wonderful little time, i would die for bob. i felt so bad breaking the squid merchants' floors for money, and i guess it makes sense that you can't really buy from them after you do that
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Spectral Cave's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Graphics | #192 | 3.567 | 3.567 |
| Theme | #248 | 3.500 | 3.500 |
| Audio | #272 | 3.067 | 3.067 |
| Overall | #322 | 3.056 | 3.056 |
| Game Design | #326 | 3.033 | 3.033 |
| Fun | #415 | 2.733 | 2.733 |
| Innovation | #493 | 2.433 | 2.433 |
Ranked from 30 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
You dive deeper into a cave
Did you write all the code and made all the assets from scratch?
Everything but the music
Comments
I hope I could hold to autoclick... Overall, a nice mining game. Not my type, but I liked it
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Doodle MysteryBeing able to hold the mouse button instead of clicking repeatedly would have been very helpful. I found a shop, but never managed to make even 100g, so I didn't see a way to pay the high prices that creepy dude was asking.
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Scuba Steve's Salvage SquadMy poor hand! An option to hold the key/click and just repeat the action would go a long way to improving the experience here. I had to learn that while testing my own game.
The visuals where nicely put together and the miner is cute. I enjoy mining games in general and I had fun with this one. Excellent job for putting it together in 3-4 days!
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Deeper DiverIdk why but the jump didn't let me go over even 1 block no matter how long I pressed it so I couldn't really do anything, seems cool though.
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Roastmaster RumbleFun and relaxing game with a satisfying upgrade mechanic, I like it! Reminded me a bit of Steam World Dig which is one of my favourite games. :D
I think some extra feedback when breaking blocks would have been very nice, especially some indication how close you are to breaking it. I also locked myself out of the first shopkeeper on my first try as I broke the blocks underneath him. On my second run I made it all the way to the bottom tough!
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GatesNSwitchesHaha, I know the feeling. :p
I think it wouldn’t have been an issue if you weren’t able to accidently break the blocks while being in the shop tough. One tip I can give for the future: in most engines you can make UI Elements stop the mouse so it’s impossible to click things underneath them. Otherwise, if you’d used an Input Action system you could have simply disabled the mining input while inside the shop.
Well, I'm always getting the block the mouse is hovering over, which is kinda inefficient.
It's only when the game encounters a mouse click that it starts to damage the block, it's coded in such a way that no UI elements can stop it D:
If i continue development after the jam I'll fix all these issues and hopefully make the code more efficient, thanks for the tips though!
Overall, the game is really nice. I like the way shopkeepers look and the progression is well balanced. I had a few problems though. The ores aren't really well visible. I missed them the first time. You can also break blocks when shopping which may softlock you. I also had a problem with the joggers. They make you jump lower than 2 blocks and that's really a bummer. Also adding some break animation for the blocks could help a lot with the player feedback. Stuff like this is really important for clicker games like this. Still, really enjoyed the final product.
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Volatile VentureYou're right, I had all these in mind while play testing but unfortunately didn't have time to fix them.
The jordans in the code add to your jump height variable, but since in godot engine minus is up, the jordans just decreased your height, I made them in a rush so they didn't turn out well :/
Thanks for the feedback anyway!
I Could Not Read The Text That Appeard When I Started The Game, It Goes A Way Too Fast...
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Unknown DivingAssets are cute. Mining can done by just using mouse click, I don't need to be near to the block. Market mechanic is good too. Good job!
Can you try and rate my game ?
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Dream DiverGreat game. I found the emerald shop keeper dialog to be very funny. The game has a lot of charm. My feedback: the game seemed a little slow and tedious, especially at the beginning. But again, it was still quite enjoyable.
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Deep CleaningReally good entry here! Fun mechanics that create a satisfying loop of upgrading and exploring. I liked the art style as well. While I do wish there was a hold mouse button instead of click option I did play Runescape so this worked for me!
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Into Leviathansuper cool mining game that is similar to what i submitted! the procedural generation really added a lot and made it fun to play. one minor thing i thought was annoying was that i couldnt seem to jump up blocks. i know the theme is going deeper but one instance was i mined myself into a hole underneath the shopkeeper and i couldnt interact with him anymore and had to go find another. otherwise great entry i really enjoyed!
Nice animation!
One thing that could be different is to remove blocks that is near of the pick axe
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Finns Of ChangeFun game! I like the art and sound effects. Bob be acting innocent, strapped up with his glock and air jordans while dealing illegal drugs to suspicious underground merchants.
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Harpoon Hunter (Brackeys 2023.2)
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