Exploring the depths

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.66

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.74

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.84

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.40

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.60

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.58

Earth is rapidly freezing. Years prior, you predicted this event would happen and made a submarine just for a situation like this. Now, its time to use it and explore the depths in search of somewhere to live, but be careful as you are not alone down there.

Download strongly recommended(WEBGL version seems to be unstable and unreliable for some reason)

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HOW TO PLAY:

Sorry, like an idiot i explained the UI but not the controls

-Mouse = Direction

-Left shift (+ Left Mouse Button is post ld48 version) = Accelerate(release to decelerate)

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Side note:

For some reason, some things are not working the same way as when developing, one of those things is the lighting of the tiles. The tiles seem to be completely lit outside of unity. Sorry about those things.

Tags: #exploration, #pixel art, #procedural generation, #singleplayer

Tools: Unity

Comments19

CheekiBreeki27 Apr 2021, 02:33

Having some issues running the web player version.

skelyvelocirap666author27 Apr 2021, 02:37

@CheekiBreeki Yeah, the web player version definitely has some issues. Took me a while even to upload it. This is the primary reason as to why i have a download link though.

skelyvelocirap666author27 Apr 2021, 08:35

Sorry. I explained the UI but not the controls like an idiot. The mouse controls the direction, left shift to accelerate.

kel28 Apr 2021, 03:58

nice! I got the controls right away and had a great time traversing the depth of the sea! nice entry!

skelyvelocirap666author28 Apr 2021, 05:13

@kel Thank you very much! Glad you enjoyed it! :D

rhoff9528 Apr 2021, 14:48

Cool game. I would have liked for controls to be on the mouse only rather than left shift. Well done!

skelyvelocirap666author28 Apr 2021, 18:42

@rhoff95 Yeah. After playing a couple other games I realize that now, I'm not sure why I went with shift... Thank you!

Radiotrophia29 Apr 2021, 02:28

I really liked the game play! the only thing i can really think of critisizing is like when the screen gets dark its hard too see the enemies. great game :>

skelyvelocirap666author29 Apr 2021, 05:14

@radiotrophia Yeah, making them hard to see was the point but i might have pushed it a bit far. Thank you though!

tengusheath29 Apr 2021, 18:51

Controls felt smooth. Wish there was some music or sound effects would have made exploring more atmospheric.

skelyvelocirap666author29 Apr 2021, 20:22

@tengusheath Sorry about that. I was planning on having some but...ran out of time near the end... Thank you very much!

Phanty29 Apr 2021, 21:46

While rough around the edges (The graphics could do some work, not even mentioning the non-existant audio), the game is surprisingly fun. The limited visibility sub-100m of depth is absolutely spectacular. It really keeps you on your toes and scared the shit out of me once or twice when I bumped into an enemy I did not see. Really, great job!

skelyvelocirap666author29 Apr 2021, 22:06

@phanty I was never any good at art and sounds but that is something i am working on(i really hope i get better at it in the near future). And i guess that for the visibility thing it could have been a setting? Some people didn't like having it that dark. Thank you very much for the feedback and im glad you enjoyed it! :D

funemaker29 Apr 2021, 23:42

Cute submarine! Definitely some music or sound to create a mood will help. Getter darker as you go down is really effective and it feels more and more dangerous down there.

skelyvelocirap666author29 Apr 2021, 23:49

@funemaker Ill make sure to add music next time, that seems to be one of the biggest issues people are having! I am quite glad that it seems i set the mood well, even without the audio. Wasn't sure how well that was going to go! Thank you!

Andreia1 May 2021, 05:08

The webgl version worked for me. Nice work :) It was fun exploring the ocean

skelyvelocirap666author1 May 2021, 07:19

@andreia It did? That's good to hear. For most people it doesn't, as for me its once every 10 tries... I'm glad you enjoyed it though!

jondalnas14 May 2021, 12:49

Nice game! The controls were fun to use and the exploration was good. The submarine didn't take damage when hitting walls, which felt a little weird, and the dirt(?) walls were also a little weird, but that's nitpicking.

What a great game, thank you for the experience

skelyvelocirap666author18 May 2021, 23:29

@jondalnas Sorry for the late reply. Anyways, thank you very much! For the walls, I didn't know how I would have to do it but I now realize that i was just being dumb... i can do it the same way I did for everything else, that's my bad. I'm not sure what you mean by the dirt walls are a bit weird though I must say... I am really glad you enjoyed it though!

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