Depths Business

by anchous-blupblup

co-authored: @anastasiia-s, @rukojop, @sighr

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.45

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.98

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★4.00

Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.26

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.52

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.65

Mood★★★★★★★★★★4.07

Important: The game is made for 1920x1080 resolution. It is possible to play on screens with lower resolution in fullscreen (not thoroughly tested though).

Controls:

Left Mouse Button – Bury the body

Right Mouse Button – Dig a grave

Bottom left – Reference Book

Bottom right – Burial Orders

Top right – Clock

Fence on the right – Royal Measuring Stick (for coffin size comparison)

By decree of the King, you have been granted ownership of a burial ground just outside the city.
Your sacred duty: to bury citizens of all classes with care and dignity, expand the graveyard with earned coin, and avoid the King's wrath.
Good luck, gravekeeper.

Tags: #2d, #funny, #medieval, #no ai, #short, #singleplayer

Genres: simulation

Tools: Unity

Comments17

Zigtalk8 Apr 2025, 00:45

Your graphics are so cool, reminded me of Pentiment. Love how the style came out.

Yopin8 Apr 2025, 11:45

Really interesting idea. I really liked looking up the measurements in the book and figuring out what they ment. In my first playthrough I totally missread the "Clod" as "Gold" and I was sure that I need to find gold and buy upgrades in the shed with shovel on it, but after making all holes to the end and still having 0 gold, I realized that I did something wrong. My second time was much better. I really liked this game and its style is incredible!

Chupachup8 Apr 2025, 14:54

Wybik and graphics my respects. But initially it was a little hard to figure out what to do. Well and it seemed as if it took too long to go content. It's hard to keep your attention. But the artist and the musician are definitely badass.

tailchaser8 Apr 2025, 14:55

The idea is really interesting and unique, and the artstyle is superb! Loved it.

izzqz8 Apr 2025, 15:01

Potion Craft? Thats really nice graphics!

Jack Turpitt8 Apr 2025, 15:02

This is such a great take on the theme and its incredible how the art, music, character design, and UI all build towards the central idea! I love all of the period details, especially tracking time by a candle. It gave me a similar feeling to pentiment. Great entry, thank you for making it!!

Odronin8 Apr 2025, 15:02

Suffering Middle Ages, this is great! However, the game window is too big. Perhaps because of this I caught a bug that the graves were visually dug only on the bottom layer.

D_omino8 Apr 2025, 15:02

Really like that idea, and graphics. First time seen such a cool idea. but a couldn't get the time with that candle.

xlu8 Apr 2025, 15:05

Really cool game, I like the idea, music and humour. A bit hard at first, but enjoyable nevertheless.

Ansible8 Apr 2025, 15:07

I only made one acceptable grave in my first day xD love the nice lute music and the art. very nice middle ages theme

GoldyXEN8 Apr 2025, 20:19

This is why metric system is superior

threegoldeneggs9 Apr 2025, 00:12

Took me a couple tries to make an acceptable grave, but I got there! I loved the graphics and music together. And the reasons for death were always entertaining.

radiorat9 Apr 2025, 06:31

The graphics are awesome!

Pusheeneiro9 Apr 2025, 08:28

WOW great art and theme

Stingdragon9 Apr 2025, 18:40

Very fun take on the theme! I like the look, the sounds and the premise. I kinda wish there was a pause for when you read the manual. I missed the first burial because I was trying to figure out what a clod was!

kuboi10 Apr 2025, 11:23

The art and the music are so beautiful! Love the idea of tracking time with a candle, although it was a bit difficult sometimes:D

Art_Alchemist10 Apr 2025, 12:02

I still don't understand why you need money. It seems like you need to spend it on upgrading the cemetery, but I couldn't find anything anywhere.
When the day ended, the game seemed to freeze. You could move the cursor, but nothing happened.

However, the graphics in the game are amazing! If you fix the bugs, it will be a sticky game)