There are no specific victory conditions: it's all about surviving in order to collect as many red diamonds as you can.
You can only breathe underwater. When over the surface you lose oxygen (first bar). To refill it, just jump again into water.
The game is divided in sections. Each section consists of collecting 4 red diamonds in 5 seconds (second bar). If you fail the level of the water will decrease, making the next sections harder to play as you probably will have to spend more time out of water.
Sometimes a green diamond spawns: when you collect it the level of the water increases.
Learning how to move in the post-compo version is very important. For instance, pressing UP when falling from a platform without having jumped from it will result in a small jump. This can speed up the transition from a platform to another, especially when they are relatively close to each other and more or less at the same height.
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Authors: Emanuele Bruni and Shamila Boffo Programmed by Emanuele Bruni (Processing + Hermes) Graphics and Music by Shamila Boffo (Photoshop, Aria Maestosa)
Nice job. The purple theme was quite unique, and the controls are nice and responsive. I'd like to see a level or two more though. Solid entry :)
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Cake&Code29 Apr 2014, 03:39
The game has really interesting mechanics though I felt like making it harder when you fail just makes it a reinforcing cycle of doing badly and then doing worse because it became harder.
Cute little game, and nice job working in Processing! How did you end up creating the runnable jar with Processing, since the latest version only exports for the current system?
Thanks everyone! Ok, I'm going to work on the play again button, to introduce some level-based mechanism and to try to give more chances to survive when the level of the water becomes too low. Maybe I'll also introduce a victory condition.
@KevinWorkman: I'm using SvgExe. Since I'm not using OS-specific libraries I guess my game works on every system for which a JVM is provided, but I think (though not sure) you could use SvgExe to import them in the jar. :)
A fun yet simple game, I liked the idea of staying in the water as opposed to staying out of it, which is usually a cliche in games, and it does fit the theme. note: the music doesn't loop.
This is just a suggestion, since it will change the gameplay, but since accuracy and timing are pretty key here, maybe you can try to have the fish jump as long as the jump button is held so you don't jump to maximum height all the time.
Congratulations, well polished game for a short development time. Were there levels and goals, this would be an even better entry, but I guess there's so much we can do in a jam :). Maybe a post-compo version? ;)
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A "replay" button would have been nice though. Besides that I really like it.
Had a lot of fun trying to beat the clock though!
@KevinWorkman: I'm using SvgExe. Since I'm not using OS-specific libraries I guess my game works on every system for which a JVM is provided, but I think (though not sure) you could use SvgExe to import them in the jar. :)
note: the music doesn't loop.
This is just a suggestion, since it will change the gameplay, but since accuracy and timing are pretty key here, maybe you can try to have the fish jump as long as the jump button is held so you don't jump to maximum height all the time.