Mine Explorer by Joe Williamson

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made by Joe Williamson for LD29 (COMPO)
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-= Description =-
Go exploring an old abandoned mine to find treasure. Dodge plumes of fire to go ever deeper.

-= Controls =-
Arrow keys, Z

-= Tools =-
Language: Haxe
Library: HaxeFlixel
Graphics: MS Paint (Classic)
Audio: Reaper, Bfxr

-= Future =-
I do plan on developing this considerably in the future. Updates will most likely be on twitter.

Ratings

Coolness 66% 3
Overall 3.41 340
Audio 3.74 69
Fun 3.14 440
Graphics 4.62 5
Humor 2.87 302
Innovation 2.58 917
Mood 3.42 245
Theme 3.61 258

Feedback

Pete_H
28. Apr 2014 路 02:15 UTC
Some really nice art there!
ProjectSped
28. Apr 2014 路 02:19 UTC
great art, although a few bugs.
Kino333
28. Apr 2014 路 02:21 UTC
I liked it! A bit short, but due to the time constraints that's not a bad thing.

My biggest gripe is No treasure! D:< <3 Very well done! If you continued it and made more mechanics and bigger levels I'd play it!
nxT
28. Apr 2014 路 02:23 UTC
Not long, but super-slick.
馃帳 Joe Williamson
28. Apr 2014 路 02:25 UTC
I was properly rushed at the end, I'm afraid. No time for level design, in spite of spending ages on the stuff for designing levels! :'(
NicoM
28. Apr 2014 路 02:27 UTC
God that arts gorgeous:)!! Got to the (sort of) end, really enjoyed it, also great to see how many haxeflixel entries there are this ludum dare:)
Armanky
28. Apr 2014 路 02:29 UTC
Art is gorgeous, but the gameplay is very, very simple. Very nice polish on the whole thing, definitely impressive.
nigelmnz
28. Apr 2014 路 02:39 UTC
Great art! Plays really well.
superzac
28. Apr 2014 路 02:41 UTC
Absolutely lovely art, this is the kind of pixel art everyone should make, instead of the monotone stuff we usually see. Game is short, but I see a lot of potential for perhaps a post-Ludum roguelike of epic proportions.
Somfunambulist
28. Apr 2014 路 02:54 UTC
The artwork is excellent, and the gameplay is simple but engaging. I loved it!
Cyanblue
28. Apr 2014 路 03:00 UTC
30% less art quality, please.
Siewart
28. Apr 2014 路 03:08 UTC
Awesome art, nice music. Because of this I can forgive the length of the game :)
nesis
28. Apr 2014 路 03:09 UTC
Good, simple game. I like the art and music the most :) It'd be cool to see this as a more developed platformer! The idea of delving down into new cave rooms to implicitly start a new "level" and set a new spawn point is a cool one.
sknoslo
28. Apr 2014 路 04:35 UTC
Amazing art. If you fleshed this out a bit more this could be really good!
cwkx
28. Apr 2014 路 05:00 UTC
Full marks, the pixel art was so clean and polished - I loved it!
villhest
28. Apr 2014 路 05:57 UTC
Love the art!
Suese
28. Apr 2014 路 07:37 UTC
Great artwork and music.
8BitPimp
28. Apr 2014 路 08:46 UTC
The graphics are lovely and the feel of the game is great. Very solid for 48hours. Couldn't work out what to do when I reached the treasure chest however.
loadx
28. Apr 2014 路 10:01 UTC
Graphics are amazing but gameplay just isn't there for me.
donan
28. Apr 2014 路 14:30 UTC
Absolutley amazing art. Too bad it was short. Keep working on it after the compo :D
Sodaware
28. Apr 2014 路 15:05 UTC
I remember seeing your updates during the compo and making a mental note to check out the finished product. Even though it's a little short, I'm glad I did.

Really, really nice presentation. The artwork looks excellent, and the game as a whole feels really polished. The music is nice and subtle too, which helps set the mood.

Please release a post-compo version with something in the treasure chest. I need closure!
Daniel X. Moore
28. Apr 2014 路 15:58 UTC
Great art and music. Gameplay was pretty simple but it's a complete game and the controls feel pretty good!
Split82
28. Apr 2014 路 16:25 UTC
Amazing graphics. Love that! Controls are good too. More content would be awesome.
orangepascal
28. Apr 2014 路 17:40 UTC
oh man.. I played it twice to see if it at least gave me a treasure the 2nd time !! damn :)) very nice tho
zedutchgandalf
28. Apr 2014 路 18:52 UTC
Amazing art! Kinda short though... But awesome music as well!
cageinabird
28. Apr 2014 路 18:55 UTC
Very pretty, I just wish there was more of it.
TomBoogaart
28. Apr 2014 路 19:16 UTC
dang consistent high quality pixel art man, music fits well too
dector
28. Apr 2014 路 19:31 UTC
Game is too short. :( Love art style and music.
But it ends too early.
Jellycakes
28. Apr 2014 路 19:39 UTC
Really nice game! Shame it was so short, because I wanted to play more! Graphics look really, really nice too. Well done!
PriorBlue
28. Apr 2014 路 20:15 UTC
I see were all your work is going in, the pixel art is very great! Hope, you add more features in the future, like enemies.
Colorvade
28. Apr 2014 路 22:48 UTC
Fun while it lasted. I always like seeing such a thorough iteration of mechanics, too bad there's just the one element to it.
Mago
28. Apr 2014 路 23:21 UTC
Heh first thing I did after reading your instructions was to zoom my browser to see what happens :)
As to the game: Great music and pixel art. A little bit short but fun.
xhunterko
29. Apr 2014 路 01:11 UTC
VERY pretty!
sP0CkEr2
29. Apr 2014 路 03:54 UTC
it was nice looking but there was no substance - too bad you could not make more levels - it could be a lot of fun - add some more so i can play it post-compo. nice work
Managore
29. Apr 2014 路 06:26 UTC
Like everyone else has said, the art is amazing! Well done.
danidre14
29. Apr 2014 路 11:30 UTC
Its okay that you ran out of time. I did as well. Loved the graphics and gameplay. How it smoothly flow into each other room. Keep up the work and I would encourage you to finish this game.
stvr
29. Apr 2014 路 15:24 UTC
Fantastic art and music. I wanted more!
eufrik
29. Apr 2014 路 16:34 UTC
Interesting Game. Mechanics where good and really liked the soundtrack. It fits well.
GiveMeAllYourCats
29. Apr 2014 路 18:04 UTC
Great art, short game though and not really much to do but evade fires.
01010111
29. Apr 2014 路 19:53 UTC
Awesome art! I loved the fire pillars. It's super short, but I can see a lot of time went into the art :) Great job
SecondDimension
29. Apr 2014 路 20:16 UTC
Great game and art work is really nice.
_adamturnbull
29. Apr 2014 路 20:47 UTC
Love the artwork, you should definitely continue this. Nice job :)
Ragzouken
29. Apr 2014 路 21:19 UTC
seriously impressive graphics :D
Raiyumi
30. Apr 2014 路 02:03 UTC
I wanted that gold!

Awesome game, and super polished! One of my favs, although short. :(
Dreii
30. Apr 2014 路 07:33 UTC
Wow this is the best pixel art I've seen this compo! beautiful work of art there! :D
GeorgeBroussard
30. Apr 2014 路 10:32 UTC
Graphics are AAA. Great. Not much game there, but that's ok. It plays well, looks great, good music and this is a very nice little framework for a game. I loved the small rooms and super small/easy obstacles. Each room was bite sized. Would easily play through 100 rooms of such things. Nice job.
Gwinnell
30. Apr 2014 路 18:33 UTC
Awesome art, great music, and brilliant little bits of polish -- it's only fault is that it's a little short.
Vidsneeze
30. Apr 2014 路 19:15 UTC
Epic. The room switching is just so well made. The pixel art is just the way i like it.
jorgemoag
01. May 2014 路 00:10 UTC
Vero good game. Graphics +5
ricklesauceur
01. May 2014 路 11:48 UTC
nice art and very slick.
cavf88
01. May 2014 路 14:18 UTC
Awesome music and art!
Danvil
01. May 2014 路 21:30 UTC
Very nice art! Perhaps you want to add some more content post-combo?
VictoryGarden
02. May 2014 路 06:14 UTC
Nice art and effects, particularly the look of the fire pillars. I also appreciated the small room sizes--you didn't make big bloated rooms when you didn't have enough content to fill them, they were just the right size.

Unfortunately there's not much else to say about it. It wasn't long enough to be boring, nor deep enough to be interesting. Though I followed your updates quite eagerly throughout the jam, I'd hoped that there'd be a bit more here.

Another note is that use of the z key is awkward. I'd hope that there'd be a better way to deliver messages--and perhaps that you cut down on messages as much as possible, to focus on the core experience. As-is they were pretty distracting.
Rad Star
03. May 2014 路 12:53 UTC
Nice arts!
lief
03. May 2014 路 13:34 UTC
beautiful graphics, great sound, so pro - so polished.
Make A Game
03. May 2014 路 15:57 UTC
I was really looking forward for more diverging paths, oh well. Everything looks great.
allinlabs
04. May 2014 路 13:29 UTC
Very nice pixel art and animation
cardboard
04. May 2014 路 20:53 UTC
The pixel art is ace! The jumping feels nice and the mechanics are nice. Looking forward to updates on this in the future, so I can play again and get some gold.
scgrn
05. May 2014 路 00:02 UTC
This is gorgeous! I'd love to play a longer version.
Garris
06. May 2014 路 03:27 UTC
Very nice pixel art. This game is beautiful. Your sound effects are simple, but effective, and the music was great! I love when a game takes a simple mechanic and really runs with it. You exploited the hell out of "don't get hit by fire" and the result was a good game. You should develop this more.
GarethIW
06. May 2014 路 18:59 UTC
Pretty pretties, shame there wasn't more game.
lightsoda
08. May 2014 路 04:24 UTC
That was pretty short and simple, nice graphics. The music was good too.
loxo
08. May 2014 路 18:21 UTC
Amazing graphics and great audio! With more rooms with objects and gold this would be really great.
thaaks
10. May 2014 路 14:20 UTC
A bit too short and I was obviously too slow - no treasure :-(
The graphics are great! The music and sfx fit the game well.
Somehow I think you should try to get rid of the 'Z' key - why not use cursor key up or down instead of 'Z'? Seems obsolete to me.
ActionRemix
10. May 2014 路 21:47 UTC
MS Paint? Amazing.
gre
11. May 2014 路 15:39 UTC
Incredible graphics.
Minimalist gameplay but quite good with the challenge increasing. Game is a bit short and I wish to see more.
Striwx
13. May 2014 路 10:41 UTC
Love the art ! The music is cool but maybe unfinished. The gameplay simple but fun !