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How does your game meet GBJam's theme
The game focuses around mining gems and precious metals. Gold is one of the 3 rarest finds and a major goal of the game. The game's color palette also contains a shade of gold.
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The game has that Pokemon vibe that really makes it feel like a gameboy game! The mining minigame is also nice. I’m not sure if there’s a system that makes it easy or if I was just really lucky X).
It could be a nice addition to have the glow of gems in the cave be animated. Nothing too fancy but I think having pixels move would make them easier to spot since they have the same color as everything else. Although, once you know what they look you can’t really miss them.
Overall a nice entry to the jam.
This game absolutely nails the game boy feel and aesthetic! I also like the simplicity of the mining minigame.
Overall thought this had a lot of great qualities. For spritework I really felt the hillsides looked great. It was also nice to see a variety in how the exhibits looked.
The digging minigame is definitely tuned towards the easier side, but as people have mentioned that's not always a bad thing in a jam. I like the relatively minimal information it gives you, as it's still plenty to go on to find the resource in decent time. (Although I did press the mine button, by accident, half way through the cursor moving once, and that was a bad thing to do. It got me stuck in a column but I could still exhaust the wall durability and get free.)
Hopefully I will find some time to finish the collection and learn if there's any secrets for the completed museum.
i dig some stuff but i didnt find the way to the museu. anyway that was fun ^^
Hey thanks for playing! Museum is on the start menu. I’ll add that to the description when I get home.
This game is a cool concept, I don't know much about its source material but I liked the idea, a bit too easy to cheese and for a game jam (and this is not a bad thing) a bit too much content!
This feels like something you would 100% would just sit and play sometimes on your gameboy, maybe with a few more rooms and less easy to camp mine spots but honestly good job! If I had more time I would 100% this.
I haven't thought about the Diamond/Pearl mining system in probably over a decade, but boy was it fun to revisit it in this new form! Some issues kept this from being really fun, though--the mining spots spawned waaaaay too slowly, so most of the time I spent with this was wandering around looking for the spots. I'm not sure if there was a way to get out of the starting area, either, although your screenshots feature other areas and other characters. Great start, though, and congrats on getting it completed!
Hey thanks so much for the feedback. The other area you see in the screenshot is the museum. Pressing start gives you an option to go to it in the menu.
For a solo project it's really good, graphics are great, there is main menu, sounds etc. Solid 3.5-3.8/5
Thank you so much but this was a team of 2. My good friend Bugihua did all the art so I could focus on developing my first game for the whole 10 days.
tbh not the best id give this 2.5
Hey friend! Next time, maybe try to be a bit more constructive with your feedback. Just giving a vague impression and number doesn't really help the developer understand why you had a good/bad/interesting/fun experience. :)