There are moments in life when you sit back, stare at your screen, and ask yourself, What am I doing? For me, that moment came after two hours of relentless clicking, watching my screen fill with progressively deeper dirt pixels, and realizing I had been fully engrossed in a game with a single, unwavering goal: dig a hole.
Yes, A Game About Digging a Hole is exactly what it claims to be. You dig. You upgrade your digging tools. You dig some more. And at some point, you emerge from the void, blinking in the pale light of reality, wondering why this experience was so profoundly enjoyable.
The Setup: A Foolproof Investment Strategy
The game begins as all great life decisions do: with a van pulling up to a signpost, slapping a “House for Sale” poster onto it, and casually mentioning that there might be buried treasure in the garden. Naturally, you—an obviously financially responsible individual—buy the house immediately, with zero hesitation and no due diligence whatsoever. What could go wrong?
Once the deed is yours, you do what any rational person would do: grab a shovel and start hacking away at the earth in pursuit of riches. Forget furnishing the house or even questioning why the previous owner left a treasure-filled backyard untouched. There’s digging to be done.
The Mechanics - Click, Click, Profit, Repeat
Your journey to the Earth's core begins humbly with a basic shovel. It’s slow, inefficient, and makes you question your life choices with every scoop. But fear not! With a bit of elbow grease (and by elbow grease, I mean selling chunks of rock on your garage computer like a Craigslist miner), you can start upgrading everything.
Shovel? Upgrade it into a drill that obliterates dirt like it owes you money.
Inventory size? Bigger pockets mean fewer trips back to sell your dirt empire’s assets.
Shovel battery? Because apparently, your drill is running on AA batteries and sheer determination.
Jetpack speed? Yes, there’s a jetpack, because climbing is for people without ambition.
Digging: The Gateway to Existential Crisis
At first, it’s just about efficiency. Excavate coal, stone, minerals—flog them online like a dirt-based entrepreneur—and reinvest. But before long, you start experiencing the madness.
You catch yourself thinking, What if I made the hole bigger? What if I optimized my digging route? What if I had just one more upgrade? And suddenly, you’re not just digging for treasure. You’re digging because you have to.
And then, you hit the bottom. What happens next? Well, let’s just say the game has a way of making you feel like your journey wasn’t quite what you expected.
Should You Play It?
Would I recommend it? Absolutely. It’s weirdly addictive, like bubble wrap for your brain, and the satisfying progression loop keeps you clicking longer than you’d expect.
It’s the perfect game if you have two hours to kill and don’t want to think too hard, though you might experience mild existential dread upon completion. There’s not much replay value unless you just like achievements and well... digging, but for what it is, A Game About Digging a Hole delivers exactly what it promises. No more, no less.
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