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Ludum Dare #48jam

Nautilus: Gestation

by perpetua-franck
co-authored: @neoncircus, @maruchanwu
Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.89
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.39
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.64
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.14
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.74
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.24
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.75
A Cosmic Horror Shooter.

HOW TO PLAY: You must run away from HIM. You must shoot the creatures. You must keep moving forward.

I’ve got to do this. Step after step. I pledge myself to the element that pulls me down and takes over my oxygen… Turning it into something that I can no longer breathe. In any moment I could be broken. Here the breathing is different. My lungs yell, begging for the salty water I inhabit.​

We are Libromancy Studios

Perpetua Franck: Game Director, Game Designer and Project Manager

Luka Rizzi: Game Designer, Programming

Mariana Maresca: Art Direction and Screenwriting

Martín Castañon: Pixel Art and Animation

Joaquín Agesta: Game Score and Sound Effects
Tags: #horror, #narrative
Genres: action

Comments14

junojop27 Apr 2021, 03:36
extremely amazing pixel art
LDJam user 027 Apr 2021, 03:41
looks absolutely gorgeous but wouldn't download on Mac :( kudos to the pixel artist though, absolutely. gorgeous.
MEGA Marlon27 Apr 2021, 03:44
The pixel artwork is great, I loved the squids and the giant face pursuing you is very ominous. I wasn't sure if I was supposed to be shooting at the face while running, or just running away from the face as it is indestructible.
NeonCircus27 Apr 2021, 04:52
gracias juan te veo y te como a besotes
THX27 Apr 2021, 23:10
Lovely and unique visual style, adore the presentation. great mood as well. I do think the speed at which the text appears is a bit slow and breaks up the pacing, I think speeding that up just a tad would go a long way. Regardless a very cool entry!
NeonCircus28 Apr 2021, 00:32
Fixed it! It should now be about right giving you enough time to read without interrupting the flow of the game
YetRecallLaw29 Apr 2021, 00:49
I loved the game's atmosphere. The art style and the ambient-sounding music worked together to set a slightly creepy mood. I'm not sure if I made it to the end or not; I could still shoot and hear the effect, but everything was dark and I couldn't move. A good showing for the jam!
LDJam user 23538829 Apr 2021, 01:05
Sort of confused by the story and what's happening. The text is also very hard to read as it gets slowly added to the screen because it keeps shifting line widths.
I feel like my game also just randomly restarted after a few min.
Gabriel Corbani
Gabriel Corbani29 Apr 2021, 02:11
Love the atmosphere and the art style, love shooting
Marcenat
Marcenat17 May 2021, 09:04
Really strong atmosphere.
I'm a bit confused about what I should do ^^
The writing is pretty good, the sound effect and music get the job done, the art is great although I would have like a bit more elements.

As others have pointed out, the text is annoying too read because it's shift line width and height. Moreover it's not skippable when you retry.
ChrisAP
ChrisAP18 May 2021, 01:13
Its a little confusing what is going on but I do like the pixel art. When the text is auto adjusting it moves a lot making it hard to read. There is also a bit of dissonance when I start the game I'm moving very fast, but then the game stops my and displays text in slow mo, the slow mo is cool but it feels like it gets in the way of the gameplay. Maybe there could be a button to move on from the text after having read it instead of having it write slowly on screen.
GuitarBro
GuitarBro18 May 2021, 02:42
Interesting experience. The (dialogue?) was quite poetic. Very moody.

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