OPEN SEA DEEP SPEAR FISHING DELUXE

by whynot
co-authored: @nicolai
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.45
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.08
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.52
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.37
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.18
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.93
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.48
Go DEEP SPEAR FISHING like it was 1999!
SUPER NO SOUND EDITION (sorry, doing any sound design wasn't our personal goal in this jam)


Catch fish, train your freediving skills to hold breath for longer and venture deeper into the ocean.


Wrestle fish in one-on-one tug-of-war combat.

Comments53

tengusheath
tengusheath27 Apr 2021, 01:01
I love ocean diving games. The graphics looked nice. But the controls were both a little sluggish looking around and sensitive when swimming.
WhyNotauthor27 Apr 2021, 01:16
@tengusheath thank you! Yeah, there's definitely room to improve controls, maybe we'll find some time to polish it later.
A624T27 Apr 2021, 01:34
I love the aesthetic. Some sound would really add to the ambiance.
AGW
AGW27 Apr 2021, 01:38
The game has gamepad support and I think this is a differential. I missing some sound effects and music but I know the time of this jam was not your friend.
(Also I loved the ft. Dante Easter Egg at the main menu :D )
Savolae
Savolae27 Apr 2021, 01:44
Very nice looking game. Sometimes finding fish was a bit difficult. Controls could have been polished a bit more.
marksteve27 Apr 2021, 02:01
Underwater grapling hook! Very fun idea.
Rein27 Apr 2021, 02:09
Played until I completely filled the oxygen bar (which was a long time since it fills less with each fish caught). A crosshair or something would have helped a lot with targeting, and the controls got a bit wonky if you flipped over. I was kind of hoping for some uber uncatchable fish to appear in the endless depth area :\
RetroSpecter
RetroSpecter27 Apr 2021, 03:51
The art is really on point. I feel like there is something interesting there with this tug of war idea. I like how it forces you to ground yourself. Do wish it was a bit easier though.
Manan27 Apr 2021, 03:54
I love the art style and character model. The mouse sensitivity was very low, and the oxygen bar system could be annoying, but I had fun riding the fish.
ToSMaster
ToSMaster27 Apr 2021, 09:21
That's very cool! Is it literally "Spear Fishing"? :D I like how you can spear to the fishing nets and zoom around the map's edges. Did you animate and model the player character yourselves?
parkuhrmd
parkuhrmd27 Apr 2021, 09:32
The art is so cool! Spearing a fish and riding it is lots of fun, if you manage to hit it.
jaoel
jaoel27 Apr 2021, 10:14
This is a great looking game!
I had some trouble aiming the spear, maybe a crosshair or some kind of lock-on targeting would help?
The tug-of-war "surfing" mechanic feels amazing! Really cool!
mike0912327 Apr 2021, 16:11
Character was hard to control but I liked the concept. Also, spearing a fish and then surfing on the ocean floor was AWESOME!!!
WhyNotauthor27 Apr 2021, 21:28
@tosmaster thank you! Yeah, all assets were made during LD, and I had almost zero experience with 3d animation before, so it was sort of a self-imposed challenge.
wiffled27 Apr 2021, 22:34
great job! as others have said, the fish-surfing feels great. feel a bit bad for the poor fishies though!
Cornflowerblue
Cornflowerblue28 Apr 2021, 02:04
Very cute experience. The art is wonderful and using fish to get around is fun. The lack of sound affects the atmosphere, though.
jitspoe
jitspoe28 Apr 2021, 03:55
Really nice graphics. Not many game jam games have a fully animated 3D character! Is it possible to actually catch the fish? Not sure if I'm doing something wrong, or if you're supposed to just spear a fish, ride around for a bit, then let it go (or drown). A clear objective would add to the fun factor, but a cool project, nonetheless!
WhyNotauthor28 Apr 2021, 04:17
@jitspoe yeah, you can, in fact, properly catch fish, but we ran out of time before adding any UI indication on how close you are to tiring the fish out. The fact that you can get unlucky and run into multiple strong fish in a row don't help either. But in theory, you need to start from sailfish in shallow waters and go deeper as your oxygen capacity increases.
jitspoe
jitspoe28 Apr 2021, 06:08
@whynot Those last couple hours go by quickly, don't they? :D
AVAVT
AVAVT28 Apr 2021, 13:01
What I liked:

1. The graphic is great. I love the model, it look chills and game-y.

2. The gameplay was... actually surprisingly good, after I figured out how to play. I love fishing games and this is a fresh air quite different even from other harpoon games.

What I think could be improved:

1. I had huge trouble understanding how to catch fish. I mean it just pull me around all the place, and me pressing buttons aren't reflected by anything on the screen, so I wasn't quite sure what to do to catch the fish. I think just one more animation (maybe a pulling back animation) or some notable effect (maybe sweating emote or struging emote) that appear immediately when I press Down would help me realize pressing down is what I must do to pull.

2. The game's introduction was a bit misleading. Before I could catch fish, I thought it was because I don't have enough O2, so I even tried to figure out how to "train my freediving skill" by staying underwater and go up, which didn't work obviously.

Those 2 are big issues I think, because I almost quited from frustration when I didn't know how to play.

Luckily someone in the comment mentioned you can increase lung capacity by catching fish, which helped me go back and focused on figuring out how to catch a fish. After I did, as I stated at top, it was surprisingly good gameplay. There are millions new things I could think of than can be integrated to expand this way of fishing further.

Finally. Not a "bad" thing, but more like a pity: the game could be greatly improved with some sparkly sound effect and visual effect. Like those arcade game or Mario-family games. I guess it was because of time constrain?
-FL-29 Apr 2021, 15:41
Nice graphics and mechanics! I played until the oxygen bar is filled (expect for a very small risk). A better control and a crosshair should helps me.

Mouse controls won't work well. Fortunately, you put gamepad support. Even with the joystick, controls could have been polished a bit more, a crosshair should helps. I spend a good time for catching the firsts fishes.

I suggest a high score for fish size.
liero1169 May 2021, 06:41
The presentation is pretty decent actually. I had high hopes for this, but going in the controls were difficult. I think adding an aiming reticle could have helped quite a bit.
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