{"author_link":"\/author\/jpdev\/","author_name":"Jan Peter (jpdev)","author_uid":"34367","comments":[{"author_name":"Pokefan9987","author_uid":"29820","time":"Apr 26, 2014 @ 8:00pm","epoch":1398542100,"text":"That was great :3 I love it"},{"author_name":"cr2crstudios","author_uid":"37025","time":"Apr 27, 2014 @ 1:43am","epoch":1398562680,"text":"I like how the sharks just get bigger and bigger. . .  :)"},{"author_name":"hanoth","author_uid":"3162","time":"Apr 27, 2014 @ 2:57am","epoch":1398567120,"text":"I like the look and feel of this."},{"author_name":"Recon","author_uid":"25931","time":"Apr 27, 2014 @ 5:12am","epoch":1398575220,"text":"Good game but there isn't an ammo counter, so if I go straight in a line and shoot torpedoes I won't die. Improve it. \r<br\/>Good game."},{"author_name":"Jan Peter (jpdev)","author_uid":"34367","time":"Apr 27, 2014 @ 9:52am","epoch":1398592020,"text":"Thank you all for the feedback.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>to Recon: \r<br\/>- there is now a score, if you shoot and hit nothing you are punished\r<br\/>- there are now rocks so you can't stay in a straight line on the lower half of the screen\r<br\/>- there will be enemy submarines on the top half of the screen... (not yet though)"},{"author_name":"Keehan12","author_uid":"8708","time":"Apr 27, 2014 @ 10:15am","epoch":1398593400,"text":"Is a cool little concept :) Yet I believe it lacks some gameplay and art. If you were to add extra ways to gather points that'd be cool!"},{"author_name":"Jan Peter (jpdev)","author_uid":"34367","time":"Apr 27, 2014 @ 3:23pm","epoch":1398611880,"text":"Okay, I am done now.\r<br\/>Latest features: enemy submarine and a completion screen\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Enjoy :)"},{"author_name":"dkkarate","author_uid":"28265","time":"Apr 27, 2014 @ 5:50pm","epoch":1398620700,"text":"Nice, cook art. and Controls were just floaty enough."},{"author_name":"Danman9914","author_uid":"30580","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 2:45am","epoch":1398652800,"text":"The controls are floaty in a good way: it feels like you're steering a submarine. Blowing up sharks is very satisfying."},{"author_name":"SFBTom","author_uid":"5018","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 2:46am","epoch":1398652860,"text":"Neat, who doesn't like blowing up sharks? The music was really nice too!"},{"author_name":"louiscarl","author_uid":"3376","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 2:47am","epoch":1398652920,"text":"Love it! With the slow torpedoes, hitting a shark is just terribly satisfying!"},{"author_name":"GreenyUk","author_uid":"27431","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 2:47am","epoch":1398652920,"text":"Solid game. Found it a bit slow but nice work overall :)"},{"author_name":"Skencer","author_uid":"37043","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 3:32am","epoch":1398655620,"text":"I enjoyed this game overall. I thought that the sub was a bit hard to move, but then again anything underwater should be."},{"author_name":"jrap","author_uid":"35879","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 4:07am","epoch":1398657720,"text":"If I were more educated on animal rights, I'd have some serious concerns about this game."},{"author_name":"Daniel X. Moore","author_uid":"2816","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 4:11am","epoch":1398657960,"text":"Really fun, the movement and torpedo shooting feels just right!"},{"author_name":"sknoslo","author_uid":"14586","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 4:12am","epoch":1398658020,"text":"Love that you drew the art on paper. Quite fun."},{"author_name":"Xeke_Death","author_uid":"19338","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:42am","epoch":1398670620,"text":"Whoa, full screen loading bar..! That's kinda cool...\r<br\/>+1 for sharks, +1 for EXPLOSIONS, and +1 for shark gibs..! End of game stats are always awesome...\r<br\/>I like how the sub gets damaged as you ram sharks..."},{"author_name":"oal","author_uid":"11141","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 8:33am","epoch":1398673680,"text":"Really nice cartoony look. Good job on the controls as well - it feels like you're under water."},{"author_name":"monaarc","author_uid":"34192","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 10:40am","epoch":1398681300,"text":"Nice but where are the other submarines to shoot ?"},{"author_name":"Jan Peter (jpdev)","author_uid":"34367","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 11:39am","epoch":1398684840,"text":"Thanks for all the feedback.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>monaarc: After ten shark-kills you get one submarine, then it's ten shark-kills again."},{"author_name":"PapyGaragos","author_uid":"7971","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 12:43pm","epoch":1398688680,"text":"It's nice to come across sounds made with sfxr that are NOT a pain to the ears. Thank you :)"},{"author_name":"pancakecity","author_uid":"28537","time":"Apr 28, 2014 @ 7:11pm","epoch":1398711960,"text":"I love that scrolling algae! The controls are very smooth."},{"author_name":"Crefossus","author_uid":"23130","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 6:23am","epoch":1398752280,"text":"Good sound design. The sharks exploding is satisfying. The gameplay is a little sluggish, but it's a finished game. I also liked the stats at the end - that could go somewhere a la jetpackjoy ride missions."},{"author_name":"DanEEStar","author_uid":"12823","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 6:51am","epoch":1398753960,"text":"I like the music! Nice graphics.\r<br\/>I also like the summary at the end with all the achievements.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>But a health meter for my submarine would be great and some powerups or something."},{"author_name":"Gaspard_","author_uid":"25208","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 1:48pm","epoch":1398778980,"text":"I liked the summary at the end, I was wondering: is it possible to get a positive score?\r<br\/>I think it could be easily improved, but for 48 hours this is quite good."},{"author_name":"Cawrtz","author_uid":"29641","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 5:08pm","epoch":1398790980,"text":"This game is very fun to play, you did a great job on it. The difficulty is increasing just as it should, the inertia of the submarine adds difficulty. The graphics\/audio are pleasant. Kept me entertained for quite a long time :)"},{"author_name":"Jan Peter (jpdev)","author_uid":"34367","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 8:11pm","epoch":1398801960,"text":"Thanks again for the comments.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@Gaspard: yes, positive score is no problem, you get -5 for each shot you miss, just don't miss and you're golden ;)"},{"author_name":"pandavigoureux","author_uid":"29443","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 8:35pm","epoch":1398803400,"text":"Nice shmup. I would have expected the torpedos to be launched in the direction of the submarine ( not always horizontally ). Is that a choice?"},{"author_name":"PaperBlurt","author_uid":"26530","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 7:05am","epoch":1398841200,"text":"Pretty cool game.\r<br\/>I like the little detail with how the submarine gets banged up!"},{"author_name":"kasarun","author_uid":"12066","time":"May 2, 2014 @ 7:53am","epoch":1399016880,"text":"Really loved this one - well done parallax. Graphics are dope :)"},{"author_name":"rojo","author_uid":"29998","time":"May 4, 2014 @ 6:10am","epoch":1399183500,"text":"Not bad.  The sub movement felt pretty smooth, and the parallaxing looked nice."},{"author_name":"mrjohnson22","author_uid":"29816","time":"May 5, 2014 @ 2:11am","epoch":1399255560,"text":"This is a fun little game. It doesn't break any barriers, but it's a run romp I can come back to now and then. And I must admit that the controls &amp; speeds of everything feel just right, as does the rate at which the sharks get bigger and bigger. Good work!"},{"author_name":"alwaysinbeta","author_uid":"9420","time":"May 5, 2014 @ 10:35pm","epoch":1399329000,"text":"Really good fun. I love the art, with the seaweed layer up close and the sub movement feels good. Audio was cool too."},{"author_name":"psychonull","author_uid":"31386","time":"May 6, 2014 @ 2:12pm","epoch":1399385220,"text":"Good job, liked how the movement\/controls are working."},{"author_name":"end3r","author_uid":"19938","time":"May 18, 2014 @ 12:11pm","epoch":1400414760,"text":"Cool game with nice overall feeling."},{"author_name":"IAmSpencer","author_uid":"24919","time":"May 19, 2014 @ 9:14pm","epoch":1400533740,"text":"loved the way the sub controlled, it felt like it was really under water, great work!"}],"images":["ld29\/34367-a8b3f5a618aacc63191c722ff59844b8.jpg","ld29\/34367-2f07559cddf9cbb19c248d27100bca26.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/jppresents.net\/static\/ld29\/deepDown\/index.php","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/jppresents.net\/static\/ld29\/deepDown\/deepDown.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"20653","g_author":"34367","g_event":"LD29","g_eventkey":"22","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"20682","g_title":"deep down","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"388","g_commentcount":"36","g_site2_node_id":"0","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":[],"node":null,"orig_images":["http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/34367-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/34367-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"The small yellow submarine with it's heroic crew is on a deep sea mission. Far below the surface it has to defend itself against an onslaught of vicious sharks and later on other submarines.\r\n\r\nControls:\r\nUse Cursor-Up & Cursor-Down (or \"W\" and \"S\") to move the sub\r\nUse Space to shoot torpedoes.\r\n\r\nThis game is pure JavaScript - it should be playable in all HTML5-browsers. (I have tested IE 11, latest Firefox and latest Chrome)\r\n\r\nThe sprites are drawn with pencil on paper and then edited and colored in gimp and arranged with paint.net.\r\n\r\nIt's build with the help of the gaming framework phaser (http:\/\/phaser.io).\r\n\r\nThe sound effects are created with sfxr (sound effect generator by DrPetter).\r\n\r\nThe background music is created with autotracker-bottomup (#ultimate audio experience by GreaseMonkey).","title":"deep down"}