Little Mole Hunt by Tragon

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made by Tragon for LD29 (COMPO)
You are a little mole trying to get an apple. But there are many humans around hunting you with their spades. Will you escape them and get the apple?

Take your time and also experience the opposite view playing as a hunter.

You can play together with your friends too and let them hunt you or try to hunt them yourself. The server host will always start as the mole.
Limit: 5 Hunter + 1 Mole

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Tips:

Mole:
Stand still and you can sense the hunters and see them through the surface. If you go to the surface the hunters will see you, so change your position quickly.
Only you can see the apple, but you only see a projection to indicate the direction until you are near enough.

Hunter:
You can trace the moles movements through his hills.
Additionally the last surface visit is marked with particles. He might be still around.
Trace the direction in which he is moving to guess where the apple could be.

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Controls Mole:
- Movements: WASD
- Go to Surface/Back: Space
- Mine walls: Hold LMB

Controls Hunter:
- Movements: WASD
- Use Spade: Space/LMB

Universal:
- Mute Sound: M
- Reduce Grass: R
- Increase Grass: T
- Restart afterwards: Esc

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Features:

- Destructible underground
- KI
- Different textures depending on role
- Multiplayer with additional Hunter role

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Used Tools:

Unity
Bfxr
Photoshop

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Post Compo:

- Enabled hunter mode for singleplayer with mole KI
- Minor cave destruction fix

(Had not much time on the first day, this was done in a few hours one day later)

Ratings

Coolness 79% 2
Overall 2.89 837
Audio 1.93 919
Fun 2.48 991
Graphics 2.66 874
Humor 2.41 579
Innovation 3.36 359
Mood 2.74 777
Theme 3.50 345

Feedback

Seppel
28. Apr 2014 路 06:23 UTC
It's a fun game, but the mole surfaces once to find the apple, then he never has to resurface again until he wins.

Do the hunters get to see the paths the mole has dug? (I haven't played as a hunter.) That can help the hunters get an advantage.

I think it's a game that could use some improvements to be made very good.
orangepascal
28. Apr 2014 路 06:30 UTC
took some time to figure out how to work this game (also my screen resolution cut off the instructions at the bottom, that might have helped) :p First time I played a mole!
Nition
28. Apr 2014 路 06:31 UTC
Nice original concept. Well done getting multiplayer working (with editable terrain even!) in the 48 hour timeframe (though I didn't try multiplayer myself).
CustomPhase
28. Apr 2014 路 06:36 UTC
Really interesting premise, but realiszation could be a little better. And disability to restart the game without reloading the page sucks :)
馃帳 Tragon
28. Apr 2014 路 06:50 UTC
@CustomPhase: You can press Esc to restart. It was only in the controls beneath the player. Now also in Description.

@Seppel: The mole has limited vision. When he goes to the surfaces he can only "smell" it and see the direction. It is just a projection of the apple, not the apple itself, which is pretty far away.
muramasa
28. Apr 2014 路 06:55 UTC
Well, it will be fun to try it out with a friend.
As for the solo-play, I don't know if there is an objective other than surviving. Maybe arcade-like, but I think it misses a score thing (timer or something).
馃帳 Tragon
28. Apr 2014 路 06:56 UTC
@muramasa: Get the apple ;)
primaerfunktion
28. Apr 2014 路 09:32 UTC
That game lools rea枚枚y creepy. :D
Liens
28. Apr 2014 路 09:37 UTC
Nice little game, cool concept for sure.
Skywilly
28. Apr 2014 路 16:55 UTC
I want this game on LAN, with twenty players, 10 Vs 10. Great idea ;)
mattpattie
29. Apr 2014 路 16:44 UTC
that was cool (LOVE THE MOLE THEME :) )
Simon@LD
29. Apr 2014 路 16:47 UTC
Original concept! I'm also quite impressed that it is multiplayer (although i could'nt test it).
shane1090
29. Apr 2014 路 16:49 UTC
Interesting concept - I got hit by a spade quite a lot!
Jo茫o Kucera
29. Apr 2014 路 22:32 UTC
Multiplayer in 48 hours? Congrats!
helloWorldStudios
30. Apr 2014 路 22:07 UTC
Nice game. good idea like the fact it's multilayer.
Red Light Collective
10. May 2014 路 03:50 UTC
Dude you worked really hard to do this all by yourself, congratz!
NiceAlexanderAS
14. May 2014 路 22:31 UTC
It was kind of hard to understand how to play the first time but ones you get it its fun! and Wow! the graphics are awesome! i love that grass and that dark feel on the surface :D Great work :D