Descent into Madness

by danvil
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.41
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.16
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.98
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.98
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.68
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.23
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.17
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.81
A slow and steady descent into madness.

Avoid the horrors of the deep.

Maybe there is light at the end of the tunnel?

Comments22

Choppers26 Apr 2021, 05:15
I really liked the look of the game, the assets all looked appealing.
Ryan Romero26 Apr 2021, 05:39
Great game! I really liked when the mouth came out the wall. You set the mood well, and stuck to the theme. Also I appriciate you telling me that my game didn't work. I went ahead and got that all fixed so thanks!
GoodMan233
GoodMan23326 Apr 2021, 06:34
Nice game! The gameplay is fun and the light effects are great.
Yamzho26 Apr 2021, 07:02
Nice gameplay, nice mood thanks to the (simple) relaxing music. Controls are smooth. Good job !
ThatmanRobin26 Apr 2021, 20:43
Fantastic! Really fun although I did always get eaten, pretty sure that toothy thing eats me. But definitely enjoyed it, was challenging, and like how you used lighting to warn the player of what's coming up.
Chensu26 Apr 2021, 23:01
Nicely done
C4Scar26 Apr 2021, 23:46
Cool graphics and the mouth on the wall was super interesting! It felt really hard to move out of the way of the blue mushrooms but that could have been because it was a little slow on my computer.
sacredbacon
sacredbacon27 Apr 2021, 01:18
Lighting effects are incredible. Super pretty game with a satisfying ending. I like how the strategy pivots around level 30 from a reactionary to a more careful spelunking approach. Those angler fish disparities are unforgiving, got caught in the middle of those more than once lol. Great job, thanks for the game.
Brendev27 Apr 2021, 01:37
Looks beautiful and the mood is quite relaxing! Though the background wall could use some spicing up, I feel some extra details on it would make this the most beautiful LD game I've played. Great work!
LDJam user 240168
LDJam user 24016827 Apr 2021, 18:21
Unfortunately wasn't able to run it - I'm on Linux using the Wine emulator, the game shows Unity startup screen, then a bright-red screen with some Unity loading bar, and then it exits. Probably an issue with the emulator + Unity interaction, though. Maybe I'll try later on a Windows machine!
Fatebreak28 Apr 2021, 14:42
Very interesting mood and visuals. I loved the lighting elements. Couldn't finish as it got way too fast towards the end and the momentum when turning is pretty tight. The lure plant monsters are nearly always instant death for one mistake too. Very beautiful game! Well done!
Thijs Tak28 Apr 2021, 19:41
Very atmospheric game. Loved the visual style. Starts of quite easy but gets a lot harder around the midpoint.

Good game
miej29 Apr 2021, 08:38
neat little game. noticed that its possible to just stick to the side of the wall and just slowly gain despair.
Weirdybeardyman
Weirdybeardyman29 Apr 2021, 12:57
Great job with the lighting, it really made the game look great. Those angler fish type things were terrifying. After about level 20 when it sped up it kind of became impossible for me, but before then I thought the controls and difficulty were really good, the ball didn't feel too sluggish or too responsive. Good job!
RollCreators
RollCreators29 Apr 2021, 18:49
Nice game! But it lags on my computer(
Good work wtih light, we also use shaders for same effects)
if you add procedere generation, it wll be more interesting)
Kaito29 Apr 2021, 18:55
Very good use of lights! It makes the gameplay challenging and the graphics poetic. The gameplay is simple but fun. Everything is coherent except the sound design. I think a more dreamlike sound design would be better.
darkshadow
darkshadow29 Apr 2021, 19:56
Nice lighting and music very atmospheric, nice variation in obstacles, the angler fish type thing is my least favourite by far!
LDJam user 236545
LDJam user 2365451 May 2021, 02:34
Great use of color, light, and darkness! Audio was both simple and effective. On my third attempt, I made it down to level 33 before getting got.

The platforms with the teeth kept tricking me every time!

Good work!
Timo Gass
Timo Gass2 May 2021, 13:43
Great game!
I love the visuals and overall feel of the game!

I think some times it feels a bit unfair.
I'd love to see more of whats coming next, event if it's mostly black.
Got to level 33 and rushed into a couple of baloons and died xD
Echo GameWorks
Echo GameWorks3 May 2021, 01:17
Solid game, easy to pickup, and fit the theme well. Once I got down into the 40's area, it was pretty impossible to not hit something. Would have been nice to have a bit more control. Overall, great work!
h.m.murdock5 May 2021, 19:21
Beautiful graphics and lights of your elements.
Perhaps you could add some detail or a model to the falling object?
Only got to level 16, what is at the end of the tunnel?
Ommadawn
Ommadawn14 May 2021, 16:49
Really pretty game ! Got until 35/50, I fall a lot into the "depth-fish" like traps xD only bad point : its a bit repetitive, but overall very nice atmosphere and very good entry !!

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