Sand Mine Depths v3.0
A knight-movement descent into the Father's mine. Hop deeper, dodge the reacting pieces, rack up points.
How to play. Move like a knight — tap a glowing dot. The tile you leave caves in; the red-outlined squares are covered by a piece, so dodge the crosshairs and dig deep. Land on a piece to capture it for points — chain captures without taking a hit for a growing streak bonus (and a patch-up every third).
Scoring. Every floor cleared is +10, plus a speed bonus for every second under 20 you spent on it. Reach the exit in 8+ hops without using the shovel and THE HARD WAY pays +25 on top. Captures pay their piece value — and bank the same amount as ⛏ gold for the Surface Camp.
The shovel. Those caved-in pits can wall you off from the exit ▼. When no hop can reach it, a warning appears and the button pulses: press SPACE (or tap ) to arm it, then tap a pit to fill it back in and reopen a path. No shovel? The sand eventually caves in on its own — costing a heart.