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There's Something Down There

By uraffululz

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall3.418
Fun3.508
Innovation3.258
Theme4.418
Graphics3.338
Audio3.258
Humor2.508
Mood3.838

Comments

uraffululz 2021-04-26 19:36

I hope you enjoyed playing my game.

I appreciate any feedback you have to give. Unless it's about my lack of initiative in life. I hear enough of that crap from my parents.

Thanks all.

thegrandpa 2021-04-26 22:39

I really like it, my only feedback is that the direction of the harpoon did not match my mouse position on screen so I got a little disoriented. Great work!

clericshields 2021-04-26 23:09

That was pretty fun, nice job. Simple, but a great submission.

uraffululz 2021-04-27 03:07

Yeah, sorry if the aim is wonky. I haven't used Unity's new input system much, and never for that purpose, so there was a lot of trial-and-error involved just to get it working as well as it does.

It's also my first intro to using the "animation rigging" package (for pointing the harpoon in the correct-ish direction). I have to give props to Brackeys for their tutorial. It was a big help.

usenrame 2021-04-27 12:39

Like how creatures changing depending on deepness, loved the controls!

uraffululz 2021-04-27 16:33

@usenrame You totally got the depth idea. Thanks for noticing! Just wish I could have modeled/rigged/animated more before time was up.

Was thinking some kind of angler (those dangly light bulb fish) and another eldritch monstrousity for the deeper levels. It would have made the game feel more "complete". Alas....

The idea was based on Cthulhu resting at the bottom of the Mariana Trench (which is about 10× deeper than the game gets, but who wants to spend 20 minutes playing a single-screen demo? Haha)

xxnolanxx 2021-04-29 22:20

The aim was hard to figure out at first, but I managed to beat the game by staying in the center of the screen and not moving (the aim was more accurate that way). Really liked the art and had fun once I figured out how to get the aim to work consistently! I chuckled at the end when I killed Cthulu in one shot haha. Overall good stuff!

lrvstudios 2021-05-02 20:24

I liked the concept and the overall idea of the game really great! The models are well polished in my opinion, but the scenario doesn't match with the art style of models (sharks an character).

The game itself is really fun, but the "gun aim" has a little offset from mouse cursor - wich make me die several times haha.

Despite that, it's a cool game. Great work! Wish you the best.

dominic-graziano 2021-05-02 20:44

the aim system was really precise, almost the point that it was hard to play. good job given the time you had though!

phyro 2021-05-02 20:44

Nice idea for the theme, but the technical part didn't let me go through for long. Liked the models and was wishing that player avatar had animations, like the sharks. The aim was the main issue, though. Cool enough for a one man jam!