Explovation by sadsmile

Now a digging game isn't anything new. But digging deeper and deeper with various bombs - now that's a way to get some boom into a game! In Explovation you can blow away anything that worries you. Mostly slimes and rocks though. Dig deep, kill slimes and collect gold for a high score. There are over 25 (!) bombs at your disposal and many different caves and veins await you! (17+ unique layouts with procedural generation on top!)
CONTROLS:
A - D: left and right movement Space: Jump Q / LMB: place left bomb E / RMB: place right bomb
(The desktop version even feature controller support!)
Music was once again custom made during the Jam by our good friend Gabriel Thäter who was YET AGAIN too lazy to create an ldjam account:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCntrJnsnV5kDcgqKPZjf2DA

| Link | https://sadsmilegames.itch.io/explovation |
| Link | https://sadsmilegames.itch.io/explovation |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/48/explovation |
Ratings
| Overall | 599th | 3.7⭐ | 37🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 609th | 3.543⭐ | 37🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 838th | 3.279⭐ | 36🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 212th | 4.157⭐ | 37🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 892th | 3.7⭐ | 37🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 578th | 3.571⭐ | 37🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 806th | 3.571⭐ | 37🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 52🗳️ | 55🗨️ |
Bomberman platformer, I really can't believe it doesn't exists yet. If it already exists, then please link me the game. If not, this is a great game and a great MVP to showcase how fun it will be :D
Great game !
Overall great game!
It's great concept with nice music and sound.At each start I wanted to know how new bombs would explode, and it's fun!
Maybe you should create a signal or animation that indicates that the player has received damage. Anyway, your game is amazing! Congrats!
I didn't realize my own bombs were hurting me (seems there's no really animation or indication other than losing the heart). I don't think they should. Especially because they need to be placed at your position, they blow up fast, and they don't have gravity. If I could throw them, roll them, or drop them down holes it may be less "unforgiving". Once I learned I could hurt myself, I got a little further, but then I set off a big bomb and caused the cave to collapse on me.
There's just so many things that want to kill me!!! :cry:
I eventually set off some kind of huge explosion that slowed everything down to 1 fps. I think the physics killed my pc lol
Anyway, this is a neat idea that could use some tuning. Good job on the visuals, the bomb patterns, and overall good job on your entry!
- Fun bomb patterns and names
- Satisfying explosions
- Can't quit from fullscreen (or at least I don't know how)
- Slimes are way too fast and seem to never die, I once died to a slime that was down off-screen and just came zooming by and hit me
- Coins have gravity and sometimes get stuck inside blocks when they fall too fast
- The visuals and lighting are freaking beautiful
One suggestion I have is to maybe have the screen be vertical instead of horizontal, like a phone game. That way you could more easily see where you are going! Nevermind that, it's a really good game.