DiggerSim - Excavator Simulator Reviews

Pretty neat. Worth the price. It supports controllers and uses ISO controls like real excavators. Hopefully the developer adds more levels.

Pretty fun for a 2-4 hours. It's like having a excavator toy that you can control. Unfortunately there are some technical problems You should be aware of before You buy. If you are ok with those, then go ahead, you'll have bit of fun with it :) - Steam says you need a controller to play. Not true, it's actually better with a keyboard tbh. I've used the ps4 controller, it works, but I found the game is more responsive when using keyboard instead of analogs. For example when in driving mode on a controler (ps4 pad) you cannot go full throttle and turn at the same time (you can do half throttle and half turn). You cannot contol the camera independently, there are a few modes- some follow the bucket, some are just static outside camera, there is one from inside the cabin, but the only one that is functional is the one following the bucket. Unfortunately the camera sometimes clips into the excavator itself and you need to control it blind or reposition the excavator. It would be great if You would be able to change the angle the camera is looking from at the bucket. Or at least have collisions with the excavator model, although that wouldnt solve the problem with the boom obscuring the area you work on. Another thing- the earth you dig out is transformed to ball like 3d objects that acually spawn when you "touch" the ground with the tip of the excavator bucket. The ground is disappearing (not always). The collisions with the bucket bug out with rocks, you can shoot a rock out of your bucket and loose it. Or, when you need to clear the paths- you don't really need to move the earth to the sides, you just need to move the bucket through the mounds to clear them, they will eventually dissapearv on their own. Which brings me to another problem- levels have a completness meter that goes up to 100%. It's not really clear what is done/not done sometimes. Sometimes you get to 98% done and keep digging or filling in the holes and nothing happens for a few minutes. Then, in frustration you just randomly stab the ground you're working on with your bucket and the meter goes to 100 and the level ends. Also- it needs some more variety in the levels. I think it's a cool first version, let's hope the next version will be better