it would have driven me to play longer. I was able to glitch one of my jumps through a wall, but not regularly enough for it to be a real issue. Congrats on finishing as a solo developer, I can't imagine the solo struggles! Well done. :) ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1141727,"author_name":"Baldurs","author_uid":"baldurs","epoch":1744260871,"text":"The game is quite hard, the jump that people said was hard I kinda just teleported up into. I like the escape at the end, and assuming this isn't done with an engine its very good.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1141740,"author_name":"TomatoLamp","author_uid":"tomatolamp","epoch":1744261227,"text":"I really like the arcade-style presentation and the strategy in saving the mining for the escape segments. The controls were very sensitive and the jump height was sometimes inconsistent or I would suddenly clip up onto a ledge. The scope is appropriate for a jam game but some additional hazards to avoid or upgrades to mine the deeper blocks would go a long way.\n\nRegardless, it was compelling enough to keep me playing for a while - nice job!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1146770,"author_name":"Thomas Higgins","author_uid":"thomas-higgins","epoch":1744417113,"text":"The theme, idea and vibe of the game is solid love getting down in the mines to find some gems, found the jump to be janky \/ unreliable which added to the difficulty as well as alot of complex jumps straight out the gate giving little time to get use to the controls - overall groovy entry","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ld57\/wayback-placeholder.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/html-classic.itch.zone\/html\/13315467\/index.html","text":"Link"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"97514","g_author":"1411905","g_event":"LD57","g_eventkey":"111","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"449467","g_title":"Depth Gem","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"99999","g_commentcount":"6","g_site2_node_id":"411906","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"411906","n_urlkey":"449467","n_parent":"406845","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/57\/depth-gem","n_slug":"depth-gem","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"411905","n_created":"1743878685","n_modified":"1775675017","n_version":"1302325","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD57","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":1,"author":411905,"body":"Descend into caverns to collect gems under a time limit!\n\n### [Click to play here!](https:\/\/html-classic.itch.zone\/html\/13315467\/index.html)\n\n- Use the left\/right arrows to move around\n- Use Z to jump\n\n![depth_gem_2.png](\/\/\/raw\/109\/46\/z\/6b1a8.png)\n\n- Use X to mine gems, if you can reach them\n- Hit the switch at the end of the cavern to unlock the exit\n- Take a risk and mine gems while the cavern collapses for a bonus multiplier\n\nAfter every round, you'll have an opportunity to regain any lives you lost by spending gems. 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