Sergei the Salvager

by kankje

co-authored: @savolae, @jaaskeh

Overall★★★★★★★★★★4.15

Fun★★★★★★★★★★4.20

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.57

Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.53

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.63

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.86

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.69

Mood★★★★★★★★★★4.28

You are Sergei, a salvager of the deep seas. You salvage anything worth money, though most of it does not end up in your pockets. Maybe one day you can be the boss and leave the salvaging for others. Until that day, you must dive deep into the sea once again to find what others left there.

How to play:

Dive and find salvage that can be lifted to the surface. Approach the objects and lift them by attaching enough balloons. Use money gained from the salvage to upgrade your equipment.

Controls:

- Move with WASD
- Attach balloons with Space
- Drop flares with F
- Use depth charges with E

Tags: #2d, #singleplayer

Genres: adventure

Tools: Unity

Comments26

CeeJap27 Apr 2021, 00:58

Super fun game! I love the gameplay loop of going up and down a little deeper every time. It was a little confusing at first as the boat at the surface moves at the same speed as the submarine, making it look like I wasn't moving at all. Other than that this was a super fun and charming game. Great job!

bubul6927 Apr 2021, 01:02

Lovely pixel art game with a good mood, deep in the ocean ;)

kev_The_GameDev27 Apr 2021, 01:24

Nice game! Sadly I ran into a bug. My ship wouldn't stop going up. But I liked the "ocean feeling"!

Rein27 Apr 2021, 01:28

Only took me a handful of minutes to beat, but it was a great concept with excellent execution! Well done.

Dylan Morrow27 Apr 2021, 01:30

All I can say is awesome!

skaminska27 Apr 2021, 01:45

I like the art style of this game. Nice and fun game

abvadabra27 Apr 2021, 01:46

Really surprised how you managed to finish a game with such a broad scope in only 72 hours. I liked this sense of depth and cosmic horror. Especially the final 'surprise' was very well implemented. Good job.

ThatANoNoWord27 Apr 2021, 01:49

Woah, what a dark twist! It's a simple story, but the mood made from the lighting, the simple upgrades, everything made this a great game. Nice job!

fosf027 Apr 2021, 04:47

what a nice atmosphere :)

Macibacsi5627 Apr 2021, 16:23

Amazing game :)

RomanEmpire27 Apr 2021, 16:32

Overall a good game, love the atmosphere. The graphics are a bit simple, but the audio really sells it. Maybe add some extra details to the seafloor? Great twist as well.

EvoGenGames27 Apr 2021, 18:30

Very good game!
Loved the sound effects, the story/dialogues

well polished and nice ending!

Well done

al_is_kinda_cute27 Apr 2021, 18:33

super fun game
not many issues I can take with it
the ending was brilliant

NoeF27 Apr 2021, 18:39

Your audio design is realy amazing, atmosphere too.

Trigrab27 Apr 2021, 18:45

Thats a very good game. Ambient and Soundeffects are nearly perfect. You can win and loose, but you wouldn't know without playing it twice.

I am really amazed by this :thumbsup:

bitshift27 Apr 2021, 18:46

I love this game. Reminds me of some old flash games like Motherload. I especially liked the small details, such as a submarine with an increased number respawning when you die.

MatiF10027 Apr 2021, 19:03

Really liked the game. Exploration aspect was really nice, and only thing i can point out is small area, but given the time it took, game came out great!

Copito27 Apr 2021, 19:05

This was cool but seemed a bit short unless I missed a second level?

Dazrow27 Apr 2021, 19:29

Very atmospheric and the gameplay is really interesting and captivating. I'd love to play the full game like that
Well done, well done!
I'd apreciate if you could also check out our puzzle game "Deep Sweep". Thanks and best of luck! :D

arturgiardi28 Apr 2021, 23:38

The game is awesome! I need to play more! I think the only point to improve it's the pixel art, but I know that sometimes you need to make a quick art in order to deliver solid gameplay in a jam

hunttis29 Apr 2021, 06:07

That was really good! Congrats on making a completable game!

The ambience is simple, but really effective in creating a lot of atmosphere (or lack of one, since we're underwater? :D ).

Really liked the gameplay, if I had to nitpick, it was a little dark, but that just added to the atmosphere, so not really a negative.

tkers30 Apr 2021, 20:55

A solid gameplay loop and great atmosphere. The upgrades/progression were spaced out nicely and lead to a fun conclusion. Felt very polished overall, great job!

Danial1 May 2021, 20:53

Not bad at all. A little short, but zero grind, which this style of game could have easily had.

Super Hadoken5 May 2021, 10:06

Fun exploration and great atmosphere. The controls were smooth and the pace was perfect.

quadtree8 May 2021, 01:14

The graphics and sound really created a nice atmosphere, and the game was a nice length. Using the flares was a bit confusing, as sometimes it seemed like they didn't really scare the fish off, but I probably wasn't doing it right. Nice job overall, though!

Skosnowich14 May 2021, 10:39

Very nice atmospheric game. The gameplay mechanic is really simple, but it tells a nice story. The graphics and the sound fit nicely together. Would've liked if it was longer.

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