History VideoGame / WeebishMines

''Weebish Mines'' is an action {{metroidvania}} game by DXF Games, released for [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]] in 2014. Inspired by the [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]] game ''VideoGame/LegacyOfTheWizard'', its ExcusePlot features a family of four looking for their missing pets on a large underground maze.

The game had a sequel of sorts in ''VideoGame/JustACleric''. It got an UpdatedRerelease on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} on April 2017.

* UnwinnableByMistake: There are limited resources to beat the game with and items you're carrying are flat out lost if you get petrified. You can also get stuck somewhere without the high jump shoes, a ladder or the gems to activate them, with no way out but to [[PressXToDie sacrifice the character]].

''Weebish Mines'' is an action metroidvania game by DXF Games released for PC in 2014. Inspired by the NES game ''VideoGame/LegacyOfTheWizard'', its ExcusePlot features a family of four looking for their missing pets on a large underground maze.

The game had a sequel of sorts in ''VideoGame/JustACleric''. It got a rerelease on Steam on April 2017.

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: Unlike in ''VideoGame/LegacyOfTheWizard'', every item can be used by any of the four characters. The limitation is that each use costs a number of different gems that depends on the character chosen.

The game had a sequel of sorts in ''VideoGame/JustACleric''. A rerelease on Steam is planned for 2017.

* UnwinnableByMistake: There are limited resources to beat the game with and items you're carrying are flat out lost if you get petrified. You can also get stuck somewhere without the high jump shoes or the gems to activate them, with no way out but to [[PressXToDie sacrifice the character]].

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: Unlike in ''VideoGame/LegacyOfTheWizard'', every item can be used by any of the four characters.

%%* BadassFamily: The main cast.

* InfinityPlusOneSword: The Gun hidden at the west side of the map is very powerful, hits from afar and can be used by Del for free with a single gem upgrade. With it you're pretty much unstoppable unless you do something stupid or run out of green gems to use the mobility items.
* InventoryManagementPuzzle: You start out with a very limited backpack. Items will be automatically sent back to the storage house if collected with a full backpack, which actually can be rather inconvenient. Moreover, most of the item types you can find are mandatory to get around in some way and all of them cost a certain number of colored gems for each use.
* JackOfAllStats: Bubs is the character with 2 attack and defense, but what really matters here is a character's gem cost for using items. P.P.'s 2-gem cost on all three types means that while you shouldn't start out with her, she's the one character who will get to use any item for free once you get the two gem upgrades.

* BadassFamily: The main cast.

* ContinuingIsPainful: When you get petrified all the items your character is holding are LostForever. This can seriously damage your run and even if you remember to manually drop them you'll have to go out of your way to get them back. Furthermore, if you lose all four characters you'll have to start over from the beginning.

* LostForever: Items held by a petrified character are completely lost even if you rescue the character later.

* TakenForGranite:
** What happens once you run out of HP, as a form of NonLethalKO. Portraying the death of characters based on your own family is in bad taste after all. Also, the rabbit pet is petrified when you find it. Petrified characters can be restored by whacking them with a hammer item.

* UnwinnableByMistake: It's all too possible to get stuck on some hole without the high jump shoes or the gems to activate them, requiring the player to [[PressXToDie sacrifice the character]]. Playthroughs can be outright rendered impossible by running out of important resources.

* SuperDrowningSkills: Characters take damage while touching water unless they equip the air tank item. One area also prevents swimming, too, like it was in ''Hasslevania''.

* InventoryManagementPuzzle: You start out with a very limited backpack. Items will be automatically sent back to the storage house if collected with a full backpack, which actually be rather inconvenient. Moreover, most of the item types you can find are mandatory to get around in some way and all of them cost a certain number of colored gems for each use.

-->''"Del Duio went on to make a game that sold more than 3 copies!"''

* {{Metroidvania}}: The game's world is a single screen with a massive sprawling maze. You get a full map early on, but guess what, you can only view it 9 times before it breaks.

* EarlyGameHell: In the beginning you have very careful about how you use each item to avoid running out of gems. By the endgame your backpack will support 9 items and they'll have reduced gem costs. Some can eventually be used for free by certain characters.

* EarlyGameHell: By the endgame your backpack will support 9 items and they'll have reduced gem costs. Some can eventually be used for free by certain characters.

* GottaCatchEmAll: Finding the four missing pets is the game's goal. Their location is randomized for each playthrough.
* InventoryManagementPuzzle: You start out with a very limited backpack. Items will be sent back to the storage house if collected with a full backpack. Moreover, most of the item types you can find are mandatory to get around in some way and all of them cost a certain number of colored gems for each use.

* TakenForGranite: What happens once you run out of HP, as a form of NonLethalKO. Portraying the death of characters based on your own family is in bad taste after all. Petrified characters can be restored by whacking them with a hammer item.

* EarlyGameHell: By the endgame your backpack will support 9 items and they'll have reduced gem costs. Some can eventually be used for free.

* InventoryManagementPuzzle: You start out with a very limited backpack. Items will be sent back to the storage house if collected with a full backpack. Moreover, each item type you find is mandatory to get around in some way and all of them cost a certain number of colored gems for each use.

* InventoryManagementPuzzle: You start out with a very limited backpack. Items will be sent back to the storage house if collected with a full backpack. Moreover, each item you find is mandatory to get around in some way and all of them cost a certain number of colored gems for each use.

''Weebish Mines'' is a action metroidvania game by DXF Games released for PC in 2014. Inspired by the NES game ''VideoGame/LegacyOfTheWizard'', its ExcusePlot features a family of four looking for their missing pets on a large underground maze.