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Submersible L337

By soloadventurergames

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall1653.3921
Fun2133.0221
Innovation1393.3621
Theme294.2321
Graphics1113.6521
Audio733.6521
Mood364.0221

Comments

sypiac 2025-04-07 06:36

Best looking game I've seen so far. I didn't realize I had to left click to collect the orbs before reaching the end unfortunately, so had to do it in two tries. Very good!

yohadams 2025-04-07 07:05

Pretty nice overall but i think you forgot to mention that c is down and space is up ;P

lightningst 2025-04-07 08:14

The turning is a bit slow for me, and I was only ever able to find the pink artifact, but still very cool!

psychomonster 2025-04-07 08:23

Well done! This is very cool. Nice voiceOvers and very challenging. I crashed way to often but this is the thrill of the game. have a good time !!!

gnaat 2025-04-07 09:14

Fun game man!! Liked the first jumpscare from the giant eels- made me claustrophobic.

soloadventurergames 2025-04-07 13:11

@yohadams yeeah I forgot they did that, I stopped using them during development 😅

barnabewild 2025-04-07 16:50

Nice concept, good execution

k1n 2025-04-08 05:10

Good idea, but it would be better with more FOV, it feels little bit restricted, but anyways, good job

wouter52 2025-04-11 18:44

Ooh my brain can't handle the controls sadly :o I think it is me, because in theory they are pretty well layedout. I had fun though! I managed to find a pink orb and I was very satisfied when I could pick it up! First I thought one of those glowing stalagmites was the objective, took me a while before finding the pink orb

Graphics and sound effects are awesome, well done!

oter 2025-04-14 20:18

I was a bit confused by the green warning light (at least, I'm pretty sure that's what it was). Like Wouter, I thought at first that meant there was a collectible, and ended up taking a lot of damage just while figuring out the controls and lights. I guess I probably should have restarted right then, because I ended up dying to heat damage later.

Still, a lot of content for a compo game, well done!

(Also, this isn't really feedback on the game per say, but I've noticed this jam that several of the games I've played you either can't die or the game/level is short enough that restarting costs nothing. I'm going to try to do this more in future, and I would have appreciated something like that here, if I could have kept playing on after breaking the ship, just to see the end of the game for the sake of the jam (I'm going to go back and try again because I think it's good enough, but on some games if I die part way through I just quit). Just something to consider!)

soloadventurergames 2025-04-14 20:33

@oter thays a good idea I’ll start adding a cheat menu with some toggle able things to make the games easier and quicker

designernap 2025-04-16 13:30

the digital input on what feels like it should be an analogue game really threw me, but I pressed on and enjoyed this. Lovely audio work too! :)

philocode 2025-04-25 16:30

Hey, this is pretty cool game and made me feel a bit claustrophobic quickly. I agree that the warning light was a bit confusing and some threats were hard to see even when they damaged you (like the eels striking you, I didn't realize what was happening until it was too late). The controls were quite fun though, while they seemed unintuitive at first I quickly got into it. I would consider moving one of the artifacts/collectibles further to the start of the game, as I was getting increasingly confused if I had missed something and tried to pick up one of the glowing stalagmites. Overall, I enjoyed the experience

xpmonster 2025-04-25 17:04

Used both my accs to help you with ratings.

A solid entry, navigating the labyrinth was pretty difficult, but controls are working smooth enough and good that the warning tells when you're about to hit something.

Well done!

scrawach 2025-04-25 17:05

Nice sounds :)

Good entry, i like this submarine feeling.

absolute-garbage 2025-04-25 18:45

Very cool game! I like the voice acting and sound effects, really adds to the atmosphere.

almost 2025-04-25 23:37

I found a glowing purple object, but when I tried to move towards it to pick it up I took heat damage and died :(

Was this object something that I was supposed to avoid? Or was this indeed the prize but there was some other heat source that I needed to avoid as I approached it?

purple object.png

You captured the mood pretty well, where I have to be very careful as I explore unknown territory looking for relics.

I like that there was some voice acting at the start, would have been kind of cool if there were a few more lines later like the first time I crash or the first time I spot a glowing purple object.

I found Q and E rotation to be not as useful as the other buttons, though still occasionally helpful when I am trying to make a tight turn near some obstacles.