Deep Sea Teddy Dive by winniehell

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made by winniehell for Ludum Dare 48 (JAM)

Oh no! Kim's favorite toy fell into the ocean. Can you help to rescue it?

screenshot2.png Dive in the sea and search for Kim's teddy bear!

screenshot4.png The deeper you dive, the darker it gets. Search for upgrade blueprints.

screenshot3.png Collect the gears and bolt to prepare the upgrades!

Hints

Sound currently doesn't work in Chrome

Because this came up in a few comments already: The upgrades in the store have a tooltip showing the costs and a short description.

Bildschirmfoto vom 2021-04-27 18-36-15.png

Ratings

Overall 657th 3.659⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Fun 786th 3.432⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1675th 2.591⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Theme 383th 4.023⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 908th 3.682⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Audio 643th 3.5⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Humor 1070th 2.471⭐ 19🧑‍⚖️
Mood 852th 3.545⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Given 17🗳️ 7🗨️

Feedback

ezgoodnight
27. Apr 2021 · 15:09 UTC
This is cute asf. Music is banging, graphics look good, too. Overall really wonderful. The controls/gameplay are a little hard to work with, but maybe that's part of the charm and the challenge.
Ryan Romero
27. Apr 2021 · 15:12 UTC
Great game! It has a really good feel to it!
Kirby
27. Apr 2021 · 15:15 UTC
Cute game, great work was made. Overwall great submition <3.
Too_Lazy_Cat
27. Apr 2021 · 15:15 UTC
I like the gameplay loop. Controls are hard but it feels like it's designed that way. Overall solid work!
rubentipparach
27. Apr 2021 · 15:16 UTC
Reminds me of the popcap games I played as a kid. Love the style, has a great charm!
Kro
27. Apr 2021 · 15:17 UTC
Very beatiful graphics, quite a lot mechanics, like that! Reminds me era of flash player games.
Diringer Leo
27. Apr 2021 · 15:18 UTC
Nice little game, lacks rewarding moments tho
Arget
27. Apr 2021 · 15:18 UTC
Awesome! I love this game so much, the music, the animals, the scene, etc. And it is really fun. Congratz!
Cievers
27. Apr 2021 · 15:19 UTC
Really nice seeing the progression of the submarine and the platform as you go :)
joni-jarvinen
27. Apr 2021 · 15:22 UTC
I was not expecting this game to be so addictive! It's fun to play, looks cute and sounds good, too. I would have liked some explanation as to how much the upgrades cost and how they work/help, but otherwise the game is great!
kingslee142
27. Apr 2021 · 15:22 UTC
I really enjoyed the art and the animation. Looks like a lot of work went into that. It does feel like a very interactive world. Sometimes the controles feel a little flimsy but overall very well done. Pretty good game!
Lélek Hunor Kadosa
27. Apr 2021 · 15:22 UTC
I found the teddy :D
It was simple but great. Nice job
LoHii
27. Apr 2021 · 15:26 UTC
The mood is great and the graphics are pretty cute. The sounds fit the underwater theme. I liked that there was a clear goal that you approached little by little.

The ship didn't feel that fun to control, but it might have been that challenging with crisper controls. The fact that running out of oxygen simply made you resurface made the resurfacing button a little pointless. It was slightly weird that you had to find and buy the upgrades. Finding the upgrades was the bottleneck for me, which made treasures feel a little pointless. On top of this, the upgrades didn't have prices so if I couldn't buy something, I had no idea how far away from purchasing I was. It also was very unclear what most of the upgrades did.

Overall, a cute little game with atmosphere, but the actual game part could've benefited from a bit more polish.
LoHii
27. Apr 2021 · 15:26 UTC
The mood is great and the graphics are pretty cute. The sounds fit the underwater theme. I liked that there was a clear goal that you approached little by little.

The ship didn't feel that fun to control, but it might have been that challenging with crisper controls. The fact that running out of oxygen simply made you resurface made the resurfacing button a little pointless. It was slightly weird that you had to find and buy the upgrades. Finding the upgrades was the bottleneck for me, which made treasures feel a little pointless. On top of this, the upgrades didn't have prices so if I couldn't buy something, I had no idea how far away from purchasing I was. It also was very unclear what most of the upgrades did.

Overall, a cute little game with atmosphere, but the actual game part could've benefited from a bit more polish.
Rubyes
27. Apr 2021 · 15:28 UTC
The store isn't entirely intuitive, but overall it's a great game
AlexHicks
27. Apr 2021 · 16:52 UTC
Nice Entry!

You were right, very similar to my game.

Pros:
- Ship Upgrading
- Ambient animations (fish, whales etc)

Cons:
- I think a general lighting pass may really help here. I think for the sub in general you could add a blueish overlay to it to make it feel more like it was under water. Currently it feels like its sitting above
- The resurfacing mechanic felt a little odd and the UI placement of the Oxygen the first few times I didn't even know what was happening.
- Some sort of in game indicator around the ship to know Oxygen is below a certain percent could really help the above comment
🎤 winniehell
27. Apr 2021 · 16:58 UTC
@ezgoodnight @ryan-romero @kirby @too-lazy-cat @rubentipparach @kro @diringer-leo @arget @cievers @kingslee142 @lelek-hunor-kadosa Thank you all for your nice comments! :sparkling_heart:

@joni-jarvinen @rubyes @lohii Thank you, too! :heart: I just added a hint to the description that the store items have tooltips. Thank you for pointing that out. :bow:

@lohii @alexhicks Thank you very much for your detailed feedback! I agree to the suggestions you make and hope to learn from them for our next jam. :bow:
Jupiter_Hadley
28. Apr 2021 · 10:11 UTC
Nice game. I included it in my compilation video series of a bunch of LDJAM games!
https://youtu.be/rCfIoJGG3mQ
🎤 winniehell
28. Apr 2021 · 15:20 UTC
@jupiter-hadley Thank you for playing and sorry for the lag! :disappointed: I've added desktop versions to the download section now.
ArcticMattekar
01. May 2021 · 04:38 UTC
I love the mood of the game. The music fits perfectly and the graphics are cute :heart_eyes:

Good job :thumbsup: