Holey Moley
you are mole
eat worm, grow big and strong
eat city maybe?
How to Play
Keyboard:
WASD to move, SPACE to jump
CTRL + X, Exit to main menu
TAB to toggle CRT mode
Controller (WINDOWS VERSION ONLY):
L Stick to move, A (south button) to jump
Start Button, Exit to main menu
RB to toggle CRT mode
Destroy stuff to spawn worms. Eat worms to grow big and be able to smash tougher stuff and get into new areas. Some objects can only be broken by jumping into them!
About
This game was made for the 2025 SA Game Jam in 72 hours by a group of hobbyist game developers in Cape Town, South Africa. The theme was "You are the monster".
It won the Overall and Best Hobbyist categories in the jam! holey moley indeed!
Post-Jam Version
In preparation for Playtopia 2025, we revisited the game and revamped most of the systems and added a few new features! Check out the new changes HERE!
Credits
Ruby Walne - Programming
Chloe Heyns - Programming, UI
Austen van der Byl - Programming, Level Design, VFX
Micaela Loubser - Music and SFX
John Chancey - Art, Level Design
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Development log
- HOLEY MOLEY 2.0LEY!Nov 06, 2025
Comments
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MOLE QUAKE! I wanna be a planet eating mole next! Haha great game!
Played this at Playtopia. Love a good ecoterrorist game! I'm hungry for more. Maybe some planetary destructions next???
So cool to hear you got a chance to play it at Playtopia! 🙌
We were playing around with the idea of stepping up to continent destruction next, but will have to see what the team is up to next year 👀
THIS GAME IS STRAIGHT UP AMAZING. THE CRT SHADER ADDS THAT ICING ON THE CAKE. keep up the good bro. maybe you could add upgrades and weapons. and add people who fight back.
Thanks for playing! :) We're releasing a post-jam build with some new features and polish soon!
My favourite game of the jam so far! Everything came together so well here - VFX, SFX, music and the core loop. Controls were fluid and intuitive and the announcer added just that much more to the carnage! Things really stepped up once I went city-level (especially the music). Great job to all those involved!
Thanks so much for playing our little game! We're so pleased you enjoyed it 🙌
Telling my kids this was Donut County! Was a lot of fun to play and the CRT filter was a nice touch to add. Didn't expect the midi guitar to go so hard!
Holey Moley - i ate a lot of buildings. EPIC
E V I L G E N I U S
I love the silly Unreal Tournament/DMC-esque announcer and score system, tearing up cities is really satisfying.
There's something very sinister about that mole...
he's just worm-motivated!
HA! This is great! Really enjoyed when it zoomed out and I 'holed out' a lot of stuff at once, very satisfying
So pleased you enjoyed it! We just aimed for as much destruction as we could fit in 😁
Ah that was delightful. Loved the mweh he he heh
My final score was: 2017700
Thanks for playing! It's really cool to see people's scores! 🙌
Wormageddon!
Great job!
Absolute Destruction!! 🔥🔥