Beardy the Dwarf

Reading the blurb below and doing the tutorial (Signs around and Tutorial area in the far right of Town) are HIGHLY recommended. Controls are at bottom, but the game is much better if you read the short story here and game mechanics below.

On a planet far away lives a population of dwarves and they are pissed!

Dwarf Town has just learned that a Time Storm about the size of their planet is headed their way. If they aren't able to stop it somehow then there will be no more dwarves; at least not on this side of the universe! 

Fortunately a crew of dwarf engineers has just finished research and development on a new machine: the Stasis Generator! This contraption can literally stop the Time Storm in its tracks; but it needs A LOT of power to manage this feat! 

That is where you and Beardy come in. Each of you must help Beardy take to town, complete training (a tutorial, go around town and read all of the signs and explore), and then talk with the Mine Manager near the middle of town and then a bit south.

He will let you into the mines to, well, mine and collect ore to bring back. Try to collect as much as you can while you are down there though, because the Portable Teleporter (press Space at any time to activate, and don't move! Unless you want to cancel teleport) device that brings you back to town ain't free! And you can only carry so much ore at once. And please, watch out for the damned Trolls while you're down there! One by itself ain't much, but if they gang up on you then you might be in trouble. If you go and get killed down there, we can help bring you back to town, but you can guess that it ain't gonna be free!

Once you're back in town, stop by Moriarty's Shop just north of the Mine Manager to see if he has any upgrades worth your dwarf while. And even if he doesn't you better stop by his Shop to Deposit (Ore) Energy to power up the Stasis Generator with!

Work fast! You only have 15 minutes to Deposit Energy to power up the Stasis Generator! After that you can say bye bye Dwarves, if you weren't frozen in a Time Storm that is! The timer does stop in Town, so you can relax a bit, but get ready to rumble before you head back down in those mines Beardy!

Controls

WASD - Move around

Space - Interact, OK, Yes, Active Teleporter while in Mines

Esc - Cancel, No

In Town, use Space to interact with Signs and other Dwarves, and the Stasis Generator of course! Talk with Moriarty the Shopkeeper to Deposit Energy and purchase upgrades too. Speak with the Mine Manager to go back down into the Mines.

In Mines, move and stand against dirt and ore in the mines to pickaxe it until it is no more. When Trolls are near, be sure to keep your distance and let your autonomous axe launcher (AAL) do the work for you. You can teleport out at anytime by pressing Interact (Space), but each teleport back costs you part of your ore. If you want to cancel teleport then just move before the timer finished. When your ore container is full and you can carry no more, you will get an audio and visual cue.