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The fight beneath the surface

By caridorc

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness373
Humor2303.04
Audio4972.87
Innovation11502.16
Fun11722.13
Mood11861.88
Theme12311.86
Overall12472.08
Graphics12591.45

Comments

geckoo1337 2014-04-27 23:40

Link not works

caridorc 2014-04-28 07:40

I am sorry, this is weird, i have tried it and it works perfectly. Perhaps you have a slow internet connection, this game works best with a fast internet connection. Here I am pasting the link another time, see if this works http://gamejolt.com/games/adventure/the-fight-beneath-the-surface/25657/

sheepolution 2014-04-28 08:13

The voice acting was so terrible that it was hilarious. Like how you can hear your chair moving, or clicking the record button. Would've liked a bit more gameplay.

caridorc 2014-04-28 08:18

@Sheepolution: Thank you for commenting! I know that the voice acting is not professional but, if it is hilarious, this is GOOD. The gameplay is small because I made this game in only one day (in day 2 I was busy and I only fixed a bug).

wakka 2014-04-28 08:37

Hmmm looks like a nice idea, unfortunately I didn't really know what I did correct and what not and when I came to that guy with the elves, the sound just played over and over again and I couldn't do anything ..

zebi24 2014-04-28 10:12

Really awesome, EPIC voice acting. One of the funniest games I've played! :D

ccglp 2014-04-28 11:43

I like the idea of the voice :)

hanoth 2014-04-28 12:53

I love the voice acting. Very over the top. The first thing I thought of was Bela Lugosi, and it made me smile.

caridorc 2014-04-28 13:01

@hanoth: You are right! I watched a video on Youtube about Dracula and I nearly died laughing, this is the same way I speak to my dog!

lewisw 2014-04-28 13:03

This is like the Stanley Parable but better.

jools64 2014-04-28 13:06

This was more of an experience than a game for. I loved the voice acting, it was hilarious. As far as the game-play though, it wasn't too interesting. Still, this was the funniest game I've played so far and highly enjoyable to sit and listen to. Great work!

punkerellasummers 2014-04-28 17:16

lol, sort of confusing, but the voice acting is pretty funny :)

jlay 2014-04-28 18:30

VOICE ACTING! Yeah! I wish there was more to the game play though.

alexdantas 2014-04-29 03:29

Hey, congrats for releasing this game very early, if I'm not mistaken.

I ABSOLUTELLY LOVED the narration!
(even though it took quite a time to load the game here)

thorig 2014-04-29 07:54

What did I just played? I could not stop laughing because of the voice over. The best in humor for me.

jsmars 2014-04-29 15:37

Funny with the voiceover! Good work! :)

sparrow 2014-05-02 12:54

That evil one can't trick me! Good job on your entry, the voice acting was a good idea. It gave more depth to your game.

miwuc 2014-05-02 16:28

This is the first game I see with voice acting, great idea! Hearing you clicking and turning pages was so cute :p
It was a bit hard to understand sometimes with your accent and since I'm not a native speaker either. Subtitles would have been nice. And also I though it was... way... too... slow, with a lot of repeated/useless dialogue. You could cut a lot of it.
I was a bit disappointed that there weren't more plot twists in the story. I started by going right because it was sooo obvious that I was actually supposed to go left that I thought it must be a double bluff. I guess I was overthinking it!

loxo 2014-05-02 16:40

Very entertaining entry. I like the story and the voice acting. It's interesting to see how much a game can be improved with narration. In the beginning it seemed really short, but it takes a few minutes to try the different possibilities. So I would like to see a much longer version with more to do.

dreii 2014-05-02 19:48

that laugh lol! nice man.

sk16games 2014-05-02 21:42

HAHAHA really love the voice acting xD gave it 5 stars for humor and audio :D - and also thanks for the nice review of my game, I also shared it in a post ;) http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2014/05/02/ld29-sk16games-mygamepost/

dustoutgames 2014-05-03 00:30

I had a good time with this. The voice acting was pretty goofy, but it came off in a fun way, and gave this a lot of character. The controls were clean, and the graphics were simple, but consistent.

gertjohnny 2014-05-03 01:51

Nice touch with the voice acting.

badgerpriest 2014-05-03 23:36

Certainly a unique experience and the funniest game I've played so far.

crocantidepollo 2014-05-04 08:43

I think I won, not sure how, but that blue fella seemed grateful :P That voice...

alexdantas 2014-05-05 02:04

Hello, there!
FYI your game was featured on this blog post:

(9 Gems from Ludum Dare 29)
http://alexdantas.net/stuff/posts/9-gems-from-ludum-dare-29/

Thanks a lot for making this awesome entry :)

jupiter_hadley 2014-05-08 03:34

Interesting game! I included it in part 14 of my Ludum Dare compilation video series, if you'd like to check it out :) http://youtu.be/-VvtqXfr-Xs

tobiasw 2014-05-12 03:32

That voice acting. I am not sure what to say. It's terrible, but extremely funny at the same time. Some parts sound like you made them up while you're drunken :P

The only problem that I had with it is that sometimes you were rambling on a *bit* too long.

PS: I'm content with my role in fire and destruction and war.

joe40001 2014-05-14 09:04

I'm sorry I have to be this guy, but I played your game and listened to every line of dialogue (both paths) and experienced all the bugs, and it's simply not a good game. I don't like being negative but if anything I think it's worse for people to cheer you on ironically than to just tell you the truth.

I'm not saying you should feel terrible or give up, just that this entry showed a genuine lack of effort and celebrating it as some people here are is to insult games in which people applied themselves and cared about what they were making.

Again, it's not to make you feel bad, I just think it's kinder to you to be honest that you've got a ways to go as a game developer and whatever this was it wasn't a "good game". I'm sorry to have to be the one to tell you this, stay positive and dedicate yourself more next time and you could do well, certainly don't give up because of what I've said, just learn from this experience and move forward.

snoother 2014-05-15 15:24

I'm sorry to also be negative, but the game hasn't got a lot going for it. The opening narrative is way too long and the voiceacting is just painfully awkward. Bugs are plentiful and the gameplay needs lots of embellishing. The gameplay is also completely unrelated to the narrative (why am I essentially laying dodgeball?), and it gets boring fast.

I know I've said nothing really positive, and apologies if that's disheartening to read. But I don't think this was an entry with loads of effort, so it probably isn't representative of you as a game designer.

You managed to make a game in 48 hours, and it can just about be played all the way through, so please don't give up. It's just there's so much to improve upon -- and if you're aware of what that is it's much more likely that your next entry will be better, I think. As the last guy said, "just learn from this experience and move forward."

snoother 2014-05-15 15:25

Oh, I meant *playing dodgeball, in case that didn't make sense.

gre 2014-05-16 20:40

epic audio!