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That was super fun! I activate 3x speed from the start and the rush feels really good. the pacing also feels nice and getting the upgrade feels really smooth, easy, but also challenging for the later one without requiring too much grinding.

However, I do have one complain, and it's the fact that you change the position on the keep digging button and the reset run button between the first time you beat the game and the subsequent one. I almost reset my run even though I wanted to continue digging to upgrade the rest of the upgrade (I was glad you have a confirm button to make sure I didn't do it, but that still could be accidentally clicked on if I didn't pay enough attention and just thought "oops, didn't hit the button correctly")

other than that, fun game! Would love to see how you continue the game further and what upgrades you'll add.

Kubessandra2 days ago(+1)

Thank you. Yes, I'm playing a lot with this end modal. I'm trying to get more feedback from users about what they really hope for the game, more upgrades? longer run? More mechanics, etc.
I see a lot of people are playing but I'm struggling to get feedbacks to improve the game and remove boring or useless things.

Nice to know this is a good point. I will fix this. Also, something really nice is to play in versus with friends; this is basically just who is going to be the fastest one to the end for now

Yes, I think I will soon add the 2nd part into the demo, but if you have any suggestions I'm more than happy to hear them !

Hexx_Vixtar2 days ago

The game was genuinely enjoyable so I don't really know what feedback to give aside from "It's really fun!". the upgrades feels great to buy and use, the game doesn't try to unnecessarily pad itself out, and the game runs quite smoothly (beside when you get all the upgrade, then there's a noticeable lag where it starts from the top in one frame and immediately reach the bottom, though this is on top of 3x speed so take that as you will).

If I have any bad experience, it's mostly from my own fault, such as having clicking problem at 3x speed. As I said in my original comment, I immediately set the speed to 3x, so when it times to get rid of the debris, I essentially clicking at 1/3 the speed I could've clicked. This isn't a design problem though, I literally put the speed up myself so that's my own problem to deal with (and even then, there's an upgrade that ignores clicking later on, so it's not a permanent problem).

if you nitpick, maybe you could say the game's flow is a bit too quick? because I never once have any significant money problem, even though I forgot to upgrade most of the gold upgrades (I just bought 1 of each and forgotten about them), and I was able to quickly progress and finish the game without much issue. However, I personally prefer a game's being too quick to finish over a game being too long to finish. If you want though, you could adjust the prices more so that the game feels a bit slower without being too long, but I'll leave that decision to you, because I'd say right now it's a good flow to have.

Oh, maybe a prestige system? a common practice for these kind of games. Maybe have it appear as an option half way through the 2nd area and be like "This rock is too hard to dig through in the current era, maybe the next generation will have a technological breakthrough to dig through them?" Then you can prestige, get some kind of tech advance point, and then your digging ability is better. then again though it could be hard balancing the progression and setbacks of a prestige system, so be careful if you plan to add this (or something similar) into the game.

Kubessandra2 days ago(+1)

Very nice to hear. Yes, I'm trying hard to not just add upgrades so it stays enjoyable and we don't have this feeling of infinite same thing.

I could make the run longer by just adding more layers with more HPs etc but I think it would just be boring at one point and I probably need to find new ways of surprising the player or keeping it from just doing the same thing over and over.

Achievements could be a good addon also

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