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Year	LD	Theme			Game	Division	Rank
2025	57	Depths			Disregard this Entry	unfinished
2025	57	Depths			Raid the Abyss	extra

LD57 — Depths (30)

Nine Lives Deep by Simon Rahnasto 2025-04-24T20:24:04Z ♥ 3

Very high quality game, amazing for the timeframe- from fun to art to sound to humor, top notch! Reminds me of hammerfight with the spinning anchor attack, it would be cool to have the impacts feel a bit more weighty.

Hireblades by quasilyte 2025-04-24T18:15:01Z ♥ 1

It was fun! I was defeated at the stage where my pieces were scattered along the map edge and the enemy army was all together. I liked the units getting stronger and leveling up, but it took so much gold to keep them healthy, I think the better strategy might be to let them die and hire new ones? The direction I recommend taking it is to having a more persistent base or something so losing a battle doesn't end the run, but you can rebuild your army after setbacks.

The Chase Beneath by Alvaron 2025-04-24T16:58:10Z ♥ 1

Very nice job! I recommend a save/load system because I got stuck on a bag of garbage about 15 minutes in, after turning the valve to shut off the steam leak, which sadly discouraged me from retrying to see the ending. Great job on the eerie audio and visual setting, I still have the footsteps in my ears!

Planet Divers: XTREME Underground by Thunnus 2025-04-24T16:42:43Z ♥ 2

Graphics and Audio were top notch, I couldn't figure out how to control the game with mouse and keyboard though. I'm sure that and some other QOL features like a 'Quit' button would make it in if you had longer. The humor style reminded me of rick n morty, nice job!

Aerofish Project by almost 2025-04-24T16:26:41Z ♥ 1

I was enjoying it! I noticed I never had to worry about resources, I might balance that a bit more. Also, I never got the aerofish hover time upgrade, which helped me win faster I think. Nice art and creative setting, good job!

Somnium by Roitchie 2025-04-24T16:08:58Z ♥ 3

Nice puzzle/walking simulator! I thought the transitions between rooms that don't make physical sense were well done and the dream-like feel was spot-on! Music and SFX fit well. I did find myself trying to bunny-hop or some other way to go faster but I understand that dream-feeling where you can't go as fast as you want to.

Fantascope Chasm by RubixNoob13 2025-04-24T15:54:56Z ♥ 2

I loved the effect of seeing the deeper layers! I really wanted to do something like that for mine but it didn't work out. Art and sound fit well. The boss was very difficult. I got used to the movement but kept trying to strafe. I wished for a way to increase damage output, to cut down on kiting spiders while my mp recharged. Additional enemies or spells would add more replay value. Great job!

Cartoscoot by Mr_Field 2025-04-24T15:31:21Z ♥ 1

I couldn't beat the shopkeeper when I first met him, I liked the game! I would prefer a different combat system to pushing the direction of the enemy rapidly. Overall, it was very well done and nicely polished! The puzzles were intuitive, the sound/music fit really well, and the art was charming!

A Final Deed by 0X_VOID_X0 2025-04-24T15:08:52Z ♥ 1

Beautiful game! It made me think of pets that have move on and want to cherish the ones still here. The sound effect to the next stage can be turned down a bit I think.

Sunken Secrets by BinaryPrinciple 2025-04-24T14:47:16Z ♥ 1

Controls felt tight and responsive, audio was clean and high quality! I appreciated that you could reset the timer and not suffer permanent damage when backing out of the high pressure zone. Great job, I would definitely play a few more levels!

Descend by Placeholders 2025-04-24T14:33:04Z ♥ 1

Cool idea with the music adapting to the level! I think it could be worth developing more with trickier puzzles using these mechanics

DorfSlinger by gdman 2025-04-24T14:25:39Z ♥ 1

This was charming, funny, and addictive! I was hoping that I could get through the last layer with strong enough tools, but only broke one or two blocks. Going left was harder than going right because it sent him feet first.

Stars In The Deep by angry_fridge 2025-04-24T14:09:24Z ♥ 1

It was fun, the boss surprised me! The hitbox on the mines suprised me too my first dive, but then I gave them a wide berth. firefox_bRvLJV6LID.png

Dig Digger by Transkuja 2025-04-23T23:29:59Z ♥ 5

The music being sync'd with the game was very impressive, this had a great level of polish and simple mechanics that allow for skill and strategy! I was around 60k on my first successful run.

The Imploder by matid90 2025-04-23T23:14:24Z ♥ 3

This was fun! The controls were difficult to keep straight for me, and it was a bit hard to scare off or torpedo fish that were right on top of me. The music seemed to gain intensity at lower O2 levels, and I thought the name/theme was pretty funny.

A Very Deep Tunnel by Sicosiber 2025-04-22T22:20:52Z ♥ 1

This was very addicting! I reached the end with about 50 extra beehives, haha! Every once in a while my controls would get stuck, but jamming all the direction keys seemed to fix it. The next building I was wishing I could buy was something to deposit crystals from the behives to reduce running to each one.

Flatline by Empyreans 2025-04-22T21:56:32Z ♥ 1

Nicely polished game! Good fusion of a minimalist puzzle game with reflex intensive block-breaker mechanics. It took many tries for me to time my moves right, but I can tell this is something you can develop skill at. It might dilute the pure skill gameplay, but I found myself wishing for adrenaline to widen the path a bit when I could tell I was a few pixels off in my timing.

Twisto the Anteater by MTabasco 2025-04-22T01:01:31Z ♥ 1

Very fun, I enjoyed playing! I wasn't sure when I did the surround mechanic correctly, and ended up clearing all the ants in range and not being able to find the queen due to the tongue sucking back in.

The Depths by digital bacon 2025-04-21T18:37:04Z ♥ 1

I like the mood and the theme fit very well! Good use of audio assets.

Last Knight Standing by Chaja 2025-04-21T18:30:22Z ♥ 0

I don't see your game, did you publish it without including a link to it?

In Murky Waters by Virtual Turtle Studio 2025-04-21T18:25:20Z ♥ 0

I liked the puzzle, not too hard, not too obvious!

I'm going to get to the bottom of this. by MrTroy 2025-04-21T18:05:37Z ♥ 0

I like the concept of sending heroes in to the maze one by one without resetting the progress. After I learned to dodge, not fight, I was able to clear it.

Wamps Hate Falling Apples by Tod Semple 2025-04-21T17:50:34Z ♥ 1

This was really fun! I pushed the button to keep playing after the first tree was defeated, eventually all the buttons disappeared, I might have had too many wamps.

The Atlantis Protocol by LianaAvk 2025-04-21T17:34:44Z ♥ 1

Great fit with the theme! It was a bit difficult to navigate the settings to find English, I was clicking everything seeing what would happen.

HatchLink - Your Pocket Pet Friend by SiENcE 2025-04-21T17:20:28Z ♥ 0

Cute and innovative! I figured out how to get past stage one and stack modifiers by sharing the link with myself, but couldn't move the chick to the next stage.

Earthsoul by lolipop 2025-04-21T17:09:21Z ♥ 0

I'm on firefox and this is what I see when I try running the game: firefox_NMet9tj5lf.png

Dig Note by eeperdeheap 2025-04-21T17:06:45Z ♥ 0

Funny premise, good start, I like the character sprite changing as you change directions! I would like it if the UI were more responsive and if you could open the treasure from any side.

Time PANIC by Maxwell3000 2025-04-21T16:56:18Z ♥ 1

I liked the challenge, like bomb defusal meets endless runner! Two bugs that came up for me: moving the sliders didn't work, and warping at the end breaks it. And not sure if it's my browser, but with the scroll bar on the right, it's possible to scroll the screen down away from the controls

Loon lagoon by geometer 2025-04-21T16:25:32Z ♥ 1

Heads up, try to play on the webpage and this pops up: firefox_gg9GAABGdC.png Maybe try reuploading?

Above 30,000 meters by oeueGHa 2025-04-21T16:23:17Z ♥ 1

Heads up, I went to download on itch.io and got this: firefox_wzcCgxDZYU.png Might be worth contacting someone about removing the scam warning.

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