Darkwater Dispatch

by gryph0n
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.68
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.25
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.35
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.26
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.07
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.83
Mood★★★★★★★★★★4.01
A stealth dark-ocean adventure, your radar will sweep every 10 seconds. Use the information you have to navigate and survive!

ITCH LINK: https://prestontaylor.itch.io/darkwater-dispatch

We've got work for you, Courier. Deliveries, to be precise. High stakes, high reward, you in?

The Crown has come to discover & eradicate Darkwater deliverypersons. Exhibit discretion, watch your Sonar, and you may see the light of Day.

Work with limited information to avoid enemy ships & make dropoffs at Darkwater Docks!

Good luck, Couriers. Remember to share your cash hauls in the comments- how long can YOU survive?

Controls:

- Left click & hold to move.

- Space to boost.

Comments23

CooLguNxDD3 Oct 2022, 23:37
Mayday there is so many of them. GGWP. Nice game but no fitting the theme. Maybe adding enemy appear to kill player in every 10s?
PicusBGames3 Oct 2022, 23:54
Pretty fun but I don't see any relation to the theme unfortunately :(
BeetleBox3 Oct 2022, 23:57
Every aspect of the game felt as if it was built to set a very specific mood, and they all worked together perfectly! Chills.
The mechanics themselves were a bit less my cup of tea, but wow did I enjoy the experience.
Nice game!
SAGIII
SAGIII4 Oct 2022, 00:00
Hello! The game is gorgeous! I think I didn't understand all but I loved it.
Gryph0nauthor4 Oct 2022, 00:12
For those mentioning theme- the sonar rotates once every 10 seconds! I updated the description to make it more clear :)
supercannon
supercannon4 Oct 2022, 00:15
Love the look and feel of this game! The scan effect looks super cool. I think a little more depth in the gameplay/objectives and this would be an even cooler game!
PenguinMunch4 Oct 2022, 00:35
The game felt so good to play! Very cool mechanics and mood all around!
3LSTMsInATrenchcoat4 Oct 2022, 00:43
Couldn't get it to run for me in Wine on Linux, but based on the description it sounds mechanically/thematically similar to my radar-based game.
jess from online
jess from online4 Oct 2022, 03:05
absolutely a vibe. the theming and visuals are so strong. the radar based gameplay was very clever. pretty much my only complaint was that i wished it was harder? but it was a great experience. also the quit game button doesn't work and feature not a bug imo, love that.
chelC
chelC4 Oct 2022, 05:34
The polish in this game was so nice!! I'm amazed you all accomplished this in a game jam. The radar effect was so cool, the sound and art were perfect and set the mood.

It took me a little bit to figure out how to do deliveries -- I bashed into the wall a couple times trying to figure out what button to press!! The enemies also felt a bit too easy to avoid, I hit one on purpose to see what would happen. The impact was really small and easy to miss.

I think it would be really cool if your radar picked up like, a giant enemy ship, and you had to zip around behind a wall to hide from it! spooky!

Great job team!
Diego Teran
Diego Teran4 Oct 2022, 06:42
Graphics, audio, mood, and concept were great! Get repetitive a bit fast, and the radar end up not being that useful, just a great mood adder.
evgenimp4 Oct 2022, 09:49
Lovely across the board! I booked it to C and felt really proud when I made it!
ofiro4 Oct 2022, 11:23
As other people have said, the looks and audio are top notch.

Some thoughts:

- A bit more gameplay depth would be perfect - maybe a long term goal / different levels.
As it is now "get as much money as possible"

- I was given some impossible missions (no way to get there in time) and some too easy (get to C, but I'm already at C), needs a bit more balance

Thanks for sharing!
Tyrannas
Tyrannas4 Oct 2022, 20:53
Wow nice art and mood! I loved the cartographic art direction and this deep underwater vibe! Like other have said though it's a bit repetitive but I would definitely play a game like that with more content (maybe some mysterious adventure or something) well done :)
profundity5 Oct 2022, 00:01
Great Mood, loved the visuals and audio. Gameplay was pretty smooth. Because of the goal being travel in more or less straight lines, the slowness of the sweep left me proceeding with no information about what was in front of me for close to 1/3 of the travel time. This was great for building tension, but was a little anti-climactic when I would just bonk into a wall and then stay put until the sweep revealed where to go next. It left me wondering if you had tried having a sweep with two lines in opposite directions so that the known information was less limited. In any case, you have a lot to be proud of here.
Erlioniel
Erlioniel5 Oct 2022, 18:57
Gosh I DO LIKE this style. It's minimalistic, but working absolutely perfect! Really good entry and especial respect for a pretty neutral music, it creates exactly the atmosphere I was expecting to.
Savolae
Savolae5 Oct 2022, 20:38
Great idea for the theme, I also really like how the game looks, sounds and feels.
Rafale256 Oct 2022, 21:42
Great atmosphere !
Strega
Strega7 Oct 2022, 06:39
Super cool game! Loved the look and feel. The music was eerie and worked well with the underwater feeling. The scanning/sonar effect was really well done. I think I ran into an issue where one of the point next to me kept getting picked so I was able to stay there and rack up money. It would be cool to see this expanded with upgrades and larger threats.
LDJam user 257946
LDJam user 2579467 Oct 2022, 19:57
The graphics and concept are insane with this one! I really love the idea of this game, but I think more mechanics need to be added in. Going to point is fun for a bit, but the player needs more things to do beyond that. Overall, though, amazing work!
Thiefaine8 Oct 2022, 15:26
Wow, it's awsome, visually, the mood, great work here ! I love the 10 seconds sonar feature, I think with more systems / gameplay this game would be a big hit
GG !
LePoulet12 Oct 2022, 10:45
I really liked the mood of this game. Typing sounds and sonar sound were nice. The graphics are minimalists but clean and consistant. Great job
DanielR121 Oct 2022, 20:44
Fun stealth game !

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