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Digging For A Potato by kewry

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made by kewry for LD26 (COMPO)
Survive until you buy the last potato on Earth!

Controls:
Movement - WASD
P - Pause and edit controls

Instructions:
Move around while avoiding to run out of fuel or being destroyed by digging too deep.
Sell minerals on the Green Cross Shop
Use the money to upgrade your hull and fuel tank
Buy that potato!

Notice: Game seems to have terrible performance on Google Chrome due to OpenGL usage, please use another browser instead.

Windows http://www.fastswf.com/8FYTp-I
OS/X http://www.fastswf.com/8FYTp-I
Linux http://www.fastswf.com/8FYTp-I
Web http://www.fastswf.com/8FYTp-I
Source http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?u882zx8p7xzjv1u
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-26/?action=preview&uid=12789

Ratings

Coolness 100% 1
Overall 3.06 674
Audio 2.91 432
Fun 3.08 470
Graphics 2.30 1095
Humor 2.69 277
Innovation 2.75 844
Mood 2.62 816
Theme 3.38 713

Feedback

CagedRat
29. Apr 2013 · 05:30 UTC
Good job, I feel ashamed. The world needs more games with digging.
GaTechGrad
29. Apr 2013 · 05:40 UTC
I ate the only potato in the world... I'm so selfish. :D
Aaants
29. Apr 2013 · 12:52 UTC
That's one pricey potato! Nice work :)
EdoMiyamoto
29. Apr 2013 · 13:43 UTC
I really like digging games like this! Great job, i enjoyed :)
Jonathan Whiting
29. Apr 2013 · 13:48 UTC
Love the idea of mining diamonds to eat potato. Could have done with more signalling that you are low on fuel/hull.
lody
29. Apr 2013 · 13:52 UTC
*ashamed* Economy, upgrades, and mining all in such simply fun package.
theomnis
29. Apr 2013 · 14:00 UTC
Not very good at it, but definitely enjoyed it!
oskardevelopment
29. Apr 2013 · 14:48 UTC
Fun game! Potato! :)
richy486
29. Apr 2013 · 14:59 UTC
Pretty cool, I haven't played a game like this before. Also love the music
ananasblau
29. Apr 2013 · 15:04 UTC
interesting game, but it is far from being fun to play. I die without much reason. Moving through previously dug tiles costs as much fuel as digging through a tile. I have no sense of how much my thing is damaged and hence don't know when I'm close to implode or something.

You got an interesting game idea though, and with a few improvements it can easily become a success on kongregate.

PS: sorry if I sound a bit harsh.
Nanolotl
29. Apr 2013 · 15:05 UTC
Fun concept. With a bit more polish, such as adding more feedback for showing when you have low fuel or damaged hull, it could have been more enjoyable.
The music was a bit repetitive.
🎤 kewry
29. Apr 2013 · 15:18 UTC
Thanks for the feedback and all messages so far! It really helps out.

@ananasblau harsh is good sometimes :D

@Nanolotl I made the music using Otomata then sticking in the pieces together quite near the submission time so it didn't come out so good, also I'm terrible at art/music making so this theme helped quite a lot :D
gizmo
29. Apr 2013 · 15:59 UTC
a minimal iDigit! very promising, i would love to see a more refined version of it.
josefnpat
29. Apr 2013 · 16:02 UTC
I was unable to read any of the text. Silly linux with web.
tonic
29. Apr 2013 · 16:05 UTC
Haha, it's very nice for a while!
LZAntal
29. Apr 2013 · 16:22 UTC
Fun digging game. Could not figure out how to get more fuel but who cares I was just keep playing it over and over. Nicely done.
gilmore606
29. Apr 2013 · 18:18 UTC
Very nice minimal game, does a lot with a little. I was disappointed there were not more expensive upgrades, I was fully upgraded as soon as I figured out what was going on. Still, nice work!
pereubu
29. Apr 2013 · 18:23 UTC
liked it, it's addictive :D
BortStudios
29. Apr 2013 · 18:26 UTC
Good game, it kept me retrying to do better
Michael Hall
29. Apr 2013 · 18:26 UTC
Very nice, reminds me of Motherload. I didn't get the potato though, it told me I dug too deep even though my hull was fully upgraded. Oh well...
cr4zyt3rry
29. Apr 2013 · 19:03 UTC
really cool!
mrexcessive
29. Apr 2013 · 19:05 UTC
Agree doesn't work on Chrome. IE seemed ok.
Covenant
29. Apr 2013 · 19:05 UTC
I enjoyed this one very much... a lot of fun, with some more stuff this game could be really awesome...
I died too many times for not noticing the hull damage, maybe an alert sound whenn you're down to 25% or so...
Great job!
TheSheep
29. Apr 2013 · 19:10 UTC
The text on all the buttons and in the game is unreadable in the web version, which makes it rather hard to figure it out.
McFunkypants
29. Apr 2013 · 22:13 UTC
Cool game! I was running in Chrome and the performance was excellent. Would love more feedback for when you're about to die. Keep up the great work.
Folis
30. Apr 2013 · 14:09 UTC
A very fun game, even though it's rather easy to beat. Enjoyed it while it lasted!

(NOTE: Don't you ever make me download Chrome ever again. :p)
comrad_gremlin
30. Apr 2013 · 16:45 UTC
Turned out very fun to play :)
Kudos, man!
nilstastic
30. Apr 2013 · 18:41 UTC
Nice digging game, I liked it a lot but I was not very good at it :)
jhrrsn
01. May 2013 · 00:32 UTC
This game is excellent. It's so therapeutic to play, and well thought out. I left guilty when I ate the last potato and the game was over
plop
13. May 2013 · 09:18 UTC
The lack of warnings made it kind of unreasonably hard (hard in a not-enjoyable way) but it's a pretty good game other than that. The lack of warnings does give an element of planning ahead :P
StMatn
19. May 2013 · 23:58 UTC
Nice game! The audio was really cool. The game is beaten a bit too quick, but its fun anyway. Good job!
Purplescape
20. May 2013 · 22:13 UTC
This game is cool, I enjoyed it. That potato may have been expensive but it was worth it.