Deep Descent

polymathld 2025-04-08 17:53

Nice, simple, appealing core concept, and everything controlled well! Was fun dodging objects and shooting towers. I do have to say, it feels like it's missing some challenge and could use at least a couple more mechanics--like, for example, a player health bar that you have to manage, or speed boosters you need to hit to stay ahead of the red wave. I made it to -2000 and it didn't seem to be getting any harder, and felt like I could have gone on for quite awhile, but I wasn't feeling challenged and the game didn't seem to be getting noticeably more difficult.

Definitely have something here though, add a few more things and I could see this being super fun to play. Nice work!

okean 2025-04-09 08:18

Quite fun to play. I would like the difficulty to increase over depth

ntmalichi 2025-04-09 12:26

Cute little game! I think it is not punishing enough - I felt like I could stay in the red for way too long / take too many hits before dying. Like the only reason I did die eventually is by intentionally going into the red and checking out if I'm invincible or not

hdvr02 2025-04-09 12:41

The game is good, but lacks progression and a little more variety

ilinx 2025-04-09 14:16

Cool and simple, could be expanded upon! I liked it

iphelf 2025-04-09 14:50

Simple and straight forward (, or should I say, downward). Good job!

jnur 2025-04-09 15:58

Liked it! I don't completely agree with some of the others that it could've been expanded on, I think game jam games excel exactly when they don't have too many mechanics. And I think this has a pretty good balance in that regard, the only thing missing IMHO is a difficulty curve

xwilarg 2025-04-09 18:32

Quite fun and addicting to play! Shooting wasn't really useful since you could just spam it but other than that a great game!

vegeo 2025-04-09 23:42

Pretty fun! I basically have similar notes to other comments here. Could use something in progression, whether that be theme changes, speed increase, etc. The red wall doesn't really feel like a threat after the first 15 seconds or so. But otherwise, I really like the art and particle effects. I think they could have done with more variation but that's understandable. What you have here looks really good!

toilari 2025-04-10 11:10

Simple mechanics, easy to learn and quite fun! To me the most glaring thing the game lacks is a difficulty ramp-up, as it felt like I had to intentionally try to lose for the red wave to catch up.

A really solid compo entry, great work! <3

mayrakissa 2025-04-10 11:41

Simple yet engaging, big fan of the "Newgrounds" flash-game type graphics and feel.

atsh 2025-04-16 04:39

I liked some details - like how the ship stop to shoot, and the particle work is really well done using simple sprites

I think this game is currently too easy, as I needed to read in the comments how to lose :) Also I'm not sure there is a benefit to shoot towers, maybe if they will be more punishing. And also I think it's hard to see what's in front of you

Still, this is a working and fun game. Well done