idinakloppstock 2021-04-27 11:26
Right away, unfortunately my Spermy didn't get deep enough (377m!). Although I grabbed a dolphin, but was hit by a submarine. Spermy unfortunately did not survive and now joins the dried up corpse on land.
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD48 → Spermy the Whale Goes Deeper and Deeper
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 1469 | 3.18 | 39 | |
| Fun | 1172 | 3.17 | 39 | |
| Innovation | 935 | 3.18 | 39 | |
| Theme | 354 | 4.04 | 39 | |
| Graphics | 1175 | 3.43 | 39 | |
| Audio | 278 | 3.87 | 38 | |
| Humor | 226 | 3.69 | 38 | |
| Mood | 1180 | 3.29 | 36 |
Right away, unfortunately my Spermy didn't get deep enough (377m!). Although I grabbed a dolphin, but was hit by a submarine. Spermy unfortunately did not survive and now joins the dried up corpse on land.
A very frustrating game! I am a majestic whale and I shall not be pushed around by clownfish and penguins! I couldn't get deeper than 545m :(
Still had fun though.
Cute game, congrats! The difficulty is pretty nice I think, I tried and failed the first time but on the second go I got to the bottom at 73.1s, which was cool! Charming little game, enjoyed the way it feels hand-crafted.
Edit: and congrats to your friend, the music is really good on this one.
Haha this game is a lot of fun. The movement and collisions are very clunky in a good way, and the drawings all look nice!
There are a lot of things in this sea 🦈🐟🐙🦑
I love the picture I drew with a pen. The music is so good. The game is a little difficult but fun.
Loved the look and feel of this ... as I passed the Yellow Submarines I was expecting something about "Didn't we all used to live here?" :smile:
Thanks for making this!
679.7! Took a while to figure out how it worked, but then got the hang of it! Great job creating a game by yourself!
@doc-kaos Thanks, I even had the submarines shooting strawberries planned, but run out of time to do that.
Hahahahahahaha, very cute whale, the game music makes people comfortable. My understanding: maybe you want to express some environmental awareness. If it's true, the game is cool in that respect.
I love the cute hand-drawn graphics, overall style and I also really dig the music. Gameplay-wise it's a simple physics-based arcade type game. It can get frustrating at times because Spermy tends to get stuck on enemies with no easy way to navigate out.
Well done :) Took me some time but I finally reached the bottom. I really liked the hand drawn sea life, and the music. Banginis.png
Dang, this is deceptively hard. The art is really charming and I appreciate that you did it on a whiteboard... that is just amazing.
The arts and the music are great, the gameplay is quite simple but it's fun :) I feel like the game is a little bit slow. Good job :)
loved your art work, it looked consistent and fun! The music was great, and the game play was quite a challenge at first. I liked it once I got the hang of it!
A lot of fun and humour in this, and I really like the hand drawn felt tip pen style, nice one! It's like an aquatic Frogger. I think I need to get myself a whiteboard.WR_time.pngI would like to claim the new world record, thank you.
@psiv Thanks and good job, I think even my best result was around 67 seconds.
Whiteboards are cool, but there's a very limited selection of colors available and you can't mix them. [Here are some examples of my whiteboard drawings](http://gallery.flyingdogfish.com/Drawings)
LOL how did you come up with that name?? :) It's actually fun to play and the graphics kind of fit the game. Very good music, too!
@tanis Easily, I just took the first part of the animal name and stuck a Y behind it :smirk: Anyway, I always found these whales fascinating and I used to draw them everywhere.
Thanks for the review.
Great attempt, good use of the theme, excellent music, proper innuendo in the title
A really nice concept! I enjoyed playing this, although I didn't manage to get past those pesky submarines :)
beautiful clouds :)
I adore the whiteboard art and yellow submarines will from this day on trigger some PTSD in me. Awesome game!
Although simple, I liked the drawings of the animals, it fitted with the game and its theme, as well as the music. I found the gameplay a little difficult, the animals have an irregular border, and sometimes there is a bug that the whale gets stuck. But it is still a good game.
Good game! It was pretty challenging, I barely managed to get to the bottom before the time ran out. Needs some practicing for sure. Great job!! [Screenshot 2021-05-08 201515.png](///raw/35e/11/z/424a1.png)
Ah I kept getting so close to the bottom but couldn't get past the last clown fish! I really liked your art, I love when art is taken from physical medium and scanned/photographed into a game, it looks really nice. It would have been very cool if you could have done the background as a whiteboard-colored texture too! I found the controls a bit finnicky - which I think is the point haha. I do wish I was able to get just a little more power/speed though, as I found the best strategy ended up being going along the left wall and sliding as best I could. Really enjoyed it, congrats on finishing!
@zoarfy Thanks for the thorough review. There was a plan to draw a pretty background, but there just wasn't enough time to do that. The controls are a bit awkward on purpose, so the game is funnier and isn't too easy so you get more satisfaction playing it.
This game feels at the same time very confusing and very fun. Art is weird but good, gameplay is weird but fun and the music. The music is wonderful.
Love the art, and the yellow submarines :yellow_heart: The music is good too and fits really well. It's pretty difficult so unfortunately I haven't been able to get to the bottom so far over my attempts, but I've managed a depth of 745 :)
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@exilegl Thanks, you did good, only 5 more meters to the bottom :)
@monninen Thanks for the totally not weird but fun comment :wink:
I found it a bit annoying that the other fishes (and submarines) were only blocking the way. Might have been more fun if they were more spaced out and made you loose (or lose life points) on touch. Very cute art style! Cool music :)