How Deep is Your Love

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.71
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.69
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.24
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.17
Mood★★★★★★★★★★4.07
How Deep Is Your Love is a 2D/3D runner that will make you literally fall in love, in the water. Your ol' pirate heart will be taken by surprise chasing a mermaid as you defend yourself against very unfriendly ocean critters. Love is really a game, and the deeper you follow this feeling, the more likely you are to die from heartache.

How Deep Is Your Love é um runner em 2D/3D que vai te levar, literalmente, num mergulho apaixonante. O seu coração pirata vai ser arrebatado e perseguir o amor de uma sereia enquanto você se defende de criaturas marinhas pouco amigáveis. O amor é mesmo um jogo, e quanto mais fundo você vai atrás desse sentimento, mais probabilidade você tem de morrer de amor.

Comments64

Rayanne Reveg27 Apr 2021, 15:10
I really wanna test it; the art style looks amazing on the preview
But the itch.io page wasn't found; could you update it, please?
DallOner
DallOner28 Apr 2021, 01:10
Same thing that @rayanne-reveg commented! let us know if u gonna upload a new version!
Lithia Studios28 Apr 2021, 15:53
Screenshots look nice but still a 404.
foxy
foxy28 Apr 2021, 20:09
I was attracted by a beautiful picture the same way as @rayanne-reveg, but the game does not work. Please fix it soon, I still want to see what's inside!
UkuleleFury
UkuleleFury28 Apr 2021, 20:16
+1 404 :( It looks like fun!
Nutella.Files
Nutella.Files28 Apr 2021, 20:52
This looks like fun, but the link doesn't work! Can you please update the link?
JLV
JLV28 Apr 2021, 21:02
I would also love to try the game out ; could you update the page ?
Onizik
Onizik29 Apr 2021, 08:33
Screenshots are very interesting but I can't download this game :-(
KaNgUrUh29 Apr 2021, 10:38
Hey guys! Yuri here, also known as KaNgUrUh on twitch, I'm the lead game designer of How Deep Is Your Love. We are very sorry about this wait period but the game is up now!! Our programmer lost all the code he had written hours before the deadline and then left the project out of frustration. So the other two game designers, the 2D artist and myself had to program everything from scratch. It was a very arduous process, especially when we all have limited experience with Unity, but as they say, four heads are better than one! Hahahaha we got it done reasonably well in two days. It was tough, it was tiring but damn it if it wasn't a blast! The team and I sincerely hope you enjoy this game as much as we enjoyed making it!!
vsi-
vsi-29 Apr 2021, 17:19
nice game, cool art, good job!
cvetk029 Apr 2021, 19:40
Haha, that ending was unexpected :smile:. Cool little game. I like the pixel art design of the character and the mermaid the most.

Keep up the good work!
Préda
Préda29 Apr 2021, 20:19
It was pretty fun although the camera started glitching at some points. I really liked how the 2d and 3d worked together. Also nice ending!
Sheinxy
Sheinxy29 Apr 2021, 21:37
Unexpected ending! x3

A small game but a good one, I really love the pixel art!
Willops29 Apr 2021, 22:03
Great game! Short but sweet, I like it!
Roidz
Roidz29 Apr 2021, 22:24
Amazing plottwist at the end, why did u guys opted out on humor ?
kr4ft3r
kr4ft3r29 Apr 2021, 22:44
Brought here by a screenshot, I find mermaids interesting.

While gameplay is good (though the game is short, which is not a problem in this case at all), it is the graphical charisma that really does the most for the game. And seeing a pixelated pirate brings in that warm Monkey Island feeling. The whole game is like a mermaid, it is a love on first sight, even though you can't really do much with it. Very nice job.
Pedonho29 Apr 2021, 22:44
Achei mt daora o final kkkkk. Gostei das artes e a animação do começo. Boa sorte pra vocês
feralpoodles
feralpoodles29 Apr 2021, 23:01
Awesome! I absolutely loved the graphics, pixel art is beautiful and I think you guys integrated the 2D and the 3D graphics together really well. Funny ending too, haha. Great job!! :)
Silas Reinagel
Silas Reinagel29 Apr 2021, 23:32
Very nice jam game!

Animations are great. The level flow and difficulty ramp was just right. Music and sounds are on point! And what an ending twist!

Really good job!

My one improvement suggestion would be to tune the player position to be near the top of the screen so that the used field of view is more player-friendly. It will give players a little more time to react to newly spawned obstacles, and make it feel totally fair if the player gets hit.
KaNgUrUh29 Apr 2021, 23:46
@roidz We ended up opting for humor because we though it would be a fun approach to the mermaid myth, pirates that dive beautiful women and are never seen again and all that. Also because of the graphical style, we thought it would be better to go with something a little bit more light hearted since it would make a short experience more satisfying in the long run.
Eximir
Eximir30 Apr 2021, 00:02
Nice game, really like the art was surprised that I couldn't rate the game in terms of graphic, did you opt out of the graphic category ?
ezgoodnight30 Apr 2021, 00:52
Well, this was a blast. That twist ending. Great look, nicely playable, great humor. Really enjoyed it.
Heiach
Heiach30 Apr 2021, 02:51
Really fun game. Short and sweet! It kept me interested to keep trying and trying again until I made it to the end! I was surprised it wasn't longer actually!
Squidly
Squidly30 Apr 2021, 03:10
3D models were a ton of fun to look at. A very surprising amount of excellent character/visual design here. The music was enjoyable and the game was just a lot of fun!
Iluvatar
Iluvatar30 Apr 2021, 07:54
Unfortunately I was not able to play the game. This appeared after I "pressed any key" at the beginning. It just froze on this frame. I really looked forward to try your game. It looks amazing.
bnmkt
bnmkt30 Apr 2021, 08:57
Hi!
I admit that it's the visuals that attracted me here but I was pleasantly surprised by an interesting gameplay, I started again a few too many times to improve my score but at one point I found myself stuck in the hollow of a boat :c

Bravo for your game otherwise ♥
TRUEchips
TRUEchips30 Apr 2021, 10:37
I looked at the game when it was 404 and thought it was sad I could not play. Now I have retuned to give you 5 stars for this amazing project! I loved everything, the visuals, the audio, the theme usage, the ending! It is just perfect! Thanks for making this masterpiece!
Rayanne Reveg30 Apr 2021, 12:29
I'm so happy to finally play the game! It's sooo amazing; the concept of the theme, the art, music, sfxs and the final plot, haha! Love it completely! Congrats guys!

To mais feliz ainda em saber que foi um time BR, parabéns galereee! Vocês se garantiram, deixaram meu coração mais quentinho em encontrar mais brasileiros por aqui! :smile_cat:
Artyom Volkov30 Apr 2021, 18:35
The short, but funny game. In my opinion, mixing 3D and pixel art is a bad idea for a jam, but I like how it works in your game. And it's hard to admit that the game has the most romantic ending I've ever seen.
NaBo36930 Apr 2021, 19:59
This is a really good game honestly. The swimming animation of the pirate is so fricken smooth, even the random junk floating in the ocean looks good, and the story has a fun ending (better love story then twiligth.
I also liked the combination of pixel art and 3D assets in the game, or atleast for the cutscenes.
It is a short but fun game which I cant praise more
lectvs
lectvs30 Apr 2021, 20:02
Neat, short entry! I really like the art-style, big fan of pixel art with the shading of a 3D environment. Gameplay was short and basic, but I had fun with it!

Played this on my stream yesterday if you want to check out the VOD: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1005643301?t=00h03m00s

I didn't find love, love found me. And I lost my damn mind.
Honest Dan
Honest Dan30 Apr 2021, 21:35
This was great! I completed it first time and the ending was very satisfying. It was a bit of a mish mash of visuals, but ultimately it was an experience I will remember after this week - and thats a great achievement.
saintchristopher777
saintchristopher77730 Apr 2021, 22:32
Lovely game! The art is great, and I really like the background music! Pirate/mermaid romance ends about how you would expect :-D

Would be nice to have an exit option on the main menu - unless I missed it. I just alt-F4ed.
JLV
JLV1 May 2021, 01:56
Great entry ! I enjoyed the straightforward gameplay, the clever use of the art, the balance (these jam games tend to be too hard, yours was just right !) as well as the final...twist. Fantastic job, well worth the additional work on your end !

Strengths :
- Cool aesthetic and audio
- Straightforward gameplay and controls
- Excellent level design and balance

Possible improvements :
- Some ennemies seem to be teleporting ; not a big issues, but the large tentacles can be...troublesome :smile:
LDJam user 242787
LDJam user 2427871 May 2021, 05:02
This game was really well done. The beginning and end cutscenes were a nice touch. I can tell a lot of work was put into this game by the variety of models and level elements. The music and sound effects were also well done. Overall, your team did a great job!
DDRKirbyISQ
DDRKirbyISQ1 May 2021, 22:00
Finally, a Unity game that doesn't assume that I have a widescreen display resolution...you'd be shocked how rare that is nowadays.

What a great opening cutscene! Amazing job putting everything together despite your aforementioned setback, which I'm sure must have been disheartening.
Affdavi1 May 2021, 22:18
Pure fun! An elegant game for a more civilized age.
MeritCoding
MeritCoding2 May 2021, 06:26
Feedback
- Cool Idea
- Liked the obstacles
- I don't know what the blank space was for
Link2702 May 2021, 06:33
Ending was great, very nice job. Fun gameplay, everything was very smooth and simple to follow.
Tanner Shelton2 May 2021, 06:37
I like the idea, it felt fairly simple in some ways. I liked the composition of the 2d on 3d. That was a fun juxtaposition. Art was a good choice for the gamplay.
Mizatorian
Mizatorian2 May 2021, 06:50
Oh oh, the surprise at the end. Good gameplay and loved the gfx, especially the 3D on 2D asthetic.
GameDevTraum
GameDevTraum2 May 2021, 15:23
hahah poor pirate! xD
Nice game, loved the music from the menu :3
I played two times because I wanna see again the bloody ending
dans17
dans173 May 2021, 04:54
I really liked the concept and the variety of obstacles! The intro and ending were very funny as well. The art was really well done, but I feel like the 2d and 3d styles kind of clashed. Contrary to idea that you shouldn't mix them at all, however, I think it can actually work quite well with a bit of tweaking. For our game, we just added a pixelated camera effect that makes the 3d models look kind of like pixel art, and I think that would work really well for your game as well.
dans17
dans173 May 2021, 05:03
By the way, I think there was a miscommunication when someone asked why you had opted out of humor. You are currently not being rated in humor because you have removed it from the available categories to be rated in, which is a shame because it seems like you put some effort into making the game humorous. You also are not being rated in audio or graphics, which it seems like you put a lot of time into as well. You can change this in the settings when you edit your game page, but I'm not sure if you can still change it this late.
Skosnowich
Skosnowich3 May 2021, 15:00
What a great game with a great twist in the end! The music very much reminded me of Monkey Islands music, were you by any chance inspired by it? I love the general art-style especially the pixel-art. Me personally, I don't like the combination of 3D and pixel-art but that's just subjective, I can nonetheless appreciate the style and think it looks very good. The game feels rather short and too easy, but on the other hand end-to-end fully polished. I like all the different ideas you had for the dangers of the deep sea.

Altogether, very polished entry, great job!
Julhes3 May 2021, 15:35
Awesome! Love the music and sounds! That ending twist lol

Great job, guys :)
LittleW00D
LittleW00D3 May 2021, 17:05
We all encounter problems during game jams, sometimes a little bigger than we hope. But you managed to get a game done and that's all that matters.

You would come first place in the humor category for that twist ending!
etrealjunior
etrealjunior4 May 2021, 14:28
Congratulations I play is very cool, the music and arts are beautiful, and has a touch of humor in the end very cool, a big hug to the team, and I await your feedback on my game.
Ausstein
Ausstein4 May 2021, 15:09
Hi,

Here is my playthrough of your game :)

Why can't I rate this on humor? Totally deserves a humor grade :D

LDJam user 250426
LDJam user 2504265 May 2021, 07:30
Fun game, short and sweet and does well to tell it's story in such a short amount of time. Being able to see the mermaid at the end of the screen is a really nice touch! I love the art style especially in the start menu and the end scene! Sorry about losing your code, you guys did great and I would have loved to see what more you had in store for us! Like others have said, I wish I could rate on graphics, humor and audio!

If opting out was a mistake, you might be able to get this fixed by contacting Mike Kasprzak here:
https://twitter.com/mikekasprzak
manio
manio8 May 2021, 13:44
Best game I've played so far :) thanks!
tanis
tanis8 May 2021, 19:04
Best ending ever! Just awesome! And the music rocks, it brought me back memories of monkey island. The mix between pixel graphics and 3D is kind of weird, but it's not so bad, even though I would have preferred just simple pixels :) Anyway really great job!
Zathnic
Zathnic11 May 2021, 20:45
Simple but fun gameplay! The enemy variety was nice, as well as the animation of the main character. It was quite short, and maybe also too easy since I didn't die once in three playthroughs. But you did well to tell a nice little story in this short timespan.
Vynnetanons15 May 2022, 11:30
I had recently moved to Nottinghamshire and could only dream of deep love. Fortunately, after going to a local pub, I found out about the existence of the dating site https://uk.cupiddates.com/ and began to actively use it. I got a lady of the heart pretty quickly and I try to take care of her by sending various flowers and gifts. She seems to love me back and we started planning a date in real life.

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