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The Deep by DannyG59

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made by DannyG59 for LD29 (JAM)
So I made this game for the 48 hour Game Jam.

After about 35 hours of straight work I fell asleep and missed the deadline by I think around 30 minutes :(

Woe is me... but that's behind me now! Cause I found out I could submit to the Jam!

So here is my game the deep!

It's a Rogue like set underwater. If you make it to the bottom then you will be in for a surprise! But it is hard...

Arrow keys to move
Just walk over the top of enemies to attack them

and enjoy!

Thankyou for taking the time to play.

Arrow keys to move.

Regards
Danny Gallagher
@DannyG1888
Web https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4177103/TheDeep/TheDeep.html
Source https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4177103/TheDeep/BeneathTheSurface.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-29/?action=preview&uid=30075

Ratings

Coolness 77% 2
Overall(Jam) 3.76 68
Audio(Jam) 4.36 8
Fun(Jam) 3.52 106
Graphics(Jam) 4.27 78
Humor(Jam) 2.57 370
Innovation(Jam) 3.29 250
Mood(Jam) 4.08 41
Theme(Jam) 3.85 59

Feedback

eugman
28. Apr 2014 · 21:19 UTC
A pretty good game overall. I thought it was very pretty. I was sad that there wasn't more content. I definitely would play it as a full game with multiple chapters and some strategic decisions.
conormn
28. Apr 2014 · 21:22 UTC
You have a really cool game on your hands. I'd flush it out more for sure.
bakpakin
28. Apr 2014 · 21:28 UTC
Really nice intro, sets the mood, game felt short without too much content, but what can you do. I really liked the intro and the music, made me really relaxed after stressing to finish my own entry.:)
schnüt
28. Apr 2014 · 21:28 UTC
This game was fun to play. It felt very polished, everything fit well together. :-)
I loved leveling myself up by catching fish. I didn't really see where my health was shown... but I survived anyway. :D
Matt Hartley
28. Apr 2014 · 21:30 UTC
I love the graphics and the music was awesome too, great job! :D
nxT
28. Apr 2014 · 21:30 UTC
Really fun game - I made it to the surprise before dying :). I really like the smoothness of the intro cinematic and the background music is really nice. The game feels polished, and is an interesting take on the rogue-like genre.
🎤 DannyG59
28. Apr 2014 · 21:33 UTC
Thankyou guys

Schnüt your HP is your oxygen count sorry! haha, it's up the top left and you can recharge it by hitting the surface. There is prompts if you fall short
Tuism
28. Apr 2014 · 21:39 UTC
Nooooo! Sorry you didn't make the jam cos of pure fluke! I was up for 46 hours straight so I definitely feel your pain!

Anyway great game! So well polished! Great music, the visuals are awesome, I love the little touch of seeing air bubbles where fish are and the radar mechanic. So well designed!

Dunno why but there seems to be a plethora of fishing games (not just talking about this LD) lately in indie circles, I guess Ridiculous Fishing awakened the fishing soul in us all :P
jugglerrob
28. Apr 2014 · 21:53 UTC
It's too bad you missed the compo, but at least you made the jam. Still an awesome game. I would love to see more levels and such in a post compo version or something.
SzRaPnEL
28. Apr 2014 · 22:02 UTC
Nicely balanced, playable rougue like. I'm really into it :)
FrameMatt
28. Apr 2014 · 22:04 UTC
Looks great!
graebor
28. Apr 2014 · 22:13 UTC
Awesome level of polish and atmosphere, but making me go through the lengthy intro sequence every time I died kind of soured the experience for me. Great effort overall though :)
🎤 DannyG59
28. Apr 2014 · 22:18 UTC
Yeh sorry about that, I literally had no energy to make it skippable, I'm sorry :(
tschery
28. Apr 2014 · 23:08 UTC
this is brilliant! It feels so polished and nice, the music is totally killing it aswell. Man can you post a soundcloud link or so to that track? Im totally digging at, aswell as the graphics
Rick Hoppmann
28. Apr 2014 · 23:54 UTC
Can't play this, Unity webplayer is not available for Linux OS. Feel free to send me a tweet @tinyworlds if you export a Linux executable and I'll play your game.
PriorBlue
29. Apr 2014 · 00:05 UTC
Brilliant idea for a rough like and great sound/atmosphere.
🎤 DannyG59
29. Apr 2014 · 00:09 UTC
I will try Rick!
NicoM
29. Apr 2014 · 01:58 UTC
Nicely done rougelike in a very unusual setting, great music and art, created a very moody atmosphere:) Great Job:)
DMinsky
29. Apr 2014 · 12:11 UTC
Really cool visual style, I like it. Music is also awesome!
BigBearScot
29. Apr 2014 · 13:39 UTC
Love the visuals and the music. I keep dying tho! Well done in producing something so polished over the weekend!
DragonXVI
29. Apr 2014 · 16:18 UTC
At least managed to kill a few Robo-sharks :D Nice little moody Roguelike! The lengthly intro did bug me a bit but only after the first death where I didn't know what I was doin'. Second attempt went a lot better :D
🎤 DannyG59
30. Apr 2014 · 16:33 UTC
ha! did anyone manage to kill the boss ?
petey123567
02. May 2014 · 05:38 UTC
Great intro and music! Wish I could restart faster though. I would love see this fleshed out into a bigger game, I played through and beat it. I was able to spawn camp the robotsharks and leveled up to 53 pretty fast.
Fox_in_sox
02. May 2014 · 07:36 UTC
Interesting game, I had a similar idea in the beginning.:) My bigest complaint is, that it takes too long to restart after I die. That's a kinda big issue, since the players doesn't want to wait so long.
I like the Game Boy like graphics tho.:)
🎤 DannyG59
02. May 2014 · 08:13 UTC
Thanks, yeh the big issue is definitely retrying, it's a pain in the ass. Currently smashing out a bigger version so I will post a link soon
Britt Brady (Gloom)
05. May 2014 · 05:19 UTC
The music is awesome!
Rodaja
05. May 2014 · 11:55 UTC
Nice game. Took me a while to figure I had to go down, as the intro showed the character going upwards.
Brian Stegmann
17. May 2014 · 19:37 UTC
Oooo just loving that visual style and audio, seriously. The gameplay itself was straightforward but engaging.
Dutchess Games
17. May 2014 · 20:01 UTC
Cool concept. Like the music.
🎤 DannyG59
17. May 2014 · 20:19 UTC
If you want to keep uo with the dev you can find me here http://funnylookinggames.wordpress.com

or on twitter as @DannyG1888

It's going on android and iPhone and I have a few nice ideas for the progression etc.
wademcgillis
17. May 2014 · 20:33 UTC
The intro took too long to get back to playing after death. You need to work on this more and release it expanded.
BadPaul34
17. May 2014 · 20:40 UTC
Nice intro, music and atmosphere. Too bad there's only one chapter! Would have like more content and game play :)
🎤 DannyG59
17. May 2014 · 21:34 UTC
@wademcgillis it was the first thing I fixed ;) it isn't the same anymore

@BadPaul thankyou paul! there will be a full game soon
copain
17. May 2014 · 22:41 UTC
nice look game.
A little problem for balancing: ennemies respawn at the same point, so I just had to make left right (respawn), right right (I kil the ennemy); then left right (respawn) etc...
mark.goetz
18. May 2014 · 02:32 UTC
Great game, love the music and graphics! There's a lot of strategy, and a simple and effective level system - I like how your oxygen meter was also your HP. I was hoping for a bit more progression but given what you had in the timeframe I think it's fine. Can't wait to see what you come up with!

And yes, I beat the boss.