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YearLDThemeGameDivisionRankOvFuInThGrAuHuMoCo
201429Beneath the SurfaceSewer Escapecompo7982.932.682.393.182.502.812.003.2650

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Comments by somethingsimilar

LD29 — Beneath the Surface

Down Through Sins by Toki Anholmes 2014-04-28T18:59:00

Beautiful game. Love the mechanics, your audio and graphic style is brilliant.

Superb.

Surface Battle by Zerod 2014-04-28T18:32:00

Fun game! I enjoyed picking up the different weapons and blasting away. A few comments:
- The controls were kind of awkward. Many a time I was moving in one direction, tapped in the other to turn round and shoot, but the direction didn't change until the momentum did. This makes it really hard to pull of cool shots!
- Can you shoot the big black shark thing? Didn't work for me...

DEA Simulator by Siewart 2014-04-29T12:56:00

Really nice game! Great graphics, really nice idea, and a good difficulty curve. I enjoyed it a lot!

spelunker by titoboss 2014-04-28T16:46:00

Very difficult game - think you could have benefited from making the various traps more obvious, as I had barely any time to move anywhere!

Moon Mole Massacre by jcvsmc 2014-04-28T19:48:00

Nice idea, well executed, good fun! Kept me amused for a good while :)

The Day After by caryoscelus 2014-04-28T19:56:00

Fun little story - I got the most normal ending, it seems. With a little more time and polish this could be really good!

Whale Princess Rescue Expedition by zinfandel 2014-04-28T16:00:00

A lot of fun! From what I played, though, it seemed very difficult to lose - was fun chipping away a bit of ice to look for the next goodies. Think there's definitely a lot of potential in this :)

UnderMine by aritzh 2014-04-28T13:46:00

I can't run it either, I'm afraid - shame, it looks like a good concept!

When I tried to run it through the command line (java -jar "UnderMine.jar", I got a java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersion error : "Unsupported major.minor version 52.0"

Hope that helps :)

Underground Passage fight by Phyyl 2014-04-28T12:15:00

Fun little game! The difficulty curve is a little odd - I found the game pretty easy until the blue level, whereupon I died pretty quickly.

The use of Up to fire I found a little counter-intuitive - I kept wanting to press down to shoot down (a la Binding of isaac), but in the end I just held it down and spammed.

Nice little sprites and graphics, not a bad effort! :)

Aerogel by triforcespark 2014-04-28T13:52:00

Score 2896 in 56 moves. Really fun game, great twist on the typical kind of genre.

The only thing I could possibly suggest as an improvement (which I'm sure you've considered) is an animation for when you got rid of the blocks - it was a little confusing at first to see why things disappeared and what should appear at the top.

Good stuff!

In Too Deep by Toestee 2014-04-28T12:08:00

Really excellent graphics, and the story, whilst short, was great fun. You definitely managed to hook me in quickly :)

Going Down by Jimanzium 2014-04-28T12:18:00

The windows version doesn't seem to run for me - is it compiled for 32-bit? I think I need a 64-bit one.

Delve Into the Deep by frogcheese 2014-04-28T12:22:00

Really well put-together little game! The audio and graphics worked brilliantly, and the game was very good at making me push my luck and try to stay down a *little* bit longer to find more treasure. I like it!

Iceberg - Beneath the Surface by jacobrb95 2014-04-28T16:19:00

Relatively simple idea, but REALLY well executed.

I just wish it saved at the start of each level! I got halfway through level 5 before being caught out, then was too disheartened to do the others again...

Up until that point, though, I had a lot of fun. :)

Mission "Tank" by Doubstract 2014-04-28T15:39:00

Really... odd. But really fun!

I've seen in the comments people clicking the skulls - but I could just mouse over them. Not sure if that's a bug?

Great intro, really fun!

Lost Beneath by tGiant 2014-04-28T18:44:00

Your jumping mechanic is really weird - the double jump seems to go higher if you tap quickly rather than tapping at the peak of the first jump. Made Level 2 difficult at first!

That aside, I love your mechanics and I love how the light dims as the oil goes down. Your graphics are great too!

Memory Eater by Zyper 2014-04-28T16:04:00

That's a really sweet idea! Didn't work out what you were getting at until the crash at the end, then I laughed. Quite fun, pretty trippy, not easy on the eyes! :)

Props for making it in C++ though, that sounds difficult..

It goes on by Xangotrick66 2014-04-29T12:23:00

I think the concept you have is a really neat one - however, with some turns I couldn't really figure out how to play it. I kept getting the same card (Mundanity) when I ended my turn - is that supposed to happen?

In The Caves by Clinthoney 2014-04-28T13:57:00

I really like it! Great little platformer, and I loved your lighting/art style/the trampoline blocks.

If I had to critique a little, I'd say an autosave after each level would be good - I messed up Level 2 once or twice and that got annoying. And perhaps an option to Mute / Disable the jump sound?

Otherwise, it was fun :)

Beneath the surface, chasing the killer... by snake5 2014-04-28T16:24:00

The mood is excellent, and the lighting affects are perfect for what you were going for. I was kind of hoping for more hazards other than the killer, but he was fun to chase around the map for a while :)

The Monastery by petrih 2014-04-28T15:53:00

Don't normally play these games, but after a little getting used to, I was up and running!

Found the number of nothings I found a little disheartening after a while, but I had fun with the battles once I knew my way around!

I Rarely Go Outside by Blokatt 2014-04-29T12:34:00

Really great game! The highway bit made me jump, and the atmosphere you created was excellent!

I was left wondering what happened when he went outside though...

Gray Surface by Geckoo1337 2014-04-29T12:17:00

Fantastic game! Really simple idea but pulled off with enough flair and style that I still found it really fun and really different.

Small, sure, but well polished! :)

BeneathTheSurface by CupcakeMedia 2014-04-28T19:44:00

Absolutely superb entry! Damn difficult though...

I love your style, and throwing an FPS as solid as this together in the time is impressive!

Water Golf by Jaenis 2014-04-29T17:00:00

Theme? Meh. The gameplay is really fun, your water physics are great!

I wish you could generate some kind of "par" for each level and count the number of "ripples" it takes you - would certainly add to the challenge!

Good job on generating it randomly though, it works like a charm for me :)

Alien Lobotomy by Soup With Bits 2014-04-29T16:56:00

Really nice puzzle concept, as soon as I worked it out! The thing that made it click for me is that each neuron can have multiple neurons connecting into it. Once that clicked, it was much easier to understand.

I had a lot of fun - could have done with being longer! :)