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Under the Sea by Luis Anton

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made by Luis Anton for LD29 (COMPO)
Lots of fun doing this one. From the five hours poured into the jellyfish sprite to recording audio for fx.

There are lots of creatures Under the Sea having fun. You know what I mean with fun. As in reproducing. Now Summer is coming and jellies are preparing a new invasion. Help them increase their numbers! Push same-color jellies together, but keep different-color jellies apart, or they'll fight to death.

You'll probably end up rage quitting, because things get out of hand when numbers raise. But it's fun for a while : ) Enjoy!

Note: I moved links from Dropbox to my own server. The source code is left in dropbox to prove it was there before the deadline ;D
Web http://playmedusa.com/labs/LudumDare/UnderTheSea/UnderTheSea.html
Windows http://playmedusa.com/labs/LudumDare/UnderTheSea/UnderTheSea_Win.zip
OS/X http://playmedusa.com/labs/LudumDare/UnderTheSea/UnderTheSeaMac.zip
Source http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2292915/LD48/UnderTheSea/LD29-BelowTheSurface.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-29/?action=preview&uid=12053

Ratings

Coolness 60% 3
Overall 3.19 544
Audio 3.03 381
Fun 3.14 440
Graphics 3.25 496
Humor 3.27 162
Innovation 3.36 359
Mood 3.21 356
Theme 3.28 545

Feedback

Detocroix
28. Apr 2014 · 15:05 UTC
What is the number on top right? It stays zero on webplayer and I have no idea what it is. I would assume it should be score? :)

Managed to bang together 10 couples. Cool entry! I wish the crab was animated too! :D
Graf_Grun
28. Apr 2014 · 15:08 UTC
The swipe mechanic is quite annoying when playing with a mouse, perhaps a two click method of: click-to-select-jelly + click-to-send-jelly-over-there would be a bit nicer. Otherwise, I found it amusing. My blues won...
Pietro Ferrantelli
28. Apr 2014 · 15:08 UTC
Great job ! I really like the use of theme, graphics and audio are good and I had a lot of fun !
Seraphina
28. Apr 2014 · 15:15 UTC
The Windows version gives an error(Unable to load mono library from "C:/LD29/UnderTheSea_Win/UnderTheSea_Data/Mono/mono.dll" (error = 126).) But the web version worked fine(once I figured out how to move the damn fish =P) I really love your jellyfish sounds.
Sakuyan
28. Apr 2014 · 15:18 UTC
This is a really cute game, it did get a bit difficult a little too fast. But it was still a great entry.
okeedokeben
28. Apr 2014 · 15:22 UTC
The sounds are hilarious, and it looks great! Well done!
loxo
28. Apr 2014 · 15:32 UTC
Good game! The time you invested in graphics and sound effects has paid off. I managed to get 2437 points with the web version. While playing I noticed two bugs. One time a jellyfish swam out of the water into the air and vanished at the top of the screen. The second bug occurred after using the retry button. Once mated, the jellyfish no longer move and can't be used to mate or fight with other jellyfish. After reloading the page the bug is gone, until starting a new round with the retry button again.
🎤 Luis Anton
28. Apr 2014 · 15:32 UTC
Detocroix:, it's the score :m It should go up when jellies mate! (It does in my browser!) :m There's a bug, it should increase in 100s, but it works...

Seraphina: I didn't try the windows or mac version. I hoped it would work out of the box :(

Graf_Grun: you are right! I think I designed control with a touch interface in mind :)

Thanks for playing, in any case : )
🎤 Luis Anton
28. Apr 2014 · 16:02 UTC
Just fixed the win version ;D
Stephan Haldaman
29. Apr 2014 · 14:10 UTC
Nice concept! The sound of the jellyfish are pretty cute.
wdebowicz
29. Apr 2014 · 15:59 UTC
I had problem how to pass intro screen..lol
Funny game!
🎤 Luis Anton
29. Apr 2014 · 20:30 UTC
But you did, right? I feared the play button would be too plain X(
Nicoll Hunt
29. Apr 2014 · 21:18 UTC
Really nice! I agree with the comments about the controls being a bit awkward on mouse though. The jellyfish animation was definitely worth the work :)
tankete
29. Apr 2014 · 21:23 UTC
At first I couldn't find the play button. Once I did I enjoyed the game, but controls with a mouse are difficult. Creative idea. Well done!
anbreizh
29. Apr 2014 · 22:10 UTC
fun game, with its own humor and very cute, but the control are not very good.
rylgh
30. Apr 2014 · 08:52 UTC
nice idea, would be really fun on ipad. like Flight Control, but different enough.
Spotline
30. Apr 2014 · 11:40 UTC
Nice game ! I had a bug though, were jellies reproducing didn't move afterwards, is that normal ?
Tifu
30. Apr 2014 · 13:14 UTC
Guys, those are your kids, why you fighting!?
4025 was my highest score, I think :D
🎤 Luis Anton
30. Apr 2014 · 16:11 UTC
Spotline: no, they should move! Sometimes the Unity plugin does weird things :m Try reloading please! :D A
soy_yuma
30. Apr 2014 · 22:11 UTC
The jellies are so adorable! Except when they try to pull each other eyes out! That's messy, because jellies don't have eyes... Congrats! :-)
rujo
01. May 2014 · 01:20 UTC
:D very funny one!
phi
01. May 2014 · 13:58 UTC
This is extremely fun. I love how they sometimes clump together and have an orgy of love and hate. The perfect mixture of oddity and challenge. You were right to throw away "my" idea and go with this one. Thanks for making this.
tomvert
01. May 2014 · 15:22 UTC
Nice concept, beautiful art, it seems so alive, i love the jellyfish animations. Just a quick not, I had trouble finding the start button, it might seems stupid but I almost quit the game. Otherwise great job :)
Linus Lindberg
01. May 2014 · 22:36 UTC
HAhaha, I love it! sooooo cute! <33
The graphics and sound effects are just perfect! :D
Make A Game
03. May 2014 · 16:11 UTC
I ended up with so many jellyfish that they were making love and fighting at the same time and then I was too late to take a screenshot because the game over screen clears all of them. Wish there was a better feedback on the swipe with a the mouse, but overall it was fun and functional.
Rzial
12. May 2014 · 18:57 UTC
A very complete entry. Nice sounds and graphics.

The game mechanics is simple but fun.

Good Job! ^^