Deep Sea Teddy Dive

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.66
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.43
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.59
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.02
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.68
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.50
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.47
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.54
Oh no! Kim's favorite toy fell into the ocean. Can you help to rescue it?

Dive in the sea and search for Kim's teddy bear!

The deeper you dive, the darker it gets. Search for upgrade blueprints.

Collect the gears and bolt to prepare the upgrades!

Hints


Sound currently doesn't work in Chrome


Because this came up in a few comments already: The upgrades in the store have a tooltip showing the costs and a short description.

Comments20

ezgoodnight27 Apr 2021, 15:09
This is cute asf. Music is banging, graphics look good, too. Overall really wonderful. The controls/gameplay are a little hard to work with, but maybe that's part of the charm and the challenge.
Ryan Romero27 Apr 2021, 15:12
Great game! It has a really good feel to it!
Kirby
Kirby27 Apr 2021, 15:15
Cute game, great work was made. Overwall great submition
Too_Lazy_Cat
Too_Lazy_Cat27 Apr 2021, 15:15
I like the gameplay loop. Controls are hard but it feels like it's designed that way. Overall solid work!
rubentipparach
rubentipparach27 Apr 2021, 15:16
Reminds me of the popcap games I played as a kid. Love the style, has a great charm!
Kro
Kro27 Apr 2021, 15:17
Very beatiful graphics, quite a lot mechanics, like that! Reminds me era of flash player games.
Diringer Leo27 Apr 2021, 15:18
Nice little game, lacks rewarding moments tho
Arget27 Apr 2021, 15:18
Awesome! I love this game so much, the music, the animals, the scene, etc. And it is really fun. Congratz!
Cievers
Cievers27 Apr 2021, 15:19
Really nice seeing the progression of the submarine and the platform as you go :)
joni-jarvinen
joni-jarvinen27 Apr 2021, 15:22
I was not expecting this game to be so addictive! It's fun to play, looks cute and sounds good, too. I would have liked some explanation as to how much the upgrades cost and how they work/help, but otherwise the game is great!
kingslee14227 Apr 2021, 15:22
I really enjoyed the art and the animation. Looks like a lot of work went into that. It does feel like a very interactive world. Sometimes the controles feel a little flimsy but overall very well done. Pretty good game!
LoHii27 Apr 2021, 15:26
The mood is great and the graphics are pretty cute. The sounds fit the underwater theme. I liked that there was a clear goal that you approached little by little.

The ship didn't feel that fun to control, but it might have been that challenging with crisper controls. The fact that running out of oxygen simply made you resurface made the resurfacing button a little pointless. It was slightly weird that you had to find and buy the upgrades. Finding the upgrades was the bottleneck for me, which made treasures feel a little pointless. On top of this, the upgrades didn't have prices so if I couldn't buy something, I had no idea how far away from purchasing I was. It also was very unclear what most of the upgrades did.

Overall, a cute little game with atmosphere, but the actual game part could've benefited from a bit more polish.
LoHii27 Apr 2021, 15:26
The mood is great and the graphics are pretty cute. The sounds fit the underwater theme. I liked that there was a clear goal that you approached little by little.

The ship didn't feel that fun to control, but it might have been that challenging with crisper controls. The fact that running out of oxygen simply made you resurface made the resurfacing button a little pointless. It was slightly weird that you had to find and buy the upgrades. Finding the upgrades was the bottleneck for me, which made treasures feel a little pointless. On top of this, the upgrades didn't have prices so if I couldn't buy something, I had no idea how far away from purchasing I was. It also was very unclear what most of the upgrades did.

Overall, a cute little game with atmosphere, but the actual game part could've benefited from a bit more polish.
Rubyes
Rubyes27 Apr 2021, 15:28
The store isn't entirely intuitive, but overall it's a great game
AlexHicks
AlexHicks27 Apr 2021, 16:52
Nice Entry!

You were right, very similar to my game.

Pros:
- Ship Upgrading
- Ambient animations (fish, whales etc)

Cons:
- I think a general lighting pass may really help here. I think for the sub in general you could add a blueish overlay to it to make it feel more like it was under water. Currently it feels like its sitting above
- The resurfacing mechanic felt a little odd and the UI placement of the Oxygen the first few times I didn't even know what was happening.
- Some sort of in game indicator around the ship to know Oxygen is below a certain percent could really help the above comment
winniehell
winniehellauthor27 Apr 2021, 16:58
@ezgoodnight @ryan-romero @kirby @too-lazy-cat @rubentipparach @kro @diringer-leo @arget @cievers @kingslee142 @lelek-hunor-kadosa Thank you all for your nice comments! :sparkling_heart:

@joni-jarvinen @rubyes @lohii Thank you, too! :heart: I just added a hint to the description that the store items have tooltips. Thank you for pointing that out. :bow:

@lohii @alexhicks Thank you very much for your detailed feedback! I agree to the suggestions you make and hope to learn from them for our next jam. :bow:
Jupiter_Hadley
Jupiter_Hadley28 Apr 2021, 10:11
Nice game. I included it in my compilation video series of a bunch of LDJAM games!
winniehell
winniehellauthor28 Apr 2021, 15:20
@jupiter-hadley Thank you for playing and sorry for the lag! :disappointed: I've added desktop versions to the download section now.
ArcticMattekar
ArcticMattekar1 May 2021, 04:38
I love the mood of the game. The music fits perfectly and the graphics are cute :heart_eyes:

Good job :thumbsup:

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