I don’t know how stingy Namco is when it comes to their old not as well known IPs like Dig Dug but I would hate to see this get taken down due to copyright issues so you might want to make it something more original or just make it “Legally Distinct Excavation and Inflation Game” so you don’t have to worry about that. This isn’t really related to the game but I need to ask if you decide to keep working on this, are you still going to keep using the Dig Dug characters? This is also what makes the unlimited use infinite range pumps the best, you can just walk backwards and shoot and nothing will threaten you. This is kinda unfortunate as they lost the ability to warp through walls to try and pincer the player like in the original game, also the Fygars lost the ability to spit fire, so they are just exactly the same as Pookas. Speaking of the enemies, they are super basic, they just lock on to the player and will run in that direction until you or them are dead, if there’s a wall they will hump that wall until they make an opening. The enemy grab and body blocking other enemies with a inflated boi would be useful as they cannot be destroyed from enemies, but you have to get in close to grab them, which can easily get you killed by their friends, and you can accidently pop your shield instead of hitting the enemies making it pointless.Īnd there’s the tether which is like the body block but now you have an enemy permanently stuck within close range to you, so good luck not popping your tethered guy or dying from him. The blocks seems like it would be useful, but as there are 3 different giant blobs of enemies, that can destroy your blocks incredibly fast making it kind of pointless. The block placing, enemy grabbing, and the tether run into the problem of being neat, but not super useful. The triple shot pump basically makes all other weapons obsolete as it can mine out the map faster than any other option, deal with crowds of enemies better than the other and is the best way to deal with armored Pookas.Įven if it got nerfed, the ice pump and the non upgraded red pump would still be amazing because you can hammer the left mouse button until you win. The weapon balance doesn’t exist, at all. I have no idea if you are going to work on this further, but if you do there are some problems I noticed. The original art assets look very cute, if a bit rough and the controls feel good and responsive. Ok but seriously I do like this game quite a bit despite it feeling very tech demo-ish. Or he got turned into a Fygar, one of the two. I gotta say this is a interesting new Dig Dug A.U, where Taizo Hori is fucking dead.

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