I love the presentation, and the description on the itch page was very amusing. I wish that was in the game itself. I tried to load up the game without reading the description first and was a little lost. Not your fault, but a quick blurb in the beginning I think would've helped.

The game itself is like more extreme and entertaining Minesweeper, which I dig. As a solo project, the fact that all of these elements work as well as they do is impressive. In terms of the depth, there isn't too much there yet, but that doesn't mean this couldn't be expanded on in the future. I might have made the default move speed just a tad faster, or give me a reason to use the faster movement (set a timer, perhaps).

Overall, very nice job.

The flavour text/instructions on the itch page were excellent :D I enjoyed scouting around the map with the metal detector, and the SFX when finding a gold nugget made things feel really nice! I wonder whether the beeping of the metal detector could increase in frequency based on how close to the gold you are? The overall aesthetic and visual presentation were great too, very eye-catching title screen and UI!

I appreciate the in-character intructions txt, haha! I managed to get 15 gold after a few tries. I found the tells of gold vs mines basically impossible to tell, and going back to the bank after just a few gold seemed to always be the best move, maybe if there was more insentive to stay out longer there would have been more of a risk reward conflict? In terms of style the thematic music was on point, and the menu was really nice too, with the bouncing elements.

Lots to like in this simple game. I liked finding the gold, I liked exploding, but I am not sure how the extra life worked actually. I had a bleeping nice time and that's all that really matters. 'Til next time partner.

Nice concept! I don't know if it's a but but the mines appeared as cubes on my end so I could know where each of them were which removed one difficulty, but I can see how interesting the gameplay can become if you can't see 'em hehe. 

I really enjoyed reading the itch page, although it took me time to get the gameplay (also not being a native english speaker), maybe you could add a kind a short section to sum it up ? 

Didn't get the gameplay, to be honest. You should maybe add an instructions tab and a tutorial level. However like the art and sound effects. If you don't mind could you check out and rate my game?

Once I'd gotten the idea, it was a neat little diversion. Has one of the juiciest UI I've seen! Excellent work! 

Game itself would benefit from more player facing information; maybe wiggle the detector from side to side as it moves and tie the beep frequency to the very end of the detector so that players can see which direction the next pile of gold is likely to be in without having to change direction/ click so often. I felt like I was bumbling around in the dark, hoping for the best. Finding the gold was a bit underwhelming; pour some of that juice onto the gold piles! The randomness  of the levels meant dying felt arbitrary; there was nothing I could do about it or even see it coming.

The dust trail was a great design decision! I had to read the comment below explaining why it was added to fully understand it but now I see it's purpose to the game.

If you were going to take this further, I'd add a brief explanation of how to play and upgrades to be purchased with the gold to give the player something to aim for. The game will live or die around that juice though so use it liberally!

The connection to the theme feels a bit stretched, but it has an interesting concept anyway. Nice entry :)