Glorgo's Microplastics Mine

I want to give this game a sideways thumb not up or down. the game is free, it works, and looks fine. however the game is way too short. the game was over before anything really happened. fairly boring because of it. once I got to the bottom, there wasn't even an end scene or credit role or anything showing that the game was over. just that there was nothing left to mine.

Quick and fun little Number go up simulator with funny voice acting, cool art , 3d models, and hilarious flavor text that left me wanting more. The game would definitely benefit from an infinite mode as I was unable to get all the upgrades before I reached 100% microplastic to blood ratio. additionally some popups specifically for mutations would benefit from the game being paused during them. definitely looking forward to seeing more of these students work as their careers progress.

While I'm recommending this game, I want to also recommend you place it on PC rather that Steam Deck. The game is functional on Deck, but isn't designed with controllers in mind and I imagine plays far better with a keyboard and mouse than it does with the steamdeck track pads. Glorgo's Microplastic Mine is really short but a fun romp. It's a very casual game that ramps up the intensity as you dig deeper and unearth more plastic. I think the art style is fun, but the game would have benefited from using 2D sprites as opposed to the 3D models it does—largely because the shader looks a lil off and the game really starts to chug once you have a lot of miners and plastic beasts on screen simultaneously. The game overall is visually appealing and I found the OST to really help establish an atmosphere. The bits of flavor text in the upgrades as well as the titular Glorgo's dialogue help establish this cynical capital mindset for how you'll treat your workers. I was worried it might fall in the vein of annoying zoomer humor considering the game literally is about mining until your body is 100% Microplastic, but I'm happy to report that it really doesn't. The game manages to be funny without relying on 2020s Internet humor. I'm a big fan of the style for the UI in this game. I think the HUD is really good looking and it gives me hope for the future of game development knowing that we won't have black boxes with white borders dominating user interfaces forever if this is the upcoming generation of designers. I think my main complaints are that the ending is a bit uncermonious, as it's not tied to how far you dug, but rather how much you dug. It causes the game to just end abruptly, and with no option to continue, you won't acquire a significant amount of the upgrades in a playthrough. For a student project, this game is good, but it does have some performance issues. And finally, I think the adaptation of the art to 3D looks a bit wonky. All in all, if you have 20 minutes to spare, check out Glorgo's. It's pretty fun.

good

really cute and short game about mining microplastics :)

why not make it longer or additional levels, all the basics are there just expand on it. the upgrade menu could be a little bit better in overview and some difficulty for additional levels were you should make decisions on how or whqat to do

Cute, fast, and extremely informative on how to play. Only issue I have is why not add an endless mode? I wasn't able to get all the upgrades, or find out what the different mutations were, and that would be a fun way to continue seeing what is in store. Otherwise, pretty great!

Very fun, very cute! Wish it was longer!

Worth the price

i learned the essence of trickle down gloronomics and it was beautiful