Short Description

Cozy Holes is a relaxing first-person digging adventure where you play as Digby, a magical shovel left behind during an ancient calamity. Tunnel through layered biomes and uncover a heartfelt story through ancient carvings—etched by your lost shovel tribe in a whimsical tropical world—guiding you to a touching reunion beneath the earth.

Dig Through Layered Biomes: Explore layers like relaxing sand, magical crystals, ore-veined rock, and molten metal. Each biome has unique visuals and toughness, requiring strategic upgrades to progress deeper.
Discover and Upgrade: Use your magical metal detector to locate hidden collectibles and story tablets etched by your tribe. Spend progress to upgrade Digby’s traits.

Upgrade Five Core Traits: Dig Speed, Dig Size, Shovel Toughness, Climb Speed, and Detector Level—enhance your abilities to dig deeper and uncover secrets.

No Inventory, No Selling – Pure Progress: Discoveries fill a meter, streamlining the experience for relaxing progression without busywork.

Environmental Storytelling Through Carvings: Find ancient story tablets etched with primitive, cozy iconography—no dialogue or text, just visual narrative. The Spiral Symbol guides you, drawing you toward your lost tribe.

Story Summary – “Digby’s Journey”

A joyful tribe of sentient shovels once thrived on a tropical island—until falling asteroids forced them to dig underground to survive. In the chaos, Digby was left behind, buried and forgotten. Now, years later, you awaken to a healed world, driven by instinct to reunite with your family. Uncover carvings of their journey—struggles, cave-ins, hope—and follow their spiral-marked path through layers of earth and time, culminating in a heartfelt reunion in a forgotten underground city.

Visual Style & Art Direction

• Colorful, stylized 3D visuals with bold outlines and cozy textures.

• Storytelling inspired by primitive cave art, simple yet emotive.

• Biomes transition visually—from warm sands to glowing crystal layers and eerie bone fields, each offering a distinct atmosphere.

Unique Selling Points

• Play as Digby, a sentient shovel, not just wield one.

• Streamlined economy—no selling or item micromanagement.

• Cozy + whimsical tone with emotional payoff.

• Visual narrative-driven gameplay.

• Tight gameplay loop, low friction, high satisfaction.
  

Team Bio
We’re Flashpoint Games LLC, a 2-person indie team, passionate about creating indie games. After launching The Quantum Conflict, we’re now digging into "Cozy Holes," blending cozy gameplay with a touching story of reunion.