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A jam submission

Underground-hog DayView game page

Escape the timeloop by mining your way out of the underground.
Submitted by DandaDev (@danda_dev), Cat Sqeaker — 1 hour, 40 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Enjoyment#254.4584.458
Audio#10683.5003.500
Artwork#12053.8753.875
Creativity#14353.8753.875
Narrative#21832.7502.750

Ranked from 24 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 are stuck in a "groundhog day" the day keeps looping and you get reset to the start

(Optional) What would you like to be called if GMTK features your game?
DandaDev

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Submitted

I enjoyed your game a lot. The art style and sounds are great and it feels very satisfying to blow past where you had gone before. Only thing I would say is that getting the first upgrade iron, takes significantly longer then the others. Congrats on submitting!

Developer

Im glad you enjoyed it!

Submitted

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Wow, this is awesome. The game loop is sooo satisfying. Love the artwort and the audio, too, espcially the capsule art. Amazing job!

Developer

Thank! Im glad to see you made it to the end!

Submitted

Hands down, THE BEST GAME IN THE GAMEJAM! FLAWLESS!. Absolutely amazing! I don’t know what to say. For other games, there was always something missing, like audio, some QOL features, etc. Or there was something unoptimized, like the difficulty curve, or the pace of the gameplay, etc. But in this game, everything is perfect. The most satisfying gameplay loop I experienced during the jam. Even better than some of the Steam games I’ve bought. You should really turn this into a full game and release it on a bigger platform like Steam. Very good job. 10/10. Big kudos to the dev. I will also follow you since I’m interested in seeing more of your work.

Developer

Thanks for the kind words! Im really glad you enjoyed it! Ill think about turning it into a full game

Submitted(+1)

Cool game, caught me enough to actually play it through :) The menus were a bit confusing at the start, but at some point I understood that they close just by walking away. The pickaxe upgrades feel pretty satisfying!

Developer

Thanks for playing! I agree the menu seems to be a common issue especially at first.

Submitted

I liked motherload so I enjoyed this too. The sounds from tearing through the map were really nice and I liked that the different resources had different sounds.

If you wanted to keep working on this after the jam, I think making the resources used for things other than just upgrading the pick would be good, they were just worth money after getting the upgrade. Also the menu was a bit confusing at first I didn't immediately realize I could walk away.

Good job!

Developer

I appreciate it! That also sounds like a great idea, Ill think about about continuing om this project after the jam, I also agree that the menu was a little confusing at first.

this game was pretty fun cool concept 

Developer

Thanks 6lacksheep

Submitted

Soo good! :D

It was so satisfying to mine, and the sounds/polish made it addicting.

I really enjoyed this one! 5/5 

Well done :D

Developer(+1)

Thanks! Im glad it came off as satisfying!

Submitted

I LOVED this game. Super tight gameplay loop with great upgrade progression and a good premise. Great work all around! My full gameplay here. Thanks for submitting to my stream!

Developer (1 edit)

Thanks for playing! Didnt get to tune into the stream this morning but glad you enjoyed it!

Submitted

I got the Unobtainium pickaxe but I was swinging too fast so the pick axe was not touching anymore in front of me :/

Anyway, I loved it, I played a lot to try to unlock everything :D

Well done !

Developer

Thanks for playing! yeah that a bug from the pickaxe being too big I think :/

super polished, addictive, great  game loop

add a little juice, this will be a great game

Developer

Thanks for playing! I wanted to add da juice, ran out of time :3

Submitted

I lost myself in the game! Felt overall really good :) I only felt like the beginning was too difficult compared to how easy and fast progressing it gets in the end

Developer

Thanks for playin! I do feel like I could've improved the progression a bit more because of how fast it ramps up but oh well.

Submitted

I love this game! Really well executed. It was super satisfying getting upgrades, and the game feels super polished. Well done!

Developer(+1)

Ay Thanks for playing!

Submitted

Classic concept but very effective, I had a lot of fun. Very polished and I like the Minecraft inspiration :)

Developer

glad you enjoyed it!

Submitted

It took me some time to get used to the mechanic, but then i found myself playing it for quite a while! Great Job!

Developer

Thanks for playing!