Miner Cat

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📝 Special Statement

The Grinding Block-Miner: Gameplay Guide and Controls

This game, a declared "combination and improvement of many many others," heavily draws inspiration from Minecraft and popular mining/idle progression games. Your core loop will revolve around Mining, Selling, and Upgrading in a grind-based economy.

🎮 Controls & Keybinds

The game uses a standard keyboard layout heavily popularized by the survival-sandbox genre.

Action	Keybinds	Notes
Movement	`W`, `A`, `S`, `D` & Arrow Keys	Standard directional movement. The inclusion of Space suggests it is used for jumping or a primary interaction key.
Use Item / Mine	Left-Click (Mouse)	The primary action key. Used to Mine blocks and likely to Use or Place a selected item.
Select Item	`1`, `2`, `3`, `4`, `5`, `6`	Used to switch between the items in your hotbar/quick-select slots.
Inventory	`E`	Opens and closes your inventory to manage blocks and tools.
Drop Item	`Q`	Throws the currently selected item/stack out of your inventory and onto the ground. (Warning: Pressing `Q` is often close to `W` and can lead to accidental drops of valuable items, a common experience in Minecraft-like games.)
Pause Menu	`P`	Likely pauses the game and opens the main menu/options screen.

⛏️ Core Gameplay Loop

Your primary goal is to progress through better tools and bigger storage to maximize profits.

Mine Blocks:
- Find a block you want to harvest.
- Left-Click on the block and hold to mine it.
- The blocks will be automatically added to your inventory.
Sell Blocks:
- After mining a block, a "sell all" button will appear on the screen.
- Click this button to automatically sell all the blocks you currently hold for in-game currency.
- This mechanic suggests a focus on the economic progression (mine-and-sell) rather than a complex crafting system.
Upgrade Equipment (Progression):
- Go to the Shop to spend your earnings.
- Buy New Pickaxes: Better pickaxes will likely allow you to mine faster, or access more valuable, harder-to-break blocks (e.g., better tool tier $\rightarrow$ higher revenue/hour).
- Buy Backpacks: Backpacks will increase your inventory space, allowing you to carry more blocks before needing to sell, which is crucial for efficient grinding.
Boosts (Coming Soon):
- Watch out for the Boosts feature, which will likely offer temporary or permanent upgrades to mining speed, sell prices, or movement.

⚠️ Warning & Context

Lag Warning: The developer explicitly states, "WARNING: This game might lag." Keep this in mind during gameplay, as frame drops or input delay may occur.
Inspiration: The game is a clear homage to Minecraft, drawing its core mechanics—mining blocks, using WASD for movement, E for inventory, and Q for dropping items—directly from the classic block-game formula, but with an emphasis on a streamlined selling/economic loop over traditional crafting.