Dig Deep!

Came back to this game after a while and found my stats reset. That was fine though, and I just played through from the start. Great game with really interesting strategies and techniques, would love to see more content in the future as I’ve now beaten all the levels!

I deeply appreciate that the developer responded to my review, and I have amended it. I had complained that the game goals were impossible, but after a month, I was able to get to level 15 - the trick is to play until you are presented with a random sequence of two or three boosts immediately prior to a long, wide column of gold somewhere around 800 meters - it’ll happen about once every 2,000-5,000 games, give or take. If you die early in the sequence, you just have to let it roll around again (it’s hard to gauge exactly how often the “wall of gold” is loaded, and often you’ll get the boosts without the gold, or the gold without the boosts). So I stand corrected - it is possible to get level advances, just very rare. I suppose I should say more, if only to help anyone else. If you can unlock the second character, you get a power to briefly double your gold score, but only if you are lucky enough to dig 25 gold blocks very quickly in a row. So, in exceedingly rare circumstances, you can get a sequence where it’s possible to double the amount of gold you’re credited with at the same moment that you encounter a “boost” just above an unusually thick collection of gold blocks. As far as I know, that’s the only way to collect 2,500 gold points. As for other goals (like getting to the level with laser cannons (misspelled in the game as “canons”) that requires a combination of almost impossible luck and timing. After thousands of plays, playing 4-5 hours a day for the last month, I’ve gotten to the “lasers” maybe six times, only to be instantly killed by a fast-moving bouncing ball.

This game is an absolute blast to play, with the challenging gameplay, quick pace, and the fact that there’s always a goal to look toward. The game exceeds in sound design, from the satisfying noise when you hit a gold streak, all the way to the absolute BOP of title screen music. With a selection of four characters with unique abilities, it never makes a run boring. However a few critiques are on the following: - would like a little more used for gold, as once you upgrade your boost and shield fully, it becomes useless except for disposable boosts, which just end up stockpiling. - A couple more templates, or a random world option for people who have basically memorized what to do per template that they run into. - Possibly more characters? Alluding has a super unique ability, and I would love to see more interesting abilities added to new characters. Overall, the game is a great experience, and should be installed by those who love a good time passer that’s also challenging, with a unique concept and not dull like most money grabs of mobile games that exist today. The game could use just a tad bit more tweaking and content, but other than the critiques above, it is a wonderful experience from start to finish. This game has love put into it by the developers, and it really shines through as one of those few mobile gems.