#Deep by HitchH1k3r 2025-04-07T12:19:27Z
Cute graphics, good music. Quite a nice project!
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| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 58 | Collector | FluxBeam | compo | 134 | 3.21 | 2.70 | 2.52 | 3.31 | 2.88 | 3.23 | 2.76 | 3.66 | |
| 2025 | 57 | Depths | The Investigator | compo | 230 | 3.14 | 2.86 | 2.95 | 2.94 | 3.22 | 2.92 | 2.90 | 3.45 |
Cute graphics, good music. Quite a nice project!
Cute pixel art style. I love cute things :) Additional appreciation for not using a Game Engine
A bit complex game for me, but visuals are good! Well played.. Oops. Well developed! :)
Nice combination of darkness and light. I didn't really understand why the enemies sometimes suddenly disappear as if teleported behind the map, but I enjoyed the game.
The visuals and audio remembered me Mount Moon with Zubats in Pokemon Red :) Good game and tasks in it!
When I first seen a screenshot from the game, i Dont know why but remembered some Pokemon Game on GameBoy. Cool game and nice entry :)
Making such game in Unreal Engine 5 is interesting decision! Anyways.. Good job!
Simple but good. If more time was given, may be a greater project! Enjoyed playing.
Nice grind game. Actually took me time to play :) Some bugs there of course, and strange feature which let's say are bugs as well, like you can get negative energy and in some cases continue to play or skip the mine completely. Also, graphics and simple animations with audio would be perfect!
Very entertaining! Love that game
HERE WE GO! ClickTeam fusion! Hehe :) Nice game. I would say VERY nice, visual, mechanics everything on a high level. Good job, nicely done!
Imagine doing a pull up every time you lose :) Great game!
Classic retro style. Never gets old. Good game
Unusual gameplay. Unusual mechanics. Average music. Nice and cool experience.image_2025-04-06_213453041.png
Tag me please when links appear! Would be glad to play
Game is nice. Pretty easy. I thought the AI of enemies is a bit easy too. Graphics are not bad! Sounds are not bad as well, but lack of music actually.. would be better with easy tracks :) Good project!
Love the gameplay and style. One of the coolest games I have seen on this jam so far. But movement and controls are a bit unusual and odd. Anyway, was nice to play it.
Love the idea! But probably had to be edited the feature, that if you go deep enough you can just bounce from top to bottom slices and get the score really fast and go deep as well fast. Anyways, nice one!image_2025-04-07_150828812.png
Nice game to complete. Music is some kind of special
Love the idea and realization. The greatest contender here.
A very good game! Had vibes from Spirit of The North :) As soon as I enjoy both animals, spirit theme and more, definitely 5/5.
Great idea. I expected less, but it was a nice experience. Even would be glad to see a heavily developed version on Steam
This is quite something!! If you want the bad thing - only a bit slow controls. All right, you are underwater, not accepted. Other stuff is just incredible! Nice game! Great idea! Awesome result!
Funny story :) Good game
If I had to to one push up for every fail, damn, I would be the most strong person in the universe. This game is awesome in every aspect
Haven't seen something like this before. Interesting idea, nice controls but a bit hard. Probably just enhance the graphics and audio and would be perfect game :)
POV: You pushed straight to the bottom of the world with stone pickaxe in Minecraft :) Nice game. Would be perfect to see Streamers playing it and published to Steam a developed version hehehe :D
And somehow I found a bug when you go to the second floorimage_2025-04-07_165337348.png
@ntmalichi good games deserve good compliments :) Keep going
Unfortunately I am too dumb to understand the game. But I liked the idea, animations and the mechanics.
Something I have no tonight. Nice game :)
LOL. Nice game. 10 smashed balloons of 10
Definitely one of the best games so far. Music, art, everything is on high level. Would be like to see it on Steam once.
Good experience! I am on the top of leaderboard now :P Cutscene is a different type of awesomeness. The game play is common dodge game, but still a very nice theme for it.
Audio is pretty interesting. I was thinking those white balls are actually stars which we see from the Earth sometimes flying in the sky. Great journey!
Simple, but catchy. I didn't got what actually SHIFT does, seems it doesn't work so far? Sound is good. Idea is interesting. Nice game!
Not a bad game, but has a bunch of frustrating bugs. But if polished, would be a better project!
Totally not a bad game for a first one. Well done. Have the best luck on your path into that interesting game dev world
@mauzart It is always nice to try out new games, especially when developers struggle to make them better.
And you may call a game dev yourself now :) You have done a job which 70% of developers would never do - finish a project, and did what 99% of 8 billion humans will never do - make a game :)
A bit strange controls. Nice idea. When I lose, cannot do anything. I do not know if it was intended. As well as I do not know why I laughed when got first attacked my first NPC. Anyway, nice experience, I enjoyed it.
Oh well! I didn't expect that much! This is amazing! Totally a banger.
Beautiful story. Should be updated, polished and pushed straight to Steam
Love the space theme, and the LD57 theme is hit as well. Great experience, but could be done better!
Very very nice experience! Chilling music is the best part! Space is always a nice topic to make a game about. A little bit dull because of lack content, but I jumped from a sudden suck into the black hole.
@vladcfg this is a very good game to be the first one. Keep on going
Interesting idea and gameplay, but looks a bit underdeveloped! Anyway, cool music and nice mechanics
@onngd very good for a first entry! Best luck with next project!
@dnp thanks for a feedback! For this version of a game my aim was to actually finish somewhat. I wrote dialogs just from the head what first came to my mind, it was really the worst and hardest for me. What about different endings, I was failing on it because for that moment have been working on a project for 30 hours straight. It actually depends on how many people you find guilty. If you check 3 or less, one ending. 4 or 5 another. 6 - third. It was not implemented to check if person is really in guilty. But intended to be like a morale of the player check. I know that boss reaction is also the same, I could do better :) Anyways, thanks for a review.
@maxem4ek Thanks for a feedback :)
@javasaurus thanks for a feedback, it is more than valuable for me. Yes, indeed, as I have wrote above, my main wish and aim was to make a game, what 70% of devs here fail with. I did that and feel a kind of proud :) Now I will try to do something bigger and probably one day even make a game which will be suitable to push to Steam. Thanks again for a feedback! Appreciate that
@k1n glad you enjoyed it!
@sharky3188 Thanks for a feedback :) Glad you played my game
@ssiannas Hey! Thanks for a feedback! Actually there are some problems which I realized only after submission finished. Like one you mentioned, I did a notice on the "Day 1 " from Supervisor, that the day goes from 10 to 18 and that is the issue, because I understand it is quite easy to not notice, or skip (small font size etc.). And actually I didn't manage to think how to not make players get bored because they cannot skip the day when everything is read.
Anyways, thanks for feedback :)
@protzz thanks :) May be done better by me. But still at least I finished the game! :D
@atsh thank you! And I caught myself that I didn't state anywhere that the game will last for 14 days. After 14 days you have "A Special Investigation" which will show you your destiny. Sorry for that! What about dialogs, basically I had an array of 2-5 dialogs everyday because had not enough time setting all my ideas (I have realized only 40% of the content which I thought would be in the game). And you can only switch on the right through that Array, should be considered like a bug. Huge thanks for a feedback!:)
@d-omino thanks for a feedback! My game could never repeat the success of cult Papers :) However, it is just "Not a bad game", let's say. I wonder how actually I could do that in 48 hours only! I mean, I have been working 30 hours straight, took a 3 hours nap and did every stuff remaining. Thanks again for playing!
@dzejpi You do not even know how helpful you feedback is for me! I have saved it to my list of things to remember. Yes, it is indeed my first big game, "bigger than minesweeper" tier. I had been making different programs so far, like "infinite Discord online status", and decided to try my best in Game Dev. Thanks again VERY much for playing and giving that kind of feedback!!! <3
@barnabewild Thanks for a feedback!
@jared-saizdelamora Thanks for your feedback :) There is no limit for polishing and improving, but definitely I think it is a good game to be here :) Thanks for review again!
@sayeg I am glad you enjoyed playing it :) I wish I had enough experience in music making so it would be much better!
@mauzart thanks for your feedback, I really appreciate that! Yes, UX is a bit weird, I confirm that :) What about the day, my bad for not stating it more clear, on the first day "Supervisor" says that the day goes from 10:00 to 18:00. In the left bottom corner there is something like a clock. Also I forgot to add a title "Investigation". There are 6 investigations in the game, plus one special. And after each one you must say if the person is in guilty by basic logic of his answers (I struggled to make it the most obvious way). Although, I didn't realize most of the content, like finding info in the database, calling to other Investigators, promotions, back story and the family. Thanks again for such a warm review :)
@clare-chan1738 Thanks a lot :)
@scrawach if it won't bother you, can you please make a recording of the screen if you don't mind and send to me on the email which is in my profile? Would be more than appreciated.
@scrawach glad you figured out that! What about UX, yea! With my next game I will pay more attention to that. Thanks for time spent playing the game :)
@oter thanks for a feedback, and thanks to others as well! I will use that to build a much better game next time :)
@0x-void-x0 thanks for a review! I just wonder why all people say that music is okay :P This is basically one line of piano which I made in FL studio in 3 minutes :D All right.
What about other points, thanks a lot for that. I have saved it to my sheet to go through while developing my next game :) And yea, I had to actually add more specific details how to play.. Thanks anyway for feedback!
@ibandurist @clintor24 @coderaurus @thisyc thank you folks for your feedbacks, much appreciated :)
@manabreak @izzqz thanks for your words and feedbacks!
@rolly Aww, that is too kind :) I was growing in the very toxic society where the best feedback you can receive is something "that work is trash" with no clarifications :/ So that style is totally some issues from my side. Thanks for that kind of feedback, much much appreciated :)
@swooty that is exactly what I was looking for! Thanks for that kind of feedback, I have saved it to my papers to keep in mind key details while developing my next game :)
@the3rdhunter thanks for your feedback! I had made only 40% of all features I wanted to actually develop, and quite overestimated my abilities :P The stuff you describing like ask the suspect about specific topics or the backstory should be implemented, but simply it was not enough time for me :( Audio is a huge problem I think, because the last time I did something in music was in the first year of my school :) Thanks again for that review! It was very helpful
@vladimperator @dywanix thanks for kind words towards my project :=)
@sayomgwtf thank you very much for a review :) Bad sides of the game were taken into consideration to make future projects even better :)
Cover image looks nice. Would like to try it
@javasaurus I suppose they post many updates in feed, still wonder how does the buzz score work :P
Very interesting game, but a bit disbalanced. Like for example, no matter the speed, you will lose equal amount of health. Anyway, good entry! Thanks for a game like that
UPD: Very, VERY good entry, for a first game :)
@cherrybcake you are more than welcome!
This is quite something. Nice experience
Not bad at all! Nice mechanic of climbing, however, the sound is a bit overwhelming :P Movement seems to have a kind of delay, when I release buttons I still go. And some areas may be a bit brighter! Anyway, GG!
Awesome journey. Even those small underdevelopments cannot be considered bad.
Very impressive game to be done in so short time! Just a small bug - when you transfer between levels, you can still shoot. And if you shoot in the last moment, you projectile can still hit enemies ever the level is not yet started!
A funny game :D Should actually be very close to 10 best games :) Enjoyed it, thanks for an entry ;)
damn...
Playing for Larvitar pokemon was never that fun :D Great entry!
A great experience! Chill audio, cool graphics, very great submission! But had to find out in what way to eliminate the stones, before it became clear :D Thanks for a submission!
Unusual concept but not bad at any kind! Just a little more polishing and would be a great game! Thanks for your entry :)
A great game with cozy design. Thanks for your entry :)
Nice one! Pleasant art, great puzzle game. Thanks for your entry :)
Funny and nice game :) Cute art. That mouse... Is sneaky
Just love that art style. A bit buggy what about programming, well, with some polishing should be a tremendously great project. But your arts are just astonishing :D Well developed!
A beautiful game! A bit complicated for beginning, but great afterwards when you know how it works :) Thanks for an entry :)
Funny experience! But there was a small bug - if build a fence on the main entry, enemies would just wander around the map, while tower would attack them. Anyways, great game :) Also would suggest adding some screenshots right here on the main page
A very strong submission :) Probably would be in top-10. Good job!
What a cute game you have :D Enjoyed it from start till the end, you did a wonderful job! Well done :) For sure should get a very-very high place in Ratings
Familiar faces :) Enjoyed playing your submission on LD57. Nice entry, thanks for trying one more time on LD. Well done!
Simulator of Games Developer. Nice entry!
A funny game :) I hope those pink are diamonds, and they are for sale.. Thanks for the entry :)
A funny idea with nice implementation :) Good job!
@drikdrok thanks for a comment :) Not sure if you followed the opened path in the end. Currently - only collecting and following the history was only what I had time to implement :) If I would receive enough positive / negative feedback, I will think about polishing it quite enough after the Ludum Dare
@paroxysmal thanks for a comment :)
@d-omino Thanks for your words :))
@threeli thanks for those words :) I want to get some people feedback at first, and then will decide if it makes sense to make this game much much better, because now I am working on my another game which is available to wishlist on Steam :)
@thejackimonster thanks for your time :) There are only 7 souls (I should have marked them with colors, yeah..) And if you collect all of them, you will have a special message in the center of the screen what to do next.
@threeli I have a link on it in the bottom of the page description. Forsaken Valley, but haven't touched it since May. Although, one special person has given me a motivation nuclear bomb, so probably would start developing it again
@pres2300 thanks for your time and comment :) Glad you enjoyed ^^
@atsh thanks for those words :) From the perspective of a developer, I made a mistake and thought for some reasons that the average player would first go to the left, then to the right, and will collect the gray sphere as the last one. And I should have made some kind of glowing particles, but had no time :) Basically, if you would go to the "oops" direction, there is a blackhole which ends the game and says some outro. Thanks for your time and playing :)
@threeli thanks for those kind words :)
@zidan-banan @dmitriyci @torte478 @baluj
Thank you all for positive words and suggestions, thanks for your time spending on my project :3 Everything was taken into consideration
@eugenik thanks for your words :)
@avhatar thanks for playing :)
@avi thanks for playing :)
@kafuuchino thanks for your time playing my game :)
@lima-victor thanks a lot for playing! I am more than glad that my game could invoke some kind of emotions in you, it means you are alive and my game is not that bad as I thought :) Have a great daytime!
An absolutely breakthrough idea. I didn't hope to find a project which I would rate all-5 so fast. When I first saw the cover image, thought it would be something about collecting elements in Periodic table, but this one is even better. Absolutely fascinating! Would suggest to polish it more and send directly to Steam :)
A great addicting game! Wish to play it with no turns limit :D Has some bugs with programming, however, I absolutely enjoyed it :) Would also suggest posting several screenshots on the main page!
Making a game with emojis is a funny idea :D As a Hex games lover, that one is great :) Thanks for your submission