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[Ashking]

I still think that 'Terminally Drill' is a great pun, unique, and kinda catchy too. Just doesn't make much sense apart from having drill in it.

At this point, I'm actually contemplating whether to change the name or not. I mean, 'Mining Game' isn't very good for search results or recognition or much of anything. I just can't settle on a good name though, and "Mining Game" is kind of growing on me. I should really change it before I hope to get any form of press, though :/

How about....... Astro Miner? Terra Carve? Umm... The Salvage?

Nah, those are all terrible names.

mineman? O_O

Fuck the "Mine-" thing, don't want to sound like another minecraft clone.

Cave Bomber, Treasure Bomber, Gold Blaster, Rock Diver, Space Looter. Anything, really.

Yeah, but those all bring to mind games focused around bombs or guns or diving or looting, when this is focused on drilling.
... Maybe I should just stick with Mining Game after all >_> It would be a nice challenge to get it to show up on the first page of google search results.

[Miguelito]

Call it Frank. It's a nice name.
Or Vegetarian Amazon Traffic Wardens from Space.

You're not a Marketing department, you don't need to find something conventional.

[Ashking]

Hm- good point. A lot of indie games have quirky titles that don't make an ounce of sense. By that logic, the title should come to me in the middle of my upcoming exams.
Yaaaaaaaaaaaay.

[HyperDuckChris]

FLIT.


There you go, you're welcome.

[zamp]

If it's all about drilling you should call it Boring

[Ashking]

If it's all about drilling you should call it Boring

OH SNAP
:<

FLIT.


There you go, you're welcome.

Fat Losers in Traction?
For Loafs Incorporating Tractors?
Finnicky Lost Inverted Timelords?

I give up, tell me what it means!

[J. R. Hill]

Tried playing for the first time today...  Either I'm doing something wrong, or the drill only breaks blocks that are diagonally upwards from me.

Arrrrrrgh that's it I'm going to upload a new build as soon as I finish this menu even though I finished nothing new JUST BECAUSE THE DRILL IS FIXED IN IT so people will stop bothering me about the drill being broken

Looked like the post above was saying the drill was fixed already...

[Droqen]

call it BONANZAAAAAA :D with the ":D" being part of the title

[J. R. Hill]

Ok, now I am playing a game.  If you ask me, I think this game needs some MONSTROUSLY HUGE (and quick as the dickens) BOSSES to fit the frantic-feeling pacing of the game.

[Ashking]

Ok, now I am playing a game.  If you ask me, I think this game needs some MONSTROUSLY HUGE (and quick as the dickens) BOSSES to fit the frantic-feeling pacing of the game.

Aaaaaaaaaa
Does every game really need enemies?
I guess big bosses could be a random occurence that happens very rarely- you're just mining and then you hear a rumbling and a massive THING tunnels by you, causing a fight to the death. If you kill the boss you get delicious gold and an energy refill. However, if you don't, you die and lose everything. Often, new players would have to evacuate the planet completely to avoid the boss, afraid of losing what little things they had mined so far.
... I'm not sure which direction I want this game to go in anymore!

[J. R. Hill]

Oh no I sparked a dilemma.

Idk, the pace of the game right now feels like I should be fighting something huge.

[Ashking]

Haha, I don't even know the pace of the game right now. I've never really sat down and PLAYED. But I guess we can really find out the pace when I actually make it so you can escape the planet with your gold, etc. I think I'll make that top-priority right now and put fleshing out caves on the back-burner.

[zamp]

I was more thinking like if you were to call the game Boring Boring that would just mean its a boring boring game. But when you call it Boring people will think: "What? A game that's name is boring? How boring is this game?" Until they realize it's not about being boring but about the act of boring.
Also if you were to call your game Boring I'd say: Yup this guy has some balls to call his game Boring

[Ashking]

I was more thinking like if you were to call the game Boring Boring that would just mean its a boring boring game. But when you call it Boring people will think: "What? A game that's name is boring? How boring is this game?" Until they realize it's not about being boring but about the act of boring.
Also if you were to call your game Boring I'd say: Yup this guy has some balls to call his game Boring

Oh, it's a clever pun. I feel less bad about myself now.
ON INVESTIGATION OF THE DEVLOGS BOARD I HAVE COME UP WITH THESE CLEVER AND ORIGINAL TITLES:
-Red Driller
-Eager Drill
-Unnamed Robot Drilling Game
-Erhdrill
-DRILLSHORI
-Illusive Gold
-Terra Drill
-The Driller
-DRILLIA - Episode 1 - The Drilling
-Drillveilles MMORPG
-Drillo
-AstroDriller
-Ashkin's Game
-Drilltronic 3000
-Drillman
-ENERGY/DRILL/PLANET
-Drilldering

I could go on if you like.

[J. R. Hill]

Bore 2 tha Core