Spermy the Whale Goes Deeper and Deeper is a game about a lazy sperm whale of the species Physeter macrocephalus that wants to swim deeper and deeper, as deep as possible. The poor whale doesn't even now how to swim so you have to help him by blowing air bubbles near it. You need to press down the mouse key and don't let it go to release air bubbles and push the whale around with them. You can even do it with your finger on your phone or tablet, but you won't be able to see what you are doing very well. The whale has only a limited amount of air and the game will end if it runs out and your score will be the depth reached. If you actually reach the bottom, your score will be your time. The current world record is 53.9s by yours truly. If you can do better, please post a screenshot in the comments.
Tools used: - whiteboard & color markers for brainstorming, planning and *creating art*! - Nikon Z6 + Nikkor 50/18 S to take photos of the said art with - Lightroom Classic to edit the said photos in - GIMP to convert the resulting images to transparent pngs and to make images used for the background gradients - Unity and Microsoft Visual Studio to make the actual game in
The music was created especially for this game during the event by my friend Aziraphal, everything else was created from scratch by myself during the event.
Right away, unfortunately my Spermy didn't get deep enough (377m!). Although I grabbed a dolphin, but was hit by a submarine. Spermy unfortunately did not survive and now joins the dried up corpse on land.
Cute game, congrats! The difficulty is pretty nice I think, I tried and failed the first time but on the second go I got to the bottom at 73.1s, which was cool! Charming little game, enjoyed the way it feels hand-crafted.
Edit: and congrats to your friend, the music is really good on this one.
Hahahahahahaha, very cute whale, the game music makes people comfortable. My understanding: maybe you want to express some environmental awareness. If it's true, the game is cool in that respect.
I love the cute hand-drawn graphics, overall style and I also really dig the music. Gameplay-wise it's a simple physics-based arcade type game. It can get frustrating at times because Spermy tends to get stuck on enemies with no easy way to navigate out.
loved your art work, it looked consistent and fun! The music was great, and the game play was quite a challenge at first. I liked it once I got the hang of it!
A lot of fun and humour in this, and I really like the hand drawn felt tip pen style, nice one! It's like an aquatic Frogger. I think I need to get myself a whiteboard.I would like to claim the new world record, thank you.
@tanis Easily, I just took the first part of the animal name and stuck a Y behind it 😏 Anyway, I always found these whales fascinating and I used to draw them everywhere.
Although simple, I liked the drawings of the animals, it fitted with the game and its theme, as well as the music. I found the gameplay a little difficult, the animals have an irregular border, and sometimes there is a bug that the whale gets stuck. But it is still a good game.
Good game! It was pretty challenging, I barely managed to get to the bottom before the time ran out. Needs some practicing for sure. Great job!! Screenshot 2021-05-08 201515.png
Ah I kept getting so close to the bottom but couldn't get past the last clown fish! I really liked your art, I love when art is taken from physical medium and scanned/photographed into a game, it looks really nice. It would have been very cool if you could have done the background as a whiteboard-colored texture too! I found the controls a bit finnicky - which I think is the point haha. I do wish I was able to get just a little more power/speed though, as I found the best strategy ended up being going along the left wall and sliding as best I could. Really enjoyed it, congrats on finishing!
@zoarfy Thanks for the thorough review. There was a plan to draw a pretty background, but there just wasn't enough time to do that. The controls are a bit awkward on purpose, so the game is funnier and isn't too easy so you get more satisfaction playing it.
Love the art, and the yellow submarines 💛 The music is good too and fits really well. It's pretty difficult so unfortunately I haven't been able to get to the bottom so far over my attempts, but I've managed a depth of 745 :)
I found it a bit annoying that the other fishes (and submarines) were only blocking the way. Might have been more fun if they were more spaced out and made you loose (or lose life points) on touch. Very cute art style! Cool music :)
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Still had fun though.
Edit: and congrats to your friend, the music is really good on this one.
There are a lot of things in this sea 🦈🐟🐙🦑
Thanks for making this!
Whiteboards are cool, but there's a very limited selection of colors available and you can't mix them. Here are some examples of my whiteboard drawings
Thanks for the review.
I adore the whiteboard art and yellow submarines will from this day on trigger some PTSD in me. Awesome game!
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I really liked your art, I love when art is taken from physical medium and scanned/photographed into a game, it looks really nice. It would have been very cool if you could have done the background as a whiteboard-colored texture too!
I found the controls a bit finnicky - which I think is the point haha. I do wish I was able to get just a little more power/speed though, as I found the best strategy ended up being going along the left wall and sliding as best I could.
Really enjoyed it, congrats on finishing!