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In a Barrel

By prakkus, oohoos and Mark A Pressler

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall7503.6025
Fun9133.3425
Innovation8593.2625
Theme9693.6025
Graphics9473.6525
Audio4593.6725
Humor9792.5722
Mood1654.1725

Comments

the-martijn 2021-04-27 11:36

Wow, beautiful and relaxing game! I especially like the animation of the different animals and the way they swim.

PS: don't forget a way to exit the game in stead of using [alt+F4] :wink:

silveria 2021-04-27 14:28

Hi, The music and the mood is really great, calm and immersive but the controls are not that easy for me, but overall nice !

nyanpierre 2021-04-28 00:07

I really love the mood

theg 2021-04-28 00:08

Fun calming experience, I found the controls to be slightly janky and the animal detection didn't always work but there aren't many games like this.

lootfox-parker 2021-04-28 07:10

Controls were a bit off but I found the mood to be quite chill and enjoyable.

oc1d 2021-04-28 07:13

Love the atmosphere and music, it's a very relaxing experience. Toggling of camera mode with Q I find cumbersome, what value does it give to the player? I would just put it on LMB. Great Job guys! :)

deepak-kr 2021-04-28 07:26

Nice game, moving inside the sea taking photos of different fishes. Graphics and animation is very nice. Controls need improvement.

fcvalise 2021-04-28 07:36

Very relaxing game ! Good work, especially with the animals animations and the music. Guess I'm a terrible animal photographer by the way :) Bravo

bereg 2021-04-29 13:14

It's a great interactive experience, very calming and thoughtfull. The concept is interesting, it pushes you to explore the ocean. Maybe the controls need some polishing and the LODs are a bit aggressive, but overall I liked the game and enjoyed playing it. Nicely done!

mharring 2021-05-02 02:52

Nice and relaxing :) Reminded me of Pokemon Snap back in the day. This was very enjoyable - the music was particularly chill and added to the atmosphere of casually taking pictures. Well done!

stone-studio 2021-05-02 03:58

The atmosphere is great, the music sets a casual mood! The fish are very interesting, I really like to explore in it, good job! A small point of view - for me there is a little bit of deep sea fear, I was afraid that a big mouth will suddenly appear LOL!

itskdog 2021-05-02 12:19

Nice graphics. The game did crash for me when I took a picture. It might be my computer though.

itsisaac 2021-05-02 12:31

Lovely experience! Nice and relaxing :) Filled out my photobook :fish: Although i would suggest making it more clear what gives you a better score!

For example heres to pics of a squid! I prefer the bigger one where he is completely in shot, however it got 5 points compared to one where he is far away? Anyway. Still a great game, good job :blowfish: :tropical_fish: :camera:

squid 5.JPG squid 10.JPG

sneakylemon 2021-05-02 12:41

I really like this one! I even found a shark chilling in a conch :D shark.png

The movement is a bit clunky. Strafing would have been nice, but more importantly I expected ascend/descend buttons in addition to forward and back. As is, backing away just a little bit to take a centered photo of something on the ground was probably more annoying than it should have been.

That said, the atmosphere is great! The ambience really adds to the experience, and the models are well done (as are the animations). I even tried to go out of bounds, but was stopped, so good job on taking that into account.

I would really like to see this as a full game with modern graphics and perhaps a story. It definitely needs to be longer, as I "finished" the game rather quickly. All in all, you did a great job and I'm very impressed :)

huntrox 2021-05-02 12:42

very relaxing game experience i like the atmosphere and the visuals good work

saintchristopher777 2021-05-02 12:48

Very chill game! The music is perfect for the mood. I think I got too close to the surface and got stuck on a collider or something though - I ended up able to move horizontally but not back down vertically.

Feedback: having the camera be always on, and not impede movement would be better, letting you just quickly snap a photo with left click. And, of course, a proper quit button rather than needing alt-f4!

Great entry overall!

turgunen 2021-05-02 19:33

Great and relaxing game. I like the mood (the music and graphics) It also kept me on the edge at the beginning since I'm afraid of water or ocean to be exact :laughing: So, thank you for the experience. One problem I came across was when I went too close to the surface, it froze and wouldn't swim back down.

evilscotsman 2021-05-02 21:46

I had a barrel of fun! Really nice atmosphere and I loved the way the big shark loomed out of the water at you.

substain 2021-05-03 07:11

cool and well executed idea. I feel like it's a good idea to restrict movement when you use the camera. Only at some points more or less animals were found in the picture - but then again, you just have to move and find a better position/angle. Nice!

vphyre 2021-05-04 18:49

I liked your game. The graphics are beautiful, especially the 3D model of each fish. The music is relaxing, and the gameplay of taking pictures of the animals (and with notes) is quite interesting. I managed to make a 10/10 almost all fish except the Eel, which manages 9/10. I tried in many ways I couldn't get a 10/10 picture of the eel. Anyway, I believe I was able to enjoy the experience of your game. I witnessed some bugs in the movement of the camera, and also to take pictures, but nothing that got in the way. Congratulations.

john-llyod-apolo 2021-05-05 07:09

Great game my only problem is the movement of the camera it makes me dizzy and I also got stuck on the endge of the map. still enjoy the game great job.

ryano 2021-05-10 12:37

Really enjoyed playing through this. I agree with the comments about the movement, strafing would have made it much smoother. Thanks for making this!