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Octopus Diver

By voxel-forest

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall7293.0238
Fun8322.5238
Innovation8462.3237
Theme4203.6238
Graphics2913.6837
Audio5972.7535
Humor3262.7733
Mood5753.0437

Comments

hungryroy 2021-04-26 07:10

I played to the end! Cute character graphics, and I also liked the parallax background. Movement could stand to be a bit faster, as some of the levels are really big. I like making the octopus happy!

azakharov 2021-04-26 07:19

Good idea, looks pretty and funny. But not enough challenge for me. Too big spaces between fishes)

phthalogold 2021-04-26 07:23

Cute game with a nice aesthetic. I would have liked some sort of background music or ambience and a faster movement, but I liked the game overall. I especially like the inplicit guidance in the levels where the arrows were baked into the rocks, and the signifiers with the 3d audio of the pufferfish.

maximbegunov 2021-04-26 07:57

Cute graphics and pufferfish sounds. Movement is a bit slow for my taste though.

awesomezebra 2021-04-26 08:27

The game is cute, but I agree with azakharov, it's a bit too easy. Nevertheless, a great submission!

rouge-dragon 2021-04-26 08:55

I would love to see an html version of the game. The artwork is amazing!!!

voxel-forest 2021-04-26 09:01

@rouge-dragon Thank you ! maybe I'll do it in few days, when I'll have some time.

masaru 2021-04-26 12:32

Good concept. The movement is a bit slow and the levels a bit too big. The sound is a bit low but that might be based on my taste. Overall, this works, and the angry fish are really cute.œ

xpycm 2021-04-26 12:41

I love graphics. I would consider adding some kind of mini-map, because levels are big enough.

lalada 2021-04-26 12:52

Fishs face are so cute!! I like the sound effect. Low tone audio made me relax (like nature white noise) . Low speed and rhythmic water noise => I really enjoyed

stmatn 2021-04-26 13:25

Very cute exploration game ^^ I like the graphics very much and am amazed how a two frame swim animation can look so good :)

The game could become more interesting if the pufferfish (or maybe another type) would swim around.

Nice work!

thebmxeur 2021-04-26 14:00

Having to wait to loose all momentum before being to swim again made me feel like I wasn't in control, but being able to "steer" during the swimming did the oposite.

listonos 2021-04-26 14:52

Very cute octopus and he looks so happy. I agree that you shouldn't stop if you are holding down mouse button just maybe slow down before the next impulse, it would be a lot smoother.

jedemac 2021-04-26 17:02

Octopus game = best game

Just kidding ^^

Loved the aesthetic and the sounds, you nailed the deep sea vibe.

Others have already pointed out the small issues with the movement, but overall impressive work for a 48hours game!

esosek 2021-04-26 19:29

I like the art style and swimming feels good with the sound effect. I wish there was some chill music in the background and it would be a good idea if the bad fish was moving, this was way too easy :)

chesschaser 2021-04-26 19:45

I love the art style and the music is cool!

itsboats 2021-04-26 22:33

Nice! Love the pufferfish sounds <3 Artwork is simple but effective. I like how it gets darker when you get towards the bottom too really nice touch and the distant background really adds scale to the environment. The chest is the only thing in the art that feels out of place I think because of the 3d perspective on it.

One idea for movement (in addition to what others have said) is increase the distance and reduce the turn radius while you are moving. It would make movements a little riskier and indirectly make the pufferfish more dangerous

valid 2021-04-27 04:59

That really felt like we were under water! Good atmosphere and cute art.

foursay 2021-04-27 15:53

Really relaxing game that cute pufferfish cure me lol. nice job!

daniel-alhadeff 2021-04-27 23:11

Really digging the art style, when I realized this was a compo game I was especially impressed!

Some constructive criticism: - the movement "pulses" feel a bit slow, reducing the time between them could help with game-feel - increasing the difficulty by having harder enemies could help too

Overall good job, and really good job on aesthetics and mood :)

pincushion 2021-04-27 23:15

I like the cute look. The point and click swimming was good. It needs more obstacles though.

kirbloid 2021-04-27 23:16

Love the art! The transition to deeper and deeper depths really came through, and the controls were fun to navigate. Really enjoyed the style you went for overall. My one point of feedback is that I wish new levels kept you at the same depth you ended on previously, but I totally understand with how the compo works, asset creation, especially the level you were aiming for (and nailed) would cut into programming/designing.

the-baldur 2021-04-28 11:58

I love the cute artstyle so much! Enjoyed the game a lot, however I did not like how slow the movement was. Maybe if it was a bit quicker and if you couuldn't rotate while moving!? Great game nontheless :)

thijs-tak 2021-04-28 17:58

Love the art style. Levels where a bit large compared to the slow movement speed.

Good game.

bassguitarbill 2021-04-29 00:10

This will go down as the cutest game in the whole compo, mark my words. Some feedback: allowing the player to pick up speed would encourage recklessness, which would make the pufferfish fun to dodge. With the slow speed, they're very easy to dodge, and the game does not let you challenge yourself by going faster.

initialposition 2021-04-29 00:12

I liked the artstyle, the movement was responsive and the characters were nice to look at. The sound effects were atmospheric and worked really well. If this had some relaxing music in the background, it could be a really nice relaxing, slow game.

mariszin 2021-04-29 19:02

Nice idea and graphics. But the movement seems way too slow

tengusheath 2021-04-29 19:09

Nice artwork

euler-moises 2021-05-03 04:29

An excellent game for children! Simple arts, basic mechanics and few colors. With the addition of a little music, some basic little animations and more sea animals besides the puffer fish will become a great educational game about environmental awareness. You will be saved here for my 4 year old boy to play.

Congratulations!

kpded 2021-05-11 17:40

Nice little game with! The gameplay is simple but could be quite challenging sometimes.

The art style and music fit perfectly

hacktier 2021-05-14 01:14

nice Game, good job!