Deep Waters

by citsua

Overall★★★★★★★★★★4.00

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.23

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.60

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.71

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.66

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.75

Mood★★★★★★★★★★4.31

A girl and her brother wake up in their home, with everyone seemingly gone, and their mountain village flooded and imprisoned in a thick fog. Having no idea of what's happening, they set out with their boat on the tracks of their mother.

What happened to Hillside Village? Can they make it out safe?

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Almost everything was done by myself in 72 hours.

Exceptions:
- Fonts
- Music and sound effects
- Shaders
- Particle effects

Credits:
- Lion Free Music (introduction music)
- Scott Buckley - Signal to Noise (main game music)
- Universal Sound FX (sound effects)
- Epic Toon FX (particle effects)
- Toony Colors Pro 2 (shader)
- Stylized Water 2 (shader)
- Abuget, AdeliaShawn, Bubbly, Childhood Memories, Gold Shine, Gosmick Sans, Not Bad and TNanti (fonts)

Tags: #3d, #atmospheric, #exploration, #short, #singleplayer, #story rich

Genres: adventure

Comments18

Kitsomo26 Apr 2021, 22:32

I am really amazed of what you did in less than 72 hours. Unfortunately I could not finish the game, but I had a great time playing it. Great graphics, great story, really good choice for the music. The controls were smooth. Well done!

maxr0027 Apr 2021, 01:08

Wow! This is so well done, I can't believe it was made in 72 hours. The music, the mood, the controls feel just like rowing a heavy boat, great job!

SaranBaran27 Apr 2021, 07:50

The game is pretty creative and atmosphere is great, but I agree with one of the boys "never tought the end of the world would be this boring"

Mero27 Apr 2021, 09:45

I mean it's not perfect but it has some things that are just sooo nice

Like the wiming on top of a wavy water
Or appearing text
or "THE WATER HAS CAUSTICS :O

wobs27 Apr 2021, 10:00

I really like that take on the "deeper and deeper" topic! The writing was so great, loved all the bits of story I found so far! Also love that art style, it just works so well! Very beautiful game, congrats on such a great entry :)

smiley40527 Apr 2021, 10:05

i loved the glitch effect, the fishing rod mechanics and well balanced sound effects.

diharaw9427 Apr 2021, 11:08

The story was super intriguing, and those boat coversations gave me God of War 2018 flashbacks haha. Rowing the boat is quite satisfying too. Great job!

Achila eranga mohottige27 Apr 2021, 11:37

Amazing music, omg I cant believe the ambience, music and simple chat bubbles made me feel really worried for the sister character :_) great game

Sith27 Apr 2021, 13:21

Great stuff. Love the music and dialogue between the characters!

Narom4227 Apr 2021, 18:15

Really moody, good job on doing all that by yourself in 72hours, good taste of music too. I got lost, it may lack some indication at one point but I may just be plain dumb. Can we "beat" the game ?

citsuaauthor27 Apr 2021, 18:38

@narom42 Thank you for your comment! You can beat it indeed. There's a note near the lighthouse that might help with that.
And if you got lost, it's probably because the fog gets thicker over time. It's fairly easy to navigate at the beginning, but near the end it gets real harder. The key point not to forget is the first clue: NORTH.
Thank you for playing :)

RyanWoods27 Apr 2021, 19:20

I really loved the mood and the story! The boat felt reasonably satisfying to navigate with too! I also fell into the camp of not knowing if you can "beat" the game, as I failed once the fog got very thick despite keeping myself north. Very impressive for one person in 72 hours though!

Anaferus27 Apr 2021, 21:34

Wow, I haven't finished the game yet, but I've tried it several times already. Exciting. This is the level!

Eugenik28 Apr 2021, 13:43

There you go! Played and rated! Pretty cool!.

0x01F029 Apr 2021, 15:19

Loved it :) This game has emotion. I was instantly interested due to the rain and I was not disappointed :D Really impressed and inspired how you balanced dialogues together with rowing the boat.

I hope you continue to work on it and release it on Steam.

Chrispy97729 Apr 2021, 19:13

Emotional undertones and a pretty gripping story. I wish I had more time to go looking for all of the secrets hidden within. The pacing came off a bit slow and while I appreciate exploratory gaming I felt pretty lost as to what my real goal was and the water didn't rise fast enough for me so I had to just sit and wait at some points to get a book or two, but overall not bad at all.

snip_man29 Apr 2021, 20:05

Great game. Rowed around for sometime only to be lost in the fog. The wave and rain were really well done and I enjoyed how smooth the boat controls were.

Narom4230 Apr 2021, 10:12

@citsua Thanks for your advices, I found the note that I was missing and escaped the canyon (I died in it before but I got the North clue) - really nice little game

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