Splodey Boats

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.66
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.68
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.03
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.84
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.89
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.17
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.83
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.47
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★64%
Destroy the enemy submarines using your depth charges. You may only drop one charge at a time, so timing is everything. Use "space" to drop a charge, and then space again to detonate it. At night, you'll have to use your sonar to find enemies. It's slow to start, but it gets more interesting from stage 3-1 onwards!

Controls

- SPACE to drop a depth charge

- SPACE to detonate a dropped charge

- S to emit a sonar pulse

Comments22

NTR28 Apr 2014, 02:18
I dig the artstyle
badlydrawnrod28 Apr 2014, 16:11
This has a great look to it, with some cute touches such as the fish and the bubbles that rise from the submarines. Nicely done.
xgeovanni28 Apr 2014, 16:13
That old Pop Station game done right, I see. I've got the high score!
Daniel X. Moore28 Apr 2014, 16:39
Nice graphics! The gameplay itself seemed to me to be a little too easy though. I didn't really end up needing to move the boat much and could just drop charges and blow up subs whenever because there were so many to hit.
FrameMatt
FrameMatt28 Apr 2014, 16:42
It is amazingly balanced, gotta love it.
GiveMeAllYourCats28 Apr 2014, 19:10
I like it, the art is right the sounds are right and it feels nice owning those little subs. Best points goto Theme and Mood!
TowelKing28 Apr 2014, 22:28
great art style for the game. I wish the game play was a bit quicker, but that just might be my personal preference.
bakpakin28 Apr 2014, 22:34
Nice and simple, this reminds me of a little game I used to play on a palm pilot thing. Except better. Kind of slow, but not too slow. I got 4855.
voidqk
voidqk28 Apr 2014, 23:08
very simple but also very fun! satisfying to destroy multiple subs with the same blast :-)
davidwparker29 Apr 2014, 15:43
Yeah, a little slow gameplay, but well designed overall. Well done.
PapyGaragos
PapyGaragos29 Apr 2014, 20:56
I love entries like this one, it feels very complete and is a pretty good game in itself. You could (and should) post it on a game portal :)
whalebot
whalebot29 Apr 2014, 22:07
This is a very solid game. Well put together, with a perfect difficulty curve. Excellent work with this.
csanyk
csanyk29 Apr 2014, 23:16
Nice! I was worried it was going to be a flappy clone, but it satisfies. Challenge curve is a little slow, but I liked being able to play a slower paced game that still gets challenging.
HybridMind
HybridMind30 Apr 2014, 01:01
I have the current highscore, 12,660! That was really fun. Shouldn't it be called "Splodey Subs" though? ;) If I have any critical feedback, it would be that you don't introduce all those extra fun mechanics until too late in the game. I was about ready to quit thinking that I'd seen all the game had to show at mission 2-1. I was like, "Oh I see, it's just going to keep reducing my times by 10 seconds every 4 rounds. I'm glad I stuck around though because then you introduced the powerups, the sub torpedoes, the water mines, the sonar mode, etc. I bet a lot of players won't stick around that long at the current pace. Other than that, nice polished game!
Sodaware
Sodawareauthor30 Apr 2014, 01:51
Thanks for all the great feedback everyone, I really appreciate it!

Getting the progression right was something that bugged me during development. I originally had the sunset stage (with the mines) as mission 2, but I was worried it would be too difficult too quickly. I definitely screwed up there. But that's what I love about LD - you get to see your game from so many different angles.
Lerc30 Apr 2014, 10:44
Reminds me of an old arcade game from the 80's. Good progression of new elements to the levels.
aaronjbaptiste
aaronjbaptiste1 May 2014, 19:34
Nice. Felt so bad when I killed the fish. Gratz!
mrbungle
mrbungle10 May 2014, 13:43
Simple game, really well executed.
copain
copain10 May 2014, 15:16
good but so long to begin fun...
sP0CkEr215 May 2014, 02:38
this game was a lot of fun - felt like i was playing an old skool atari game - nice job
alwaysinbeta19 May 2014, 23:24
Fun game! I like the little details like the bubbles.

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