Ocean and Bodies by Johnman

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made by Johnman for LD28 (COMPO)
Ocean and Bodies is a game about a bird who wants fish. Life, commitment, hardship and other deep stuff. In other words, it has no plot because I decided to focus on mechanics early on.

Instructions (also inside)
Use Z (or Y) to flap your wings. Go high if you want to go deep!
Press and release X to dive, hold X while diving to brake and change direction.
Use the arrow keys for that.

Thank you for playing!

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Well, I ended up changing a lot of things over the course of 24 hours. I basically chickened out on what I said in my "I'm in" post. I have had a hard time finishing stuff in past LD and I decided finishing this one was my top priority, so I adapted the technical details of the game as I needed to.

Now I must return to work on other stuff.

But I finally managed to submit an entry! And as a reward I get to play hundreds of awesome games!

Ratings

Coolness 35% 1379
Overall 2.79 676
Audio 3.06 218
Fun 2.84 515
Graphics 3.58 202
Innovation 2.84 548
Mood 3.24 210
Theme 2.06 895

Feedback

Somfunambulist
16. Dec 2013 · 03:00 UTC
The visuals are great, monochrome graphics will always appeal to me. Nice, basic proof of concept game.
chiguireitor
16. Dec 2013 · 04:35 UTC
Nice graphics, nice ambiance. It is a little bit of a stretch for the current theme. I dunno. :-|
BraindeadGeo
16. Dec 2013 · 10:24 UTC
Would have liked a better view of the ocean so i could plan my dives a bit better but it's a nice concept and love the animation on the bird!
Split82
16. Dec 2013 · 10:26 UTC
I really like the mood. Congrats on finally submitting an entry :)
junt74
16. Dec 2013 · 10:26 UTC
I like this mood :) great game!
capnramses
16. Dec 2013 · 10:27 UTC
took me a second to get the hang of flying (me read instructions?!). really loved what happens when you go super super high. yess! well done on good cross-platform support!
🎤 Johnman
16. Dec 2013 · 10:37 UTC
Thanks for your comments!

It took me a while to realize that the screen format was not appropriate for this concept (bad visibility), but by then it was too late to change it.
Coblynau
16. Dec 2013 · 15:06 UTC
I really liked this, it felt like a kind of "What's happening above the world of Ecco the Dolphin?" :)
Coin Flip Games
18. Dec 2013 · 06:34 UTC
Nice little game, but it took me a little while to figure out the controls.
zkenshin
18. Dec 2013 · 21:24 UTC
Very pretty, with a lovely concept. Good job!
AlanZucconi
18. Dec 2013 · 23:52 UTC
Why is there a Nyan cat in space? :D
🎤 Johnman
19. Dec 2013 · 19:44 UTC
I saw sort of a "put your cat into the game" challenge, but my cat died a while ago and well... Nyan cat!
angelman
20. Dec 2013 · 12:14 UTC
well done johnman, you are the best making games haha
and your game is really the best ovbiously.
psychomonster
20. Dec 2013 · 23:31 UTC
Nice game. Like the artwork very much. Cool idea... played it for a few tries :D Cool Typo ;)
MRvanderPants
29. Dec 2013 · 16:03 UTC
Really liked the graphics. Gameplay felt a bit weird thou