The game plays very fast, which is great because the dungeon is huge! :D

I used the map on the game page because otherwise it was just unplayable for me; I had no idea where to go or what to do, at first I thought it was just an endlessly procedural mineable dungeon. But then what I thought was the bedrock border was actually a maze and it opened up to a new area. That's the point where I gave up and I looked up what to do. Didn't even find the statue room before that lol.

Combat felt a bit bland, the hammer attacks very rapidly so the skellybois die quickly. Exploding bombs are also easy to get rid of, they take a long time to explode. I never felt threatened while playing this game and lost only a few hearts over my entire playthrough. Explosions are nice, especially when you get a chain reaction from multiple bombers :D also I loved the details and easter eggs in the starter room!

All in all it's a solid game but it misses some more fun gameplay elements, I think. It's quite hard to say what those would be, though, but it probably has to be something that works well with the bombermining.

Anyways, good job! :D

Let me guess, you played way too much Minecraft?

Dungeon had nice placement.  Enemies were in good positions.  The maze structure was great.  I'm guessing it was hand made and not procedurally generated.  Not sure what you had in mind for the collected items, perhaps some kind of crafting?  Movement and mining were fast and snappy, so the game never got tedious.  Though I did take a look at the map to get the progress more quickly.

Graphics, animations, musics and sounds effects were all well done.  I appreciated the little touches in the bedroom.  Only criticism would be to remove the AI voices.  I don't think they added anything of real merit to your project.  Retro games have no reason to require voice acting, text is more than sufficient.

Overall, it was very enjoyable.

This was a fun game, I enjoyed the destructible wall mechanics and thought they were implemented and used well. Combat was a little difficult due to the low initial health and lack of a windup to enemy attacks, so they're able to attack as soon as the player strafes around a corner. Voice acting was a nice touch and helped me avoid a death. Overall a very cool entry and I hope to make a dungeon crawler with destructible environments too some time.

A very good game! I enjoyed the wall destroying mechanic. Having most the gameplay revolve around it was quite a cool choice! Was struggling to find the crystals for a while, but did eventually notice the rug. Good job!

Very different to the other dungeon crawlers I've played this jam.  I thought the bedroom looked great with lots of cool details to it and the voiceover AI sounded great too.  Took quite a while of popping blocks to find 1 of the puzzle pieces and I played a further 30 plus minutes trying to find another piece but didn't find one.   The bomb mechanics and the enemies where good fun.  I think if this had more Bomberman like game mechanics and less Minecraft mining game mechanics I think players could get through the blocks and find the puzzle pieces faster.  Would be cool to see waves of flames instead of a smaller explosion area.  Great fun either way and had a literal blast playing it.  Good stuff, unique jam idea!  

It took me a few minutes to figure out how to get out of the room as I clicked on everything.  Reminded me of Minecraft with the digging and picking up of materials. The swinging of the hammer on the walls felt smooth. It was hard to tell if I was hitting enemies or when the skeleton would hit me and I would end up dead when I thought I hit him first. Also wasn't expecting to use the bomb and not be able to move and ended up dead there as well lol. Fun concept!

It took me entirely too long to pick up the sledgehammer.

Then I played minecraft.

Then I died to skeletons.

Good game.

"It's time to get out."

In the beginning I died to skeletons a few times and restarted each time, I would have liked to win without dying but the first time a bomb exploded at my face I actually clicked on Revive and eventually clicked on Revive thrice during this last, successful run because the game is so big. That would be my only minor grip, the level could have been smaller. The difficulty is overall well balanced I think, you'll find enough heart, the enemies are just enough of a threat and it's perfectly fine that bombs kill you in one hit, but I could not see myself restarting when dying anymore when I realised how big the dungeon was while reviving feels a bit unsatisfying.

They're a lot of things to like in the game. Any game with interactive environments is laudable, and breaking walls is a specially satisfying kind of interaction. The game controls pretty well, movement feels good and the mining gameplay is pretty cool as you get to free plenty of enemies and are looking for actual goals. It's just easy enough not to get hit by a skeleton that you get hit once in a while, the bomb gameplay is fun and the bomb enemy particularly cool, bomb enemies killing the other enemies is fun and I really like the chain reactions, sometimes I wished the radius of explosion was one tile bigger so there are more chances of chain reactions. With plenty of enemies you always feel like something's happening, the dungeon never really feels empty. The ending sequence concludes the game well enough.

This is a pretty cool and original entry, thanks for sharing.

Well this was really neat, I don't think I've ever seen a dungeon crawler where almost all the walls are destructable!

The mining felt good, movement was nice and quick, I loved the various items and powerups especially the speed boost. Also I liked how the material on the blocks looked when cracking.

The AI voicework was nice, as were all the sound effects and music.

I liked the little details like the mushrooms and roots spread around occasionally. And as someone else who also plugged their other games in their entry this year, I love the posters in the bedroom! And I also liked the credits, I don't know why exactly but it gives a nice feeling of closure when they exist in a jam game.

The only major issue I ran into is that navigation felt very confusing. Like aside from running into the obsidian blocks or the hallway to the bedroom or statue room there were no clear landmarks. Well, I guess there was actually the the four pillars around each piece but those are pretty far into the blocks. I just resorted to clear cutting as much as I could.

Beyond that, I would've liked if the skeleton enemies lost their collision immediately after dying like the bombs. Because often I would be mining a line with the speed boost and I'd instantly kill the skeleton, but then there'd be 2 seconds or so where I watch its slow death animation and can't move forward.

I also thought the hammer animation and hit feedback when attacking enemies wasn't great. But I also don't think that was the focus of this game, and I'm not one to really judge in that regard lol.

Overall, I enjoyed it, good work!

I had about the same experience as everyone else. 
The game feel of the hammer and smashing the rocks is very well done and satisfying.

But yeah, trouble navigating the big environment, even after looking up the RUG solution.
I'm also not sure if one of the shards bugged out, cuz I picked up two but only one was highlighted,

And I didn't find there was much need for planting bombs as they were too slow to be effective.  Main strategy was to lure an enemy and kill it before it finished it's walk cycle.  Or rush past before they had a chance to strike.

Playthrough: Dungeon of Dreams Pt1 by wolfheat

Just played this and I enjoyed it! It's a bit tight and hard to navigate even with the map to be honest, the different wall textures/colors don't help all that much in orienteering until you're a ways into the game and know to recognize them.

I was glad for the no progress loss on death, as enemies are very punishing. The game essentially expects you to wait for them to walk near you so you can spam attack, otherwise if you walk to them they attack way too fast for you to win. Which either option is a bit of a pace-breaker.

Controls feel nice and tight, though I've had a few deaths due to QE being turn, a remap between AD and QE would have been welcome. But I admit that's more of a me issue.

I don't think the speed upgrade really helps much considering the mining speed is already quite fast, but it is funny to just instantly eat away at a wall so this isn't a complaint, just an observation.

That all out of the way, this was competently made! A worthy entry into the jam, you should feel proud :)

Bomberman meets Minecraft is very cool concept. I echo what the other players have commented that it just needs a little more to help it along and add some variety.

The destruction is excellent, and creates a great foundation for developing this further. Some additional block varieties / biomes would be great. I would love a little more varied lighting too, I think it would really bring the space to life. 

I enjoyed having to think about approaching the combat to not get blown up or trapped, and some telegraphing to the skeletons will help make it a bit more snappy.

Thank you.

I like the terrain destruction idea for the game, the bomb enemies and having bombs as an alt fire was fun to interact with! For what was in the game at this stage, having no directions made it tedious to reach the objective stones, but a minimap would have been overkill. Having landmarks would have made it nicer to explore. I found it easier to know where I was after finding the long tunnels I had left behind. I didn't feel like I could follow the story at all, but the gameplay concept is solid!

The game was unfortunately too unstable on my machine to finish, but what I could play seemed pretty good. The destructible-environment-based exploration was pretty fun, and the enemies worked well within that premise. The graphics were also pretty decent.

Video of my partial playthrough here:

This game was solid! I enjoyed being able to rampage my way through walls and enemies. I wish the RUG had been more obvious. I feel I would have preferred a minimap / an item I could look at in the dungeon (maybe that would be too easy)?

My only real critique of this game is that it is a little too long for the content that was there. Perhaps having each quadrant have a theme / different enemies would have kept it interesting. By the time I figured out what I was supposed to do, it felt like a chore rather than a joy to repeat it 2 more times.

If you’d like to watch my full play through, you can find it here: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2110888610?t=01h12m25s

"Watch out!"

This game is very goofy in a good way! I really liked the destructible envoriment and voice acting (even though it was AI, it was spot on and funny). 

I completed this game and my only con is that it was very unclear where i supposed to go. Good for me that  i guessed right about stones placement.

Also you can pick up stones, but you can't do anything with them, i guess it just not finished mechanic.

Overall it was fun just lurking and destroy everything,

I like the bomberman/minecraft style gameplay meshed into dungeon crawler mechanics. It's great that you try something out of the usual formula. It feels very good to break the walls with a sledgehammer :)  Beginning sequence and voice acting is very cool. Enemies look cute. I didn't find combat very intuitive but it's fine nevertheless. 

What didn't  work for me in the game is that the dungeon is too big and there's no information or hint on where to go. When i don't know where to go next  i feel like i'm running in circles and it tires me up quickly.

With all criticisms and nitpickings aside i think basisc gameplay works well it just need some more stuff to make it more enjoyable which is tough to do in 9 days. 

This felt like playing dungeon crawler Bomberman (in a good way). Safe to say, I liked the game's mechanic, although combat with skellies was a bit iffy. But it became easier once I got a few health upgrades. Good graphics for the type of game it wants to be, the bombs and digging were very satisfying.

But I, like others, could not find any of the crystals needed. I checked the map in the bedroom and I swear I dug in the right direction and blew up/mined half that quadrant but couldn't find anything. I eventually called it quits, but I really had fun for a while there with the digging and chaining bombs and using bomb mobs to clear walls.