Can You Dig It

These are based on Ralph Miranda's feedback. We can update using our design guide method and stick with the overall layout idea.

Tester: While I was playing I kept digging on the boiling indicator because I thought that was the last level when I did that it said I failed but the obj appeared above ground then I just walked over to it and had to dig on it to get it.

I was able to repeat it 4 times. (see FIRE and BOILING bug for details, which is related)

Dev note: It's possible we need to reinforce mechanics so digging and success only works on FIRE or JACKPOT than distance, just in case.

It's a weird version of the game I humored in my journal. It could be a fun mode to put in the game but not sure how to implement the way Players are introduced to this odd parody. Should it be included? Would it be a reward for completing the game? Even at the basic level, it would be fun to add and see what happens. Perhaps it's an incentive to complete the game?

Objects have market value, but also a Mystery aspect.

Background in Sky changes (Spaceship/planet/Chthulhu horror/Airplane battle/Steampunk blimps, etc)

Real-world component. Find pieces of a mystery object in-game. Once ‘minted’ through some in-game challenge/process, a 3D print is made (one per object ever). These pieces can dropshipped via 3D printed model. Players to trade items IRL? Create secondary “official” printed objects, have user voted items they’d like to see, etc.

It’s the goldrush in the Dusty Gulch Valley. After word spread that there’s valuable metals in the area, folks have flocked to the area looking to strike it rich.

“Mine All Mine” – Create a land area that you claim. You can steal, but selling the objects you find on stolen land is harder and you’ll build a reputation as untrustworthy. *Might create uncontrollable black market unless a testimonial system is implented.

Search for valuable alien artifacts. Many known precious metals but some are completely unknown. Require a visit to a specialist to appraise.

We can see meteors crash in distance, revealing more potential items to find. Seismometer item can be earned to know if there has been a meteor crashed in some vicinity

Finding ancient relics. Demogorgon Horn. Werewolf tooth. Frankenstein bolt. Some that unlock doors to new universes. An upside down? A magic impossible doorway?

Every year, there is a mysterious inter-dimensional carnival made up of fantastical entertainers that appears in this area. They stay for 7 days and literally vanish. Only some items remain, including a fortune teller machine that tells people when the circus will arrive again and warns not to occupy the space (or you’ll fuse with the traveling circus people/objects).

A side effect of the teleportation is the transmutation of earth ores into precious metals (similar to fulgrites from lightning strikes). Most of the year, the area is populated by these treasure hunters.

Countdown: Could be an actual event that happens in-game (spin off title?) where treasure hunters can actually see the carnival. *Super heavy workload to create though

Islands of digging spaces.