Miner

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O₂

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PICKAXE

LEFT CLICK · F

BLASTER

RIGHT CLICK · R

MINE / EXTRACT

SPECIAL

SPACE

SHIELD 0/8

WASD MOVE

MOUSE AIM

X WEAPON SET 1 ⇄ 2

ESC PAUSE

Playable demo — 3 CryptoMines — keyboard, mouse or gamepad

A GAME BY

INTERNET HAS FALLEN

Controlled by Governments and Companies, Internet is not free anymore. The Army of Cypherpunks, led by Satoshi Nakamoto, tried to defend freedom and privacy. Attacked on all sides, they retreated to Metaverse, a planet recently discovered.

A rumor says they developed there a code solving the Blockchain's Trilemma, that could set Internet free again. According to the legend, Satoshi hid the Secrets of the Trilemma deep into the CryptoMines, so that only the greatest would discover them.

Join one of the three Corporations. Every day, your leader gives you MetaOxygen bottles to venture into the mines. Collect the ore, validate the mine, reach the next level.

But beware: in the CryptoMines you'll face the most terrible perils of the Blockchain… and keep an eye on your MetaOxygen. The air down there is awfully toxic.

CHOOSE YOUR CORPORATION

Three Corporations compete to build the perfect Blockchain. Each one masters one axis of the Trilemma.

CHOOSE YOUR FAMILIAR FRIEND

You will never be alone in the Mines again.

THE MINING SITE

HOW TO PLAY

WASD move
Your miner faces where you walk — MOUSE aims while you attack
LEFT CLICK · F close-combat weapon · RIGHT CLICK · R ranged weapon
X switch weapon set: 1 = Pickaxe + Blaster, 2 = your Corporation weapons (unlocked by defeating threats) — keys 1-4 also work
C shield — charged by defeating 8 threats
E mine a node — strike when the needle is in the green zone
E on a SAFU teleporter to extract your ore
SPACE corporation special move
ESC pause & settings
🎮 Xbox / PlayStation controller supported — just press a button.

Extract before your MetaOxygen runs out, or you lose everything you collected during the run. Ore you extract is banked. Bank enough ore to validate the mine and unlock the next one.

PAUSED

MUSIC EFFECTS

Abandoning loses the ore collected during this run.

NEW THREAT — BLOCKCHAIN BESTIARY

JONAS' QUIZ

Jonas, the Blockchain Master, tests your Web3 knowledge.

0STREAK

0BEST

THE SECRET OF THE TRILEMMA

The Cypherpunk kneels. "Security, Scalability, Decentralization… no single Corporation can hold all three. Only a consensus of miners can."

You have validated the last CryptoMine. The code is yours — and with it, the hope of setting Internet free again.

THE MINES — a Picksels game concept

Steve Hendrick · Michaël Timmermans · Thibaut de Sany · Frédéric Heylbroeck

Lawrence Barone · Romain Bayer · Jean-François Delvaux · Emilie Vienne · Arnaud Hermant

Playable demo built from the original game design documents and artwork.

PLAY FULL SCREEN ON IPHONE

Safari cannot hide its address bar for web pages. Install The Mines on your home screen and launch it from its icon: it opens full screen, like an app.

Tap the Share button ⬆︎ (on recent iPhones it is inside the ••• menu)
Choose Add to Home Screen
Open The Mines from its new icon

TRAINING

INTERNET HAS FALLEN

CHOOSE YOUR CORPORATION

CHOOSE YOUR FAMILIAR FRIEND

THE MINING SITE

HOW TO PLAY

PAUSED

EXTRACTED

JONAS' QUIZ

BLOCKCHAIN BESTIARY

THE SECRET OF THE TRILEMMA

THE MINES — a Picksels game concept