mshrmgirl 2025-04-08 10:31
I really dig your character design. They are so cute, with those button eyes. Great job! I immediately jumped from the boat and got lost in the water, but after some wandering found the island.
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD57 → The Greater Depths
By bacontree
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 778 | 2.95 | 24 | |
| Fun | 817 | 2.56 | 24 | |
| Innovation | 573 | 3.04 | 23 | |
| Theme | 566 | 3.45 | 24 | |
| Graphics | 417 | 3.69 | 23 | |
| Audio | 303 | 3.52 | 24 | |
| Humor | 646 | 2.13 | 21 | |
| Mood | 580 | 3.34 | 24 |
I really dig your character design. They are so cute, with those button eyes. Great job! I immediately jumped from the boat and got lost in the water, but after some wandering found the island.
Really love the look of this, great style and mood to it
Nice visuals and sound. But the ghosts are so fast, I can't even run away from them. Anyway thanks for the game!
@mshrmgirl Haha, oh no! I put in a collision so you shouldn't be able to jump out of the boat, but I guess it doesn't work 100% 😅
@sayurinyooko If they see you they'll catch you. The trick is to sneak and not be seen. You can only see them when you're focusing, so you need to focus to see where they are and where they're going to avoid them. But you can't run when you're focusing so you have to balance it.
Nice style but the ghosts are too quick, the 2nd ghost can see you from a mile away and will beeline for the Player and that makes the whole experience not fun. I had to climb the terrain to escape it in a way that was obviously unintentional from a game puzzle perspective. The intro took too long to get to the ghost section and realize that it's going to be an ongoing struggle to continue.
@leo115 Thanks for the feedback! 😊
I got scared playing the ghost section. The ghost combined with the sound effect really got to me. But I really liked the way you created the atmosphere! It certainly set a certain tone to the game.
I liked the concept and atmosphere! The character design and the narrated story are nice too, it reminded me a little bit of Dear Esther. The sound design and ambiance works well, especially when encountering a ghost.
I had to restart the game twice because I fell off the boat and couldn't get back on, but once I stopped messing around, I was able to make progress. I felt the intro was a bit slow, and the other character moves slower than the main player. The ghosts are too fast also, which frustrated me a little bit.
The focus mechanic and its visual effects are pretty awesome, really enjoyed that. Overall, it's a good concept and an interesting story, I like it! Good work.
Ghosts are creepy =) Holly s*t UE5 is pretty but demanding, loaded my laptop to 100%
Encountered a bug where after ghost caught me for the second time all I could see was black screen and respawn was not happening.
Lol I jumped out the boat and had to run to catch up with it
Nice entry. The character design is great and the focus mechanic was pretty cool. I had a lot of trouble with the ghosts, which made me give up after a bunch of tries. Also, I had an issue at the beginning that I could not jump of the boat when it reaches the island and after trying for a while, I fell in the back of the boat and was stuck in a collision box that prevented me from going to any of the sides of the boat so I had to restart the game and watch the intro all over again. I can see it's well done, the character movement is well polished, the graphics are pretty, the sound design was good, but I couldn't progress further unfortunately. But great work with you game, it's really nice.
I just left the other character behind and started exploring and wandering around but didn't find anything until I ran back to the beginning and the characters started talking and explaining the focus mechanic and then slowly walking back to the part I had already explored :sweat_smile:
The idea is SO COOL ! I really liked the mood, the first time a ghost caught me really scared me out haha :laughing:
Started adorble, ended spooky. That sound, when the ghosts catch you, is very spine chilling.
Nice work on the voice acting! Interesting concept overall
LOL! The mood is very immersive! So cute! Really fun game. Great job.