Sea Star

by stepa
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.54
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.23
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.38
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.86
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.08
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.55
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.80
In Sea Star, the player will take on the role of an employee of a corporation tasked with investigating mysterious signals from the bottom of the sea. The employee was given a special robot to explore the seabed using the lidar system, but he does not even imagine what awaits him

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Stalemeat
Stalemeat21 Apr 2026, 08:11
There isn't a download on the link.
FlameSeer21 Apr 2026, 15:58
Can't find a way to play!
Hurp
Hurp21 Apr 2026, 16:30
Seems like a cool game, but no download link :(
Sceef
Sceef22 Apr 2026, 04:08
Стиль мне нравиться
MaruMari22 Apr 2026, 04:29
Damn the depths "Shader?" was really impressive. Crazy that you managed to do this all in 3 days. At the first glance the ship reminded me on our game. But it seems your game has a different focus. I really liked it, good job.
stepaauthor22 Apr 2026, 05:14
Thank u bro
alextudor427322 Apr 2026, 05:35
Loooks dope, you should put it on steam as a horror game
Hibiki
Hibiki22 Apr 2026, 06:40
Wow cool art.
LDJam user 427605
LDJam user 42760522 Apr 2026, 06:50
Крутая и атмосферная игра! Поразительно какую работы вы проделали всего за три дня.
Классная графика, работа со звуком тоже крутая. Я не смог только методом тыка разобраться как работает инвентарь. Насобирал кучу мусора, и рад.
Отдельное спасибо за вывешивание постеров с намёками)

Молодцы, спасибо!

Привет от другой русскоязычной команды)
DmitriyCI
DmitriyCI22 Apr 2026, 08:26
Good game.

The game has very cool graphics and mechanics with environment scanning, and the game is also full of different sounds. Also, this game reminded me of some other game.

I came across a bug with jumping while being in the submarine. When I pressed the spacebar, the player got pushed into the floor and it made a bunch of sounds. Also, it was a bit unclear what exactly you need to do at the beginning.

Overall, the game has a lot to offer. From good graphics and mechanics to sounds.
plutonicrock22 Apr 2026, 08:51
Absolutely loved the immersive environment! Good graphics and sound
Unbugged22 Apr 2026, 08:58
Really interesting! Very promising, and I hope you continue developing this. This is the first game in this jam that immediately got ideas flowing in my head about all the things that could be done with it. The sea environment is great and cleverly tied into the theme. The atmosphere is excellent. Very well done! :clap_tone1:
Akanephobia22 Apr 2026, 09:07
Coool.
GreatPasta22 Apr 2026, 09:36
Закрывающаяся дверь запихала меня в бочку и я не смог выбраться))
ManTou
ManTou22 Apr 2026, 10:06
This review does not really say much, so I think the Ludum Dare website might have a bug.
ManTou
ManTou22 Apr 2026, 10:12
I could download and launch the game just fine, but once I got in, I had no idea what I was supposed to do. Nothing really seemed to happen, and I could only walk around inside the submarine. I felt pretty lost the whole time.
Danibeve22 Apr 2026, 11:07
Really cool game, beautiful graphics and mechanics, great job!
pacific14
pacific1422 Apr 2026, 11:24
Крутая игра! Жесть какая крутая!
VenomousMouse22 Apr 2026, 12:04
Cool game. A bit a bit too much visual grain for my liking, but cool.
WobbleBlocks
WobbleBlocks22 Apr 2026, 13:19
Very coool! The scanning system was very satisfying! Only thing missing is Markiplier!
Yukiiii
Yukiiii22 Apr 2026, 13:39
Very cool setting and art style!
Itero Proto22 Apr 2026, 17:18
I want a web version of the game)
banan_dev22 Apr 2026, 17:41
Really very cool LIDAR type of the game. For 3 days of the work it's impressive. Very cool style fr fr. W
RushB22 Apr 2026, 19:25
the overall is good, i really try to find how it works, with a cup in hands i search and e everything and nothing happens, maybe i am not so smart or the gameplay need something more, but the shaders and graphics are soo good!
AO-8522 Apr 2026, 20:12
Cool and atmospheric game! It’s impressive how much work you managed to do in just three days. The graphics are great, and the sound design is cool too. I couldn’t quite figure out how the inventory works through trial and error, though. I ended up collecting a bunch of junk, but I was happy about it. Special thanks for hanging up the posters with hints!
LDJam user 387548
LDJam user 38754822 Apr 2026, 21:13
Было очень интересно поиграть, круто правда
beanboi22 Apr 2026, 23:24
very spooky! I drowned and was stressed lol. I would have liked a little more guidance on what you need to do at the start. I ended up figuring it out though,
Mr. Flower23 Apr 2026, 01:24
Dangggg, this came out so good, I only made it to the third item but MAN that scared the crap out of me. First off, I got so immursed in the exploration that when the alarms started going off, I immediately panicked forgetting I was in the sub. Also, seeing that thing above the third item was such good horror. Love the fact that you don't see it necessarily, that it just vanishes a few seconds later, and that it's human shaped, making it even worse. Sad I died drowning on the way to the fourth one, but I'll probably give it another try in the morning. Good job on this one y'all :D
vydra
vydra23 Apr 2026, 19:40
It was so cool. I really don't know what to said. This is looks like complete game. I have some issues with storage but this is simple design that i misunderstood. But when we speaking about whole gameplay it is makes you feels yourself really lonely and really unsafe because of unavailability to receive help from some one.
LDJam user 40968224 Apr 2026, 14:28
It took me a bit of time to figure out what the game wanted from me. But once I got into it, I really enjoyed the atmosphere. I liked the submarine visuals and the LiDAR effect.

The distance between points of activity feels quite large, and I would have liked a bit more variety between them.
commanderstitch
commanderstitch26 Apr 2026, 02:17
Neat game. Nailed it on like every point minus a few things.

Took me forever to figure out you click TAB for the inventory, you drag and drop the items onto the inventory bar and you use E to use the required items. E to pickup stuff outside with your robot. So cool and loved the sub vibes.
MicleFirst26 Apr 2026, 11:15
I didn’t quite understand how to play, but I managed to see a few spoilers by climbing onto a chair and leaning against the wall.
Great atmosphere — keep it up!
limered26 Apr 2026, 13:10
Nice game with a nice idea. A little hart to figure out at first but then it's fun. The atmosphere and style with a litte claustrophobia pulls you right in.
PaulMag26 Apr 2026, 14:27
This looks really impressive with really good graphics, atmosphere, and theme interpretation! But after over 20 minutes I gave up, still not understanding what I was supposed to do. :(

I walked around as the robot for a long while scanning everything, going to where it said "Signal 100%", but I never found anything of interest on the seabed. I walked around inside the ship for a long while, trying to interact with everything. I picked up the 3 tools that was referenced in the posters on the walls and tried to use those to interact with the machinery, but nothing happened.

When you create something with this high production value, you should also make sure the game explains what it wants you to do. 😬
Or maybe I'm just dumb. 🙃
Yanruyi26 Apr 2026, 14:41
"The art style is stunning, but I've been wandering around aimlessly for a while, not knowing how to actually start the game.
borjaparraga26 Apr 2026, 15:46
The graphics are so good!
Kit Gorn
Kit Gorn26 Apr 2026, 16:20
Great job! You really created a scary atmosphere. At first, I felt safe because I was controlling a robot. I thought: 'If something happens, the robot will suffer.' But then, my boat caught fire. I was panicking and didn't know how to extinguish the fire. That’s when I realized: I am in danger, not the robot.

It wasn't obvious how to start the game, so thanks for the description. Also, I didn't know how to repair the boat. I didn't realize I had to press and hold the button. I had to restart the game because I thought it was broken.

P.S. Прошел игру три раза, так как на первый раз я не понял как работает огнетушитель.
Во второй раз промахнулся мимо моста на пути к последнему артефакту и ушел в пропасть.
В третий раз хотел уже бросить, но мне было интересно, чем это все закончится.
Обратный пусть проходил методом скайрима, но мне не дали невидимые стены, пришлось идти в обход. Вообще хорошо было бы обратный путь как-то сократить. Я в какой-то момент думал, что я дал кругаля и четвертый артефакт будет у самого корабля, но нет. А так классная атмосфера с удовольствием поиграл. Отдельное спасибо за плакаты инструментов, очень помогли)
JerryWest27 Apr 2026, 06:40
The atmosphere is very oppressive and terrifying. At the beginning, I was aimlessly walking around in the submarine, collecting items but having no idea what to do. Just before I was about to quit the game, I discovered that I could press F on the screen to detect the environment - that moment gave me goosebumps. There was no sound effect during the exploration outside, but the tension was always there. After exploring for a long time and feeling bored to the point of almost closing the game, I gradually found a new clue - a red figure. At this moment, the alarm went off and a malfunction occurred, but the items I had collected earlier were nowhere to be found. I was so scared that I didn't dare to continue playing, hahaha! I don't know what's next, maybe the development of another iron lung? Anyway, it's a very good game. If the early guidance were better, it would be even better.
YurisCat
YurisCat27 Apr 2026, 14:31
I really like this low-poly style, and moving around in the deep sea using only those little scan blips is seriously oppressive in the best way. I think I might already have a bit of thalassophobia, so I kept feeling like something was going to come out of the darkness... It gave me that same crushing vibe as Iron Lung, plus the whole “you don’t know what’s waiting for you...” from the description made it even scarier for me, lol. Honestly, it made me too scared to keep playing haha — which just shows how strong the atmosphere is!

Also, I think I found a small bug: if your inventory is already full and you pick up another item, the item you pick up afterward seems to just disappear.

Really great game — building such a polished environment in such a short amount of time, and even adding a scanning mechanic, is seriously impressive!
MajoMirez28 Apr 2026, 20:09
The sonar is really cool, but I didn't get why I randomly die. Also kudos for the sensitivity settings, at the start the camera was so wobbly I was getting motion sickness
hoarime
hoarime29 Apr 2026, 16:28
that robot wont find me im buried in the depths of sand at 12843 meters sonars dont reach there but sea worms tell me when the signal is nearby
AO-854 May 2026, 21:04
Really cool game, beautiful graphics and mechanics, great job!
Podrez
Podrez8 May 2026, 00:09
Scanner Sombre + Iron Lung is a really cool idea to combine together. I liked it, thank you.

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