dzr118 2025-04-08 03:12
Super beautiful graphics and ominous sound! I struggled to use the controls to turn my view, which got me killed a lot. But such a cool premise for a game: kinda Lucy and Ethel in a death submarine.
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD57 → Hello Darkness
By CallumLarge, Aosiee, royalcookiex, Villeloso and emsea
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 268 | 3.75 | 40 | |
| Fun | 422 | 3.40 | 40 | |
| Innovation | 221 | 3.63 | 40 | |
| Theme | 260 | 3.96 | 40 | |
| Graphics | 210 | 4.11 | 41 | |
| Humor | 417 | 2.85 | 36 | |
| Mood | 104 | 4.11 | 40 |
Super beautiful graphics and ominous sound! I struggled to use the controls to turn my view, which got me killed a lot. But such a cool premise for a game: kinda Lucy and Ethel in a death submarine.
great use of the shader. reminded me of a game i forgot its name but also on a boat with similar shading (more green).
Definitely like the Obra Dinn aesthetic. Performance dips randomly though, I assume from something loading in.
Some more tutorialization would be good. I'm still confused how you use the bucket to drain water for instance.
Still, very good mood and theme.
Visually very cool — the desaturated colors and shading are great for the theme!
I had a little trouble with the controls — my mouse for some reason got stuck enabled in fullscreen, so it kept opening the dock on the left side of the screen when I went to turn left, but it's perfectly playable only going right!
Very satisfying to fix the cracking windows in the nick of time with the tape (or TP roll?)
@trogdor-20x6 Thanks for the feedback. The game ended being quite heavy for web, the windows version runs better, you can download it at the itch.io link. For the bucket, you need to flush the water down the toilet after you scoop it.
Really like the graphics and visual style of the game. It amplifies the claustrophobic feel of the submarine. Das Boot flashbacks. Had some lagging but overall cool game.
graphics are absolutely stunning! The visuals truly bring this game to life!
Very unique gameplay!
Very beautiful graphics, loved the atmosphere! Though the game stuttered when stuff got broken, I think. Then got stuck near the wheel, couldn't do anything after that :(
Hey Jammers!
We have provided survival tips for people who might be struggling.
-Best of luck <3
This game is awesome, fantastic visuals and audio, and a fun gameplay loop of having to balance steering with managing the whole water situation. Fairly challenging, but that's obviously not a bad thing! Great work, would love to see more work from you in this style, it's really quite good.
Had a great time playing on our stream, here's a time stamped link: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2427848024?t=3h50m51s
Great work! The visuals are solid, and the core idea is clear. I’d love to see interaction on left-click — I think it would make things feel more intuitive for this kind of game. Everything else is spot on!
Awesome concept! Feels like Lucas Pope's take on Sea of Thieves haha.
I did feel like I was kinda thrown into the `depths` (harhar) right off the bat - is there a way to pull the ship up? I was trying to find a control to go up/down, but couldn't find one.
Any rate, great job!
@mtnbonez You can only steer left right! The height is controlled by a spline. Glad you liked the vibe
Solid engaging gameplay loop and the 1-bit really worked with the idea. Only minor issue I had was the water + bucket mechanic wasn't visually clear to me, but only a small thing.
Cool game. Love the graphics. Like the premise. Not sure if it was the colours but you always feel on edge. Good job.
Wow, the game looks really elaborate. I love the way it looks! I wish your game had more interaction with the environment!🌞
Very cool entry. Top ratings for mood for sure, it actually brings just that little spiciness of claustrophobia you'd get in a submarine. I like the shade work, I'm just wondering what the game would look like in a more traditional way. Gameplay wise I had fun for sure, good job keeping the player occupied. My only remark, but this might be what you were going for, LOUD NOISES! I played this before my second morning coffee and the foghorn followed by atomic bomb level crashing sounds woke me up for sure :) Great game overall, thank you for making this.
Really fun and panic inducing please give me 100$
The visual style and presentation is great, definitely nailed that sort of claustrophobic feeling! the 1 bit is a nice touch that adds lot
I understood the gameplay pretty easily and I found the gameplay look to be fun
this was my score hello darkness screenshot.PNG
This immediately reminded me of Return of Obra Dinn because of the shader and I fell in love with the mood and the graphics! Great job on picking the limited palette and the general visual representation! My only feedback below: - Tutorial would be great, I was lucky to have you in chat but I wouldn't come up with the quite obvious water-to-toilet idea :D - I couldn't really see water levels rising clearly until it was too late - I randomly clicked on the floor with the bucket in my last playthrough hoping I would scoop something out Overall, great entry!
Love the graphics!
Hello panic! I am not built for these games, but damn it was gorgeous and felt very thoughtfully crafted.
`https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFk44q7aTqE&t=12166s`
Love the black and white style, great game !
This game is really good, I always love the grainy 3d style! Although I really like the way the graphics look I will say that youtube playback glitches and distorts when static is on screen (See: any FNAF video just after they die), it's been a problem for years that they've never fixed and your game seemingly has the same effect. SO if you want videos to be made of your game adding color or maybe even increasing the pixel size would probably fix the issue, if that isn't a priority to you though just leave it as-is, like I said I do like how it looks now. The gameplay is very stress inducing and I wasn't able to get very far at all, but this is easily my favorite interpretation of a submarine game I've seen thus far - which is saying a lot, there are countless submarine games this time around lol. Overall it's very polished and considering your game last jam I'm consistently impressed with what you guys are able to pull off in 72 short hours. Good shit
[Thanks for submitting your game to stream!](https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2430455310?t=04h43m25s)
This was an excellent entry. The polish on everything, from the visuals, to the audio to the mechanics, was just chef's kill :ok_hand:
I love how it slowly snowballs into chaos by the end. :laughing:
This is wild. Simple mechanically but unmatched in tension and atmosphere. Had me running around spinning plates and panicking the entire time. Awesome visuals and sound, and a haunting sense of scale, I just wish every thing you fixed had a progress bar like the windows being taped up. Really solid work!
Lovely ObraDinny atmosphere and great fun managing the chaos until it overwhelms you!
A really interesting game ! I feel like some more audio effect and clearer visual feedback would make the game even more satisfying !
Loved the mood of the game, the shader looks awesome!
Solid!
I played on Windows build, because browser one just kept on freezing (Brave browser)
Entertaining one-man crew game with easy to understand mechanics, pleasant & unique visuals and great atmosphere. It's fairly polished. I did found balance to be a bit rough though. Sometimes the same thing breaks twice in a row as you try to repair it, I think there should've been a cooldown timer.
How you made cruising feel so naturally took my breath away(figuratively, at first). It feels great despite being minimalistic. And the low-pitched sound of the horn - perfect!
The furthest I was able to get is 990m / Trench and died due to suffocation. Don't know how to go around that too as I don't think you can replenish oxygen and it breaks without any distinct sound (at least I didn't notice).
Funny thing, painful suffocating SFX plays endlessly after you die and still tortures me as I write this comment :laughing:
Great work guys!
~Xp
Thanks for sharing your link on stream. Had fun playing it!. Unique take on the theme.