Deep Sea Phishing

by literal-games

co-authored: @archie-evans, @tommo, @felixmreeve, @natpat

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.84

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.79

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.69

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.60

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.02

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.82

Humor★★★★★★★★★★4.15

Mood★★★★★★★★★★4.00

After trying to uncover an alien conspiracy you've been forced under-sea in your submarine with a robot for company. It's time to hack into the CIA's mainframe and prove once and for all that aliens do exist!

Computer hacking gameplay that includes:
- 5 different hacking minigames!
- a friendly robot buddy!
- an alien conspiracy!
- a submarine console inspired by pre-rendered 90s game backgrounds!
- a cool green computer!

Break through the multiple levels of CIA security by hacking through each level. Minigames use both keyboard and mouse. Controls should be clear but you'll need to use:

- Mouse + Left click
- Left/Right arrow keys and Space key
- Number keys 1-4

Thanks for playing!

Game Programming by @ gnatpat and Archie Evans

Art by @ felixmreeve

Music by Tommo

Comments35

Wahyu Candra27 Apr 2021, 00:50

Well executed! What a unique take on the theme.

TheGamerASD27 Apr 2021, 00:57

Nice game! I liked how unique it was.

AbigailCorfman27 Apr 2021, 01:02

This is utterly charming. I like the sorting mini-game. The type-to-hack was ENCHANTING the first time I did but unfortunately got a little boring on repetition.

LDJam user 23638727 Apr 2021, 01:09

Nice, well-scoped game. hilarious as well!

LDJam user 23762327 Apr 2021, 01:10

Loved the "NICE" voice after finishing a level. Very satisfying

Whistler27 Apr 2021, 01:12

I did enjoy the presentation greatly, and I love wacky themes. it did feel a bit off theme for the prompt.

TheseusInABottle27 Apr 2021, 02:24

I loved this. I am a real sucker for minigames and this worked in a pretty funny story over the top of its minigames so thats extra cool. Your background music was really quite enjoyable to listen to (especially when the robotic GOOD JOB came in over the top of it). I will say I wish the use of the mouse to advance the text wasn't necessary as I always felt a little worried that I was going to suddenly need to use my right hand for the arrow keys rather than the mouse. Other than that this game was really good.

felixmreeve27 Apr 2021, 11:00

Thanks for the feedback everyone!
@abigailcorfman yes haha, it comes up 4 times which hopefully isn't too annoying. We were trying to get the balance between novelty/length right which was tricky to balance.

@theseusinabottle I think we could have made the controls a bit clearer / easier to switch between. You can advance the robot text with the keyboard though!

oeschmid27 Apr 2021, 12:29

I made sure to scam the baby everytime, even if he did remember people's birthdays.
Fun game! Each minigame was enjoyable, and it had some pretty good humor. Nice work!

Purrseus27 Apr 2021, 12:40

Wow, what a unique experience! And soooooo stylish! The background reminded me of the games of my childhood with prerendered backgrounds. Really nostalgic! The mini games where fun and the humor on point! You really nailed the whole presentation!

I want to make a counterpoint and say I immensely enjjoyed the hacking, even the fourth time around! I don't get how mindlessly hacking the keyboard and see text appear can be fun, but it sure is!

Gaming Night27 Apr 2021, 14:49

Nice little game. The diversity of gameplay mechanics contributes to keep it unique and fun all round (though it could have been nice to add more variations, for instance adding more bad and good actions for the employees :) ). Strangely my favorite was the hacking one! The deeper and deeper theme holds in the scenario, but is quite discrete after all. Graphics, audio and humor are truly enjoyable. Thanks!

LDJam user 24533327 Apr 2021, 15:09

A simple concept, but with a remarkable execution! The premise of the game is already bizarre, but it keeps on giving fun dialogs, surprising ideas, silly details… Each mission is a joy to discover! On top of that, the sound design is also really effective. Good job!

By the way, this is one of the best visual representation of a Trojan Horse I've ever seen. This character deserves recognition.

Megastrons27 Apr 2021, 15:28

Fun game, with a unique mechanics, with beautiful and interesting graphics, with a fun story and a good twist plot, man, easy one of the best. And I really liked the prancing horse

Spaint27 Apr 2021, 17:00

NICE

Fun and stylish, all minigames are easy to pickup and tie well with the story.

Eugenik27 Apr 2021, 17:03

Great game. Really enjoy it !!!!.

Flying Dog Fish27 Apr 2021, 23:16

That was a fun little game with a nice little story. Unfortunately I couldn't quite figure out what to do with the files on levels 6 and 7.

Dane Tesla28 Apr 2021, 00:15

Dear god that's one of my favourites for sure! I love the story, gamepelay and graphic, ti's really immersive, fun and super polished (and it's visible it was playtested a lot, like with this "use your keyboard!" part with the firewall). I loved the hacking a lot and the ending was amazing.
Also my PC crashed right after I finished the first hacking. I had mini heart attack that thr game is SO IMMERSIVE that Id does stuff like that xD

jujuformatic28 Apr 2021, 06:56

Nice game, very immersive and creative

Notinatal28 Apr 2021, 07:34

The graphics of this game are spot on, I loved all the small details you put there. Story is also amazing and overall nice interpretation of the theme!

Miklo28 Apr 2021, 07:40

yo, very atmospheric stuff. Nicely executed concept and an overall great presentation. Good job

felixmreeve28 Apr 2021, 09:22

@flying-dog-fish Ah, sorry about that. Perhaps we should have put more info in like some feedback about which files you want. You need to click+drag the folders from the top window into the bottom and avoid the mine icons. Thanks for your feedback!

HumphreysMedia28 Apr 2021, 09:37

Such a nice adaptation of the theme, and it the graphics reminded me of old Metal Gear games with the UI and graininess of the camera, great job!

Jamie Slowgrove28 Apr 2021, 10:28

What a great game! I loved the humour and the gameplay was really fun. The music worked well and I thought the graphics were great, reminded me of the classic Fallout Pip Boy :grin: Awesome job! :grin:

Vuvuzela8028 Apr 2021, 14:41

Love all the little game and the end twist!
Awesome Game!!!! I have nothing to say to improve it !!

LDJam user 18302828 Apr 2021, 18:02

This was awesome! I wouldn't change a thing!

bereg29 Apr 2021, 22:23

The coding part is my favourite. What a cute little game! It's fun and simple, everything is just perfectly fits together, from graphics to the sound and the storyline. Great job!

jonah1 May 2021, 16:53

Really unique game in this jam. Love the concept and the execution of it.

Great job!

marcmagus1 May 2021, 18:06

Thanks for bringing your game by my stream for playtesting! If you’d like to revisit the play and commentary you can view the highlight at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1007523290

MiracL2 May 2021, 13:05

Great game, the mechanics that are constently re-used are getting old (like the tinder one) but I had a great time playing it, and the music slaps !

Fupi2 May 2021, 14:50

Wow! Interesting how you managed to reuse the minigames while not making it feel repetitive. Here are the notes I took while playing:

- Really nice graphics, 2000s CD-rom game vibes
- Fun music
- Accidentally skipped all the dialogue while changing the volume (pressing the volume up button counted as multiple key presses for some reason)
- Scamming only bad people was really funny
- Nice final boss although easy

So yeah this is a straight up great entry! The volume thing I think was just my PC messing up, aside from that it was all good.

JUSTCAMH3 May 2021, 14:30

Hey matey, thanks for submitting your game to stream! I really enjoyed it, and hope the feedback helped! Here's the vod if ya wanna rewatch;

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1009532702

felo0710 May 2021, 23:58

Amazing mechaninc, very good graphics and sounds. The horses face and the kidnapper baby were the best of the game. I really felt that I wasn a hacker oh the 'type' part! Good game =D

matthewrobo16 May 2021, 19:17

It's a pretty fun game, though I think the typing part was a little overdone. I was hoping after the second one that typing sections afterwards would require fewer keystrokes as a "show" of how our hacking proficiency increased, especially since it's basically impossible to fail anyways.

Villanelle16 May 2021, 22:43

This game was a lot of fun, the dialogues are great and the character on the screen is charismatic and hilarious. The mini games were a great touch and repeating them while adding other mini games was a nice take on the theme "deeper and deeper". Great job!

ColeSlaughter17 May 2021, 05:54

Thanks for submitting your game to the stream!

I really enjoyed the polish on this one! It's not often you see a jam game with such a well-defined beginning, middle, and end. Honestly it felt like y'all had all the time in the world to make this, which is awesome! :smile:

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