Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → Users → jogo
| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Mo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 48 | Deeper and deeper | Memare | jam | 1390 | 3.23 | 2.89 | 3.15 | 4.05 | 4.13 |
Cool idea! Love how much you focused on story and mood. Got a whole backstory going in three days, impressive. Music and graphics are also great, cudos :) what I had hoped for when I read about your tether was a bit more realistic rope physics, but mainly because I also didn't do the greatest job on the ropes in my entry, haha. Was disapointed that it was over already after three levels, wanted to play more ;)
Damn, my fingers are hurting and my diver seems to have died from exhaustion. I've played it for an hour straight. This game is on point. Nothing more to say. Now please excuse me, I've got some treasure to spend on a good hand-surgeon
I really like the mood you created. It reminds me of Quake and the Nar Shaddaa level in Jedi Outcast. Graphics and audio harmonize well with that. The mechanics are very satisfying and I see tremendous speedrun potential here.
@whynot thank you! I'm not sure if you've encountered any sharks, but in theory you can shoot them with it ^^ yes, the whole gameplay thing got quite lost in me geeking out on the mood / story elements, unfortunately.
@2bitcrook thanks :) it was really tricky though, because everytime I did something for the audio / mood, I knew that I'm actually just compensating gameplay here. majorly underestimated how much effort enemies would be. the rope not having physics that affect anything but itself (no collision, no real attachment to other object) didn't help either.
@crazybot thank you! The reel in was supposed to be a real animation, but well ... the whole rope has no physics, so that was a bit tricky. Totally agree with you on the different styles. This was the first time I did pixel art and I had a hart time figuring out how palettes work in Aseprite. In the end I just used the ones that are built in and things got mixed up majorly
@eta well, yeah, that's what I managed to finish in the time :/ I had great plans, but turns out that I underestimated AI, haha. But actually there is a bit more to it. The theme is not only represented in what you are doing in the game, but also in the narrative. Apparently I failed gloriously in communicating it though xD
@heyllopotato thanks for trying out my submission and the detailed feedback :)
- yes, I started with mood instead of mechanics. will do better next time ;) - yes again. I didn't find too much assets I liked and had no more time to make my own - the harpoon 'should' scare off the sharks. But it doesn't work all the time. It's not a feature, it's a bug - same goes for the shark attacks
@not-as-artistic heyo, thanks a lot for your feedback! Interesting take on the combat, most people seem to have been disappointed that it wasn't like combat usually is (and don't get me wrong, this is not by design, haha). Unfortunately I did a not so great job on communicating the divers story (which is a bummer, because it's what was the most fun to me). But I will polish this up in the coming weeks. If you're interested, I'll send you the final version, so you can find out the truth for yourself ;)
@boxedmeatrevolution oh no, I actually just realized that my webGL build is somehow broken :0 there *should* be a lifeline that is attached to the diver that in the end pulls you up. It works in the Unity Editor and the Windows build. I will fix this, please don't burn me at the stake