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Submerged

By vanleiden and AlexLyth

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall2533.9437
Fun7933.4237
Innovation7923.3137
Theme1644.2137
Graphics9823.6237
Audio444.3237
Humor1
Mood1684.1737

Comments

dominium11 2021-04-26 23:01

Honestly i liked it a lot, it ended abruptly fast and i would love to enjoy the music a lil bit longer. Also the mchanics couldve been explained a little better.

pennycook 2021-04-26 23:07

I made it to about 500m before I let myself die just to see what would happen. :slight_smile:

I'm not 100% sure whether the layering of music is tied to the light or not, but it feels very natural -- and whether it was your intent or not, it really increased the tension and had me racing to the next recharging station.

I really appreciated that there were little things to stumble across while exploring, too. I chased a little fish, found an arch, saw some giant sponge-looking thing...

Top-notch. :thumbsup:

4241108 2021-04-27 10:49

I liked this game. The music was great and added to the atmosphere. It could have been explained what the objective was though because I did not actually know if there was going to be an end to the game as I was playing or if the goal was just to go as deep as I could.

3eal0t 2021-04-27 11:12

I praise you for the relaxing music. So far, this is the most concise, minimalistic and graphically clean game that I managed to meet in the competition. The atmosphere is great. I will return to the game periodically :thumbsup:

thegamerasd 2021-04-27 13:04

Nice game, I liked the music and the artstyle.

xyfeng 2021-04-27 13:14

It seems that I am the first one the get the pearl ;) ahhhh. Great atmosphere created. It seems that there are cool down between each dropping beacon, right? However, there are not many gameplays in the game. Looking forward to more elements and features added in. Overall, good jobs!

vanleiden 2021-04-27 13:18

@dominium11 @pennycook @4241108 @3eal0t @thegamerasd @xyfeng Thanks everyone for the wonderful feedback! We're really proud of our little game and it's great to read how much you all like it. :)

wobs 2021-04-27 14:40

The games music is just so fitting and relaxing! It fits the style and gameplay perfectly :D

I also really like the minimalistic art style, it works so well together with the rest of the game!

oddsocks 2021-04-27 16:56

What isn't to love about this game! The pixel art and colour palette is stunning. It's spot on with the theme. Both relaxing, but also with a certain level of suspense - which, along with some terrific music, adds a decent amount of atmosphere. Best LD entry I've played so far. I'll be following :D

cyanilux 2021-04-27 19:23

Nice game, was fun and the music is so relaxing!

haztro 2021-04-28 13:05

I really like this one. The art and music complement each other super well - I found the whole experience kind of therapeutic! My only critique would be that the difficulty could be made slightly harder. Great game! "Mission Successful" ;)

eta 2021-04-28 14:13

The music is truly great as it it matches so well with the lights going out. The game was rather easy, I could do it on the first try with always leaving my light on, but it was fun to play nonetheless :)

deseteral 2021-04-28 16:13

Amazing atmosphere and music. There was also something interesting about the graphics, color palette I guess :smiley: Great stuff! Congrats!

octopoid 2021-04-28 16:17

This is really fun! Atmosphere is great, love the use of the lighting - great job!

vanleiden 2021-04-28 16:18

Thank you, @deseteral ! Love your profile picture, by the way. :)

smiley 2021-04-28 16:22

Intresting game :) I died at -368m :(. but something made me wanting to play it again.. At first I was gonna complain about no battery meter until I realised the light was the meter :)

didigameboy 2021-04-28 16:23

Great game, awesome mood and perfect on theme. It feels can have a lot of additions after the jam, very inspiring! Love the music, good work!

bea 2021-04-28 16:38

Lovely entry. Got to the end, really felt you nailed mood and theme. I loved the layered audio and the whole thing came together for a really serene experience.

robbzenone 2021-04-28 16:47

Nice Atmosphere :) Died one time cause i went afk :D

dhim 2021-04-28 17:03

Nice entry! Lovely atmosphere, the music is really cool.

I loved that I found my old drone sitting there, and used beacons. In the second dive I did not use the beacons.

The light slowly dying when you are so deep is very nice, I once saw a battery but at to consider going out of my way to get it, or try to make it with the remaining of light!

eugenik 2021-04-28 17:41

Was fun GG

dude-the-hero 2021-04-29 17:34

This shows you how important aesthetics and just a little bit of polish are to a game. It's incredibly simple but I enjoyed every second of it. Flicking my light on and off to save energy like it was a sonar felt so cool and resourceful. The soundtrack was killer, when the bass kicks in it's such a vibe! Absaloutely fantastic entry!

wetburritosupreme 2021-04-29 18:50

The soundtrack is so good, the game as a whole is a complete experience, with nothing extra added. I think I'll revisit this game for sure. Thank you!

jonrei 2021-05-02 00:32

Great music!

whismirk 2021-05-03 01:53

It's surprisingly relaxing, and this atmosphere is further amplified by the calm, chill music and smooth movement (the latter feels great, btw). Managing your sources of light as it keeps getting darker is a pretty interesting concept, well done !

frompdx 2021-05-08 23:00

Perfect entry! The way the music syncs up to the battery life is a really nice touch. Great job.

kram 2021-05-18 08:33

Fun times saw some strange phenomenon in the depths but I died something awful before I could get to the "bottom" of it. Really nice game look forward to jumping back in soon to try and figure out what I saw down there before the lights went out.