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Troubles beneath the surface

By archaeometrician

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness1100
Audio2583.25
Theme3393.51
Mood3473.23
Graphics3843.42
Overall4393.30
Fun5553.02
Innovation6602.91
Humor6912.25

Comments

eatsleepindie 2014-04-28 02:48

Great game. I enjoyed the fact that there were so many different things to do and keep track of... gives the game depth and replay value. Great music for the environment too.

tater_hater 2014-04-28 04:37

Very well done for 48 hours. Pretty fun

norse-games 2014-04-28 15:30

Great work! I could play this for hours. Atmospheric, good gameplay. With a bit of polish, I'd be willing to pay for it. Keep it up!

jeffalisk 2014-04-28 19:25

Liked the art style, the 3D and 2D elements together made for a good effect. But fell into the trap of enjoying pootling around through the depths and took my eye off the oxygen levels. Gah!

fyberoptic 2014-04-29 03:50

I've seen several games involving drill machines, but this is the first submarine one. I definitely like the combination, especially with the style of graphics and good audio backing it up. You made a lot of progress, but like someone else said, with a bit of polish this could be pretty cool. Good work!

sevenkingdomssurvivors 2014-04-29 03:57

Wow! Very awesome! Great job. Would be cool if the nearest port showed up on your compass.

zephyr 2014-04-29 04:33

Incredibly well done! It looks great, the sound is perfect and fits the games, and it also has enough content. Awesome job!

gaming_ray 2014-04-29 12:27

Very nice game, well done.

barkingcat 2014-04-29 12:28

It's fun. it could be a bit more polished but the juice is definitely there. most of everything, there's a really nice atmosphere.

biggianthead 2014-04-29 12:28

Excellent mood. Really liked the moment where you had to surface to recharge air.
I would just make the camera more over the shoulder.

zunemi 2014-04-29 12:29

Art assets seems to be missing?

clinthoney 2014-04-29 12:34

As soon as I opened up the WebPlayer and got into the level I knew it was going to be great and it was. I love the uniqueness because personally i've never played a game like this.

wdebowicz 2014-04-29 13:21

Wow, you really make an atmosphere of deep ocean. Nice art, mixed with audio -> great mood.

fingerspit 2014-04-29 13:44

Loved the music, but i found the game too complex for my tastes. Anyway, the art is really great.

mintarcade 2014-04-29 14:06

Very fun game. Oxygen usage is too fast, but is very atmospheric and somewhat unique.

fullmontis 2014-04-29 14:53

Wow, amazing work! I really like the visual style and the music. Gameplay is fun but maybe a little too slow paced...

thinkster 2014-04-29 14:57

Great game! Enjoyed just driving around, controls were really nice. Sound and art were good as well. Overall one of my favourites so far!

zedutchgandalf 2014-04-29 14:58

What kind of submarine has to go above water to get air every 5 minutes? :P
I like this. Id have the feeling it tries to be a lot of things at the same time, which does make it feel a bit "cluttered". Maybe it would have been better to remove one or two features and focus on the rest, imo.
But all in all this is pretty fun! And quite impressive given the time span :)

neonlare 2014-04-30 00:29

Awesome game, the camera felt a little bit off at times but it was pretty damn fun, amazing you got this done in such a quick span of time!

crazi456 2014-04-30 00:30

Was entertaining, great visuals. Great work!

pichifino 2014-04-30 00:31

The idea of the game is good but I got bored playing the game very fast

arcturusdeluxe 2014-04-30 00:40

Pretty impressive 3D graphics. I like the music too. Having to surface for air seemed a little unnecessary, but pretty fun overall.

taocayo 2014-04-30 00:47

I played Cure the Infected last time. Nice to see your work again. I must say I'm impressed by the amount of content and the atmosphere on this one. The moment I surfaced from an underwater ravine and saw a little town in the distance I had to recheck this was a 48 comp submission. I'll come back again after rating some others to play some more, lots of fun.

ghostmaple 2014-04-30 01:56

Nice game! That's a lot of content packed into 48 hours. Nice hook for future work too...

terraco 2014-04-30 03:59

Very entertaining.

spotco 2014-04-30 09:13

Really impressive 3d world!

sparrow 2014-04-30 11:51

I love the arcadey feel this gives, the camera position feels awkward but that's exactly what makes it work. Great mood and good music, love it!

techblogogy 2014-04-30 13:45

Great Fun! Great Work! Great stuff

thorig 2014-04-30 15:01

Wel done game! I Like it.

mman 2014-04-30 18:37

Visually very impresive for a compo entry, it reminded me of Darwinia. I thought the gameplay was simple, but apart from that good job!

coquinounet 2014-04-30 20:10

Nice but you must work graphics :)

catman 2014-04-30 20:20

Cool, very well done for such a short time!

gambitsunob 2014-04-30 21:04

Excellently done. It was a little difficult to judge where the harpoons were going, but the extra bubble dots showing the path helped a lot. Would be neat to see this run on the Oculus Rift to give it that extra dimension.

xenosns 2014-04-30 21:34

Nice! Love the feeling of depth when looking down at from the surface. I think there might be a bug with selling crystals? I end up with only $5 after selling any amount of them.

teamflare 2014-05-01 12:14

Very very well done. It did feel abit tooo slow for me, but the whole perpective was interesting. Cool graphics too. :) Thanks for this game.

oddly-shaped-pixels 2014-05-01 12:39

Impressive amount of content for 48 hours. The ambiance is just perfect but I think the slow controls take the fun away...

jamcount 2014-05-01 13:17

That was fun, thank you for creating an experience.

frogcheese 2014-05-01 14:07

Really nice graphics and audio (especially that creepy tune at the end), though the controls were a bit difficult to work with on my laptop. I would've liked the enemies to have been a bit more threatening, but overall I had a good time with this. Never realized you could surface for air since I used pickups and ports to restock. Also didn't realize I had limited ammo until I'd burned through all of my harpoons within five seconds of starting the game. :P

archaeometrician 2014-05-01 14:27

Thank you everyone for your comments. It's so appreciated to have feedback ! I'm working on a new version of the game that will be more challenging, a more fast paced game. Thank you again for your feedback and bugs reporting, you are amazing guys !

mechabit 2014-05-01 15:48

Fun little game. Maybe make the vertical exploration better with upgrades to the hull to withstand higher pressures. Maybe add rival subs or dangerous sharks as well.

lyje 2014-05-01 15:58

I found the camera and aiming controls to be a bit unorthodox, but nothing game breaking thankfully! Great low poly graphics!

binary_girl 2014-05-01 17:16

quite enjoyed it .. music/gfx were great :)

thaaks 2014-05-01 17:27

Very good game with a lot of stuff to do! Has potential for a bigger game ;-)

javifugitivo 2014-05-01 23:46

Great job!

hyouko 2014-05-02 02:17

This one has a lot of potential. A few thoughts:

- Going up to the surface for air takes a long time and it's pretty boring - there's a lot of empty space near the surface. Air bubbles or something similar would work better.
- Visualize the different stats (air, battery, harpoon, etc.). Doesn't need to be anything flashy, but it's much easier to keep track of.
- More audio feedback. When I collect a crystal, I should know it!

noom 2014-05-03 02:06

dat sonar ping! ouch! I found the controls a bit unwieldy, felt like I went upwards quite slow, ended up dying from lack of oxygen pretty early on. The music was pretty decent though and I thought the graphics were neat (albeit simplistic)

praporomsk 2014-05-03 22:22

Very good game, cool audio and nice graphics, but... is that really needed right button to move camera?

tuism 2014-05-04 09:50

Pretty good one, nicely rounded with lots and lots of features, though overall it felt unfocused and not quite interesting enough to keep my attention.

invisiblewonder 2014-05-04 12:04

It's a neat environment. I like the fog color approximating the depth. Just add bubbles to round it out.

Gameplay-wise, a little more direction would help. I didn't really know what I needed gold and crystals for... to collect more gold and crystals? Sea creatures didn't interfere enough to even shoot them.

scgrn 2014-05-04 23:00

Nice art style, very atmospheric. Nice audio!

nezzhil 2014-05-06 16:51

Very complex, complete game, nice graphic style.

badpaul34 2014-05-10 11:56

Nice gameplay and audio. Impressive work for 48h, well done!

vigrid 2014-05-19 00:18

One of my favorite entries I've rated - I liked the art style - a mix of 3D and 2D was interesting, and there was a number of cool mechanics and things to keep track of. Great entry!

wschorn 2014-05-19 03:24

really nice gfx!