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Exploring the depths

By skelyvelocirap666

Percentile
CategoryRankScoreCountLD48Ever
Overall18312.66214.810.8
Fun16552.742113.923.0
Innovation14082.842126.430.4
Theme12313.402136.245.8
Graphics16962.61215.715.1
Mood17162.58215.513.4

Comments

cheekibreeki 2021-04-27 02:33 ♥ 1

Having some issues running the web player version.

skelyvelocirap666 2021-04-27 02:37 ♥ 1

@CheekiBreeki Yeah, the web player version definitely has some issues. Took me a while even to upload it. This is the primary reason as to why i have a download link though.

skelyvelocirap666 2021-04-27 08:35 ♥ 1

Sorry. I explained the UI but not the controls like an idiot. The mouse controls the direction, left shift to accelerate.

kel 2021-04-28 03:58 ♥ 1

nice! I got the controls right away and had a great time traversing the depth of the sea! nice entry!

skelyvelocirap666 2021-04-28 05:13 ♥ 1

@kel Thank you very much! Glad you enjoyed it! :D

rhoff95 2021-04-28 14:48 ♥ 1

Cool game. I would have liked for controls to be on the mouse only rather than left shift. Well done!

skelyvelocirap666 2021-04-28 18:42 ♥ 1

@rhoff95 Yeah. After playing a couple other games I realize that now, I'm not sure why I went with shift... Thank you!

radiotrophia 2021-04-29 02:28 ♥ 1

I really liked the game play! the only thing i can really think of critisizing is like when the screen gets dark its hard too see the enemies. great game :>

skelyvelocirap666 2021-04-29 05:14 ♥ 1

@radiotrophia Yeah, making them hard to see was the point but i might have pushed it a bit far. Thank you though!

tengusheath 2021-04-29 18:51 ♥ 1

Controls felt smooth. Wish there was some music or sound effects would have made exploring more atmospheric.

skelyvelocirap666 2021-04-29 20:22 ♥ 1

@tengusheath Sorry about that. I was planning on having some but...ran out of time near the end... Thank you very much!

phanty 2021-04-29 21:46 ♥ 1

While rough around the edges (The graphics could do some work, not even mentioning the non-existant audio), the game is surprisingly fun. The limited visibility sub-100m of depth is absolutely spectacular. It really keeps you on your toes and scared the shit out of me once or twice when I bumped into an enemy I did not see. Really, great job!

skelyvelocirap666 2021-04-29 22:06 ♥ 1

@phanty I was never any good at art and sounds but that is something i am working on(i really hope i get better at it in the near future). And i guess that for the visibility thing it could have been a setting? Some people didn't like having it that dark. Thank you very much for the feedback and im glad you enjoyed it! :D

funemaker 2021-04-29 23:42 ♥ 1

Cute submarine! Definitely some music or sound to create a mood will help. Getter darker as you go down is really effective and it feels more and more dangerous down there.

skelyvelocirap666 2021-04-29 23:49 ♥ 1

@funemaker Ill make sure to add music next time, that seems to be one of the biggest issues people are having! I am quite glad that it seems i set the mood well, even without the audio. Wasn't sure how well that was going to go! Thank you!

andreia 2021-05-01 05:08 ♥ 1

The webgl version worked for me. Nice work :) It was fun exploring the ocean

skelyvelocirap666 2021-05-01 07:19 ♥ 1

@andreia It did? That's good to hear. For most people it doesn't, as for me its once every 10 tries... I'm glad you enjoyed it though!

jondalnas 2021-05-14 12:49 ♥ 1

Nice game! The controls were fun to use and the exploration was good. The submarine didn't take damage when hitting walls, which felt a little weird, and the dirt(?) walls were also a little weird, but that's nitpicking.

What a great game, thank you for the experience

skelyvelocirap666 2021-05-18 23:29 ♥ 1

@jondalnas Sorry for the late reply. Anyways, thank you very much! For the walls, I didn't know how I would have to do it but I now realize that i was just being dumb... i can do it the same way I did for everything else, that's my bad. I'm not sure what you mean by the dirt walls are a bit weird though I must say... I am really glad you enjoyed it though!