Cthulhu's Deep Dream

This is a really good entry all round. Simple but nice graphics and sound. You need to get rating some games so more people see this.

Really good game. I like tis art :)

This Baby Cthulhu is so cute! Love him!)

The graphics are great. The level design and controls feel good. Nice work!

Really fun platformer, great graphics and solid level design, the pop sound when breaking the enemies helmet was extremely satisfying

I like the camera effect. Control was pretty smooth, too. Cool game.

I like your game, your mini Cthulhu reale charm. And remember, don't wake up Cthulhu !!!!!!!!!!

Interesting camera effect. Nice work with the sprites!

It gave me giggle with a "story", simple but can relate especially during jam ;) love camera, smooth movements, love sound of popping whorshipers. Currents were a bit irritating but solid game overall :D

Cute game with great graphics. Well done! :)

Great entry! Nice control balance. The addition of the air resistance areas adds a lot to the challenge. I like the camera effect too. Nice job!

Fun game and i love Cthulhu's

Fun and cute game with adorable graphics! I really like the "fish-eye" effect you have.

A really fun game! The movement was very responsive and I liked the art style. I would have loved it if the level design was a bit more accommodative of the screen - sometimes it was hard to tell where the next platform was or if there were spikes under a platform or not. Thankfully the game was very forgiving with health pickups, thanks to which I never got frustrated!

I love the sound, and the art is very polished.

Really cool platformer! I am very impressed by the amount of game mechanics you managed to implement in such a short time.

I like the way the mechanics are combined to create interesting challenges (like wind on top of moving platforms for example).

The graphics are very cool. In my opinion the distortion effect is cool but a bit too strong and therefore distracting.

The music was great and fit the game very well.

I had a lot of fun playing this.

Cool game! Cute cthulhu!
Nice platformer, cool wind mechanic and nice mood with the camera fx!
Great job!

I liked the type of camera. I dont know if was intentional, but it looks like im using the same helmet as the enemies =)

this is a pretty good game, i liked the cylinder normal kind of level rotation effect.

Бедный Ктулху, так и не дали ему поспать. Он совсем как я, когда мне надо вставать на работу =\

Интересная вышла игрушка, спасибо! Привет из Кемерова ^_^

Cute artstyle! The distorted lens effect was a bit disorienting to me at first so I'm a bit worried for people who get nausea from games :D, but it's cool to see something I'd never seen before.

@indigowolf, @macibacsi56, @drew-long, @hwaet, @freixo, @qyoneda, @drollshark, @lucassivolella, @antos, @merpui, @stipple3d, @junior-lima, @katriadoodles, @foresherd, @brielley, @cambryx, @amigopadilha, @felo07, @jcmonkey, @xpoho, @jorenkv, thanks everyone for playing and valuable reviews! Really appreciate it!

@indigowolf, thank you for advice! Reviews are important part of jams, will try to be useful to other participants.

@foresherd, thank you for remark about screen! Will try to be more attentive next time.

@cambryx, thank you for interesting opinion about the distortion effect! Will take it into account next time.

@felo07, thank you for excellent and deep remark about intention! Will answer: who knows ;)

@jorenkv, thank you for remark about nausea! Will take a note of it.

Overall a really good entry. I really liked the art, but especially Cthulhu's strained jump face :P

I'm not sure the curved world added to the game, and made me a bit disoriented at first.

The mood and music was great, and the humor was on point.

Well done. :smile:

the artwork was very nice and detailed. the jump system was a little frustrating as i would continually have to perfectly time my jump to get on a ledge. overall a good game. thank you for making it.

@elemental-zeal-game-studios, @paulhocker, thanks for playing and honest reviews! Appreciate it a lot!

@elemental-zeal-game-studios, thank you for useful remark about curved world! Will try to make game elements more explained next time.

@paulhocker, thank you for interesting remark about continuous jumping! This really would make game more catchy.

Loved the graphics and the concept. There were some fun platforming challenges!

Unfortunately, I couldn't play very long due to the curved screen effect. It made me really motion sick. It would be nice if there was an option to tone the effect down, although I do acknowledge that was part of your intended design.

Great work!

Wow, nice and cute arts, and the screen effect is really cool too!

Good game, the cylinder effect really nicely surprised me

Nicely executed platformer! I like the difficulty progression. Music is matching and doesn't seem repetitive. Art style is cute and nice to look at. Curved screen effect is interesting addition but I feel like it is a bit unnecessary. Overall very well made entry, good job! :D

@andrewkennedy, @yword, @maslostvarohem, @rewzu, thank you for playing and pleasant comments! This is very valuable!

@andrewkennedy, thank you for remark about curved screen! Sorry for such an effect. Agree and will take this into account.

@rewzu, thank you for remark about curved screen too! Will try to make it more clear to player about elements used in game next time.

Simple yet effective drawings conveying the slumber water born sleep walking bubbles of the little Cthulhu child. Felt like it was going very long time. I was about to fall asleep and then i fell to the bottom. I made it!heheheh

Nice game with cute graphics. The fisheye effect is a bit too strong I think but the level design is good. Cthulhu for president 2025 ! Good job !

Innovative and funny use of the theme - Cthulu just wants to sleep, so he has to go deeper to get away from all the cultists? The sprite art was also amazing, especially the jump frame, though I wasn't quite sure why sleepy baby Cthulu was raising a toast with his mug all the time.

As a side note, if you didn't create any or most of the audio, you should opt out of that category.

The graphics were nice and the controls felt sharp. The game is not too original, but you don't need to reinvent the wheel to be fun. The level design could have been a bit better. There are some leaps of faith, you don't really know where the exit is, and sometimes you can't recover from a fall and have to walk through spikes and enemies.

I don't know, why my fanatic cultists wanted to kill me, but I very much liked the sound I made when smashing their helmets. Solid platformer with a nice setting. Sometimes I glitched around a little bit when hitting the corners of a platform, but other than that, very polished! I liked the art much and also the camera effect, it appeared as you walked in the inside of a cylinder.

@commanderstitch, @shin0nome, @bmacintosh, @j0ye, @skosnowich, thank you for playing and open comments! They are very useful!

@commanderstitch, haha, thanks for the remark and sorry for that feeling!

@shin0nome, thank you for remark about fisheye effect! Will take a note of this.

@bmacintosh, yes, you are right about the theme! Also thank you for clarification about Audio category, rules lacks of this in terms of "any" and "most", now opting-out is disabled, will take this into account next time! And to clarify: Cthulhu is holding a pillow :D

@j0ye, thank you for remark about level design! Will try to improve it next time!

@skosnowich, thank you for paying attention on glitch! Hope the experience will allow to polish more thoroughly next time.

@retrome Ah, that makes sense, I was probably confused because it was orange! And yeah, I should point out that that is my interpretation of the rules since they don't get specific about "how much is too much". If you think I got it wrong feel free to do what seems right to you.

Very cute game! I didn't understand neither that he was holding a pillow while playing, it's a pity because it's really a fun idea ahah.

@bmacintosh, oh, okay, thank you for pointing out! Will try to make a weighted decision and explanation next time.

@nessou, thank you for playing and nice comment! Very grateful! Will try to give the player more clarity next time.

Solid platformer with hilarious story! The gameplay is very smooth but I didn't initially understand that the pick up increases your health. Art is super cute. Well done!

A little dizzy from the way everything floats :с

Overall a good game, like the art, very cute characters ˄˄

@mykola and @ve-ret, thank you a lot for playing and commenting the game! Nice to read useful notes!

@mykola, thank you for the note about pick up! Will try to add hints for the player next time.

@ve-ret, thank you for the note about dizziness! Will take this into account.

I love that cute cthulhu design ! The gameplay is nice and the platforming part is quite well made, but it feels a bit too much classic. I wish I had something more to add a bit of action in the game, maybe some other mechanics or maybe just a different physic setting that speed up the pace ? It feels a bit slow at the moment, and it is easy to lose track of where you have to go in some parts of the levels. But maybe it is just that I'm too much into hardcore platformers...

Great jam! Loved the humor in the beginning :) Nice mechanics, cool fish eye effect. It was a bit unusual in at first, but it's not bad after you get used to it.

@jrevel and @doctortm, thank you for playing the game and nice comments! Glad to see a new perspective!

@jrevel, thank you for remark about possible additions to the game! Hope more mechanics and combinations of them will become implementable with experience.

I love the sound and graphics! Little Cthulhu is so cute. :)

And the award for cutest lovecraftian monster of the year so far goes to..
You! Yeah, you!

@sotsnut and @jordgubben, thank you for playing the game and for your kind words! Very pleased to hear!

Nice game!

The cute baby chtulhu somehow reminded me of Ernest The Vampire, as he wanted just to get some sleep and carried the pillow around :laughing:

I'd like to make a special mention for teaching the game mechanics by making the player accidentally fall on a cultist in the beginning! It made me realize I can kill them by crushing, without ever telling it in any words :slight_smile:

Animations were cute and the characters looked polished. I liked the cylinder effect on the edges.
Music track was good for mood and not too intrusive, sounds were ok but there wasn't a lot of them.
Jump puzzles were good, but in some places I would have liked to zoom out to see where I would fall if I went down.

Overall good looking game with decent gameplay. Good work!

@tomssuli, thank you for playing and commenting on the game! Really appreciate for noticing such details!

Very good one! I like almost every aspect of this game: graphic (especially visual effect on the edges of screen), cute art style, sounds and gameplay. Very good level design!

Cool platformer game, congrats! The graphics are so cute, and I really love the "3d cylinder" camera effect. The music is cool too and set a great mood.

The gameplay is very responsive, and becomes challenging very fast. Congrats on this sold entry!

Very nice graphics and overall vibe! The platforming felt great too, and the music was nice and mysterious. The rounded visual effect was great, though it did make me feel a bit motion sick after a while.

@alprog, @drludos and @neontropics, thank you for playing and commenting on the game! Pleased to read about moments that you liked and that need attention to!

Awwww yeah I love cracking those lil dudes helmets open >:)
Really fun, straightforward game, the art was great especially the characters SO CUTE

Great job on the charming Metroidvania! Controls felt good and the music and sound were great additions. However, the camera effect was distracting. Overall, I really enjoyed it!

@itsboats and @gregoryblomquist, thank you for playing the game and sharing your experience! And thank you for interesting remarks!

A good platform game. The graphics and sound are good. I like the gameplay, and I think the level design is interesting. It was a good interpretation of the theme. Congratulations.

@vphyre, thank you for playing the game and for the feedback! Glad to hear that you found something in the game that you like!

Nice game. I included it in my compilation video series of a bunch of LDJAM games!

@jupiter-hadley, nice to meet you again! Thank you for playing and your awesome videos as they give deeper feedback!