Bathyscaphe11

by j_peeba
Overall★★★★★★★★★★4.02
Fun★★★★★★★★★★4.05
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.04
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.84
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.86
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.85
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.88
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.92
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★73%
Bathyscaphe11 is a fast paced top-down shooter. You are a lone survivor aboard a bathyscaphe and you need to go through a series of submersibles to clean up a mutant infestation! Game features multiple levels, different weapons and monsters as well as an energetic soundtrack!

You can listen to or download the soundtrack here as well: https://soundcloud.com/john-peeba/bathyscaphe11-soundtrack/s-W6MOi

This is my third LD game and it's my most ambitious one to date. The game took around 25 hours in total to make. Created with Unity3D, Photoshop, Aseprite and Ableton Live.

Here's a development timelapse video: http://youtu.be/pq4kEEi4mmM

Comments39

shs28 Apr 2014, 04:35
That's a clever way of creating "shadows".
Hempuli
Hempuli28 Apr 2014, 09:36
The shadows looked amazing! At first it felt like the enemies were too tough, but once you started inroducing new weapons and enemies it got rather interesting! A tiny bug, I think: the enemies kept rotating slowly instead of looking at me when attacking.
j_peebaauthor28 Apr 2014, 09:57
Yeah. Enemy rotation was one of the things that sort of fell off my table when I was in hurry. :)
gabbsson28 Apr 2014, 11:10
Awesome game! Music really added suspense!
mtrc28 Apr 2014, 11:31
Fantastic! I love this kind of game. Enjoyed finding the secrets too - can't believe you did this all in two days.
Romko Pidstryhach28 Apr 2014, 11:38
This is epic:D. Reminds me of good old Doom. And these shadows - ingenious trick!
j_peebaauthor28 Apr 2014, 11:56
Hey, thanks for the comments! For the shadow trick I'll have to give credit for Teleglitch. ;)
gikdew
gikdew28 Apr 2014, 12:01
I love that lighting style, its really nice! Great concept!
Zolkren28 Apr 2014, 12:04
Good game, reminds me of wolfenstein 3d for some reason.
qntnm
qntnm28 Apr 2014, 12:12
Wow, the visual style is amazing (are they tall black walls the make the shadows?!), the murdering of enemies is satisfying and the little secret rooms are a great touch. One of my favourites this LD so far!
petrih28 Apr 2014, 13:52
Very nice music and a great game! Very hard to control the player with the trackpad. I have to try it again later with a mouse.
primaerfunktion28 Apr 2014, 14:03
Thats one hard game you've made here! Especiallly in the beginning when you enter the room full of those bad boys. It's really enjoyable though. Good work!
Scam28 Apr 2014, 14:34
Loved the assault shotgun! Great game.
Hypnohustla
Hypnohustla28 Apr 2014, 14:36
Solid shooter! Great mood and music. I wish the weapon sounds were a bit more powerful but that's a minor complaint :)
no.One28 Apr 2014, 14:52
Love the shadows, IA a bit dumb sometimes but great game !
pawegio
pawegio28 Apr 2014, 14:58
This game rocks. Starting from interesting, storytelling tutorial and ending on awesome music. Very comfortable steering and game is very addictive (at first quite difficult, but after few deaths it's playable).
cageinabird28 Apr 2014, 15:03
Liked the variety of weapons and enemies. The reload feels slightly on the long side, but makes things more tense!
Recursiveanomaly28 Apr 2014, 15:24
Love it! Really fun gameplay. It was neat finding a bunch of different guns. Music was perfect as well.
Diptoman
Diptoman28 Apr 2014, 15:25
Welp, that was hard. @_@
Nothing new, but solid entry!
hhayk28 Apr 2014, 15:31
looks awsome
Split82
Split8228 Apr 2014, 15:50
Solid entry. Great controls.
xerohuang
xerohuang28 Apr 2014, 16:13
nice shadows and great game play. :)
mactinite
mactinite28 Apr 2014, 19:16
Real fun, reminds me of the flood levels from Halo. The way you did the shadows was pretty ingenious. I never would have thought to do that.
Jools6428 Apr 2014, 19:55
Very solid top down shooter, great graphics, soundtrack and very fun game-play. I really liked the little messages on the ground too. Nice work!
zanenga28 Apr 2014, 20:18
Great game! And dat shadow trick! Hahaha, awesome!
Beep2Bleep28 Apr 2014, 22:01
I can't rate as I didn't make a game but GREAT JOB. I'm going to look at the source to see how you made it in unity3d.
jugglerrob29 Apr 2014, 04:35
Pretty cool. I made a game that was similar last Ludum Dare.
petrih29 Apr 2014, 08:37
Best game I've played so far! Well done!
BuKaneerz29 Apr 2014, 12:07
Awesome work !
I really like this "hotlinemiami" style, with really cool shadows, and these weird aliens !
Keep it up !
eufrik29 Apr 2014, 16:43
Awesome game! I like the shadow effect. Good job!
anbreizh
anbreizh29 Apr 2014, 21:47
Very nice game
SaintHeiser30 Apr 2014, 01:50
Nit bad but connection with theme lost.
Danvil1 May 2014, 12:47
Very good game! I like the aiming mechanism: if you keep the mouse near your character you can rotate quickly but inaccurately; if its further away mor accuracy and less speed.
Kate Kligman1 May 2014, 15:00
Loved the shadows and the music.
matt_j7 May 2014, 21:42
Shadows + lighting look good :)
Myyyvothrr
Myyyvothrr9 May 2014, 13:25
Really fun to play, liked the music and the shadows!
mrbungle
mrbungle9 May 2014, 22:15
Truly awesome environmental graphics and good fun to boot!
Teesquared
Teesquared10 May 2014, 22:00
Difficulty is high but it kept me playing. Shadow trick is great and adds to the mood. The random accuracy thing didn't work for me. I had a hard enough time aiming :)
voxel17 May 2014, 20:41
I enjoyed the short, sharp levels. Some nice ambushes, and didn't feel like I got sent back too far when I died.

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