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Mine Digger by KriSsS Gonko

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made by KriSsS Gonko for Ludum Dare 57 (JAM)

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Motherload meets Minesweeper. Mine Digger combines two genre.

Give it a try on Itch.io

Controls:

  • W, A, S, D for Movement and to Drill
  • R opens shop, you have to be at the shop
  • F to buy items
  • Numbers 1 to 4 to use items

Known Issues

  • ~~You can buy the Shield while still having it active~~
  • ~~Tiles blown up by TNT are not updating correctly~~
  • ~~Flagging is working, but visual indicator that you are in flagging mode not working~~
  • Auto Miner not working
  • Drill Spread not working

Team:

  • Fin - Music - (https://www.youtube.com/@FIN_Der-Otter)
  • Flocke - Mascot, Shop Keeper - (https://www.instagram.com/p/C_crsfbNoJH)
  • Martin - Programming, UI, Game Design - (https://prepe.itch.io/)
  • Nata - Sound, UI, Mini Art Support - (https://krisss-gonko.itch.io/)
  • Stephie - Animation, Art - (https://kyunru.itch.io/)
  • Tine - Programming, UI, Level Design - (https://mireyu.itch.io/)

Hope you'll enjoy what we created!

Love, The Team team.jpeg

Game on Itch.io https://kyunru.itch.io/mine-digger
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/57/mine-digger

Ratings

Overall 415th 3.583⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Fun 411th 3.417⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 314th 3.458⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Theme 451th 3.674⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 564th 3.396⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Audio 446th 3.146⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Humor 593th 2.357⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Mood 701th 3.091⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Given 33🗳️ 23🗨️

Feedback

dxk2294
08. Apr 2025 · 06:35 UTC
I was hoping I'd see a Motherload entry with this theme! The Minesweeper crossover was unexpected but in retrospect makes perfect sense. I really enjoyed my time with this one, and would love to see it expanded on in a full release :wink: Great work!
Sviborg
08. Apr 2025 · 17:01 UTC
Very interesting idea. Plays very smoothly.
Sayeg
08. Apr 2025 · 17:09 UTC
Plays nice, very good game design and concept. The art and atmosphere are lovely! If there one thing I would say is that while the music itself is very pleasant, the digging SFX became annoying quite quickly.

Good job! Looks like you guys had fun on this one, and it shows :)
PecheDodue
09. Apr 2025 · 15:44 UTC
Nice concept! I love the art!!
Kerdelos
09. Apr 2025 · 16:09 UTC
I liked your game and spent quite a bit of time on it!

I would have enjoyed more challenge because it all felt too easy. But the game loop and digging was satisfaying enough to keep me hooked and try to buy the costlier upgrades (even though I didn't managed to use the flag. Looks like it didn't work ?). I was a bit puzzled by the rock that you can't mine with your drill. I did figure to use the TNT on them but only after quite some time and I'm not sure if the TNT gets you the exploded ore ? (BTW there was a minor bug where the numbers wouldn't refresh correctly when using the TNT. And I'm not sure if the scanner is bugged or not but I couldn't quite figure what to make out of the numbers.)

Like the person above I found the digging SFX to quickly become annoying but I found the music really nice and well done.

Overall well done :)
Keeta
10. Apr 2025 · 23:52 UTC
Very cool game. I love the idea of changing up minesweeper so that desirable objects are also given numbers- and when there are orange numbers you're not sure which are mines and which are ore. Although in practice I just stocked up on TNT and took a few steps back. This is a great concept for a game, I had a lot of fun with it. And the art was really cute too.
gemcc
12. Apr 2025 · 12:16 UTC
Wow awesome game, nice fresh take on minesweeper. The music is awesome too!
Tomtomgome
12. Apr 2025 · 12:30 UTC
I really love your Idea, it's very well though of and quite frankly I had a ton of fun. The upgrades should be more balances, I kept loosing minerals because my inventory was full, and the upgrade didn't add much to my capacity. Also, between the shield and huge life amount, it doesn't fell very threatening to hit a mine.
But the concept really is great !
jtap
13. Apr 2025 · 02:02 UTC
A very interesting interpretation of the minesweeper genre. It was fun to play, I would like more pleasant effects of block destruction, which would add to the involvement in the process. Thank you
Calitoucourt
13. Apr 2025 · 21:16 UTC
maybe the game is too easy, I have never run into a mine so it was just easy farming and buying but nice concept, good job !
Sn4pi
16. Apr 2025 · 09:59 UTC
Incredibly fun game, especially for someone who played minesweeper alot during highschool! I liked the upgrades and the game design, could have been more of a challenge overall but that's the cherry on top.

TNT was busted imo :laughing: I bought a bunch of them late-game, haha
xpoho
16. Apr 2025 · 14:55 UTC
Good game! ^_^
Prepe
16. Apr 2025 · 18:07 UTC
@sn4pi yea the TNT was a bit underwelming in the start. we buffed it to collects the ore just so it is fun for the jam. I think of making it so it will destroy some of the ore or deduct score for the end. Don't know yet and going to discuss it with the team. Probably going to have a big update after the jam as we currently only fixed some major problems or unwanted behavior.
Ponytrator
26. Apr 2025 · 07:15 UTC
Nice game! And i really love that team photo! PPl you are awesome! <3
Also like how does game feel. And puppy in shop =))