Dig Knight by Pixels Everywhere | LudumData

Dig Knight by Pixels Everywhere

made by Pixels Everywhere for LD 41 (COMPO)

This game was developed by Pixels Everywhere for the Ludem Dare 41. You play as Dig Knight, who breaks through rocks, ores, and monsters with his sword. Dont let the monsters reach the caution signs, or you will loose hp! Dont touch the bombs (unless you are trying to gain a strategic advantage, and dont mind loosing a chunk of hp and some score in return). How high of a score can you get? I hope you have as much fun playing this game as I did making it!

This game can be contoled using the a keyboard or a gamepad. A (Gampad: R-Arrowkey) and D (Gamepad: L-Arrowkey) will move the player around. Pressing W (Gamepad: A) will jump. Pressing S (Gamepad: X) will slam downward. Use ENTER (Gamepad: Start) and Shift (Gamepad: Back) to pause the game, and navigate the menus.

Dig Knight Scrennie 3.png Dig Knight Scrennie 1.png Dig Knight Scrennie 2.png

Windows	https://pixels-everywhere.itch.io/dig-knight
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/dig-knight

Ratings

Overall	245^th	3.55⭐	42🧑‍⚖️
Fun	187^th	3.563⭐	42🧑‍⚖️
Innovation	360^th	3.338⭐	42🧑‍⚖️
Theme	570^th	3.05⭐	42🧑‍⚖️
Graphics	40^th	4.175⭐	42🧑‍⚖️
Audio	121^th	3.488⭐	42🧑‍⚖️
Mood	188^th	3.372⭐	41🧑‍⚖️
Given		39🗳️	43🗨️

Feedback

23. Apr 2018 · 03:45 UTC

Nice concept, graphics and sound, but just to know, what you think genres this game apply?

🎤 Pixels Everywhere

23. Apr 2018 · 03:47 UTC

It was supposed to cross rpg and puzzle mining style games. Thanks for your feedback!

ghost-in-the-toast

23. Apr 2018 · 03:48 UTC

Oh man an installer... Eck! Haven't played it yet, but you should change it so it exports to a zip file.

23. Apr 2018 · 03:49 UTC

Nice graphics, and cool music.

23. Apr 2018 · 03:50 UTC

Sweet game, really like the concept. I would love to play this on Android. If you do continue to work on it (it's very good) please update this page with info so I can keep track!

🎤 Pixels Everywhere

23. Apr 2018 · 03:51 UTC

@ghost-in-the-toast I can do that!

ghost-in-the-toast

23. Apr 2018 · 03:53 UTC

Great game! The graphics were spot on! Game play was extremely fun too. One of my favorites so far!

🎤 Pixels Everywhere

23. Apr 2018 · 03:55 UTC

@ghost-in-the-toast Thank you!

23. Apr 2018 · 03:57 UTC

Hey, I enjoyed your game, it reminded me of a couple of games I made in the past as well as my favorite arcade game of all time, Super Puzzle Platformer.

It is a bit buggy as expected of a jam game, and sometimes the generation of the blocks makes a guaranteed death, but over all it is a great little game!

🎤 Pixels Everywhere

23. Apr 2018 · 03:59 UTC

@good-enough Unfortunately, some block spawns just leave the player with a (shit outa luck) spawn. Ill be working on some patches and fixes tomorrow. Thanx! Glad you liked it!

23. Apr 2018 · 05:35 UTC

change it from an installer to a zip, im not going to install anything

23. Apr 2018 · 05:40 UTC

Cute visuals! It's pain to install a game, is there no way to export it without an installer? (for future players)
Fun overall. :slight_smile:

23. Apr 2018 · 08:20 UTC

Pretty fun once you get a good run going, sometimes the bomb placement just screws you though so some more balancing would have been great. Also I'm not entirely sure what the slam actually does.
I really liked the cute artstyle and catchy audio, with a bit more polish on the gameplay and balancing i reckon I would have kept playing for a while.
My highscore was 972.

🎤 Pixels Everywhere

23. Apr 2018 · 10:20 UTC

@IDidGame The slam is supposed to be quicker, but as you said, it needs some re-balancing for it to be more useful. It might work better as intended, if you use a controller.

🎤 Pixels Everywhere

23. Apr 2018 · 10:21 UTC

@Harry Light @vilix64 Check back in here in like 10 minutes :)

23. Apr 2018 · 13:07 UTC

Easy to learn. Nice and responsive controls. Graphics look professional. Sounds are kind of meh, kind of all around too bassy.

I was somehow running negative score. :dog: You should prolly cap that to 0. Hehe.

🎤 Pixels Everywhere

23. Apr 2018 · 13:55 UTC

@Keppu The negative score is intentional. If it feels strange, I can change it. :).

23. Apr 2018 · 14:00 UTC

Negative score feels like the game is not just sending me back to start to score 0, but actually defeating me. :D

I don't know what to make of it honestly.

🎤 Pixels Everywhere

23. Apr 2018 · 14:47 UTC

@keppu There will be a bundle of different updates and changes added to the zip that will be uploaded to the itch.io page tonight. Ill fix it then. And damn, actually defeating you? XD Thats pretty rough. Ill definitely change that. Another change i might make as well, is changing the interval of time in which you can use the slam ability. I feel like it needs to be used faster for the game to feel more fair. Thanx for your feedback!

23. Apr 2018 · 16:28 UTC

nice pixel art and the music was cool! The sound effects were a little harsh, maybe just lowering their volume in comparison to music would help.

Jaime Paz Lopes

23. Apr 2018 · 23:40 UTC

wow really nice game, it doesn't feel it was made on a game jam, i can see myself playing this for hours in my phone.

23. Apr 2018 · 23:40 UTC

Great job! It's a really simple game that feels great to play. And I love that flipping animation.

23. Apr 2018 · 23:43 UTC

Fun gameplay. Cool looking character and very nice music sound. I like it!

PronomicalArtist

24. Apr 2018 · 00:09 UTC

I liked it a lot, very interesting mechanics. The graphics all fit nicely together and the controls are quite simple and easy to use. The game has a handheld vibe to it, that suggests that it would be even greater on a small device like a phone.

🎤 Pixels Everywhere

24. Apr 2018 · 00:11 UTC

@PronomicalArtist Thanx! A lot of others seem to think so as well. Wish I could afford the license to export to mobile ;.; Thank you for playing!

24. Apr 2018 · 00:51 UTC

WOW! super impressed with the art. you should see mine (first LD) https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/platscii

🎤 Pixels Everywhere

24. Apr 2018 · 01:06 UTC

@Connell ill check it out!

24. Apr 2018 · 01:28 UTC

I liked it

24. Apr 2018 · 02:18 UTC

Nice pixel, gameplay was a bit weird but once I started dodging bombs, planning my hits and leveling out the terrain my points started to go up nicely. Great Job.

24. Apr 2018 · 02:35 UTC

Nice art and music! Reminds me of a vertical flappy bird with the sound effect and jumping!

24. Apr 2018 · 05:39 UTC

Pretty simple and fun, visually looks great and controls pretty simply! bomb blast is slightly unpredictable.. sometimes you might have no ground below you, sometimes you might but nevertheless.. still pretty good!

Zak Zeddam Zakaria

24. Apr 2018 · 14:02 UTC

i like the style
try out our game hope you will like it
https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/incompatible-rally

🎤 Pixels Everywhere

24. Apr 2018 · 14:06 UTC

@Zak Zeddam Zakaria will do!

24. Apr 2018 · 17:19 UTC

Very nice game. I enjoyed the graphics, sound, and music...very well balanced. In the future, arrow keys would be nice.

🎤 Pixels Everywhere

24. Apr 2018 · 17:21 UTC

@microwerx i can implement that next time i work on the game, which will probably be this weekend. Glad you enjoyed!

25. Apr 2018 · 11:18 UTC

What an interesting concept, have not seen such an original game in a while! Great work!

27. Apr 2018 · 15:25 UTC

Superb polish and a pretty nice expansion around the digging mechanic adding a lot of strategic play and challenge. I'd have loved more content, might be a good idea to continue working on it!
Well done!

🎤 Pixels Everywhere

28. Apr 2018 · 16:58 UTC

@Talops I will be continuing to expand on the game. Glad you enjoyed!

29. Apr 2018 · 09:54 UTC

Cute, well made game! I included it in my Ludum Dare 41 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look. :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOCRSij5jBI

29. Apr 2018 · 11:10 UTC

The game is very tight and well realized. It's also innovative though I'm not sure which two genres you were trying to combine. That said, it's still a great entry so good job!

🎤 Pixels Everywhere

29. Apr 2018 · 11:18 UTC

@LemonBalmGames It was supposed to be a cross between rpg games, and some sort of mining puzzle arcade game. It kinda ended up being its own thing tho

29. Apr 2018 · 12:27 UTC

Neat! I enjoyed your game a lot! I really like the Graphics and the screen size! Keep up the good work!

cristiano.m.garcia

07. May 2018 · 00:14 UTC

Good job! Cool game!

I left my rating of your game, if you can leave your feedback in our game, Witch's Escape.

I hope you continue with the project.

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/witchs-escape

🎤 Pixels Everywhere

08. May 2018 · 03:30 UTC

@cristiano.m.garcia At some point in the future, i intend on continuing development. Ive just had my hands tied with another project. Ill give your game a shot!

10. May 2018 · 18:32 UTC

I'd call that simple yet efficient! The gameplay is a bit limited but actually it works just fine the way it is - I'd say it's a shame there are no bonuses or things that move to up the challenge but seen as you gotta make sure you stey towards the top of the screen and don't hit the bombs, it keeps you busy for the most part. Nicely done, it's a good game all around, nice one :-D

15. May 2018 · 19:58 UTC

Hah, it's a simple game, but quite good and polished! The graphics are very good and the concept is fun to play; I wish there was more content (different enemies, powers and such), but I had fun playing this!