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A jam submission

Digging Down DebtView game page

Evil Bank Corp wants your house! Fortunately you have a shovel, your trusty dog, and a mysteriously deep back yard...
Submitted by sailingthepale, toastdcookie, adahn6, yaegerbomb — 7 hours, 34 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Enjoyment#1504.2474.247
Narrative#8023.5713.571
Audio#9733.5823.582
Artwork#12233.9533.953
Creativity#18703.8243.824

Ranked from 170 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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7 days ticking away to pay back your debt, 40 digs per day to find the money you need...

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Submitted (1 edit) (+3)

I like the game, the art is purely wonderful and I like the lil buddy :) Good job, but the TNT should be nerf IMO :))

Developer(+1)

Yeah, TNT really makes it easy to get the money back. We contemplated on having it be limited, costing more than 1 exhaustion, maybe having additional money cost per placement. But when down to the wire you kind of just have to go with it. I am happy you liked it!

Submitted(+3)

not just a well made game. i actually had fun playing this :)

Developer

Thank you so much! That is the best kind of feedback <3

Submitted(+3)

this is an insane game, really good concept, everything is polished: the art, the game, the music, that's a masterpiece!

Developer

Thank you for the kind words! :)

Submitted(+2)

Enjoyed this game so much, there is something about mining haha, great job!

Developer

The people yearn for the mines! haha

Thank you for playing <3 Glad you enjoyed!

Submitted(+2)

Cute and fun! The gameplay reminded me of Steamworld: Dig. I liked how chill it was, there aren't any enemies, you only have your action economy to deal with. The TNT and the ladders are extremely OP though, especially when you get unlimited of them! The very round after I got the TNT, I managed to get to the bottom of the world and win the game, it's just way too good to blow up like 10 tiles at once with a single move. If you had X amount of TNT that refreshed each day I think that would make it more balanced. That being said, balance isn't always good! Sometimes it's just fun to win crazily, and I certainly had fun doing that in this game. So thank you for making it, great entry! 

Developer(+1)

Thanks for playing! Glad you enjoyed :)

Yes, the TNT and the ladders are utterly broken! Those item mechanics went in towards the end while we were doing the world design and we just didn't have a chance to fully balance them with real play testing. I think for the scope of the game jam it's sort of okay that you end up easily demolishing the world, since it's kinda fun to just blow it all up anyway. In a more fully fleshed out version of the game we would absolutely balance it a little better.

Submitted(+2)

It's simple but it's so fun! The gameplay and art is really awesome. The main menu is also really creative!  One annoying thing for me is when the character automatically move after breaking the block, so I waste my digs a lot of the time. Great work!

Developer

Thanks for playing <3 Sorry about the movement being a little wonky, we've heard that feedback a few times. Definitely could be improved!

Submitted(+3)

Really good one, felt satisfying to play. Looks like we had a similar idea with the digging mechanics :)

Developer

Great minds think alike! Thanks for playing :-)

Submitted(+3)

Great game.

The interface and sounds are clean and pleasant.

The gameplay is engaging, and it's easy to understand what to do at the beginning and how to progress. Big like.

Developer

Very kind :) ty for playing!

Submitted(+2)

That was super fun! The menus glitched a bit for me, some days the store window would just blink on the screen, but other that that glitch I had a great time with the game.

Developer

Oh dang sorry about that! One of our team had noticed some glitchiness with the intro letters on his computer but we hadn't seen it happen on menus.

Thanks for playing, glad you had fun regardless <3

Submitted(+3)

Really creative! This reminded me of Terraria and this browser Flash game called Gold Miner that I used to play as a kid! Loved the concept. Congrats!

Developer(+1)

Hehe yeah Terraria came up as a reference a few times when were thinking about how best to handle distance and lighting. :) Glad you enjoyed!

Submitted(+2)

Really apt narrative given the cost of living crisis, wish I could go mining in my back yard :D Love the whole look and satisfying game play! 

Developer

Yeah rip :( Alas, the realness of having to dig apart your life in order to afford it is not a metaphor I particularly love BUT it made for good gameplay! lol

Glad you enjoyed!

Submitted(+2)

Loved the narrative and polish! Great UI.

Developer

Thank you!! :) 

Submitted(+2)

Really good and Interesting game. I really liked the art and gameplay.

Developer

ty for playing <3

Submitted(+3)

This is an absolutely captivating game! I had a lot of fun playing it! Much love <3

Developer

Glad you enjoyed :D Thanks for playing!

Submitted(+3)

I'm amazed by how many good games were made this jam. This is one of my favourites, If there was a full story and more content I would wishlist for sure! Congrats!

Developer(+1)

So nice :D Thank you!! Glad you had fun

Submitted(+3)

very solid, nice UI, great job!

Developer

ty <3 :)

Submitted(+3)

I had a blast (pun intended) with this game! The visuals are charming and I love a digging game. I thought the possibility for strategic expression here was very cool, though unfortunately the dynamite is OP and becomes the correct action. I think a revised, full version of this game that has more consideration for the action economy, just that I need to choose what and how to dig, would make a spectacular game. I would definitely buy and play such a game. 

Side note: the deep underground area is supe cool.

Developer

Thank youuu :D Yes the TNT is too powerful, fixing it and the ladder would be some of the first things I would fix. The power of the items is sort of in direct conversation with the design of the level (both rewards and exploration), so balancing it is actually a little tricky.

Glad you enjoyed my manic 4am level design at the bottom of the world hehe :) 

Submitted(+3)

Love the world. Digging is fun. Dynamite is fkn broken, but falling into the netherworld was hella dope. Also the house blasting off made me laugh so hard.

Developer(+1)

Haha glad you enjoyed! When I saw the final version of the house blasting off I cracked up too. :D

The TNT is super broken yeah, the balancing of it and the ladder are all kinds of wacky. Alas we ran out of time at the end.

Submitted(+3)

Great vibes, very fun to explore the cavern!

Developer(+1)

Thanks for playing! I am glad you had fun.

Submitted(+2)

I found the game really fun! I liked the way the map reveals itself on the right, and all of the different nooks and crannies. It's really well polished, too, and I enjoyed seeing both endings, as well as what lies at the bottom of the map...

Developer(+1)

Thanks for playing! Glad we were able to encourage that feeling of exploration. :) The mini-map ended up feeling really cool, I'm glad we managed to get it in!

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