How to play
Drillnaut is a dig-and-upgrade arcade game. Your little drill bores straight down by itself. Steer it left and right into the ore: copper, silver, gold, emerald and crystal, each worth more than the last and found deeper down. Hard rock slows you down and costs extra fuel.
- Hold the left or right side of the screen (or the arrow keys, or A/D) to steer the drill.
- Dig into the ore to fill your cargo hold. The fuel gauge shows how long the run lasts.
- When the fuel runs out you're pulled back up and the ore is sold.
- Spend the money in the shop, then tap DRILL AGAIN and go deeper.
Upgrades, perks and goals
- Short runs, no game over. Running out of fuel just ends the run. Your money and upgrades are kept.
- Four upgrades, ten levels each: a bigger FUEL TANK, a faster DRILL, more CARGO and a stronger ENGINE.
- Pick a perk. At depth marks in every run the game stops and you choose 1 of 3 cards for the rest of the run: refuel, overdrive, a bigger hold, a rich vein or an afterburner.
- Depth goals from 15 m down to 1000 m, each with a bonus, and five rock layers with their own colours on the way down.
Works on phones and on desktop, in portrait or landscape. Progress is saved in your browser.
