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Bathyal Commodore

By bubblechien

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Theme244.36
Coolness371
Innovation593.95
Mood1353.64
Audio1403.59
Overall2253.56
Graphics2423.78
Humor5792.44
Fun7802.68

Comments

blue-thumbs-gaming 2014-12-09 08:33

Nice concept! I was really on the edge while playing this.
-Steffen

windmill-games 2014-12-09 16:00

Interesting take on the theme, very unique idea and well executed. Graphics are very nice as well :)

johan-blade 2014-12-09 16:09

Great concept, would have liked objects to fade away a little slower but thats the only problem I had with it.

urbanlogicgames 2014-12-09 16:27

Very atmospheric, great sound design! I found the coordinate system a little hard to reconcile with the sonar and compass, but I probably just need a bit of practice.

vortex 2014-12-09 16:58

Amazing concept, but very hard to controll... You did not get a real sense of motion, but I know that a sonar doesn't update instantly, so it was not really avoidable

demy 2014-12-09 17:00

Nice graphic and sound - very atmospheric. Hard to understand what to do especially when screen shows you icons you don't see on map

inhelli 2014-12-09 17:01

Caution is very interesting, you can lose a lot of time :))

designernap 2014-12-09 17:05

Really like the design on this one, it is similar to "you have the con" HERE - http://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-31/?action=preview&uid=32648 But different in many ways. I think some audio would help and a bit of balancing but great work nonetheless.

ajopart 2014-12-10 08:46

Perfect entry. Nice game

phask 2014-12-10 08:54

The atmosphere of the game is awesome! Good work.

chaoscult 2014-12-10 10:35

Nice, but really hard!

bitserum 2014-12-10 10:41

I really the idea, and the mood you set. Game play is a little confusing. Probably because sonar is a bit slow its hard to follow.
Good job.

threstle 2014-12-10 10:41

I really like the artstyle, and overall, the game feels ultra polished and professional. Nice job ! The radar screen might be a little messy, it's hard to really control your submarine. Great entry nonetheless ! ;)

01rafael 2014-12-10 13:17

Great concept of controls implementation. The gameplay is complicated, though. Maybe, I'm became so casual :)
But, anyway I like this game!

rayman1900 2014-12-10 13:23

Real cool sub simulator ! I like it !

aniscool9 2014-12-10 16:26

Real cool game.... never seen this before :)

ilikescifi 2014-12-10 16:28

Nice one (for us oldies ^^)!

lody 2014-12-10 16:31

Very interesting game. Well done.

zanenga 2014-12-10 19:24

Love the mood! This was great!

pigeonsfromouterspace 2014-12-10 21:30

really neat idea with the sonar. And it runs without problem in firefox and loads fast so this will definetly help to gather more players :)

evanegibbs 2014-12-11 07:12

Hah that game was really hard! I like how it just threw you into it and told you to press the buttons. When I hit something it really scared me! The sound design and art are really strong. :)

quikding 2014-12-11 23:21

Cool UI, very interactive.

sko 2014-12-15 13:54

Nice concept. I have a game of my own to implement a sonar for, so I might be able to take some inspiration from this!

Unfortunately some inspiration on what not to do, too. This was, as some have pointed out, a bit difficult to control. I never found any of the things the prompt asked me to collect, either.

Graphics and audio were fantastic. And I have to admit I'm a little biased towards anything sonar.

A little bit of a low score on the theme, tho. In practice, it really is a normal game where you're moving around with a "camera" following you, even tho the scene is centered on a non-moving sonar. You're still moving the actual sub around in an open world, constantly finding new obstacles and seeking out items.

Wonderfully clad, wonderful concept. But not entirely what I had hoped for from the screenshots, I suppose. Listening to some of the criticisms posed here, tho, I could definitely see this turn into something rather interesting.

pacogames 2014-12-17 19:23

Very good game. Congratulations.

pandamicro 2014-12-19 16:08

Nice concept, but hard to figure out how to manipulate the ship more efficiently

maxmetallica 2014-12-29 21:24

ncie work

kaijuu 2014-12-29 21:24

Cool idea!