Beachcomber

by mase
Overall★★★★★★★★★★4.02
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.48
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.98
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.10
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.54
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.73
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.45
Mood★★★★★★★★★★4.44
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★75%
Use your detector to find things under the sand.
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Controls: Arrow keys, Spacebar, & Mouse. Use the space bar to interact with objects or begin digging. Use the mouse to control hands.
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This game has three endings.
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masonlindroth.tumblr.com
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"Sea Waves" recording by Eelke Dekker. https://www.freesound.org/people/Eelke/sounds/144827/

Genres: adventure

Comments44

xensky29 Apr 2014, 03:10
a very brief but intense experience. well done.
Andrew Shouldice29 Apr 2014, 11:28
Wow, wow, wow. Wonderful.

Are those treated photos of modelling clay?
Helopol29 Apr 2014, 15:06
Woah this is so lovely. The visuals, the atmosphere, everything..!
<3
pereubu29 Apr 2014, 15:17
gorgeous \(&deg;0&deg;)/
DanielSnd
DanielSnd29 Apr 2014, 16:21
Got the ending with the coins XD really nice art, loved the digging part
kbm
kbm29 Apr 2014, 16:23
Absolutely wonderful, peaceful, interesting experience. Thank you so much for making this!
Ragzouken
Ragzouken29 Apr 2014, 16:27
lovely style as usual. loved digging the clay with my hand
abrie29 Apr 2014, 17:17
A deeper game than a quick glance reveals.
KayZ29 Apr 2014, 17:26
A very unique experience... I think I destroyed everything. But I don't know why^^.
Pierrec29 Apr 2014, 17:57
At last! I can grab your graphics with my own hand! Feels so good. Thanks.
samooJAM29 Apr 2014, 22:50
Your art style is incredibly awesome. I wish it was longer.
tchem
tchem30 Apr 2014, 02:16
My God,,, your artwork is so awesome,,,, i loved all in this little game....
RARoadkill30 Apr 2014, 02:59
Love the graphics, very interesting game.
kevinAlbs30 Apr 2014, 03:07
Breathtaking artwork and lovely theme. Bravo.
pancakecity
pancakecity30 Apr 2014, 03:09
I thoroughly enjoyed those endings
mneubrand30 Apr 2014, 03:09
Well done. Quirky in a good way, not what I originally expected.
Fasox30 Apr 2014, 05:13
Woderful art, i didnt expect such enfding
Nizar8930 Apr 2014, 12:40
Very nice and original graphics!
It was a great experience.
Chaoseed30 Apr 2014, 21:19
I definitely like the clay graphics, it make for a kind of strange, yet cheerful sort of mood. The gameplay was all right. It was a pleasant surprise to get the raft and find out there was more to the game than is first apparent! Three endings, huh? There is definitely potential for a lot of stuff here...
HybridMind
HybridMind1 May 2014, 03:07
What a really unique looking game! I love the style! I don't think I've ever played anything quite like this before. Very cool. I found one ending. I want to see a whole adventure game in this style now. :D
SonnyBone
SonnyBone1 May 2014, 08:26
I love the innovative look and artistic approach to game design. Very refreshing. :D
tenpn
tenpn1 May 2014, 13:05
really liked the aesthetic. minor quibble but would have liked cursor controls on WASD if you're going to force mouse sometimes.
Mase
Maseauthor1 May 2014, 16:07
@tenpn: I wanted to differentiate the walking and digging parts... and make the digging parts feel more visceral. I mean, there was some logic behind the control scheme. Though I would normally find inconsistent controls to be a pain... and I'd understand if anyone felt that way about this game.

@everybody: Thanks y'all. <3
conormn1 May 2014, 17:44
Incredibly well done. Tip of the hat to you :)
moonmagic
moonmagic2 May 2014, 06:09
I danced along with Beachcomber, together we danced, enjoying the activities we had undertaken and thinking about them all. Dancing together, holding each step in my hand next to the Coin that paid for it, dancing, falling in between Sand Plants and listening to the waves.
lowcade
lowcade2 May 2014, 16:51
Wow... Amazing!
Really different... Good use of theme
The final is fun!
Lokarunith
Lokarunith2 May 2014, 23:42
Really nice aesthetic, I love the atmospheere of your games.
Draknek
Draknek3 May 2014, 22:35
Well that was... err... something.
DustyStylus
DustyStylus4 May 2014, 14:34
Haha, I knew I was missing an LD favourite from my list. You didn't disappoint, sir! The jukebox made me jiggle my bits as well.
hyouko5 May 2014, 00:20
The 1-bit visuals remind me of old Mac OS shareware games that I used to play over at a friend's house. Very well done!
XenosNS
XenosNS5 May 2014, 01:23
Wow, beautiful
BadgerPriest
BadgerPriest6 May 2014, 03:29
My god. Simply spectacular. Never stop doing what you're doing.
lekochen
lekochen7 May 2014, 12:59
Wow this is beautiful.
Pitoum
Pitoum10 May 2014, 06:35
As usual, art is just perfect.
Thanks for that experience!
glbs
glbs12 May 2014, 00:46
Amazing art and mood! Your game really stands out of a lot of what I've seen. Your simple yet profound visuals are really inspirationnal.
AnnaGavaldaKedavra12 May 2014, 02:00
It's the most beautiful game of this Ludum dare. You created an atmosphere and a world, it is really great! REALLY.
Marcellus12 May 2014, 05:33
An UFO in the mole-something / mine-blahblah galaxy of this ludumdare. Sounds made the atmosphere really deep and those graphics are truly an art. It doesn't feel like a videogame, more like an interractive piece of art you could find in a museum. Congratulations for this entry.
Simon12 May 2014, 08:28
You had me dream and travel for a little while, thank you and great job!
Anoarith
Anoarith14 May 2014, 05:19
I think I had the best ending. Ever.
Striwx
Striwx14 May 2014, 15:39
Love the mood !
Blueberry Soft18 May 2014, 09:35
Thanks. I like this. I especially like the digging scenes. he contrast between the far view and the close view helped me feel like I was really on my knees, trying to look carefully into the ground. Though I think having each dig action being tied to 1 mouse click made those scenes go too fast. Maybe 1 dig per second or half second would be better.

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