Very cool game! This should be new trending game for sure.
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Mineshaft's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Gameplay | #4 | 3.800 | 3.800 |
| Aesthetics | #4 | 3.867 | 3.867 |
| Overall | #4 | 3.500 | 3.500 |
| Sound | #10 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
| Theme | #14 | 3.333 | 3.333 |
Ranked from 15 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
What game engine did you use to make your game??
Unity
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https://x.com/DeanDoesDev/status/1830679332198470133
Comments
I could see this being refined and made into a legit game. The mining animation is well done, it has a good feeling for a 2D game.
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Platform-BotNice game!
Upgrading felt pretty rewarding, especially getting the first few.
When I was just mining my own business and saw different ores for the first time I actually got excited about it, because I wasn't anticipating it.
Very fitting graphics and a cool soundtrack (although it got repetitive somewhat quickly).
The only thing I didn't really like about the game was the scoring system. Felt like it was meant for a different game.
Especially with the upgrades and the best strategy being just to hold the up key without ever deviating to get the furthest wasn't that great.
The game is way more enjoyable when you aim to make money, instead of trying to get as far as possible. Especially because the upgrades for the minions don't do anything for getting a better score.
Hey there! Thank you for playing! I see where you are coming from with the scoring system, but the issue is that in my opinion it was kinda the lesser of two evils. On one hand, you have the system I implemented where you spend most of your playing time optimizing and maxing out your build and then making on big run for the high scores OR make the money the score and have players simply mine a bit of the environment, go backwards into the lava and repeat over and over again (since the money saves between rounds)
However I did make most of this game overnight so there is 101% chance I missed other options and would love to hear your ideas!
Really good concept!
Really good upgrades (and options), but I think it's boring when there are only two types of blocks at the beginning.
However good job!
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Hot to handle
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