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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Audio | #66 | 4.224 | 4.224 |
| Artwork | #122 | 4.596 | 4.596 |
| Creativity | #194 | 4.360 | 4.360 |
| Enjoyment | #328 | 4.068 | 4.068 |
| Narrative | #2629 | 2.876 | 2.876 |
Ranked from 161 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?
As you dive deep, you're on a tight countdown as your air supply counts down. The theme is tied into multiple mechanics: the countdown triggered whenever you hit a bomb, an orca descending at regular intervals to devour you, or even the Minesweeper-style gameplay itself.
(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
Cursor : https://kenney.nl/assets/cursor-pixel-pack
Inputs : https://kenney.nl/assets/input-prompts-pixel-1-bit
Font : https://fontenddev.com/fonts/grape-soda/
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One of the best games I have seen on this jam. Really hope this one makes it to the GMTK video. The idea is super creative, the gameplay is extremely fun. The art style is pretty as well. You guys did a great job at making the game engaging. Best of luck!
I'm glad you found the game engaging! So many great games this jam, would be hard for Mark and his team to fit even all the best ones (but fingers crossed for a cameo)! Thanks for playing!
Imma be honest with you, I genuinely don't understand why the game is rated so low in both enjoyment and creativity. Makes me lose respect for people's taste in games.
I'm absolutely terrible at Minesweeper but if every version looked and played like this I don't think I'd ever quit it.
For one, the palette: so vibrant and clean and Sonic-esque whilst still having oodles of it's own charm. The illustrations and animations, tiny details like the little joystick movements and shakes in time with the chomping countdown behind you made it both so intuitive and immersive.
And then there's the slightly inspired decision to make Minesweeper into this arcade-y falling platformer. Like a happy, colourful, cerebral Downwell. I could probably talk about this all day but I'd like to sneak in a couple more runs on my lunch lol.
Ace ace ace.
Haha Downwell was on the mind when designing. I'm glad you like the game so much and thanks for noticing all the small details. Thanks for playing :)
Amazing game buddy, very good music and art as well as the coding !!
Thanks so much for playing, we're super happy with how it all came together!
Wow this is really freaking good. Using minesweeper vertically as a platformer is really fun and cool. I like the way the timer is implemented as well. Super impressive entry.
Thanks for playing! Glad you enjoyed the concept.
This is a super duper fun entry! One of my favorites. I love the minesweeper levels, and the feeling of excavating, and the upgrades, mining for oxygen and gold. My biggest complaint is that there is nothing to do while hit by a bomb. It would be neat if there was a minigame or QTE thing you could do to help repair yourself faster. A little more polish for breaking blocks and stuff and this game would be so juicy!
Tysm for your feedback! The minigame or QTE when a bomb hits you is really not a bad idea, I take note if we have to work on it again.
And yes, we wanted to polish all that more but we were running out of time haha :)
Thanks again !!
No problem! I'm only pointing out what i would change because i like the game so much!
Thanks for the feedback, yea I think we can all agree those bombs could be pretty punishing, I like the idea of allowing skilled players to somehow avoid bombs they dig up, cause sometimes it feels inevitable. Thanks you for playing!
This is a very impressive entry - great work on the audio and visuals and making a compelling game experience. It is very complete and quite functional. Excellent!
I'm glad you enjoyed the experience, personally I'm quite proud of this entry. Thanks for playing!
The audio is too involved, like when you die I like it too much x) Otherwise, I really like the idea of having a creature that follows you and bubbles! And the crabs are so cute! Don’t you do Rust part hazard? : 3 Otherwise, the game is very addictive and it’s really hard to stop playing!
Hahahaha the game music has been stuck in my head for a while now, our composer did a great job. Thanks for playing!
We're really proud of it! Thanks for playing.
Look and sounds remind me of shovel knight in the best way possible
Hahaha as far as visuals go, that's a bit what I was going for!
I'm happy that you noticed :) Thanks for playing!
Awesome art, audio, and UI design. Playing minesweeper as a platformer feels like a nightmare though! It was a little weird to have my little guy dig just because I walked into a block. Great work overall.
Thanks for the compliments, and thanks for playing our game!
What a great idea, game looks beautiful and I love seeing the control panel on the borders. Good stuff!!
The control panel is one of my favorite parts about this game, glad you like it. Thank you for playing!
This is amazing! Such an inspired idea to mix Minesweeper with an endless runner (or I guess digger?) type of game. My only complaint is that using just the arrow keys hurt my wrist a bit. But otherwise, an excellent game! You should feel very proud.
Glad you liked the idea, it turned out really interesting ! Thanks for playing!
minesweeper upgrade! the artwork and music was sooo good. the juice is also very polished. good work!
Yess we love our juice in this house, thank you! Thanks for playing!
Well done game with interesting mechanics fusion! Really fun! Thank you for this submission!
No thank YOU or playing haha, I'm glad that you found it interesting :)
WOW!! I did not expect to see a game that I would probably pay for in a 4 day game jam. Everything works toghether to make such a great game. The only suggestion I can make is to maybe make the explosion hitbox a bit smaller, sometimes I felt like I was vey far away but still got hit.
Thanks for the feedback (personally I agree!). Thank you for playing! I'm glad you enjoyed it :)
Probably my favourite game of the jam so far, genuinely well done! Really fun take on minesweeper, and it's incredibly polished!
Aw thanks so much :) Thanks for taking the time to play! Happy to have impressed you.
This game is so polished and gorgeous. Love how smooth ui is and the animations. I especially love how you incorporated shop purchases so seamlessly during a run. It really inspires me for my own games. The team has done a wonderful job on this game!
Awww shucks ://)
Thanks for playing, and thanks for the nice words. The jam was certainly full of inspiration, and I'm glad you got some from this game!
Peak! RNG sometimes frustrated me and I was upset I couldn’t use my extensive Minesweeper knowledge to use, but other than that, the game was incredible! Incredible visuals, audio and a very interesting concept.
Thanks for the feedback, I'm glad you enjoyed the game so much! Thanks for taking the time to play.
Played at 4:00:55 @ https://twitch.tv/hedge_in <3 Incredibly polished!! You can probably just make it into a full game and I'd buy it!
Haha some minesweeper knowledge can definitely help with gameplay, thanks for playing our game on your stream, really interesting getting to see someone else play :)
Super polished and fun!
Amazing that you managed to create this in such short time.
I really like this combonation of games.
Well done! :D
I'm glad you liked it! I agree it really did turn our interesting. Thanks for playing our game!