Shovelware

Just charged through cardboard and wood leagues (the first 20 levels) and got all the easy trophies from them (except 2 :( ), and this is pretty fun! It needs just the right amount of concentration to be slightly addicting and just beyond a zone-out game. Lots of levels, with several different gimmicks so far, and a variety of secondary goals. I'm impressed how many levels there appear to be! For a simple game like this, literally called "Shovelware", I would have expected it to also be real short. There are even a bunch of unlockable cosmetics to customize your little hero, which are a fun touch. Cutscenes are short and lightly humorous, and I realized eventually that you can skip them with Escape. (Useful when retrying a boss level to get the optional goals!) A couple of the mechanics are hard to figure out, such as when blocks fall slowly or quickly or how contiguous blocks of gems only count as 1 gem, and there is no explanation of the controls. Fortunately, the controls are pretty intuitive, and you don't _have_ to understand the block mechanics at first to get through things (at least on easy). It can be fun to try and figure out how things work. The game overall feels a little clunky, and the digging sound effect is not the greatest, imo. There's also currently an annoying bug where losing or quitting starts processing input on the level menu before you can see it -- I think a fix is on the way for that already. But it's the right blend of quick and challenging for me, and I had a very entertaining time trying it out today. While I got it as a gift, I think it would be worth the $5.

Game has simple rules but challenging to finish. Having three different goals helps a lot. Good and proper time waster. Note, on steamdeck I had to choose proton 7.6 (default doesn't render text)

my dad got me this game and i like t

Charming game that is easy to learn and hard to put down.

Juego de la vieja escuela, como todos los del desarrollador. Cada fase tiene varios niveles de dificultad y cada nivel de dificultad tiene tres desafíos, así que da para bastantes horas. Se trata de ir excavando hacia abajo hasta llegar al final. Fácil. Salvo que quieras completar los desafíos: al moverte hacia los lados para conseguir rupias o rescatar gatos, los bloques que dejes encima tuyo sin apoyo, empezarán a caer salvo que se junten con otros de su mismo color que tengan donde sujetarse. Tiene mapas contrareloj en los que el boss va bajando detrás tuya.