Steerbear by Skelpdar

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made by Skelpdar for LD 42 (JAM)

Stay alive on a sinking ship, which is quickly being filled with water.

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Breaches in the ship's hull keep leaking water. Find repair kits to fix the holes or flee to other rooms if it is too late. Be on the lookout for repair kits, be tactical about which leaks to fix and think quickly!

Post your score in the comments and you will be a challenger for the high score!

Controls:

Move with the arrow keys.

Repair leaks and mount ladders with Z.

Programming: Skelpdar

Art: Alkuuda

Ratings

Given 14🗳️ 3🗨️

Feedback

WrenPirate
14. Aug 2018 · 01:49 UTC
This was too hard, but I really *wanted* to be good at it. I kept playing even after I figured out that I'd never make any progress. Graphics are superior. The player as a bear is random + cute = winner. If you had more than a weekend to work on it, I'd like to see a clearer indication of where the toolkits instantiate. Part of my mobility snag was that I instinctively wanted to use Z to jump, but I can see why you reserved Z for all the other things it does.
🎤 Skelpdar
14. Aug 2018 · 09:49 UTC
@wrenpirate Thank you for your feedback! Good point about Z instinctively being a jump button. I also tried to jump with Z many times, but I didn't realise that was because it was in my muscle memory from other games.
H4NNIB4L
14. Aug 2018 · 10:28 UTC
good game!
AkirAssasin
14. Aug 2018 · 10:36 UTC
The art is really nice and cute! For me, I fell off ladders a lot because I instinctively use UP to climb ladders heheh

This might be very morbid but I especially liked how the bear floats up when drowning :)
ProjectMakers
14. Aug 2018 · 10:51 UTC
A really nice game!
The bear and his animations are really great!
Also the idea with the submarine is great. :)

I wish you great success!
Barrier
14. Aug 2018 · 10:57 UTC
I love the concept! The game is too hard though, it would be nice if you could have repair kit closets, so you could always grab one somewhere. Ladders are also a bit hard to use, you should be able to grab them in air. The art is nice.
Mikixen
15. Aug 2018 · 11:38 UTC
Lovely background, nice animations, cute bear - would have preferred it if mounting ladders were the arrow keys too, that'll be more intuitive :)
Red Pill
15. Aug 2018 · 19:47 UTC
Really nice art! COuldnt find the repair kits the first 30 seconds... also the movement was really hard with climbing the ladders etc
Angel Felix
16. Aug 2018 · 18:47 UTC
good concept and art is nice but a bit hard to play. would like some indications of where the leaks are when you cant see them.
Andrei9
03. Sep 2018 · 10:47 UTC
I liked the Graphics, and the Gameplay was fun, Nice Game.
Andrei9
03. Sep 2018 · 10:47 UTC
:thumbsup:
HellSquirrel
04. Sep 2018 · 13:21 UTC
interesting