Open Ocean

tommyflower 2019-10-08 14:06

I'm not sure about how to interact but it was fun to explore!

stamestratagem 2019-10-13 11:12

I'm just falling down and down forever. The sound of the ocean is nice but I can not do anything

linear 2019-10-19 20:06

Lots of barrels and palettes. Tried roping them together, but even with the rope tool, you couldn't get much of anything going. Everything just sort of bobs up and down vertically no matter what you try to do. Wish there was more here.

yokuday 2019-10-29 19:51

The love how the waves act and the sounds sound realistic too! there is allot to improve on(if you consider to continue the game, but overall i think its a solid game)

madbarron 2019-10-29 20:11

This could really use an explanation as to what the goal is. The water looks nice, though!

nikadra 2019-10-29 20:14

An interesting, and in a sense terrifying game experience! It definitely conveyed the panic of desperately trying to cling to any object you have around you in order to try to survive. I liked the idea of having different objects floating around that you can try to stand on, and use to your advantage to prevent you from drowning!

The graphics were actually really nice, I especially enjoyed the appearance of the water, and all of the objects floating around interacted well with it, making the scenery feel realistic. The game definitely managed to capture the feeling of the open ocean! The sunny sky and the clouds looked quite nice as well, all adding to the feel of being lost at sea.

It might just be me, but I was a little bit confused as to what the objective of the game was. At first I thought it was to survive as long as possible, but then I noticed I could get points by collecting teddy-bears. I think it would've been nice with some more directions in the game, although it was certainly made clear that staying underwater too long isn't good!

Overall, the game has nice graphics that make for a great ocean scene, and interesting game mechanics! Nice job!

joe40001 2019-10-29 20:30

Thanks so much for playing, @nikadra! Yes the goal is to survive until the end, the bears are optional (but who wouldn't want to save bears?) I don't want to say exactly how the end looks because that might be a fun surprise. But for me I had the most fun trying to build the biggest most robust raft and also saving as many bears as possible. At a certain point in the game bear rescue will have to take a back seat to just surviving. I like to make my games challenging so the last couple minutes are pretty intense to survive, and there is a desperate grab at the end that is hard to pull off.

But it's worth it to save the bears, right?

jk5000 2019-10-29 20:39

A very intense and interesting little game. I especially love the games atmosphere. The gameplay was okay, but it also felt a bit unfinished. Overall is this a pretty good jam game. Well done.

molpe 2020-04-23 23:40

This is my most favourite game of this LD so far! ♥ It looks very good, it isn't easy, maybe I would got furthr if I wasn't just lookinf at the waves around :D

I've made a let's play, you can see how far I got :D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVHNMuJGx7w

joe40001 2020-05-03 16:52

@molpe Thank you so much for playing my game and for your kind words! I loved watching you play my game. Your youtube channel deserves so many more views! I also love the image you made. You made my week, thank you so much.

darylsteak 2020-10-14 02:57

I was rescued! This was easily one of the most atmospheric game jam entries I've played yet, both the audio and the graphics were superb, really giving the effect of trying to survive. As for the roping mechanic, It was simple enough that I triggered it by accident and quickly figured it out, in the end making a decently sized makeshift raft.

Originally also tried my best to save the teddy bears until seas started getting very rough, and the raft was starting to get pulled apart.

Wasnt sure if the game was gonna end really, until thankfully a heli flew over head. Overall, great atmospheric game.