U-251

by salkin

co-authored: @masteroktagon

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.25

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.83

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.25

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.17

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.83

Humor★★★★★★★★★★1.75

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.92

U-251

> The year is 1945.
> The war has been lost.
> You have been tasked to transport
> the imperial Gold treasure into safety,
> to a secret base in Antarctica.

Escape the allied forces in this Bullet hell/Stealth game. Decide carefully if you want to rush on the waves or take a deeper, less dangerous route but which drains your pressure and is littered with minefields.
The game is not completed but still challenging to beat.

Controls

- Use WASD to move around on the map. You can only turn while moving.
- Use Q+E to move up and down. Use the right height bar to check for enemy mines, torpedos and the ground.
- Use Page up + Page down to zoom
- Use SPACE to spawn a noisemaker attracting the enemy torpedos in range (5s cooldown)

TIP: don't run into or (to) near the coast

DISCLAIMER: This game uses some elements of conspiracy theorys as a lore element. This is not due to us belivieving in them but to poke fun of them.

Thanks

Since we are not good at sound or music design we used open art created by the following persons on OpenGameArt.org:
- Ove Melaa
- Scribe
- Chabull

Heightmap data has been rendered using
`https://tangrams.github.io/heightmapper`

Comments6

Myezko8 Apr 2025, 10:16

seems to freeze when trying to start the game

mshrmgirl8 Apr 2025, 10:19

Game freezes when trying to move with WASD in Chrome, and in Firefox WASD doesn't work at all. PgUp/PgDn works! Sorry if i messed something up.

cyndereN8 Apr 2025, 10:26

TO reply to other comments: Freezes first time for me, have to click on the game window when inputs.

MasterOktagon8 Apr 2025, 10:32

Ok, I have tested it myself again and can't reproduce those issues. If you have time, you can try the versions released on github (.exe, .86_64)

Attala8 Apr 2025, 10:34

The game freezes for me too, but I see it is a Godot game so that is normal, (it loads rescources) :) I like the gameplay, but it is very hard. I really like the idea so I wish it was more slow-paced. The graphics are very nice. I especially like the effect when the sub goes under water. Sounds/music is also nice and sets the mood. (I would like some volume control though). Anyway a very good submission.

LDJam user 3834448 Apr 2025, 10:47

I had the same problem as other players report : the game freezes when trying to move with WASD at the start of the level.
But after reloading the page i could now move with WASD. (I did press every other buttons before WASD : Q+E, page up and down and space bar, maybe it unstuck the game ?)

I really like the idea of the game and the overall look of it.

I also really wanted to play it more but I do not seem to understand some parts of it, when above water you get hit by missiles but avoid mines. But when underwater you get hit by mines but also missiles ? There didn't seem to be any advantage to go under water. The planes also seemed way too strong and I could not find a way to counter them and not get killed.

I still genuinely enjoyed myself playing it so Good Job nonetheless !

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