Hey everyone!

Thanks so much for checking out HellDigger Idle during the jam! I'm really excited to keep improving the game based on all the feedback and ideas that have been flowing in.

If you'd like to play the improved version once it's out, don’t forget to add the game to your collection on itch.io so you don’t miss the update!

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/57/helldigger-idle

https://sangheli.itch.io/ld57helldiggeridle

Here’s a rough roadmap of what’s coming after the rating period ends:

🔒 Add save system

⛏ Global excavation progress bar as a visual timeline with stage sprites

🃏 Dedicated joker screen

🔥 Narrative: dig your way down to hell

👹 Combat scenes with demons

🛠 Assign diggers from the sidebar without pausing the game

🎴 Active jokers shown at the top panel

🪟 UI polish for all windows

🔁 Reroll button in the joker shop

🔊 Sound effects

📜 Detailed quest descriptions

👷 Add a mascot foreman who turns into a demon in hell

🏕 Build tents for demons in a special level

⏩ Speed up the first 3 levels

💸 Cheaper jokers

🖼 Update joker sprites

📝 Rework joker descriptions

🔢 Number formatting (e.g., 1, 1x10, 1x100, 1k, 1kk, etc.)

🟧 Fix the orange fill bar bug

🤔 Explain why some things are built and some are digged

🏠 Base houses auto-produce workers—make it clear

🕳 Add animations for the pit disappearing while digging

⚖️ Rebalance or simplify all levels

🧱 Consumable resources

➕ Rethink the "+100" button

🧾 Scrollable list of bought jokers

⚙️ Settings menu

🖥 Exit button for PC builds

📦 Save resources between rounds

😈 Between-round demons that burn excess resources

🧩 Unlock new unit types between missions and preview them at game start(units shop)

🏗 Assign different unit types to each building and display their effects

📊 Show stats for each worker type

📱 Fix UI scaling for different aspect ratios (especially on mobile)

📣 demon spam popup windonws that interrupt the screen during rounds

🖥 Possibly reframe the game as a foreman simulator where the game field is the foreman's computer screen

• Bring in a Windows 98-style interface – it's trendy now!

Thanks again for playing – the underworld awaits! 🔥