Shovel Quest by Nanolotl

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made by Nanolotl for LD29 (COMPO)
Delve into the ground and collect all 16 artifacts.

Controls:
WASD/Arrows - Movement
Mouse - Aiming
Left Click/Space - Attack

Ratings

Coolness 100% 1
Overall 3.91 62
Audio 2.81 534
Fun 3.91 45
Graphics 3.98 108
Humor 3.29 149
Innovation 3.11 519
Mood 3.37 266
Theme 3.80 133

Feedback

Warzone Gaming
27. Apr 2014 · 17:09 UTC
I love the style and gameplay.
mrcrazyscience
27. Apr 2014 · 17:09 UTC
Great game fun and surprising. Great job
FyberOptic
28. Apr 2014 · 04:32 UTC
Great game. You've come up with some neat mechanics, which go along well with the visuals and gameplay. I also enjoy the sense of humor. I've never been a prouder owner of a vintage coat hanger.
Somfunambulist
28. Apr 2014 · 04:33 UTC
Great graphics!
lparker
28. Apr 2014 · 04:35 UTC
Great game!
GlowingSnail
28. Apr 2014 · 07:27 UTC
The engine is fast and responsive, that feels good. The blocky 3D engine with pixellated texture, while not original, is kinda cute. Passing the levels require a bit of thinking each time, which is good. Good entry overall!
GlowingSnail
28. Apr 2014 · 07:28 UTC
Thank you for supporting arrow keys. Could you also support non-wide screen-resolutions please?
thristhart
28. Apr 2014 · 07:34 UTC
Great style! I feel like the appearance would be significantly less weird if the hand that's attached to the body pivoted with the shovel hand instead. I can tell if I liked a game if I am willing to retry it after dying - and I was immediately willing to give this another go. Didn't make it past 14/16 artifacts, but I had fun anyway. Big fan of the pikmin-style artifact names. Definitely the funniest entry I've played so far.
psychopsam
28. Apr 2014 · 12:16 UTC
What a great game. I really like the graphics and style. Reminds me of Pitfall. Super polished too. Great work.
Korwegian
28. Apr 2014 · 14:43 UTC
Very VERY well done. Can you send me an envelope of butter-like substance? I need it for... for science... for to looking at it...
marccspro
29. Apr 2014 · 16:35 UTC
Nice game well play ;)
Marcus_siactro
30. Apr 2014 · 07:53 UTC
Now this one was great! I had a lot of zelda and soul blazer feels while playing this game. Great work
Frump
30. Apr 2014 · 07:56 UTC
The targeting is a bit strange but I had a lot of fun with this. Good job!
MintArcade
30. Apr 2014 · 08:08 UTC
Very nice game, cute graphics
Contacaton
30. Apr 2014 · 08:12 UTC
That poor spider at the end XD
Covenant
01. May 2014 · 12:59 UTC
Loved it! The graphics were awesome, and the gameplay was solid.
Only complaint is that the controls could be a little tighter, but very good work nevertheless! :)
TheGreenTie
01. May 2014 · 13:04 UTC
Holy crap! That was fun! Probably one of my top 5!
Just a reminder, don't make mouse-based games without a fullscreen option, I found myself clicking outside the game while fighting spiders...
tomvert
01. May 2014 · 13:11 UTC
Interesting, made me think of zelda games (the bomb). I love the art style.
paps
01. May 2014 · 13:18 UTC
love the artifacts, the style, and the puzzle. I did not go very deep though. Very fun to play
mechabit
02. May 2014 · 10:55 UTC
I like the 3D graphics and the humor. Fun mechanics.
AutumnGuy
04. May 2014 · 04:19 UTC
Great execution of gameplay, and cute graphics.

Well done! Keep up the hard work!
bob_fish
04. May 2014 · 04:22 UTC
I found 7 on my first try. Very nice game. Great art, sounds and gameplay. Great job!
rojo
04. May 2014 · 04:36 UTC
Definitely enjoyed this one. I got a laugh out of dirt flavored lipstick. Some background music would have been great, though.
Lacaranian
06. May 2014 · 04:48 UTC
Cool game. The Pikmin style item descriptions were a nice touch. Kudos!
Troy
06. May 2014 · 11:40 UTC
I adore this game; probably my favorite of this Ludum Dare so far. The environments and art style are great. It was a little tedious when knocking those rocks around the map, particularly when through small openings, or when there were structures/wall obscuring the camera. Otherwise a great play. Fantastic work!
SoupWithBits
06. May 2014 · 12:03 UTC
This is quite a game for 48 hours!
Wow! Really well done!
Gap
06. May 2014 · 14:59 UTC
*High Five =>* Nice graphics, good game :)
VictorDoval
06. May 2014 · 15:02 UTC
Clean and fun!I Loved the cube style!
Belvar
06. May 2014 · 15:06 UTC
Impressive entry with great graphics. The gameplay is very smooth and fun to play.
xdegtyarev
07. May 2014 · 22:03 UTC
Cute characters and the style pretty neat! Well done!
Jeremias
09. May 2014 · 14:09 UTC
A solid game. The artifacts made me smile everytime :D sometimes the camera angle makes it a bit difficult to see paths or gaps.
Garris
10. May 2014 · 02:52 UTC
Good. Game. Would I play again? The short answer is yes. The long answer is yes, please. I'd like to see some music added, but this was a really fun, well-built game.
XenosNS
10. May 2014 · 02:53 UTC
Excellent job! Nice fleshed out concept and great humour
mcapraro
10. May 2014 · 22:22 UTC
i like the overall feel of this game, good work!
Jupiter_Hadley
12. May 2014 · 01:51 UTC
Love the child aspect of the game. I included it in part 25 of my Ludum Dare compilation video series, if you'd like to check it out :) http://youtu.be/06U_lc3kLp4
JonathanG
12. May 2014 · 07:56 UTC
This is great! It's fun to play and there is a good progression of difficulty. It's packed with humour too!
copain
13. May 2014 · 11:24 UTC
Simple and fun. Good.
lucidlarva
13. May 2014 · 15:05 UTC
I loved this a ton. Really nice gameplay and art and sound and design.
joe40001
14. May 2014 · 09:20 UTC
Fun game, seems very much inspired by pikmin.
Moosefly
17. May 2014 · 12:17 UTC
As others have already mentioned, it's a solid game. Didn't make it far on my first try, but got all of the artifacts on my second run (with one life to spare even). Nice simple puzzles too.

I did have some issues with it:
- Walls blocked your view in some points.
- The area you could see was quite limited, especially when moving towards the screen I had to move by tapping the key so I wouldn't run into any spiders.
- Could've used a fullscreen option.
- The enemies were somewhat tedious, being able to kill them in maybe three hits would've probably been more fun.
- Ambient background audio or something? Didn't like the walking sound effect.

Anssi@MooseflyGames
SK16Games
19. May 2014 · 21:51 UTC
Love this game :D