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Shovel Master by DBRalir

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made by DBRalir for LD28 (JAM)
Shovel Master!

You are are a skilled treasure hunter, exploring various areas in search of gold.

Collect at least 50 gold to pay for travel to the next area, but you only get one minute!

Arrow keys to move, spacebar to dig.

Dev Team:

5-cent BAZOOKA - Designer
Aarithian - Artist
Ben "Juicy" Olson - Artist
Chume - Programmer
DBRalir - Programmer, Designer
Reginald Simmons - Musician
Windows https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/58229441/shovel_master.zip
Source https://github.com/dbralir/ludum-dare-28
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-28/?action=preview&uid=10296

Ratings

Coolness 71% 3
Overall(Jam) 2.79 394
Audio(Jam) 3.09 200
Fun(Jam) 2.69 333
Graphics(Jam) 2.76 386
Humor(Jam) 2.39 255
Innovation(Jam) 2.41 416
Mood(Jam) 2.63 367
Theme(Jam) 2.50 353

Feedback

ryanmurakami
17. Dec 2013 · 02:18 UTC
pretty fun!
vinull
17. Dec 2013 · 03:48 UTC
I like the art style and music - the game play is a little rough, it's very hard to get those coins in time!
GaTechGrad
17. Dec 2013 · 04:02 UTC
Neat game and good work on the sprite graphics. This reminds me a lot of the shoveling mini game in Zelda: A Link to the Past for the SNES.
MRvanderPants
17. Dec 2013 · 18:11 UTC
I liked the games concept. But the art looks a little rushed somehow. Maybe you shouldn't cut the edges of the playfield like that, and try to make some different sprites, which you can randomly use on trees and such. The shoveling animation was pretty smooth thou
Jeasonfire
17. Dec 2013 · 19:00 UTC
That was really fun, simple and fun. Also, the music was very cool.
pele
17. Dec 2013 · 19:03 UTC
The music is arcadey and cool. the graphics could use some work. The game felt too much luck based and I'm not sure if it was specific to me but the objective didn't feel clear until I got a game over.
JaJ
17. Dec 2013 · 20:52 UTC
There doesn´t really seem to be any skill involved in playing this game, it´s all luck.

The presentation is nice.
StMatn
17. Dec 2013 · 21:05 UTC
Nice game!
The music and graphics are really cool.
I really like the look and animation of the treasure hunter :)

After the second level I thought "Well...I got 60 gold and have 20 seconds left. I will lose my money anyway, so... lets chill and just wait for the next level." Then the game tells me, my score is 200 and I instantly regret my lazyness :D

Great game!
Scifer
17. Dec 2013 · 21:45 UTC
Very nice. Do love the retro feel and look to the gameplay. Can so envisage playing this on the SNES
eralpkaraduman
17. Dec 2013 · 21:53 UTC
I installed windows on virtual machine just to play this game :)
🎤 DBRalir
17. Dec 2013 · 22:16 UTC
Thanks for the comments, guys! We were really rushed, and weren't able to add everything we wanted.

Expect a post-compo version!
Midnight Creators
18. Dec 2013 · 14:29 UTC
Nice game! Really addictive :D
WojWorks
20. Dec 2013 · 06:02 UTC
It's a bit of a guessing game, but it's fun enough.
arcticleaf
23. Dec 2013 · 02:25 UTC
fun gamee
Croze
04. Jan 2014 · 23:10 UTC
Felt too random, it was pretty much press space and move as much as possible. Good idea though, and looked nice.
Jeremias
05. Jan 2014 · 11:57 UTC
You should make the digging faster and add some kind of meaningful decision to the gameplay, e.g. hints where to dig, enemies to avoid or so. In the moment, it's just luck. I like the background music and the sound effects!
mtinkerhess
05. Jan 2014 · 20:38 UTC
The execution is pretty good (graphics, sound, music, controls), but I'm not a big fan of the gameplay -- it seems like there aren't any interesting decisions for the player to make, and whether you win or lose seems to be pretty much luck.
Jedi
05. Jan 2014 · 23:15 UTC
I agree with what's been said; it's an awesome execution but the gameplay itself is too boring and random.

I really liked the music!