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Miner TroublesView game page

Get gold and stand on the shoulders of your ancestors.

Submitted by timbits18 — 21 hours, 14 minutes before the deadline

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Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Gameboy Soul	#76	4.053	4.053
Secondary Theme Interpretation	#124	3.474	3.474
Overall	#129	3.596	3.596
Quirkiness	#131	3.632	3.632
Gameplay	#171	3.368	3.368
Graphics	#187	3.737	3.737
Soundtrack/SFX	#195	3.316	3.316

Ranked from 19 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your game meet GBJam's theme
You are mining for gold. You get old fast. You must rely on the work of your ancestors.

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AchieSubmitted35 days ago

I liked the idea of the game, digging down and trying to setup stuff, buying for upgrades felt okay, but honestly I felt like I had way more success towards the end goal if I just rushed holes to find fountains to rush the next hole to find a fountain instead of digging my own holes. Not sure how I would fix this, or if it needs fixing, I just thought I could bring this feeling to light.

Graphically looks neat, one minor thing, I feel like traps are kinda invisible so the first few death feel like “huh, wth happened” but after some time you can get used to it, that said it seems like they can spawn under items and if you are not familiar with all the item icons, you will die picking them up.

SFX and msx were okay, but the sound effect, expecially the death “aurgh” is just way too loud compared to music.

Overall a neat idea, well done!

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DevlukeSubmitted36 days ago

Super neat game, it was a bit hard to handle at first to get the controls done. But in the end I got it!

The art was nice and gameplay super nice. I did had some lag problems well falling down (gues it's because of generating stuff).

Overall well done!

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Nugget The Knight

timbits18Developer35 days ago

Thanks for playing! I plan on releasing a fix for the lag after the jam. Turns out a cobbled together infinite terrain generator is not a very performative thing haha

Dashing StrikeSubmitted41 days ago

Neat little game! Controls were a bit finicky, while I was digging and jumping I died from old age and managed to select the "quit run" option and lost my game :(. On my second run I managed to get all of the upgrades, which was fun. I really liked finding a vein and extracting it.

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timbits18Developer41 days ago

I was worried this would happen to someone playing. Its definitely finicky, glad you had the patience to play it all the way through. Thanks for playing!

FatWednesday41 days ago

We all yearn for the mines. Would be nice to have some kind of visual indication for your age / proximity to death. If there was one I didn’t notice it. Otherwise nice little platformer. Good job.

timbits18Developer41 days ago

Your miner's sprite does change with his age - I agree it is hard to see though since he's only 8 pixels tall haha. Thanks for playing!

redlaserbmSubmitted42 days ago

Solid experience with a lot of soul. I do question making the dirt and "air" the same color, as well as the death by old age mechanic, but also in general I had fun mining, which is important for this game to get right.

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The Birth of Magic

timbits18Developer42 days ago

Those are good points - there are sometimes fountains of youth that spawn that revert your oldness. But theres a bug where they always spawn with mines in the ground so it kinda defeats the purpose haha. Thanks for playing!

RGB LogicSubmitted42 days ago

Great submission! Loved the music.

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timbits18Developer42 days ago(+1)

Thanks for playing!

NaN-demonaiyaSubmitted43 days ago

Very addictive gameplay loop

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timbits18Developer42 days ago

Thanks for playing!

Mila/DarwinSubmitted43 days ago

This is very very fun!! I think the music is a little quiet but i loved playing this. Im a really big fan of the sparkle animations.

My lineage mined me 24 dollars and now I have a mansion in heaven. 👼

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Churro Will Survive!

timbits18Developer42 days ago

So beautiful XD Thanks for playing!

cyverneonSubmitted43 days ago

This is so sick, really fun gameplay loop

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timbits18Developer42 days ago

Thanks for playing!

FodderLabsSubmitted43 days ago

This was great!

I was getting "SteamWorld Dig" meets "Rogue Legacy" vibes from this game.

Not sure how far I got - I got deep enough where the color palette changed - maybe there are a few more levels/ sections to go? I'll give it another go after finishing playing a few other jam games. :D

I also noticed quite a bit of slowdown the longer I played - hopefully it's a quick/ easy fix. :)

It would be cool to have future generations have unique pros/ cons and maybe some tiles that indicate higher quality items/ gold but surrounded by stronger dirt/rock tiles.

Anyways, great work on this - you did an awesome job! :D

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timbits18Developer43 days ago

Definitely a lot of slow down - there is next to no optimization haha.

And those are great ideas. We had so many things we wanted to implement but had to pair it down with only ten days. Thanks for playing!

CelestineSeraphSubmitted44 days ago

Alrighty that was a ton of fun. I enjoyed watching mining speed go up. Great implementation of well, everything! Never got the 250 buck upgrade though.

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The Lightless Expanse

timbits18Developer43 days ago

Thanks for playing!

Paper404Submitted44 days ago(+1)

I had to give up at one point after buying the infinite bomb upgrade due to lag. Not sure if it's just my problem. The game is great though.

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timbits18Developer44 days ago(+1)

Thanks! That's definitely not just you - a lot can happen and none of it is optimized haha

Void_ESubmitted44 days ago(+1)

PEAAAAAK I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT IT THE GAMEPLAY IS A COOL AND QUIRKY IDEA I LOVE THE GRAPHICS I LOVE THE AUDIO THE THEME THE SOUL, ABSOLUTE CINEMA MY FRIEND

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The Creep in the wall wants some Old Gold.

timbits18Developer44 days ago(+1)

Thanks for playing!

Void_ESubmitted43 days ago(+1)

i forgot which one it was and saw the really high rating i gave it then played it again and I STILL THINK IT'S PEAK WOW FISH MEMORY IS GREAT FOR RE-EXPERIENCING PEAK , THAT WAS FUNNN