DigDug

Submission for the Firefly Zero Jam #2

Jam theme: surprise

Requires the Firefly Zero console or emulator to play.

Game play

Surprise the shop keeper with resources by digging until your shovel breaks. Sell to gain cash and repair your shovel. Repeat.

That's as far as the game jam version goes. Lots of time was spent on making the dynamic world with diggable blocks in an efficient way to hopefully be playable on the Firefly Zero device.

Plan was to have a shop where you buy new tools like ore detectors, dynamite, pickaxes, jackhammers, etc. and upgrades your tools so they last longer. Also want to add a more interesting world generation with caves and different rock types instead of just dirt.

Controls

Move with the touch pad as a D-pad. Jump with SOUTH. Hold SOUTH to use jet pack, to get out of deep holes.

Press EAST to start digging. When digging, do a digging motion on the touch pad, swiping from the top and down, and then to the side.

To interact with the shop keeper, press EAST, and use the touch pad to navigate the menus.

Play the game

Requires Firefly Zero emulator version 0.10.0 or later.

Download the game zip file and import it using the Firefly CLI, then launch the game with the emulator

ff import ./applejag.digdug.zig
firefly-emulator --id applejag.digdug

Credits

Code and art by: applejag

Fonts used:

• IBM437b - Copyright © 2020 Sebastien Bechet  (MIT, downloaded from fonts.fireflyzero.com)
• ProFont - Copyright © 2014 Tobias Jung  (MIT, downloaded from fonts.fireflyzero.com)