Glory to YSS!

by greenradiation

co-authored: @marynka, @pfannkuchen, @artillepsy

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.83

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.76

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.52

Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.07

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.16

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.84

Humor★★★★★★★★★★4.39

Mood★★★★★★★★★★4.18

Expressing dissatisfaction with the ideal living and working conditions in the YSS is punishable by death (because it's an obvious lie and dissent).

*Protect the thoughts and minds of the happy citizens of YSS by listening to Morse code radio messages through your submarine.*

> The web build may not work yet, but we're working on a fix. Please try the game on Windows!

Controls: WASD to move, mouse click to interact.
Space or Esc to close window.

We have 7 endings in the game! The game is too long to get them all, so you can look at them all at once:
1. Mine ending. Very easy to get.
2. Big Red Button ending.
3. Escape ending.
4. Musical ending.

(victory endings)
5. Falsification ending.
6. Hero of Labor ending.
7. Saint ending.

Hello everyone! In all previous game jams, we've tried to create unique mechanics. But this time, we've also focused on sounds. We decided to add voiceovers to a whole bunch of in-game notifications, including a lengthy tutorial cutscene. Our wonderful @Marynka also created a unique anthem-march for our beautiful state of YSS specifically for our game. And the mechanics turned out quite interesting. We took a lot of inspiration from Iron Lung (thanks to a recent movie visit), but honestly, other than the submarine, there are no other similarities.

As usual, we're attaching the our classical funny devlog. And no, we didn't use any AI for the voice acting, graphics, or music.

P.S. Typical gamejam ;)

P.S. Our game's codename was CringeMarine. I don't know why you need this information. Please forgive us for such nonfancy humor :)

Comments23

LDJam user 41049221 Apr 2026, 02:32

The vibe is great on this! I love but also hate how tiny the front window is lol, am I supposed to mostly just use the side windows to see where I am? I haven't been able to find where to use the radio equipment.

artillepsy21 Apr 2026, 02:42

@katastudios that's the point xd. Thanks for your feedback. Did you also like that precious YSS flag?

LDJam user 41049221 Apr 2026, 02:43

@artillepsy of course, I love it, I could not imagine a better flag or placement. /salute

Kenoshka21 Apr 2026, 02:48

found myself rereading morse code manual to decrypt problematic code and was happy to get it right) but couldnt get to the finish of the game - low skill on avoiding mines(

khaotom21 Apr 2026, 02:55

This title can also be spelled as Glory Toyss :lollipop: I enjoy the darkly humorous setting and plot. Navigating the area is quite fun as well. At the first glance, I was put off by the morse code, but you kept it simple and palatable. Nice job!

Chole21 Apr 2026, 03:26

Such a clever and unique idea! The concept fits the jam theme really well, and it feels fresh compared to many other entries. I love how you turned a simple idea into something so entertaining.

breadstick21 Apr 2026, 04:20

Ultimate glory to YSS! The artstyle and audio and voice acting and all of the associated art direction were as coherent and well-directed as the YSS engine of state itself. The Founders will smile upon your generation. I particularly enjoyed the character-building challenges that I faced as a YSS honorable communication monitoring technician, but I did not let those challenges get in the way of manifesting the greatest glory to the empire.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I must listen to the anthem for the 19th time today.

Marynka21 Apr 2026, 18:58

@breadstick The state's honored composer greatly appreciates the patriotic enthusiasm with which you admire her work. Thank you, comrade✊️

cRoxx21 Apr 2026, 20:25

The death screen alone had me — "your family has been notified and will be working extra shifts in the foundry to compensate the Ministry." The morse code interception concept sounds genuinely interesting, and the overall presentation is really polished for a jam game, art direction and voice acting all feel coherent. Nice work, comrades.

Xahon21 Apr 2026, 20:33

Неплохая игра, спасибо

Pfannkuchen21 Apr 2026, 22:02

Finally completed the game as the artist hahaha. Saint ending 💪

MidoriMelody21 Apr 2026, 22:55

This intro was really thorough and well developed.

MikhailNe21 Apr 2026, 22:55

Wow, this is pretty complicated. I thought I had the most complicated game ever. I love that kind of thing.
And the tutorial is really well done, if a bit drawn out. It would have been nice to present such a long story in sections, but overall, it's better than writing on paper.

azsteak21 Apr 2026, 23:00

Amazing world building, glory to YSS !
Good voice acting and humour.
Love the submarine concept, reminds me of one of my own

lectvs22 Apr 2026, 00:04

Listened to 5 minutes of tutorial then immediately hit a random button and self-destructed. 10/10

Accelerate081422 Apr 2026, 08:10

Cool

yodak22 Apr 2026, 08:37

The voice acting is good to see! Also the tone and worldbuilding were pretty cool. Amazing game!

Libra_Nix22 Apr 2026, 08:49

The game looks and sounds very good, a cool project. But I didn't figure out the controls, it's quite difficult to train and operate a submarine. The game is really hard because of the limited visibility and not very convenient controls

Danibeve22 Apr 2026, 08:57

I love this game! Really cool atmosphere and so fun tu play hahaha. Congratulations!

VenomousMouse22 Apr 2026, 09:22

Great game! The tutorial was super cool and the idea and overall game is cool.