Monster of the Deep

by noom
Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.83
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.96
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.54
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.33
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.21
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.74
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.65
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★39%
You are the Monster...of the Deeeeeeeep

controls:

WASD to move

Space to start game

Avoid the mines and the boats

Eat the humans

You get points for air time

Personal notes:

I'm not completely satisfied with my entry this year, I feel I did better in my last compo. However to be fair I really challenged myself this time and did absolutely no prep work. I had to build my engine from scratch and only had barebones libraries to work with.

I found it really difficult going back to javascript after spending this year learning Java, and I probably won't be using it again.

Libraries

PhysicsJS - http://wellcaffeinated.net/PhysicsJS/

I used this for the collisions and to simulate the water (there is drag and boyancy

PixiJS - http://www.pixijs.com/

This handles my rendering and the canvas (or webGL depending on browser)

RequireJS - http://requirejs.org/

I mostly use this just to help me keep structure in my code.

I also used jQuery but purely for the custom events to handle the keyboard.

Comments15

fistmaker24 Aug 2015, 01:36
Fun game! I like that the sea mines are not picky.
SudoDave24 Aug 2015, 04:14
Good controls, feels very nice to play. Graphics could use a bit of work.
tiffi24 Aug 2015, 04:16
Fun game, but i think you left some debug functions active (space key)
TerraCottaFrog
TerraCottaFrog24 Aug 2015, 04:16
I don't know why, but the controls seem broken to me. There also wasn't that much going on. Maybe it was something I was doing
kirilllosev24 Aug 2015, 04:19
I like the context of the game. And I like sprites. I would like to hear nice sounds and see animations tho. Oh, and more people for this shark. The monster is hungry! :D
noomauthor24 Aug 2015, 04:22
oops! Yeah don't push space bar during gameplay :P
and @TerraCottaFrog the spawns are on a diceroll so it can be a bit dull, a really bad method for spawning but it's all I ended up having time for.
snooze82
snooze8224 Aug 2015, 18:54
THOUSANDS OF SHARKS FOR THE WIN :D (maybe a bug, but it was funny ^^)
ProfessorParky25 Aug 2015, 00:31
Haha fun little game, I have no idea how that shark became so good at gymnastics though... ;)
zillix
zillix25 Aug 2015, 02:59
very cool! the art direction is pretty great. I definitely enjoyed making dozens of copies of myself >:)
TFR25 Aug 2015, 03:17
Just a reminder: to clone you shark, press space ;)
Fun game and very beautiful art style! Congrats!
Shina6925 Aug 2015, 14:30
Man, i really could dive all day with this shark. The movements are smooth and that weird satisfaction of devouring the victim on a jump is priceless. It surely could grow more with levels and more events.
highlyinteractive25 Aug 2015, 14:36
Felt quite simple at first, but the more I played the more I realised it has some depth to it. Audio would really help this be a great game. Also maybe infinite scrolling, as hitting the edge of the screen got annoying.
Headmade25 Aug 2015, 15:21
Nice little game. I would have liked more swimmers, boats and mines though. I was alone on the screen for most of the time.
Also sound would improve the game considerably.

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