[DustyPorViva]

I was going to do mining once, where instead of mashing insane amounts, just hit it a few times and the rock breaks. Of course, I guess in the longrun it's the same, it just feels a bit faster. Like I did sprites for 9 different images for the rock, and the rock would break down a bit more after every hit. The actual view of progress I believe makes a lot of difference, instead of just mashing at the same rock without seeing anything happen.

What you could do is have an arrow show up, and have to press the right direction+D(swing the pick-ax), much like DDR or something.