Cool game! I love the care and attention you put into the little things. Having your car turn into a boat, and being able to read about the dinosaurs you collect in the glossary. These were really nice touches. The gameplay loop was solid, although I did find it a little easy. Would have loved to see a ramp-up in the difficulty that made me more compelled to gamble my XP. If I were required to spend a few minutes grinding previous dig sites, I would feel a lot more invested in getting a big payout from the XP slot machine. The art was really nice, and props for having audio feedback on every action. Picking up and dragging tiles was also super juicy because of the nice wobble, and the health bar UI was a joy to look at. Nice work!
I also worked on a card-based battle system, would love your thoughts on it.
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Thank you for playing and I'm really glad you noticed the little things, I was worried about those things not being noticed but it feels nice.
Balancing is really difficult for me so I ended up making it easier because I also figured this a game jam and not many people are gonna wanna grind for a small, short game. Maybe when the jam is over I'll update the game so it feels more difficult. I appreciate the feedback and I will definitely check out your game.