There's Something Beneath the Surface at Coral Cave by BoaHeck_ArtGent

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made by BoaHeck_ArtGent for LD29 (JAM)
Well it's glitchy but it will have to do.

You've done it! Somehow you graduated from marine-biology at t.S.C.U.N.H.O. (that super cool university no-ones heard of). In search of funding for future reasearch you take on the challenge of the local fishermans union. Some great monster is sinking fishing trawlers you set off down it's layer at coral cave with as much equipment as you can afford.

However "as much equipment as you can afford" just isn't good enough. You have to do a few dives to afford better equipment before taking on this behemoth inhabiting the "coral cave". Collect all the exotic sea life and avoid or harpoon the enemy creatures .

Credit to Maxine Pichu Ackerman (additional art), Cian Hackett (Music),Fiachra Hackett (additional humour).

Ratings

Coolness 77% 2
Overall(Jam) 3.14 413
Audio(Jam) 3.18 317
Fun(Jam) 3.02 356
Graphics(Jam) 3.61 279
Humor(Jam) 2.67 334
Innovation(Jam) 2.92 412
Mood(Jam) 3.28 267
Theme(Jam) 3.33 281

Feedback

Adam Gould
29. Apr 2014 路 17:51 UTC
Outstanding graphics!
Nnnnneeeedddd
29. Apr 2014 路 17:56 UTC
This game kinda broke half way through
馃帳 BoaHeck_ArtGent
29. Apr 2014 路 18:01 UTC
Oh what happened Nnnnneeeedddd?
mimic
29. Apr 2014 路 18:17 UTC
The art looks really good!
FyberOptic
29. Apr 2014 路 18:22 UTC
Really nice! Bugs aside, I enjoyed just swimming around, seeing how far I could get. I like the graphics, and the music was good for setting the mood. I could see this game getting some polish and being pretty good. Nice work!
馃帳 BoaHeck_ArtGent
29. Apr 2014 路 18:27 UTC
There's currently a bug in the uploaded version but will be fixed in a few minutes.
馃帳 BoaHeck_ArtGent
29. Apr 2014 路 19:06 UTC
That is fixed.
Reinkout
29. Apr 2014 路 20:12 UTC
Felt nice. Thank you for this one.
LemmingSurvivor
29. Apr 2014 路 21:03 UTC
I went to t.S.C.U.N.H.O. Loved the field trips, but couldn't stand the elitist attitude of some of the staff.

Fun game. Was confused at first as to why I was drowning when I should have had 30 seconds left, until I noticed that those things on the ceiling were bad guys. They kind of blend in with the wildlife.

Great atmosphere, too. Good job!
ArcturusDeluxe
29. Apr 2014 路 21:26 UTC
Really nice mood, I like the pastel colours and the ambient music. It's a bit buggy though, the game crashed when I bought some harpoons. Overall I liked it though.
TaleLore
29. Apr 2014 路 21:41 UTC
The best game I have played so far. Outstanding.
legendpaul
29. Apr 2014 路 21:43 UTC
Ha, I liked this game was fun
mrhill
29. Apr 2014 路 21:43 UTC
How is this game so intense? I felt is I were struggling for air when I saw that timer tick down 5..4..3..2...AIR
urisensei
29. Apr 2014 路 22:28 UTC
Sadly my finances are horrible in this game, the sound on the countdown is a really nice touch, really brings home the urgency.
blockbot
29. Apr 2014 路 22:29 UTC
Love the art!
Spotline
30. Apr 2014 路 11:55 UTC
Very cool game, but quite hard !
local minimum
30. Apr 2014 路 20:44 UTC
Really like the graphics and it was nice diving around. Played quite long upgrading things close to max I would expect.

I think it shouldn't be possible to loose by over-buying, but it be denied. However if one forgets to refill, of course. On the refill, it would have been nice if the cost to refill also went up for increased air capacity.

I never really noticed either, but the further away I hope I got more for the things I caught.

There were some places that look as if they would be trapped air, so I kind of expected to be safe there, time not ticking.

Finally, since you had a nice warning tick about running out of air. It would have been nice to have a very distinct half-ways sound as well.
moonmagic
01. May 2014 路 21:23 UTC
Pleasant float-y times, I enjoyed swimming with my limbs. I wanted to swim forever and never return to the boat. I liked holding the mouse button to tread water and redirect, it was a nice solution to my relentless propulsion.
soy_yuma
01. May 2014 路 22:19 UTC
Amazing game! I like the atmosphere and the gameplay. It feels soooo good to exploit the sea bottom to finance your campaign against the underwater behemoth! I expected more of the final boss though. Congrats!
MrShoestore
02. May 2014 路 23:32 UTC
I really enjoyed the mood of this game and the art was awesome. Definitely nice looking as well.
javierecf
03. May 2014 路 00:50 UTC
The visuals are really nice and the sound fits really well. It is a hard game. The felling of swimming is also well done.
VictoryGarden
03. May 2014 路 18:52 UTC
This game was neat! I like that in the first levels, the only enemy you face is your own poor time management skills (they got me a few times, LOL). Overall, an interesting, fun mechanic that was well-tuned, so great job. I wound up playing quite a few times before giving up! The graphics and audio combine to make a fun and relaxing experience, no matter how harrowing the gameplay is.

A couple of things, though--in the shop, you've got a blend of prices put on the products, and above the products. It's difficult to tell what's really going on because of this, and I feel it would probably make more sense to have them arranged by price or type rather than at random, as it seems to be now.

The other thing is that there seems to be a couple of strange bugs--I've managed to warp through a cave wall before, and one time after I bought the harpoons and indebted myself to death, the game immediately told me I'd lost upon starting the level. It seems like debt/research funding from the last game carries over to some degree if you don't close the window?

Anyway, this is awesome and I truly enjoyed myself. Thanks for the game!
kibertoad
04. May 2014 路 22:34 UTC
Nice graphics, interesting to explore level. Cool game.
dertom
04. May 2014 路 22:39 UTC
I did like diving. It was fun with the controls, the animation is nice and I drowned a lot or the bank killed me :D All in all a good game.

For other linux users to come, plz create a linux-executable as well. At least you provided an windows exe which is playable with wine (but for me without sound)
csanyk
05. May 2014 路 21:54 UTC
Great graphics, basic gameplay is sound, but difficulty is too harsh. Too easy to die, brutal economics at the store, makes it a lot of replay but not getting anywhere.
pinkmonkeyhead
08. May 2014 路 22:09 UTC
Nice game!
Afal
08. May 2014 路 22:52 UTC
Cool gameplay!
conormn
09. May 2014 路 04:46 UTC
Lovely game. The money management caught me off guard, but really like the tension there, really well done. The graphics and music were also especially sweet!
zebi24
09. May 2014 路 21:05 UTC
Really cool game, I enjoyed it a lot! :)
Tifu
13. May 2014 路 13:03 UTC
This has potential, but I think the penalty for failure is too big considering the time it takes to build up decent equipment, and then to lose everything, agh :( I think losing your funds, and possibly one upgrade, would have been plenty punishment enough.
I couldn't have won anyway though, as the harpoons didn't fire for me nine times out of ten =/