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Diving Sea Code by MrJotubes

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made by MrJotubes for Ludum Dare 48 (JAM)

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Download Diving Sea Code here (available for all platforms : PC - Mac - Linux)

Diving Sea Code is a deep-sea exploration game. You play as an unnamed character diving into their own mind, trying to heal from recent traumas. No health, no oxygen bar, just explore at your own pace and heal your heart. Some items might be required to progress and finish the game.

fishScreen.png The first screen of the game. The unknown lies beyond these rocks...

screenshot_submission.PNG These notes might hold the answer to why I'm here...

If you can't find some of the items, check the collectibles location map here

Controls

WASD/Arrow Keys to move

E to interact

I to open the inventory & Mouse to interact within the inventory

ESC to open the menu

mainscreen.png

Credits

  • Aerolink : Sprites, Animations & Assets (https://twitter.com/rAerolink)
  • bdmaniak : Background Art, Assets
  • kaithor : Engine & Programming
  • MrJotubes : Engine & Programming (https://twitter.com/MrJotubes)
  • LuX34 : Soundtrack (https://www.instagram.com/luxmusicien & https://www.instagram.com/les_shirkers)
Link https://gitlab.com/jchaix/ld48
Link https://mrjotubes.itch.io/diving-sea-code
Link https://mrjotubes.itch.io/diving-sea-code
Link https://mrjotubes.itch.io/diving-sea-code
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/48/diving-sea-code

Ratings

Overall 801th 3.575⭐ 42🧑‍⚖️
Fun 911th 3.35⭐ 42🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1115th 3.063⭐ 42🧑‍⚖️
Theme 357th 4.038⭐ 42🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1087th 3.525⭐ 42🧑‍⚖️
Audio 401th 3.725⭐ 42🧑‍⚖️
Humor 821th 2.779⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Mood 595th 3.725⭐ 42🧑‍⚖️
Given 55🗳️ 59🗨️

Feedback

ty_
27. Apr 2021 · 08:38 UTC
really neat game with charming art and AMAZING audio! i love how the music changes when you go into different areas, and the breathing sounds builds to the mood really well too. really good mood setting with the audio. the pixel art is very cute (although i don't quite understand why there are still seemingly random bits of hand-drawn ones) but good job! i oouldn't find a flashlight and grew bored of it after a while, but the controls and everything were amazing.
ksonyanya
27. Apr 2021 · 08:45 UTC
I've really enjoyed the game! Still didn't get, where I was supposed to get the flashlight. Maybe missed something. Great graphics and music, but the uppper sea theme gets a bit annoying after a while (great though, that it gets changed). Great job!
🎤 MrJotubes
27. Apr 2021 · 09:26 UTC
Thanks for the feedback ! We've added a collectibles location map [here](https://imgur.com/a/CFpuQ7e) and in the submission, if you can't find some of the items to progress further into the cave.
imyellowfish
27. Apr 2021 · 12:04 UTC
Really nice mood for this game! Also, the short stories on the note are insteresting and make me wonder about what really happened. The storytelling suits the theme as myth are slowly uncovered toward the end. Perhaps there could be more story and characters!
daquxxn
27. Apr 2021 · 16:20 UTC
Nice relaxing game, love the mood and the music that changes when you go to a different area. I really felt the deeper and deeper theme in the game. I didn't see any end screen though, maybe I missed it! Anyway nice job!!
Aerolink
27. Apr 2021 · 19:46 UTC
@daquxxn Thanks for your feed back, when you collect all the notes (7), there is a final note in the last zone, when you pick it up, it is the "end screen".
Aerolink
27. Apr 2021 · 20:40 UTC
@imyellowfish when we pitched the game, it was supposed to have more character and a little bit more story, but since it was supposed to be at the very end of the game and in the development, we decided not to add it because of time constraint. Personnaly I like it better this way, since it add a layer of mystery.
lumue
28. Apr 2021 · 10:47 UTC
That was a really cool experience! It's marvellous how you created such an immersive and intricate mood with the music, the visual style (dark, blurred, cool colours + pictorial background) and the subtle yet fittingly effective SFX. Great entry!
:fish:
Elektroney
28. Apr 2021 · 11:27 UTC
Nice Game!
Legolula
28. Apr 2021 · 11:38 UTC
Really coolm the metroidvaniaesque feel really works here. Also the music and mood are on point congrats
Aerolink
28. Apr 2021 · 17:30 UTC
@lumue Thank you for trying it out! Glad you enjoyed it!
Aerolink
28. Apr 2021 · 17:31 UTC
@elektroney Thank you
Aerolink
28. Apr 2021 · 17:32 UTC
@legolula Thank you, the metroidvania feel was what we were going for, glad you apprecieted it!
Poorwill
28. Apr 2021 · 20:32 UTC
Hello! I'm afraid the exploration feel of it didn't work for me since the character was just a little bit too slow when I had to backtrack. The flashlight eluded me as well, when I did several loops from different directions (I see from the map where I missed it). I also think that different sizes of pixels never look good in a game.

With all that harsh critique out of the way. I think that you have done a really good job completing a game in such a short amount of time. I think the idea of the game is great and I really want to see what you make next.
audrey
28. Apr 2021 · 20:38 UTC
VERY glad the music changes after the first area! The piano loop didn't help much for the atmosphere but the next two tracks were AMAZING, even with how short they were. I wish I'd remembered to look at the map you included because the last note took a lot of wandering hahaha. Art was great too, you had this really great mesh of mediums, it made the different resolutions of the diver and the environment not stand out :o) Very good entry, nails the mood perfectly
Steffy
29. Apr 2021 · 13:30 UTC
Swimming around and exploring with no worries about dangers was very relaxing.
ZazaB
29. Apr 2021 · 13:40 UTC
Nice game !
As said by others, the pixel art is nice, but it feels weird when mixed with hand-drawn art
JaviCoder
01. May 2021 · 10:12 UTC
Is a good game, really liked the way of telling the story, the map, and how well done the sound is.
Working the graphic part could be improved a lot.
Shin0nome
02. May 2021 · 13:22 UTC
Great game ! It's fun and it set the mood really well thanks to the music and the graphics. The fact that you don't have to breath is a nice design choice, it would have been boring to come back to the ship... I think that add something that pt pressure on the player could be a great way to add some pressure to the game loop (it could be a shark that follow you, but never catch you up unless you are too slow... or something like that). Otherwise I had a great time. Good job !
leapyearboy
03. May 2021 · 10:10 UTC
Really enjoyed the art and audio style - the music change on areas was neat. The camera felt a bit close to the player, but worked well with the exploration vibe. The addition of notes brought some humour to the game too!
LDJam user 251444
03. May 2021 · 10:24 UTC
A pretty nice game! Relaxing and nicely designed, especially considering we just had 3 days! For anyone wondering, you have to play this game as it is designed : a relaxing and narrative metroidvania experience, don't expect so much action or foes ^^!
Just found two minor bugs : I managed to break the audio by rapidly zigzaguing in the transition zones, annoying but not too harsh. And the player can move while the inventory is open. Nothing too harsh ^^.
LelulaGames
03. May 2021 · 19:10 UTC
It's a very relaxing game, the only thing I wanted was something telling me how many notes I had left to get. I got to the end but hadn't found all the notes, and no idea how many I had left. Maybe something signifying the flashlight was dropped and was underwater, too. I went all the way back up to the boat to get it, like you did at the beginning with the TNT, and nothing happened.
LRVStudios
03. May 2021 · 20:11 UTC
That are a lot of things that i loved about this game, that i'm gonna point the most unic and importants in my opinion.

It's really immersive, the colors and sound changes are amazing, and i found it a nice touch put the "watch pause menu". These three gives some huge weigth for this game. Great work!

The only thing that i should mention that is not so good, is that we don't actually have a clue where the notes are, or how much we should collect. Despite that, it's a great game.
Aerolink
05. May 2021 · 13:53 UTC
@hefka Thank you for the feed back, we know about the music bug and tried many time to fix it, and moving while the inventory is open is not so much of a bug, but more like an unintended feature...
Aerolink
05. May 2021 · 13:55 UTC
@lelulagames You can see how many notes you are missing by opening the inventory with "i". And for the flash light, it's true that we could give an hint that it's underwater...
Aerolink
05. May 2021 · 13:57 UTC
@lrvstudios Thank you for noticing the diver watch menu!! You can see how many notes are missing in your inventory, and as where they are, it's up to you to find them...
ludrol
05. May 2021 · 18:01 UTC
water goes below 4℃ literary unplayable.
Cool game a little clunky with graphics and without a map it wouldn't be a fun experience.
LDJam user 222495
09. May 2021 · 23:52 UTC
I liked the art style and the atmospheric music! The story was well told too
Inno
10. May 2021 · 19:37 UTC
Cool experience.

Got stuck at the flashlight part.
Would love it if the movement was a bit faster or if it was possible to plan your path before hand so the game could be played more casually.

Good luck!
tigerfinch
10. May 2021 · 21:29 UTC
Cool game, nice graphics, sound, and overall gameplay and feel. The different zones works well! Felt slow in a contemplative way which I liked, but I did get a little lost before stopping playing. Overall, really enjoyed it.
Gaming Night
11. May 2021 · 19:36 UTC
is the name a joke with Da Vinci Code or is it just me?...
rgb-games
12. May 2021 · 11:36 UTC
very nice game. Art looks cool and audio was awesome. Had a lot of fun.
Aerolink
12. May 2021 · 12:06 UTC
@gaming-night Yes it is.
Lisichka
13. May 2021 · 15:22 UTC
it was interesting
Chris15686989
17. May 2021 · 12:40 UTC
The game's concept is good. I found the music a bit monotonous and did not fit into the game's mood. I also did not like the transition of both music tracks from one scene to another one. Overall, a good entry.
ziggykac
18. May 2021 · 07:50 UTC
The music change thing is really cool!