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A jam submission

Bit Miner - 2023View game page

Mine your own bitsness!
Submitted by Max Valentino — 22 minutes, 10 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Controls#24.0714.071
Fun#24.2144.214
Era "Feel"#44.3574.357
Overall#53.9143.914
Sound Design#113.3573.357
Graphical Presentation#123.5713.571

Ranked from 14 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

What style of retro game were you going for? (Year/Era/Console/etc)
Gameboy

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Comments

Submitted

A simple, yet charming mining game with a funny twist at the end. The core play loop of mining materials to upgrade your tools and time kept me hooked until the ending, despite how simple the mechanics were. I did find the controls a bit clunky to deal with at times, like when you're trying to jump or mine two columns of blocks at once, but those are minor nitpicks. The graphics and sound also look just like what you'd expect from a Game Boy game, so you earn extra points for that.

Submitted(+1)

I don't care, they don't believe me, I got to the end and I saw UFO. I would like an endless mode and multiple endings, for example I tried to bomb the last floor and that didn't do anything, but I was like, if there is a secrete last floor here, I'm going to lose it xd. great game, I don't usually play stuff like this, but I kind of lost track of time.

Submitted(+1)

Great solid game! Simple idea executed welll, really well polished and fun to play. Good job!

Submitted(+1)

This is one of the most addictive games I've played in a while. And it feels complete! I don't think I even have any notes. It's not the newest idea under the sun, but your take on it is solid. Good work.

Submitted(+1)

This was a pure rush of dopamine-- I think I actually lost track of time while playing it, haha!

It's everything you want in an arcadey hand-held type of game: easy to pick up, hard to put down. I absolutely loved the progression and how enjoyable it was to try and find new things across each dig, or beat my previous depth record.

The controls are simple-- they feel a bit clunky at times, but it doesn't subtract from the gameplay. I can definitely see a younger me playing this on my Game Boy during a long car trip.

Please consider working more on it; I'd love to see more caves/areas, maybe an endless mode? Stellar job!

Submitted(+1)

This game held my attention really well. The short runs make you keep wanting to upgrade and just do a little bit better next time. I also was a big fan of the music. It definitely captures that old gameboy era with simple tunes that just need to be earworms to work.

My only complaints were probably with the jittery camera when descending. It got more tolerable with pickaxe upgrades, but I probably would have kept the character bouncing upwards but made the camera only go downwards.

The scrolling back up to reveal your path down once your time runs out is a nice touch too, but once you start digging pretty deep it ends up taking a while to get back to the top.

Overall, really nice solid entry. Great work!

Submitted(+1)

It's a really fun game!

Submitted(+1)

This game dragged me out for an hour. Great job! I especially liked the idea of fossils

Submitted(+2)

No one's gonna believe me, but I won. Great game!

(+1)

The game is very well made, it respect the game boy limitation. The graphics is perfectly visible, at the beginning it’s frustrating because the time is short, but after some upgrade that’s better. You’ve put secrets to find it’s interesting too. Very good entry !

Submitted(+1)

very nice, perfect feel for old GBS... i could get it to work after a few mins, got lost in some menu