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Monster in the Deep

By flopo and chuckie

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall10893.4222
Fun10363.2623
Innovation10993.0722
Theme17542.7022
Graphics10713.5423
Audio4853.6522
Humor13632.0017
Mood2624.0522

Comments

foopy 2021-04-28 04:08

Nice game. The slow moving monster and lighting help make it feels really intense and scary. The camera feels a bit clunky. Still a fun game.

viktor-dedek 2021-04-28 10:21

I really liked the graphics and the idea. Wished there would be more levels or at least I'd find the key. I found a blue something (a paper with a key on it?) on one of the table, but i coudn't interact with it... Great camera reminiscens on old genre games :thumbsup:

flopo 2021-04-28 16:04

@viktor-dedek Thanks for playing our game and leaving a review! The character remembers the number on the table when she finds them. We were very unsure about the camera but I'm happy that you liked it :)

flopo 2021-04-28 16:06

@foopy Thanks for playing. Sadly be didn't have enough time to make cameras smooth but thanks for the feedback!

saltysa 2021-04-28 17:06

I really liked the ambiance of the game! The monsters are creepy and the lights on the top of their head makes their movements easily readable. The cameras are a bit annoying but it doesnt impact the game too much

legolula 2021-04-28 17:42

The game sets the mood pretty well, and the cameras were definitely a good design decision, great entry!

daniel-whittaker 2021-04-28 19:35

This is actually really atmospheric and well done! The monsters are really creepy, and the multiple cam angles give it a real resident evil vibe. Well done!

blaster391 2021-04-28 19:39

Love the resident evil cameras, this is a really polished entry :)

chuckie 2021-04-28 20:15

Thank you @daniel-whittaker and @blaster391 thank you a lot for playing and the positive words, especially about the cameras! :)

ukulelefury 2021-04-28 21:44

Cool game! The changes in camera angles were a little hard to track. But I really like your intro animations and voice over work! Great music too. Great models and animations.

guladam 2021-04-28 22:02

A well-made game with detailed scenes and gripping gameplay. Using the switching cameras to follow the player was a good idea and I like how you implemented it :camera: :arrow_right: :camera: (although in some smaller rooms it felt a bit hard to navigate). The music and the models were good too. Some players might find frustrating that there were no clear indication on where the next objectives are, but I found it fitting to the theme that I had to explore the office to progress. Just one note: the voice in the intro was too quiet to hear completely next to the music.

Well done :wink: :thumbsup:

mudlee 2021-04-29 14:13

The game would be a very good one, but the way I have to control the girl makes it so frustrating, because looks like the controls don't apply to the current view, but remains a basic, so no matter where the camera look at, the controls remaint the same. Meaning, every time the camera changes, the right arrow does a different thing.

A good entry, but would be really good if you can "fix" this behavior :)

yorsh 2021-04-29 14:25

I struggled a bit with some camera transitions, but otherwise the game is very well made! It also has a fairly strong creepy mood wich I liked. I think you could have let the player remember the code and enter it in the right order using the colors of the paper it was on instead of the character remembering it for us, but that's a detail.

erkberg 2021-04-29 15:18

Really neat little stealth game! The art and animations are very nice, as is the audio accompaniment. Together with the instantly changing camera angles this creates a really dense mood. But those angles are also a little frustrating, as it is easy to get lost and also the change in movement directions can be irritating. I have to add that I haven't played those old Resident Evil games and am thus not used to this. But it might be worth experimenting with short transitions between the angles and see how it feels. Nonetheless, I really enjoyed this eerie game (and came in second on the highscores!), good job overall!

chuckie 2021-04-29 20:36

Huiuiui thats a lot of comments! :D @ukulelefury , @guladam , @mudlee , @yorsh , @erkberg First of all thank you guys a lot for playing our Game and giving us feedback, it means a lot to us! I agree with your feedback about the cameras. I think there are some well implemented jumps between them but also some confusing ones where you might end up walking forth and back between the same 2 cameras. Maybe as @erkberg suggested a small transition animation would be a good way to solve that (which we actually thought about during the process) or maybe even a better camera placement in some instances would solve the problem already. :)

sandra-jasionowska 2021-05-02 13:37

Very moody! But this changing camera angles made me going right-left-right-left-right-left in one place. Frustrating. Audio was good. That's cool you've recorded the voice! I've always wanted to do this in one of my games but never did :smile: It's very clear that you have to avoid those big... humans? But not so clear what to do with blue notes.

Cool submission!

dobrila 2021-05-03 19:10

the mood was very creepy and made me not want to find out what happens if the creepy dude sees me... awesome game!

chuckie 2021-05-04 12:29

Thank you @sandra-jasionowska and @dobrila about your positive Reviews! If we´re going to implement the same camerasystem in future games that we used in this game, we´re definitly going to improve the system itself. Maybe it´ll be a small change like cameraplacement or maybe (if there is time of course) we´re going to add a short transition for the player to orientate himself better. Thanks for the Feedback again we appreciate it a lot!! :)

cvetk0 2021-05-04 20:07

Really nice game with creepy atmosphere. Graphics and lighting are well made and I really liked the voice acting part. I did find camera angle changes confusing when navigating around though since and had hard time figuring out in which direction to move just after the camera change. I'm not really a fan of creepy stuff but I still liked the game :slight_smile:

Keep up the good work!

mza 2021-05-05 19:11

I like the resident evil camera. Its very nostalgic. It can be hard to tell exactly where you are with the camera setup and lighting but i guess thats a design decision that works well. I dont know the point of crouching in this game. Took me a while to undderstand where to go but was great stealthy fun.

vixenmink 2021-05-06 00:20

I had trouble running it on my end but I really like the concept!

doot 2021-05-09 18:56

Nice game! The visuals are really great, and the camera choice is a very good idea with great execution. That red light on top of the enemy's head is a great idea too! The movement feels nice. The introduction is great and the short line of dialogues help understand what to do.

Maybe a bit more indication on how many code number you have yet to find, and a clearer indication of where is the reactor would be great. Also small bug: when you go back to menu after starting a game, I think the timer is still going and won't reset if you press start again!

Great job and thanks for the game!

chuckie 2021-05-10 20:59

@cvetk0 , @mza , @vixenmink and @doot sorry for the late response, we didn´t have too much time to answer recently because of the ongoing university semester but we still appreciate your Feedback a lot! @doot thanks for pointing out the bug, I think we fixed it in the newest version of our game already, but I´m not sure if we´re going to release it since it´s a really minor bug and ludumdare is about to come to an end. However thanks for pointing it out! Bringing attention to bugs is ALWAYS really helpful! <3 :)