Deep Mine: +1 Strength

Prospectus

A 3D mining game where every pickaxe swing gives +1 strength and strength breaks blocks. Dig your own shaft layer by layer: the deeper you go, the tougher the rock and the richer the ore. Buy pickaxes, hatch pets from eggs, and rebirth to grow your strength for good.

How it plays

Hit the blocks at the bottom of your shaft: every hit adds strength, and every broken block gives coins. Clear a layer, then go deeper. On PC use WASD or arrows to move, Space to jump, left mouse button to hit the block under the cursor (hold to keep hitting), right mouse button or Q and E to turn the camera, wheel to zoom, Shift to lock the camera behind you. On phone use the joystick on the left, the hit button on the right with jump above it, swipe to turn the camera, pinch to zoom, and tap a block to hit it. The lift takes you between town and the bottom of your shaft.

Opening an account with this game takes one press: Open the holding, above, and it loads on this page itself — nothing downloads and no form stands between you and the first decision. It is drawn for a landscape (wide) screen and takes its instructions from mouse, keyboard or touch, as the game prefers. The file is drawn wide, for a landscape screen — turn a phone sideways, or let a tablet or desktop give it room to breathe. If a fullscreen control is offered, take it — a growing enterprise deserves the whole desk.

Analyst's notes for simulation holdings

• Learn the loop before optimising it. Every simulation is a circle — earn, spend, expand, earn more — and the players who last are the ones who found the circle's slow point early.
• Watch one full cycle without touching anything. A simulation confesses its priorities when left alone: whatever runs out first is what the designer wants you managing.
• Small inefficiencies compound faster than big ones. A route that wastes ten seconds every cycle costs more than a disaster that happens once, so audit the routine before the dramatic.

Deep Mine: +1 Strength — questions from the readership

What does it cost to open Deep Mine: +1 Strength?

Nothing, at any point. The holding is free from the first click to the last upgrade — no account to open, no download to wait for, no paywall filed anywhere in its pages. The advertising around this page is what pays the bookkeeping.

What kind of game is Deep Mine: +1 Strength, exactly?

We file it on the Simulation shelf of the ledger. It is a browser game through and through — the prospectus above is the publisher's own summary of what the game asks of you and what it gives back.

Can I play Deep Mine: +1 Strength on a phone or tablet?

Yes — it runs in the browser on phones and tablets just as it does on a computer. The file is drawn wide, for a landscape screen — turn a phone sideways, or let a tablet or desktop give it room to breathe.

Is there anything to download or install first?

Nothing at all. Deep Mine: +1 Strength is an HTML5 game: press the open button and it loads on this very page, and closing the tab leaves nothing behind on your device.

Closing entry

Finished the audit, or still mid-season? The full Simulation shelf is one click away — The ledger's main hall: 302 simulations of everything from bus routes to burger counters to entire small lives. If it can be run, staffed, watered or worried over, somebody has simulated it and filed it here.