Beyond the Deep

yojammerjammer 2017-04-25 00:57

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daisy 2017-05-03 20:00

Lovely character art! An enjoyable story too as well, exploring how the princess decides to tackle her small world is a nice way to tackle the jam theme. (SPOILERS) I super dig that finding out the truth was a tragedy, does that make me a terrible person?

I sometimes had to double check who was talking. Just a minor point but I feel perhaps colouring the text for each character might make it a bit easier to figure who's talking at a glance? And something like italics or brackets for the Princess's thoughts would be appreciated I think.

I was pleasantly surprised at the maze/battle section, didn't expect to see it in a visual novel. I feel the scenes that popped up throughout were a little too frequent. It was a nice way to break up going through the maze but I think they could have been spaced out a bit further. Or perhaps that was to do with the path I was taking?

Overall enjoyed my time with this! I got three of the endings and I'll have to make my way through the rest soon! :D

candlesan 2017-05-07 06:23

Hi! It wasn't clear from the credits and itch.io page but is the art part of the jam or was the art made outside the jam by Heiden and then used for the art?

I thought it was a bit awkward the ending I got wasnt' really one I wanted based on the choice that I made but it was still really nice to read the text. An interesting visual novel to be sure! :)

2017-05-08 03:48

Hi candlesan! I made the art as part of the jam! Thank you so much for playing! :D

gagapete 2017-05-11 06:49

Enjoyable game. The graphics are awesome. Navigating the "dungeon" section was a bit annoying due to a long delay between the tap and the show of the new screen. Played the Android version on a Samsung Galaxy S5 mini. !> Got the "Discover your death" ending so far, will keep it on my phone to reach the other endings.

fedoccio 2017-05-14 17:57

I really liked this game! The story is very intriguing, and I adore visual novels and mermaids too.

I did not notice how time flew by. The game is very exciting. I was so addicted by the game that I forgot to turn off the tap in the bathroom. And, as a result, the water spilled over the edge of the bath and spilled over all the bathroom floor ^^'.

(Sorry for possible grammatical errors in this comment, my English is not very good :( )

gimbalock 2017-05-19 17:41

Loved the artwork! An overall nice entry.

frogcheese 2017-05-19 18:38

Great artwork and some fun writing. The 'plot twist' was really interesting! My one criticism is that it's often times difficult to figure out who is talking. I'd suggest showing the princess' portrait only when she's speaking and hiding it when someone else speaks. Alternatively, make her portrait greyed out when someone else is speaking.

tony-godfrey 2017-05-19 22:27

Wow there is a ton of dialogue in this game. I am impressed that so much content was packed in given the short time! The maze part was a bit frustrating because of the constant interruptions, but it was neat to have the maze in the first place, since I thought it would be all text and button clicking. Great effort!