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5 min readDigging for Treasure: Inside the Game Design and Cheat Mechanics of "Dig and Clean"
In a recent episode of SSundee, the host walks viewers through a new game called "Dig to Clean" (also referred to as "Digging Cleaned") that originated as a Roblox game before being adapted into the "all-out" game platform. The conversation reveals not just how the game works, but the deliberate design choices behind its progression systems, rarity mechanics, and—perhaps most interestingly—the developer's decision to build in "X-ray cheats" as a legitimate gameplay feature.
The Core Loop: Dig, Clean, Display, Sell
The game follows a straightforward loop that rewards patience and strategic decision-making. Players start with a basic shovel and a point-one-kilogram item they must clean by clicking it on the bottom of the screen. Once cleaned, the item gets placed on a display where tourists arrive by boat to take selfies with it, generating passive income. That money then funds better equipment: shovels that provide more power and walk speed, metal detectors that increase luck, and spray cans that clean items faster.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (01:01) **Game Introduction & Basic Mechanics** - SSundee explains the core loop of "Dig to Clean": dig up items, clean them, and display them for tourists to earn passive income.
- 2 (02:02) **Game Mechanics Deep Dive** - SSundee details item rarities, island progression, and the display vs. sell trade-off.
- 3 (04:22) **X-Ray Cheat Introduction** - SSundee reveals the first cheat: an X-ray button that highlights the highest rarity item in each zone.
- 4 (06:00) **First Major Find & Game Progression** - SSundee digs up gold bars (1 in 12,000 rarity) and discusses progression costs.
- 5 (06:53) **Mythic & Teal Rarities Explained** - SSundee finds a mythic item (1 in 450,000 rarity) and explains higher-tier rarities.
- 6 (09:00) **Fusion System & Goal Setting** - SSundee explains the fusion system (combining three items) and sets a goal to fuse three top-tier items.
- 7 (10:58) **Rainbow Rarity & Fusion Results** - SSundee discovers the rainbow rarity (best on beach island) and fuses items to get a galaxy fusion item.
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