I loved how the enemy's face was a resource. I liked the destructible terrain and variety of enemies. The final enemy was a cool surprise. The player movement and axe attack did feel a bit short even after upgrades. The game takes a bit of time to get into but great entry overall.
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Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
Authenticity (use of resolution) | #87 | 4.613 | 4.613 |
Gameplay | #119 | 3.419 | 3.419 |
Overall | #124 | 3.718 | 3.718 |
Graphics | #134 | 3.581 | 3.581 |
Audio | #158 | 3.258 | 3.258 |
Ranked from 31 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Did you work in a team?
I made the game alone, my wife only fed me.
Was the resolution a challenge?
I love low res! You can draw a handful of pixels and declare it a man with an axe, no one will prove otherwise.
What did you learn?
Making games with Godot is fun. I plan to stay with it for a while longer.
Comments
Very fun game, with that simple but addictive motherload style gameplay loop. The lack of upgrades I originally saw as a negative, but it drove me to explore to the end of the planet (and find a fun little ending sequence). Enemy variety made combat rather interesting. Mobility upgrades were endlessly helpful and I felt like a sack of potatoes without them (without the jump boost shoveling became a troublesome proposition). Sound design was great, especially the propellers of the ship. Graphics were also very good.
I'm a Bounty hunter? ^^ that was a treat! glad I went exploring, that was intense at the end haha, great game :)
Great stuff. This is a very engaging and fun game. The controls could use a tiny bit more finesse but everything else works as good as it should. The ship design reminds me strongly of Kin Dza Dza :D
Nice sound effects and gameplay loop, and I absolutely love the animations and presentation overall.
I think the digging mechanic could be a bit faster/juicier, and the overall speed should be increased. Also, more variation on the planet would also be great. But none of this feedback takes away from the fun experience. There's something really satisfying about going back with your resources, taking off and exploring another part of the planet.
Good job!
Sweet game! This looks like it was a ton of fun to make, I'm a little jealous!
As for improvements, maybe some extra color in the environment or background music wouldve been nice :) We spend a lot of time on this planet, so anything to make it more interesting is a plus!
Thanks for the feedback! About fun: imagine a bunch of imps threw indestructible fireballs at each other, ignoring the player, creating huge pits and performance problems. I’ll leave this feature for another game ) Yes, the planet turned out to be very sad, so we leave it at the first opportunity without any regret 😉. Background music was originally planned, but on the last day I only managed to make short tracks for the intro, shop and the boss battle.
I like the game, i like digging is just fun, i kinda wish the planet would progress more like new cool enemys or unique resouces.
Cool game! I love the art style, especially the little dude. Movement feels pretty sluggish and clunky tho, especially getting stuck on some corners. The speed upgrade helps but also makes me feel like there shouldn't be a speed upgrade, and you should just start with that as base speed. Probably for progression sake, but still feels kind of bad. The digging is such a cool mechanic, especially with how the dirt works, but is a bit too slow to feel as fun as it could be.
Great job overall!
Good game! I like a lot the menu intro of the game, it seems to me like Super Metroid :) Graphics and sound are good, maybe the only thing to improve is the movement when you are in a slope.
Good job!!
This was an excellent entry! Simplified versions of some awesome game mechanics made it work perfectly in this resolution. Those damn birds... Very well done!
Spacecraft sound is really cool! I kept wanting to hear it :P
The gameplay really works well in the 64x64px limit. Great entry.
+1 for Godot :D
Like it. Kind of a bite-sized Starbound without the crafting and building components.
This game is really fun and well balanced, I made many greedy runs and was punished for it by waking up from a nightmare with all my green gems gone. It's fun to feel empowered to take down the enemies that used to cause you trouble, and this game fulfilled a gaming wish I've had since I was a kid, which is player-controlled lemmings-style digging simulator. I think it took me 15 days to beat it, after many greedy deaths. The graphics and animations are really great too, everything looks good in motion despite the tiny resolution.
They called me a mad man. xD
I LOVE that I was able to do this.
Now you can tell your wife that feeding you was worth it.
I found the jump a biiit too low, sometimes it was frustrating. But I wish you'd consider expanding it leaving the digging as a main mechanic. Very fun haha
WOW! It’s a pity I didn’t lay a bunch of green gems right under the ship to reward such diligence! On the other hand, I’m glad to know that nothing has fallen off the screen. (You may be curious to know that an identical pit appeared under the villain’s ship on the opposite side of the world, because the same terrain texture is used there). Thanks for stress testing!
This was a very nice game with a good loop, loved the digging and could see this game being developed further into a good game.
If you get the chance id love it if you could play and rate our game too :)
I got all the items, and was like...9000 currency to go? Then I got the real ending...and it crashed.
The fact that I played the whole thing a second time to see the ending should tell you my opinion of this game.
The digging is really satisfying, however the combat hit boxes feel strange. A lot of times I'd just stand on a zombie and try to jump away so I could hit him. I also found the birds to be very hard to deal with since I wasn't sure how to line up my attacks. I didn't realize wood wasn't worth filling up my backpack with as soon as I got the shovel for a bit so I spent a decent amount of time just getting wood instead of gems and wondering how I was supposed to afford anything. Also, it's not clear which gems are worth more without looking at your screenshot. Overall, nice job! I'm not sure why I'm a strange bearded man with an axe in a spaceship but hey.
I admit, the game is a bit complicated for jam entry with all these resources, so I tried to shorten and simplify it as much as I could, but, as you can see, I did not succeed in this. And yes, I agree that hitboxes are far from perfect. Thank you so much for such a great review with constructive criticism!
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