Game Development: Ghost Apple Gelatin

[jorb]

I'm sure the 80 people playing are very appreciative

Glad to hear it, my man! Ty!

[BoxingRock]

this sounds kinda cancer ngl

Oh noes, the mining bot needs extra if statements.

would it have been such a difficult task to make 2 types of mining or to make mining a boulder a toggleable skill?

Did you spend any more than 2 minutes thinking about the repercussions?
Like how annoying it would be mining out slimes/worms and boulders at the same time?
having to pick up and put down boulders with big hitboxes in tiny corridors in a panicky pinch?

you just salem'd haven mining and you should be embarrassed by it

[Ardennesss]

this sounds kinda cancer ngl

Oh noes, the mining bot needs extra if statements.

Don't listen to Snail, jorb! You hit the nail on the head with this fantastically insightful post. This was an absolutely great idea that is going to bring great joy to all that play, and can I just say - the way you folks flawlessly implemented such a well thought out and issue-free feature is breathtaking. Why just the other day I was thinking to myself that I wish mining wasn't so easy, and had just a little more pointless tedium to deal with- and then I chuckled to myself when I remembered I can just add some extra if statements to my bots! Gosh imagine how shitty it'd be if I was a real player that didn't use bots, right?

[jorb]

Like how annoying it would be mining out slimes/worms and boulders at the same time?
having to pick up and put down boulders with big hitboxes in tiny corridors in a panicky pinch?

They spawn on the tile in front of you. No need to lift them if attaq'd.

[SnuggleSnail]

this sounds kinda cancer ngl

Oh noes, the mining bot needs extra if statements.

Already updated. I think it's going to annoy regular users more than it's going to annoy the botlords

[JohnBolognese]

Bit disappointed that the boulder spawn percentage seems to be so low.
Still good update!

[shurbra]

Bit disappointed that the boulder spawn percentage seems to be so low.
Still good update!

Love the snow update and completely agree with this. Please consider making boulder spawn more frequently in the future perhaps.

[wonder-ass]

We've been developing, and here's what's new.

New Implementations
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• Added a small chance, when mining, to excavate a boulder of the same type as the tile you are mining from.

i like this, but it could be better with out annoying people! could you make it its own tool? instead of clicking mine youd click excavate which turns mined tiles in to boulders.

[BoxingRock]

Another really smart way to implement the boulder thing would have been to allow us to excavate boulder from floor tiles at a heavy stamina cost

since we can chip mountain face forever without changing the terrain elevation and dig cellars infinitely in the same spot if we do the log cabin trick to get boulders

it would have been a way smarter solution that follows the same current silly mechanics of floor digging, with the added bonus of needing to still prospect the same way we do when we make the cheaty log cabins to excavate boulders

[shubla]

Could go all salem so you wouldn't get any ore but only boulders. Wouldn't be too bad. Especially if it would make digging big tunnels faster.