The Sunken Treasure

co-authored: @moony-91
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.19
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.84
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.76
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.11
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.50
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.97
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.31
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.14
Six weeks ago the ship Rosemary ran into some heavy weather and sunk into the Nameless Sea.

Are you a brave helmsman that likes to dive into the Nameless Sea?

There is one attempt left before winter comes to go on some treasure diving.

Controls:
- Arrows or WASD to move
- F to fish (fish get interested when close enough)
- B to buy (when near the ship)

Created in HTML5/CSS/WebGL (Using SolidJs and PixiJs)
Tools: PixiJS

Comments19

gamesplusjames
gamesplusjames8 Apr 2025, 00:21
Great work, I really like how the game looks!
Indiealesha
Indiealesha8 Apr 2025, 11:53
Beautiful graphics, and the mood and theme are top-notch too! But I felt the tutorial was lacking – it took me about 30 seconds to figure out how to control the submarine. Maybe consider adding a clearer tutorial next time!
pavlov369 Apr 2025, 06:37
Nice to play, like the art style)
Lucasito12 Apr 2025, 09:59
Beautiful graphics, nice sounds : love the environment ! A bit long to progress though but very enjoyable
Astoeth12 Apr 2025, 10:11
Game was fun and i liked the art style, i got kind of a luck/bug at the end where 70€ fishes were constantly respawning just under my submarine so it accelerated the full upgrade and the end of the game for me xD, but it was a fun experience, well done !
CrozzY
CrozzY12 Apr 2025, 11:45
I liked the style of play and it was just fun to play, great game)
AthosPap12 Apr 2025, 11:48
Well done, it took me a while to figure it out but very good job
7uc4s
7uc4s12 Apr 2025, 17:25
could not figure out how to catch fishes :(
byebye
byebye12 Apr 2025, 18:07
Nice meditative game, I think it would be nice to have a button to sell all fish instead of doing it manually.
strong99
strong99author12 Apr 2025, 18:35
Press the Fish button, or keyboard key A or Space. A fishing rod line will drop, and you have to wait for nearby fish to become interested.
tiar
tiar12 Apr 2025, 18:36
@jamesgames1000 stop the boat, then start fishing, the fish will come to you.

What is a better question is to how to fish for the crates? They sometimes seem to try to escape (sinking through the ground)... Once I saw it coming to the boat. Once I fished it successfully. But controlling the boat is difficult, and especially situating it over the crate is quite challenging. Every light press of a button moves it quite far in that direction.

It's a good idea for a game, though, and fishing is nice. I was keeping one copy of every fish without selling it on purpose to "collect" all of them. But I couldn't collect the special crates - they sunk through the ground and I don't think there is a way to get them now, so I don't think I can finish the game.
strong99
strong99author12 Apr 2025, 18:59
@tiar Love the fish collection desire :) Cool!

It's possible if you hang still and hang out the fishing rod. It's a bug though. The chests think they're fish. An error from the last minutes of the Jam.
PapyKent
PapyKent14 Apr 2025, 08:47
Loved the idea and the art! Maybe it's a bit too easy to catch the fish ? Or was your goal to keep it relaxing and soothing ? Anyway great job!
Eugenik
Eugenik14 Apr 2025, 10:14
So fun! Good work :thumbsup:.
FrauKauz
FrauKauz15 Apr 2025, 12:43
That's a nice little game that you made here. It's quite complex (buying enhancements on the boat, multiple types of fish, loot boxes etc). I liked the graphics and the eye on the detail. The background sound was quite basic, but it worked setting the atmosphere - the game was nice relaxing.
I agree @papykent that it's quite easy to catch fish, simply sit on a spawn point and get one fish after the other :D. I didn't quite get how to "catch" a chest, they moved away from me :D. I also didn't know how to end or "win" the game; I dived down to 140ish meters and found a ship there.
The didn't use all the light-, speed- and radius enhancements since I did not see the neccessarity of it, but I think if you add predators or time limit, this would polish you game. All in all great job for the given time!!
Dissonance Generator
Dissonance Generator17 Apr 2025, 15:48
It looks like the debug tools are still accessible? Sometimes I'd fish in the middle of what looks like a school of purple fish, but when I reel one in it's something else instead - a tuna, a jellyfish, etc. Bug?

The cargo crate swimming up to the fishing line and politely grabbing on is a really strange mechanic. Unclear what the lights are for?

I found what looked like those Rosemary crates, but they swam away through the ground and didn't come back.

I appreciate the unique weird, threatening music. I wish the loop was longer - it gets repetitive really quick.
lduser12519 Apr 2025, 01:58
The gameplay is simple and this is a good thing - very relaxing to just chill and catch those fish! Graphics are awesome - nice work!
Poppy Entertainment19 Apr 2025, 13:13
i played it all, it is very relaxing a really enjoyable experience. I have noticed there are some fishes that give you like four different fishes before getting fished. Also, you can buy from anywhere just by pressing B. A solid jam entry for sure!!

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