Prof. Jones' Trench Research Mission

by zhennaperks

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.28

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.00

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.11

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.67

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.17

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.00

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.50

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.50

Congratulations! Prof. Jones is excited to invite you to participate in a mostly safe, definitely legal, and totally ethical trench research mission. You'll be diving solo in the best sub a public college can afford. The deepest parts of our ocean remain less explored than the solar system, can you believe that bu-- Anyway, dive in and collect as much research as you can. Don't forget to write it down, that's what makes it science!

This is my first solo Ludum Dare, first Unity project, first scripting project, but definitely not my first time crying about code at 11.37 pm on a Saturday. I've watched my friends make games for the past several years and finally decided to dive in myself. Art, sound, scripts, and games all built by myself with a lot of technical support from Google and emotional support from my fiance.

How to Play:

- Click creatures to record them in your journal.
- [D] to dive deeper
- [Esc] to return to Main Menu

Tags: #2d, #atmospheric, #chill, #fish, #short, #singleplayer, #underwater, #unity

Comments14

LDJam user 23855227 Apr 2021, 05:35

My wife and I thought your game looks and sounds fun! We are on a mac, however. Perhaps consider a webGL build if you're able next Jam. Welcome to the JAM--this is my first time too :)

Carston Schilds27 Apr 2021, 05:49

I really liked the art

Delequesce28 Apr 2021, 01:13

Really enjoyed this! The art is delightful, and I enjoyed the simple mechanic of clicking fish more than I thought I would. Couldn't figure out how not to die, but maybe that is the point haha.

mtrc28 Apr 2021, 01:15

Short, sweet and fun! I love the art and general style so much. Lovely work! :)

nyanpierre28 Apr 2021, 02:58

The game is cool !
I like the art of all fishs x)

TAIGHA28 Apr 2021, 03:32

Hi!

It's possible that I didn't fully understand what to do, but either the game is very short, or something is wrong with me, because every time in the third scene I got under the eyes of the kraken )

But in general it looks cool

Bongard2228 Apr 2021, 16:56

Wonderful vibes and beautiful art! Maybe could do with some effect to mark off fish that have already been logged.

For your convivence here's a timestamped link to the vod: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1003143985?t=2h27m1s

rhoff9528 Apr 2021, 17:55

Nice art, and I like each of the underwater scenes.

ardorugus29 Apr 2021, 02:55

Loved the tentacle! The overal design is fun, however didn't quite catch the goal or how the score or progress is being count. Nice work, anyway, got Cousteau vibes.

Aerolink10 May 2021, 12:09

Cool idea, don't really know if it's supposed to have an other ending but still enjoyed it.

ruddgasm15 May 2021, 05:45

Some nice cute art where everything fits together nicely. I really liked the post-it note instructions, it had some nice humor in it. Even though there is no win state, it works well as a sort of interactive aquarium. Nice job on completing the compo and keep at it.

Zebshee15 May 2021, 19:31

Really good job setting the mood and you nailed the theme. I apparently am no underwater researcher as I couldn't get anything other than an F. I also like all the artwork.

ColeSlaughter17 May 2021, 05:45

We played your game on stream over the weekend!

I really like the vibe of this one. :) Reminds me of Pokemon Snap if it happened on a Disney ride. Pretty nuts you were able to crank out all of the art and coding by yourself in a weekend. Would love to see this taken further!