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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Concept | #37 | 3.750 | 3.750 |
| Enjoyment | #48 | 3.375 | 3.375 |
| Overall | #61 | 3.250 | 3.250 |
| Presentation | #75 | 3.250 | 3.250 |
| Use of the Limitation | #108 | 2.625 | 2.625 |
Ranked from 8 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Team members
LaggyFox
Software used
Godot, Aseprite
Use of the limitation
You get points for drilling through green tiles, turning them brown
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I liked this one a lot. The drill mechanic is very satisfying.
Thank you so much :)
A nice challenging game! It feels very polished. I like how you combined the mechanics of digging and launching yourself into the air. The mechanic of bouncing off of the flowers reminded me a bit of Hollow Knight when you strike down to bounce off enemies and spikes.
What inspired you to come up with the digging and launching mechanics?
Heya, thank you for this lovely review! :)
Yeah, now that you mention it, the bounce off mechanic is pretty similar to Hollow Knight's, didn't think of that, haha.
Regarding your question, I can't think of something specific that inspired that mechanic. I'm very interested in eventually creating action platformer games with interesting and fast movement, so I'm trying to experiment with that in game jams.
The theme is 'earth', and unlike water, earth commonly floats in platformers, so I thought it would be fun to combine the attributes of earth platforms and water in order to let the character "swim" through the level and get higher up that way.
As for the launching mechanic, the original idea was to allow the player to jump higher up with it, encouraging them to dig instead of just jumping, but after some thought I realized it would be boring on its own, as I'm just forcing the player to dig in order to make higher jumps, which is why I've added the flowers, I think it makes it much more interesting.
If you're interested in another challenge with interesting movement, you can check out my previous game. It won the previous mini jam and I'm really proud of it :)
https://laggyfox.itch.io/color-splash
Thanks for the explanation! As a newbie game dev, I like learning the thought processes of other game devs. Your color splash game is also cool.
Absolutely loved this concept! Such an original feeling game. Great work!
Thank you, glad you liked it!
Thats the cutest fox ever! Great concept!
Thank you! ^^
The fox drilling animation is the cutest thing ever and very original. I am not a pro gamer, so I had a hard time completing the levels, but it was fun ^^
Thank you so much! Completing the game was also hard for me actually, the gameplay could use some rebalancing but I just couldn't get to it within the time limitation and all. Glad you enjoyed it still :)
An original interpretation of traditional platform games, the graphics are magnificent, the levels are thoughtful and the OST fits the atmosphere perfectly. Well done !
Thank you so much, glad you liked it :)
This game is really fun and fits the theme well! If you could review my game that would be great https://itch.io/jam/mini-jam-166-earth/rate/2943594.
Thank you! And of course, I always review someone who reviewed my game :)