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AquaLens

By catprocrastinates, chlolauro, Daniel Finch, whullum and ghosthecyborg

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall6883.3931
Fun7853.1132
Innovation6563.1531
Theme5853.6332
Graphics6163.5632
Audio1353.8832
Humor9162.0825
Mood1484.0532

Comments

kluvenlaroplan 2024-10-08 12:57

Very Cozy, soothing game - I enjoyed floating around taking photos - however for me the photos did not seem to save, and the PokeDex/Catalog of creatues did not seem to update - I love the concept, nice work 1

turturi 2024-10-08 13:12

The music is soothing, and the concept is fun. Unfortunately, you can see the end of the map in camera mode.

schadocalex 2024-10-08 13:29

Nice looking game! Could you activate the fullscreen mode on itch.io?

Second time I saw a jelly I didn't take a photo but I should, i saw after there were multiples on the album. Mood is awesome, art and music fit well together. I really love the graphics, espacially when you're at the top the background is so beautiful, could be a wallpaper. I think cam mode should not move the player and stick to the player view, we can move only with cam mode on. Also sometimes the player get stucked and is not centered anymore.

PS: I can't find the last SeaHorse :spy:

munchie-games 2024-10-08 17:10

Super chill vibe, its a big thumbs up from me. Good job!

rickyokita 2024-10-08 22:09

The underwater theme is so eye catching,and it's interesting to collect the photos of the sea creatures (I like that concept like collecting stuffs and make it into full album). Really impressive!

andrewkennedy 2024-10-09 00:08

Beautiful game! I loved the music and the relaxing pace. Pretty sure I got the photo album bug, because I took tons of purple jellyfish pictures, but it never got added to my collection. I even started the game a second time, but still had the same issue. Regardless, I had fun!

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Were the fish placed randomly, or did you hand-place them? I went to the sea floor to find crabs, since I figured they would be walking around on the ground, and I found a bunch of them. It was cool being able to reason out where I would be able to find the fish.

Great work!

zastegnushka 2024-10-09 22:07

I really love the marine theme, atmospheric and cute

vipaka 2024-10-09 23:25

This brought back a lot of good Pokemon Snap memories for me! I liked the album element, to see every creature you've already photographed. Great job!

andriana-mantidfly 2024-10-10 05:03

I liked the music and the overall atmosphere of the game, but I didn't really like the camera, which works strangely and sometimes the camera flies away from the character when he gets stuck in the wall and you can spam photos by pressing the button. The critical mistake is that during the first passage, I found a second jellyfish, but its photos were not read out.

nazariglez 2024-10-11 20:25

Loved the chill vibes! The underwater theme, music, and art fit together perfectly. It was so fun floating around, taking pictures of sea creatures. Really great concept. Gj!

liliebagage 2024-10-11 20:27

Oh, this game is very chill, i really like that! I love being able to collect photos in games to fill a codex or museum, so I had a lot of fun here. I only spotted one little bug: I photographed the last jellyfish I was missing (the purple jellyfish) over and over again, but it never wanted to slip into my photo album! Thanks for this bubble of tranquillity :)

judith-hantisse 2024-10-11 20:32

Nice game :) I enjoyed going around and taking pictures. The music makes it very relaxing. I could not get pictures of all sea creatures since taking pictures of the purple jellyfish did not seem to work (I tried on two different ones). Other than that, it's a very nice entry!

mackain 2024-10-11 20:33

cool concept! you could for sure continue to build on this concept and create something cool! the vibes where 5/5, just needs a little more polish!

ellearx 2024-10-12 01:16

What a lovely game! The music choice fit perfectly with the mood. I found it quite relaxing after trying out other fast paced games. Well done! Would love to see more of this, maybe with a bigger and diverse map/ more variety of fish. :)

daniel-finch 2024-10-12 11:55

Hey guys thank you for all of the kind comments! We worked really hard on this game and love how it turned out, I'm glad the reviews are so positive!

@kluvenlaroplan @turturi @schadocalex @munchie-games @rickyokita @andrewkennedy @zastegnushka @vipaka @andriana-mantidfly @nazariglez @liliebagage @liliebagage @judith-hantisse @mackain @ellearx @plasmapuffs

plasmapuffs 2024-10-13 02:34

Nice relaxing game (I really needed it)! I like how you can take pictures of literally anything...😄Screenshot 2024-10-12 at 7.32.07 PM.png

renier 2024-10-16 16:47

Such a cool experience! well done loved the vibe!

noobman64 2024-10-17 03:05

Nice take on the theme! I like the chill art and mood as well. Its very calming. Whenever a game puts me in water I expect there to be sharks and monsters and stuff, so this was a pleasant surprise :)

artallester 2024-10-18 17:33

Great work!

yaen 2024-10-18 23:25

I liked the music and the beautiful drawings of the creatures a lot. Zooming in on the graphics is really worth it! I also like that you found a nice and peaceful mechanic. That's a great thing when so many games would rather go the dave the diver route here where you'd kill the fish instead.

It's a little bit odd that you don't really move as the diver and can just move your screen anywhere, including through walls. In that case: why even include a diver character?

I also had the bug that the purple jellyfish didn't register.

There was a thing that happened where almost all the animals seemed to converge at one point in the map more and more over time.

shir0o23 2024-10-21 10:42

i loved the music, set a really nice atmosphere. i had mild issues with the diver's movements, but in terms of everything else, the gameplay was quite enjoyable! good job!

matchaberi 2024-10-25 00:35

I really liked the ambient and the marine creatures' art! I think i got the same bug as @andrewkennedy , and noticed that there aren't camera limits. Although, this made me think that the idea of being a tiny figure of an aquarium would also be fun.