A simple idea at first but amazingly conceived a very calming game good work :) 5/5
Reviews for "Utopian Mining"
Schulles responds:
Wow! Thank you! :D
This was a great game. It's a vast improvement on other similar games like Mega Miner/Motherload/Scuba. Aside from having better game play the story and missions gives it some purpose. Though I'd like to suggest the ability to run while on the surface. Given how long the game is it feels a bit repetitive to have to walk around on the surface so slowly. But that's not really a big deal.
The only reason this isn't a 5 is the controls. It doesn't make a whole lot of sense to have to move your hands away from one position while playing to access the map/inventory/jobs. Even though the current controls are the first letter, I'd suggest making them A/S/D so that you can access them without having to relocate your hand. I'd also really like to see left-handed friendly controls. I'd suggest moving with WASD and then J for what confirm/interact, K for cancel and UIO for map, job and inventory. Or the ability to remap keys would be just as good.
The not-quite-8-bit graphics are decent, but the gameplay is overall rather boring, and the music gets very irritating rather quickly. A mute button of some sort (at least for the music) is a necessity.
Pretty good game!!
Simple, funny and relaxing.
Schulles responds:
Nice, thanks! :)
i was enjoying it, until it glitched and i lost all my stuff.