towelking 2014-04-28 08:06
nice game, I liked the tightness of the platforming mechanics and gun shooting. Going deeper and deeper trying to find a module while my air was running out was giving me sonic water level flashbacks.
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD29 → Search Beneath the Surface
By halfmage
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coolness | 3 | 54 | ||
| Graphics | 101 | 4.00 | ||
| Theme | 220 | 3.65 | ||
| Overall | 240 | 3.53 | ||
| Fun | 322 | 3.31 | ||
| Humor | 400 | 2.67 | ||
| Mood | 468 | 3.08 | ||
| Audio | 728 | 2.43 | ||
| Innovation | 855 | 2.66 |
nice game, I liked the tightness of the platforming mechanics and gun shooting. Going deeper and deeper trying to find a module while my air was running out was giving me sonic water level flashbacks.
Wow, great visuals! Really nice use of colors too! Gameplay seems nice, but I can't figure out how to get back up when you're in the water. I can't swim or anything? If it's a bug, it's a game-breaking one :( Or maybe I'm just stupid.
Either way, great job!
Scary trying not to drown!
Managed to complete it, was cool exploring the bottom of the lake.
P.S. Arrow key for swimming up didn't work, but WASD did.
Great art, coulda used some fish or something for enemies, but other than that it was stressful trying not to drown, good job!
Really nice!
Really amazing graphics, I could see this as a really fun cave-story like game with some more work.
Enemies/more mechanics would have obviously made it better, but hope you keep working on it!
Nice and simple game! The sound effects fit, and the camera follows nicely. The art is in a nice style, and trying get up before you run out of oxygen gives a nice mood.
As usual, gorgeous artwork! I liked the idea-- neat and simple, while being fun and a challenge at the same time. Particularly enjoyed the spacecraft's various states of disrepair.
The way the spaceship was digging its repairs I really liked!
The controls were OK, but the jump felt a little stressed (too much gravity or something). Else, I would really have liked air-pockets, some enemies and maybe some transmitter on the modules (as simple as ping-frequency showing distance but not direction).
Nice entry though.
Really awesome game! Had a great feel to it.
Amazing little game! Really polished, amazing graphics and really nice controls! The only con is that "cursor up" won't let you swim up under water. I was about to stop trying until I saw Eldog's comment... (Use ASDW, guys!)
Thanks for making this little gem!
Nice plattformer, I really liked the clean artstyle. Sadly I couldn't see any effect of the "deep water" some kind of screen darkening would have been nice. The classic drowning panic kicked in some times. the controls glitched sometimes (especially at slopes and the water surface", but not too badly.
really liked the "after credits scene"
Couldn't really understand what to do ... can't see anything when under water, is this correct behaviour? Still gave good rating for graphics as it's super nice!
Good music, theme, gameplay, challenge and a finished product. Nice job.
I enjoyed quite a lot playing this! It took me a bit to figure out how to resurface, but once I got that out of the way the rest was really fun to play! Plus your pixel art and animations are fantastic. Good work!
I like your style a lot. I think the character's physics are a little bit annoying (the screen moves a lot, it's weird to me at least). I wish there were enemies to make it more challenging!
Cute graphics and nice controls.
I got home. Yay. A bit short of a game, but really well done.
Other than some weird bug where the up arrow won't let you swim out, I had a lot of fun.
I liked the ending :). Too bad it's missing some music !
A nice idea certainly and I like the art style, but let down by the illegible font and glitchy jump/swimming.
I think the camera is following the little bud too quickly (and too closely ?). I'm getting motion sickness from playing this game. I like the art style though, the little dude and the ship flying at the hand. I made it with 5 health left, that was close ! ^^
Nice game,...did like the panic in me having only a couple of secs left to come back to surface :D For some reason see font was more or less onreadable,...did I really crash in the end :D
Nice game, good work
cool game! managed to escape .. so i thought (- ; a nice backgroudn track would have done much for the game i think. Keep it up, good work and i had fun looking for the modules!
The ending is hilarious :D
Nice graphics.
I also found that the scrolling was a bit too "tight", there are ways to make the scrolling "smoother" with C2, so that it follows the character with a slighter delay which causes less "motion sickness".
I managed to find all the modules on my first attempt :D
Good job, congratulations on making a game in 48 hours and submitting it to the compo !
Graphics are great and the gameplay was very engaging. I just had a lot of trouble with the controls - trying to mash the "w" key to swim up while also navigating left/right. If the "up" key was space or anything else, that would help.
I can't get over how great the bubble particles look. It seriously looks like how real bubbles react underwater. Great job nailing that aspect of it. With a bit more work, you could have a really cool game if you can manage to get some audio that matches the tension you feel when underwater. You have a good thing started with this entry. Great job!
This was a great game! I loved how heavy the character felt--really gave a sense of an alien planet with a different sort of gravity--and the difference between traveling on the surface, and underwater. Everything was very nicely polished, and I felt some real tension trying to get back after my missions. It felt good, though, since I thought I was going to have to lose some hitpoints--and in the end I didn't take any damage whatsoever.
Also, that is one nicely-drawn damaged spaceship.
The only thing I'd change would be to add a little bit of background audio--something ambient. The lack of it was noticeable.
All in all, a great game, well-polished, and a joy to play. Thank you!
very cool game. the concept matches the theme, the mechanics are solid and it's not too short but not too long to be played while judging games! one of the best games i'Ve seen this jam.
I really liked the style, but there must be a problem with the fonts because the text looks different from the screenshots, almost illegible.
Fun little game! That last piece was quite hard to find! The art style is really solid only thing I didn't like quite as much was the jump/swim up feeling. Didn't feel very smooth
Nice game! Bit scary, but fun.
Really nice, short game, with great art!
Great graphics, gameplay was a little frustrating :P
This was a cute and fun little game. The art is lovely, the sounds work. My wrist got a bit tired from having to press the w key so rapidly, so it would be worth considering if that's really what you're going for. I really liked the way you differentiated the colors of the water as you went deeper. This helped to keep you oriented without any kind of unnatural UI.
Good job! Nice art. Short and sweet. The pieces were easy to find and logically placed. Nice little platformer for 48hrs. I would continue to work on it and add challenges for the player.