You, Boat by Majsmanne

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made by Majsmanne for LD29 (COMPO)
See the wonders beneath the surface in You, Boat! Explore underground caverns, encounter goofy sharks and fight against unintuitive controls!

Instructions:
Use the mouse to manipulate the instruments of you submarine.
Escape exits the game.
The two floating blocks on the left indicates current and "target" depth.

Note: Linux and OS X versions have not been tested. I make no guarantees.

Ratings

Coolness 57% 3
Overall 3.26 470
Audio 2.56 665
Fun 3.10 482
Graphics 2.87 743
Humor 2.45 542
Innovation 3.73 143
Mood 3.74 101
Theme 3.77 147

Feedback

Root
27. Apr 2014 · 16:40 UTC
Cool game mechanics
tidalkraken
28. Apr 2014 · 02:04 UTC
I actually liked this a lot. Great interface.
Martins
28. Apr 2014 · 07:04 UTC
I love this game!
You should put it on Steam (after a year of improving it, of course). I don't know any other game in this genre, besides "The Aurora Wager" and that flash game where a bear was driving a car.
"Vehicular qwop" would be the name of this genre :D
clearlyspam23
28. Apr 2014 · 08:32 UTC
Actually a pretty relaxing game, 9/10 would play again.
darkflamejam
28. Apr 2014 · 08:56 UTC
Great idea, if you locked the camera when yolu interacted that'd be much better!
theholychicken
28. Apr 2014 · 08:59 UTC
Highly immersive and fresh.
I didn't find it unintuitive at all.
davidB
28. Apr 2014 · 09:02 UTC
Not "my cut of tea", it's immersive but not fun.
archieandrews@live.co.uk
28. Apr 2014 · 12:10 UTC
add this to a really detailed under water world and you could have something really cool (Submarine SIM)
Great controls and movement
vogon101
28. Apr 2014 · 21:22 UTC
This game is entirely pointless with no clear goal. It is overly difficult and the controls are un-intuitive. I LOVED IT. FANTASTIC GAME IDEA and lovely implementation. Great job. The lovechild of QWOP and every crap but serious simulator ever. FANTASTIC
Boodog
29. Apr 2014 · 14:17 UTC
Really cool! Good job!
MintArcade
29. Apr 2014 · 14:40 UTC
First game with similar idea to mine ;) But I like mouse controlled mechanics. Very relaxing experience.
helloWorldStudios
29. Apr 2014 · 18:09 UTC
Nice game.
Took me a bit to long to figure out the controls but I like the way they work it's a nice little game. Add some more scenery too see and this would be a pretty neat game.
crocantidepollo
30. Apr 2014 · 15:52 UTC
I think this would work great in a tactile screen. The idea of rotating the controls with the mouse is very nice, but I kept losing my grip. Cool game!
metjm
30. Apr 2014 · 15:54 UTC
I'M A U BOAT
Nichii
30. Apr 2014 · 15:57 UTC
Interesting game mechanics, reminds me of Virtual Sailors :D
Btw, try to make thing to pop up the name and its function when the mouse hover over it.
Also, it would be interesting to use a keyboard instead of mouse :D
NoTrueSpaceman
07. May 2014 · 03:10 UTC
OS X version seemed to work OK.

Great mood on this exploration game.

The controls were very skeumorphic ;) I felt like I'd been stuck at the helm of a real submarine. "What does this do? ... oh!" Then I went about exploring the deep, in a sort of meditative, calming way.

Also: This would be great with an Oculus Rift or similar! I might give that a shot later and I'll post back here.

Needs more stuff to find underwater though.
Zerkruemler
07. May 2014 · 08:45 UTC
Unfortunately the download gives an 'Temporary error, retrying'...
🎤 Majsmanne
07. May 2014 · 08:56 UTC
Thanks for letting me know, I've reuploaded the Windows version, hopefully the download will work now.
Ragzouken
07. May 2014 · 15:31 UTC
like the controls!
Hamsternator
07. May 2014 · 22:47 UTC
Pretty cool game. The gameplay right now is a little lacking but the potential is definitely there =)
HybridMind
10. May 2014 · 20:23 UTC
Doesn't seem like the windows download is working. Gives temporary error.