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Asteroid Mining Operations by glcoder

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made by glcoder for Ludum Dare 48 (COMPO)

A little game about digging and mining. A lot of stuff was planned but in the end I've made only this :)

You are in control of asteroid rover that can dig left and right. To burrow deeper and deeper underground you have big mining drill that. Your goal is to build ore miners on top of ore veins found underground. You'll win if you can collect 1000 raw ore, but there is a catch - you mining drill is powered by this ore. Mining drill will stop using energy once it reaches the bottom.

Controls: * W/A/S/D - move rover * Click on ore vein - build ore miner * Esc - restart game

Cheats (if you are struggling to find any ore veins): * O - revel all ore veins

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Link https://github.com/glcoder/AsteroidMiningOperations
Link http://glcoder.com/ld48/index.html
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/48/asteroid-mining-operations

Ratings

Overall 889th 2.333⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Fun 888th 2.071⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 749th 2.65⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Theme 614th 3.31⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 708th 2.905⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Mood 810th 2.275⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Given 10🗳️ 4🗨️

Feedback

LSK
26. Apr 2021 · 02:57 UTC
I wasn't sure if there was some way to play this better/worse than just drilling at random.
mdotedot
26. Apr 2021 · 11:26 UTC
A bit of a keyboard mash-up. didn't get that deep.
🎤 glcoder
26. Apr 2021 · 11:36 UTC
@lsk I thought about some kind of radar but didn't have time for it, thx for feedback!

@mdotedot thx for playing!

I know the game in it's current state is bad, technically it's a game, but the boring one, I wish I had more experience to finish all my ideas in time :)
IndigoWolf
02. May 2021 · 15:27 UTC
Nice work with this. I did find it to be pretty random as to how to play and mine though.
SequoiaDolce
02. May 2021 · 16:23 UTC
Hey! Fun concept and neat take on a classic style of game! Based on your reply to the other comments I agree that a radar could've been cool, but totally understand that sometiems ytou just gotta do what you can manage to fit in! I think you did a great job and if you find yourself continuing to add more features and things in the future I'd love to play it again!
bmacintosh
02. May 2021 · 16:35 UTC
This is a good concept and it functions well. Like others said, I think it mainly needs some mechanic to help the player find ore, perhaps in a puzzle-solving way, so it isn't just "drill at random". A goal would also be great! I noticed that the ore is visible through partially drilled tiles, so I found sliding up the edge of the main hole touching each time on the edge of it to be a very efficient way to look at a lot of tiles at once.
superpokeunicorn
02. May 2021 · 16:48 UTC
I like the idea of a platformer with a central pillar you branch out from and come back to. Unfortunately, the lack of obstacles or other mechanics makes this game just a matter of systematically digging down until you inevitably win. I did find an interesting strategy of pressing my drill up against the side of the shaft to break the wall tiles just enough to see if there was any ore behind them, but that's about it. Perhaps enemies, different terrain types, etc, could spice up the gameplay.
commanderstitch
02. May 2021 · 17:27 UTC
Wow, nice little graphics. Loved the ability to fly. Ran into a major stint of not finding any ores. would have liked to see some indication of where things might be, maybe if i'm getting too close or the drill hits a level that one is on. :-)
🎤 glcoder
02. May 2021 · 17:49 UTC
@sequoiadolce I'll try to port my concept to Unity with some changes, will post here if I can pull out something out of this :)

@bmacintosh @superpokeunicorn you found a secret way for searching the ore veins, great! :)

Thanks for playing!

The main reason for me to participate in LD is to learn something new, so I took TypeScript and Phaser.io for the first time, that was exciting and time consuming as well :)
🎤 glcoder
02. May 2021 · 17:50 UTC
@commanderstitch thanks for playing! I thought soie kind of radar is needed, don't have time to implement it tho (
sacredbacon
02. May 2021 · 18:06 UTC
The art looks pretty good, and the connection thing works really well. Would have liked some way to upgrade the rover with better ways to find the ore. Radar, blast mining, rail gun. Or if the ore would be adjacent to other ores so you could just drill around, somehow making them easier to find. Great job in the time-frame. Keep up the good work!
mikouaji
16. May 2021 · 14:56 UTC
Nice art, everything that is implemented is working very nice :) Solid entry
luthwyhn
16. May 2021 · 18:29 UTC
I'm Winrar! Definately a good core idea. Would love to see upgrades and whatnot.
matthewrobo
16. May 2021 · 20:37 UTC
Although I noticed the "secret mechanic", I didn't actually think too much about how it could be used.

Interesting concept but drilling manually takes a really long amount of time. If drilling could be faster or if there was a indicator to show ores from further away that would be cool, like revealing all adjacent ores.
lilkrit
16. May 2021 · 21:48 UTC
The concept is cool, but it needs more work. I hope you will be improving the game after the compo :)