Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD48 → Below the Tide
By dustyroom
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 929 | 3.50 | 23 | |
| Fun | 1564 | 2.85 | 23 | |
| Innovation | 988 | 3.14 | 23 | |
| Theme | 481 | 3.95 | 23 | |
| Graphics | 94 | 4.47 | 23 | |
| Audio | 203 | 3.97 | 23 | |
| Humor | 1411 | 1.80 | 20 | |
| Mood | 282 | 4.02 | 23 |
Looks great! Pretty inspiring to see what can be done with smart use of relatively simple geometry. I was seeing a bright flash towards the bottom of the screen, but never seemed to get any closer to it. I started thinking it was some kind of graphical glitch: is that intentional?
Really cute and appealing style! I loved the atmospere and I like the way you hhave to combine keys to accelerate!
Not entirely sure what I was doing but it held my interest for a good few minutes
Wow. Amazing art.
The style is amazing and the music ireally fits the game and is really relaxing, i'd love if it was a mobile game so i can play it when i'm stressed and use it as an antistress :)
visuals and audio is very nice. It's amazing to see how much you were able to create with the use of basic shapes and color. Arrow keys works fine, WASD button works in reverse and Dive Again button does not work.
It looks really good! The gameplay in itself can be fun, however I think that it lacks some camera control, or an indication of where the next battery platforms are, as right now it's really hard to see where you need to go, and you often see the platforms too late to be able to land on it. I love the relaxing ambiance and sound design!
love the art style, and i was pretty surprised to see the use of silhouette when behind objects. the audio was nice too! unfortunately, the gameplay loop felt a bit repetitive after a while, perhaps moving obstacles to avoid would have made a more engaging experience. regardless, it was a fun experience
Super cool game ! Very relaxing. I love the graphics, espacially the little pulsation wich guide us through the world. Good job !
Wow, this game is beautiful! And moody!
I love the palette and the way the "echo effect" gradually lights up things in the distance. The audio is great as well, both the music and the sound effects.
I was struggling a bit with the controls at first (I only tried using WASD, and the particle effects don't fire for those, so it's slightly confusing that the controls are sort of inverted. It was better after I read the description and started using the arrows as well.
I couldn't find a way to look around, not sure if that was intentional or not. Like, I really wanted to see down if I was going the right way or not.
In any case a really beautiful and moody game! Good job! :)
What a great great game, everything in it is an absolute home run, the way the sound comes out of the projectile bounces, your health being also your vision range, spending health to attack, the level layouts and how light impacts it, honestly I wouldn't change a thing, incredibly well done. with a little upgrade in the looks, adding a cool main character holding the lyre, adding other bosses and such, it would be a game i would buy for sure
I loved the graphics and atmosphere! Gameplay wise, the controls took abit of getting used to. Also, the dive again button didn't work for me. I'm not sure if there's scaling, felt like I could go on indefinitely, but I made a mistake and ended with 1050m.
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Dig the aesthetics. As a shader guy myself, congrats on getting your compute shader meshing done for the jam and still having some time for gameplay :wink: The ambient music worked really well with the look of the game. My only critique is that the reversed controls really threw me off. Would be nice if there was an option to invert them.
One of the most beatiful games I played so far, if not the most. I needed a minute to get a grasp on the controls, initally felt backwards but one I understood it was related to the propulsion I was able to play it better. I would recommend giving the option of changing the controls, or perspective, since feels inverted. Still awesome entry!
Linux build dies :(
Very pleasant and atmospheric graphics and music! Nice animations, particles and sound effects.
Some remarks: 1. Sometimes "Dive again" button freezes the game. Expectation "Dive again" button restarts the game. 2. It is hard to determine where vessel is. Expectation: shadows help to determine position of vessel. 3. Sometimes obstacles appear between camera and vessel so vessel is hidden. Expectation: obstacles between camera and vessel are transparent/semitransparent.
Hope this remarks will be helpful.
Good entry!
Hard to get the controls, at first. Nice sfx, the music is quite meditative. Feels like a nice dreamy concept (somewhy reminded the flights in Dreams to Reality) with a potential for further development. Keep it up, please.