LÖVE

For this game I worked a long time. It´s a game like Minecraft 2D, but you get money for ores you found.
The game has no target, you can play and play...

DOWNLOAD: https://www.dropbox.com/s/7cib671sjprfi ... Miner.love

Features:
+a 800*400 blocks to mine
+14 ores
+9 ladders, bridges, supports,...
+upgrades for your pickaxe, lamp, ....
+of course live, and you can die
+a shop and a inventory
+you can save and load the game
+screenshots
+great guy-animationen
+bread and batterys
+drill
+a great map

controls
*arrow Keys for go and mine
*e for your inventory/shop
*a place/pickup ladder
*s place/pickup stilt
*d place/pickup brigde
*f place/pickup multiladder (it can stop stones)
*F2 screenshots (you can see them in the main menu)
*x save (or right in the corner)

You can select the correct ladder, bridge, ... in your inventory

ToDo:
+advanture mode
+new Ores like "Lovium"
+mining laser
+bombs
+mods (you can add own ores)
Version history

V 1:
+14 ores
+inventory and shop
+save and load
+ladders, ....
+diging, going, ...
+sounds

V 1.4:
#more coal at the beginning
#20 starting ladders
#drills

V 2: not released now!
#mining laser
#Lovium and other ores
#bombs
#uran will damage you
#helps
#select worldsize
#fix stuck-in-ladder bug

V 3: not released now!
#advanture mode

This reminds me more of MotherLoad than Minecraft.

My biggest problem is the user interface. I still struggle to find the right keys*. It would be much easier if you could place small letters on the icons and/or make the icons clickable.

You should also use love.filesystem instead of os.execute("mkdir saves"). And by looking at the source code I found lots of repetition and hard-coded values. If you code more abstract, you can expand the games more easily (e.g. add a new type of block).

It is a nice game. Go on polishing it.

*Here are the key codes:

• arrow keys - move around and dig
• e - open the shop (on surface) / inventory (below surface)
• a - place/pickup ladder
• s - place/pickup stilt
• d - place/pickup brigde
• F2 - screenshot
• x - save
• z - load

what about adding drills, mining lasers and nuclear bombs?

also can you add an ore called Lovium?

I This looks like a good game but, I keep getting stuck on the ladders and can not move. It is fix with reloading.

The oscillating field of view thingy makes my heard hurt

Xugro wrote:This reminds me more of MotherLoad than Minecraft.

My biggest problem is the user interface. I still struggle to find the right keys*. It would be much easier if you could place small letters on the icons and/or make the icons clickable.

You should also use love.filesystem instead of os.execute("mkdir saves"). And by looking at the source code I found lots of repetition and hard-coded values. If you code more abstract, you can expand the games more easily (e.g. add a new type of block).

It is a nice game. Go on polishing it.

*Here are the key codes:

• arrow keys - move around and dig
• e - open the shop (on surface) / inventory (below surface)
• a - place/pickup ladder
• s - place/pickup stilt
• d - place/pickup brigde
• F2 - screenshot
• x - save
• z - load

1. I cant use love.fillsystem because it will make a folder in the LOVE folder, but I need it in the same folder as the game.
2. Oops, I forgot the controls
I will polish it!

what about adding drills, mining lasers and nuclear bombs?

also can you add an ore called Lovium?

I make "Lovium", but a mining laser will need more time.

I This looks like a good game but, I keep getting stuck on the ladders and can not move. It is fix with reloading.

sorry, in the next version I will fix this.

The oscillating field of view thingy makes my heard hurt

But what should I do?

Luke100000 wrote:1. I cant use love.fillsystem because it will make a folder in the LOVE folder, but I need it in the same folder as the game.

What? No! Why?

what about adding "lukium", "bartium" and "rudium" ?

Luke100000 wrote:

The oscillating field of view thingy makes my heard hurt

But what should I do?

Remove the oscillation effect. In real life the field of view does not change if your character does not move. The way you implemented this is seriously strange, I have never seen it before. I guess you aim for a"torch in a cave"-like effect, but that does not look like this either. I mean, I am the only one who has complained about it so far, and I admit that I get dizzy easily so leave it like it is if you like it. Just wanted to point out why it's unplayable for me.

Hexenhammer wrote: Remove the oscillation effect. In real life the field of view does not change if your character does not move. The way you implemented this is seriously strange, I have never seen it before. I guess you aim for a"torch in a cave"-like effect, but that does not look like this either. I mean, I am the only one who has complained about it so far, and I admit that I get dizzy easily so leave it like it is if you like it. Just wanted to point out why it's unplayable for me.

I agree it is strange. It is way too fast and out of place at times. Mining down once and you can't see much is very odd since you can clearly see outside of the "mine". If you slow down the oscillation, maybe have more layers to it instead of one image, and scale it with depth, it might look better.

My problem is with the ladders. Why do they fall if you mine below them? I would think a ladder would be attached to the wall. And you can walk across them like a normal block, which is just out of character for a ladder.

One last thing, you should draw the tiles to flow better, like most minecraft tiles. It is mostly a matter of drawing something on one side but finishing it on the other. It would get rid of the border to the tiles, but I understand if art isn't what you are good at(I'm not good at it either).

But don't think I am disliking or anything, this could be quite fun, just some odd things here and there. Maybe even a reason to go to the surface?(sorry if there is, I didn't play very long)