"Beneath The Surface" by Otter207

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made by Otter207 for LD29 (COMPO)
This is my first ever Ludum Dare game!

Hope you all enjoy!

Controls:
WASD or Arrow keys to move
Right or Left mouse Button to fire Weapon

Ratings

Coolness 48% 1359
Overall 2.41 1172
Audio 1.92 922
Fun 2.08 1182
Graphics 2.85 756
Humor 3.19 181
Innovation 2.65 862
Mood 2.35 1064
Theme 3.63 235

Feedback

GmacktheGummy
27. Apr 2014 路 23:59 UTC
Interesting idea, but it's very devoid of much purpose, to be honest. I like the pun "beneath the SURFACE," though, that was very clever. The controls felt a bit stiff, and the collisions were not very likable, as many times I'd die on the corner of something that I did not think I was hitting. 7/10
zinfandel
28. Apr 2014 路 13:57 UTC
Hehe... I also thought to make it about the Surface. Like the visuals, great colors. But I couldn't hit stuff, it felt random. So yeah, the controls need more work.
Boodog
28. Apr 2014 路 14:00 UTC
The controls + collision weren't too good, but other than that this is awesome!
馃帳 Otter207
28. Apr 2014 路 14:04 UTC
Thanks for the comments guys! I agree that some things could use tweaking, it is my first LD and I was working right down to the wire... Thanks for all your input!
dusho
28. Apr 2014 路 14:10 UTC
I also imagined MS Surface when theme was announced, so funny idea :)
controls are really hard (movement), shooting is click-fest, collision were not really noticable, also you can hardly tell if you manage to avoid the 'logo' or not - maybe 3rd person camera would be clearer
xhunterko
29. Apr 2014 路 08:36 UTC
Nothing too great here. The movement was bad and the aiming seemed rather off. And I was going through and hit something and died but it wasn't apparent what I hit.
Erkberg
29. Apr 2014 路 16:11 UTC
Nice idea and visuals, but the controls and collisions felt strange. I'd suggest less drag, a freely moveable crosshair and better bounding boxes.
ilovepixel
29. Apr 2014 路 16:28 UTC
I liked the idea of going through the monitor. The collisions seem a bit hard to figure out, which made the game really difficult.
paps
30. Apr 2014 路 05:24 UTC
Haha beneath the "surface". I laugh when I saw the screenshot, great idea. Love the graphics, but the controls and collision, a bit odd (hard to stay alive...)
ccglp
04. May 2014 路 21:13 UTC
Colision it's a bit too weird, but the idea is marvellous and I laught thinking on it, good try overall
elefantopia
10. May 2014 路 23:52 UTC
Very cool graphics and shattering glass sound effects! Some difficulties with the controls, though.