The Lonely Miner news & patch notes

Full version is now released!

Happy mining! Introductory discount is on for limited time.

Stay tuned for more updates!

Thankyou to everyone who played the demo and wishlisted The Lonely Miner!

The demo has now been removed in preparation for the upcoming full release.

Lots has been improved since the demo, here is a teaser of what the full game will feature :

Shop has been reworked into a skill tree - lots more options of upgrades.

Prestige system, with prestige skill tree.

4 tiers of rock types to unlock.

Speed run mode - This will be unlocked after your first prestige. Players can start a fresh run and can try to prestige as fast as possible - Times will be added to an ingame leaderboard :) I look forward to seeing your runs!

Little helpers have been updated - All autominers/autocollectors have been balanced and updated.

Brand new steam achievements!

Everything has been balanced and reworked to make the progression feel more satisfying.

And there is more to come!

Expect the game to release in the next coming days!

FYI - If you purchase this game, all future updates will be free :)

Thank you so much for everyone who has wishlisted the game! and also a massive thanks to anyone who left valuable feedback and suggestions. I read it all and appreciate it so much as this is my first commercial release, and I am a solo dev.

If you have any suggestions or bug reports be sure to join our discord.

Small patch following some suggestions from the community :

Autominer buff

• Autominer upgrades now have a buff, so each upgrade will apply to all current autominers and any newly purchased miners and they are dramatically faster that previously.

Collisons

• Fixed the player collisions so that the player wont keep getting annoyingly stuck in places

UI

• Simplified ui

Selling animation

• Sped up the selling animation so that you can consistently run back and forth without having to wait

Blackmarket

• Added Giant Rock to the blackmarket

Boat Cost

• Leaving the island now costs 500,000

Steam achievement

• Added an achievement for 1 million currency earned

DEMO UPDATE!

Finally the demo has been updated, I have added alot of requested features and fixed a ton of bugs.

I would recommend you delete your save and start again ;)

-Added Leveling system

• You will now gain XP everytime you sell to the store which in turn unlocks the upgrades (collectors will also give you xp when they sell fragments)

-Changed Collector AI to work more fluidly (They should not just run around following each other now)

-Buffed AutoMiner Upgrades

• When you upgrade autominers they now feel like they are actually getting stronger

-Added 2x Steam Achievements

-Fixed a bug where if you 'left the island' the game would get stuck/crash and the player could not move

-Added new rock type

• You will have to discover this yourself ;)

-New UI

- Options menu now has fullscreen toggle

-Fixed a ton of small bugs (too many to list)

Free Demo is now available to download. Be sure to check it out!

Remember to wishlist the fullgame on steam.

Any suggestions or feedback can be directed to our discord.

Thanks for playing!

DuckDevStudios

Hello Miners,

A demo for the game will be releasing very shortly, so keep your eye out for when it drops!

Please feel free to join our discord and give suggestions, bugs ect that will help improve the game.

I have been working a lot to improve the smoothness of the gameplay, and have also added an 'ending' whereby you will have to pay 50k coins to leave the island resulting in ending the game. In the future you will be able to prestige etc, but for now its a good way to complete the demo, or just keep grinding forever if you really want to :)