Darkest Depths by skipi

made by skipi for Ludum Dare 48 (JAM)

Doom is here. A monstrosity is beset upon us, and doom will surely come. However there is still hope. In the caves there lies 10 powerful relics that may yet save us. However each relic carries with is a curse and you'll have to descend deep to gather them all. Beware the caves. Descent is easy, however to rise from its depths may fell even the greatest of warriors.

Hello everyone! This is our LD48 game, Darkest Depths. A retro FPS game where you delve into a cave to find relics. Each found relic makes the game harder (right now each relic's effect is not shown. We plan to rectify this in a patch.) This game was made by a group of developers, artists, writers, and streamers from our discord group, the Insomniac's Carnival! If you like out game and want to see what else we're up to or just hang out, feel free to join us here: https://discord.gg/UUJkMFhsSN

There are some bugs in the build that still need to be resolved, however that's normal for a jam. We do plan to continue working on this project and we'll be adding a link alongside our original jam entry on this page! Please play our original entry first if you wish to rate us.

CONTROLS: WASD to move LMB to attack E to interact/advance text SPACE to jump 1/2 or MOUSE WHEEL to switch between weapons

DISCLAIMER: The web version may be laggy or buggy (web export is known to have issues in the Godot engine). If this happens, please consider downloading the executable for your platform, it runs much smoother than web!

CHANGELOG: - Fixed agent navigation - Fixed crash when certain relic was enabled - Fixed missing sound effects and music - Attempted to optimize the web version a little - Added a prompt to the into to make it clearer that E advances text

Link	https://github.com/Scipi/LD48
HTML 5 (web) [original]	https://scipi.itch.io/darkest-depths
Link	https://scipi.itch.io/darkest-depths
Link	https://scipi.itch.io/darkest-depths
Link	https://scipi.itch.io/darkest-depths
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/48/darkest-depths-1

Ratings

Overall	1632^th	3⭐	22🧑‍⚖️
Fun	1702^th	2.65⭐	22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation	1687^th	2.575⭐	22🧑‍⚖️
Theme	1280^th	3.35⭐	22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics	1378^th	3.2⭐	22🧑‍⚖️
Audio	884^th	3.225⭐	22🧑‍⚖️
Mood	1021^th	3.425⭐	22🧑‍⚖️
Given		39🗳️	9🗨️

Feedback

Anton Savinov

27. Apr 2021 · 16:44 UTC

The HTML5 version had frozen my Chrome :(

Skleembof

28. Apr 2021 · 01:41 UTC

I love the graphics, giving real PS1 vibes. The music, especially the intro music was very nice
I think you attack a lot faster than the attack animation lets on which was kind of confusing.

The concept of the game is interesting and the lore was surprisingly deep for a jam game.
great job guys!

(Also I managed to play the html5 version just fine on an old surface pro 3)

TheWhiteRice

28. Apr 2021 · 01:46 UTC

I love this game. It reminded me of older fps games. The audio was also pretty great.

phil_lesnar

28. Apr 2021 · 01:50 UTC

I enjoyed the world-building at the start, and the whole idea of making the dungeon hard while trying to crawl back out is fun. Excellent work on the small red tripod enemy design. The sounds and speed gave it a friendly creepy vibe.

Spice Cabinet

28. Apr 2021 · 01:51 UTC

Wow! The art style was really cool. After seeing the tavern guy at the beginning I was not expecting it and was pleasantly surprised. I had a hard time telling who was taking damage when using the sword so I stuck with arrows until I ran out. Then I died. It was real fun!

pRoFiT

28. Apr 2021 · 01:53 UTC

pretty cool. i like how fast you moved. felt good. Is there a jump? that would of been nice. got stuck on a small enemy could not move anymore. And maybe enable full screen on webpage. mouse kept going out of screen causing issues. not your fault just an issue with web games.

ComicSans

28. Apr 2021 · 01:57 UTC

Argh. Looks like it'll be an awesome game, but once you enter the depths, the 3D view goes purple (in Chrome on Windows). Please see if you can fix it and then notify me! :pray:

LDJam user 234120

28. Apr 2021 · 01:58 UTC

No issue loading up the web version. What engine you make this in? I had quite a bit of fun playing around and loved the creature design. Real great throw back that would be awesome to see expanded on.

iuunno

28. Apr 2021 · 01:58 UTC

Html version didn't work for me but I downloaded the windows build and it worked fine. Nice gameplay, satisfying sound effects and movement feels pretty good. seems like some parts like what I imagine might be an inventory/item pickup system are not done yet. I still had fun and played for quite awhile. I found a way to cheese the bigger enemy by circling around its back and standing directly behind it slashing.

morrilet

28. Apr 2021 · 01:58 UTC

This was super cool! Definitely had early FPS vibes. I enjoyed the speed with which you move, as well as the variety in weapons. I think a bit of contrast on the stairs / tunnels would have been nice, though, just so they're easier to see when you're near them. Nice work!

Matt Swieboda

28. Apr 2021 · 02:00 UTC

Minor, easy to add, and I know you put it in the description, but I'd put a "E to continue" etc, on the bottom of the intro text, so the user knows how to proceed.

I like the controls, and the graphics and audio are pretty good!

It'd be nice to have a more active bow animation, and maybe an actual arrow that maybe you can pick back up.

Good job!

ec2151

28. Apr 2021 · 02:01 UTC

Promising start! I think a map and more textures would be helpful in understanding the scenery and navigating but that's not too much of a knock given the amount of time you had to work on it.

Bodaciouslycrazy

28. Apr 2021 · 02:07 UTC

I really like the design of the enemies here! The music was also fantastic!

vknauss

28. Apr 2021 · 02:07 UTC

I thought it was fun, especially the movement was super responsive. I was a bit confused though, since after going through several doors it seemed like I was ending up in the same 2 areas, I could even still see the bits of flesh from the monsters still around. Good job though it's a super solid basis, I'm sure the final version will be really cool

tengusheath

28. Apr 2021 · 02:07 UTC

The music was really nice. Very Playstation/Nintendo 64 era vibes which was cool. Attacking could use some more feedback, I couldn't tell if I was hitting enemies.

NuclearChair

28. Apr 2021 · 02:12 UTC

Had a lot of fun but I had no idea what I was supposed to be doing, I kept going down but only found enemies, eventually decided to try going up instead but only found more enemies, is there more? Anyway, I found the combat pretty fun and the graphics were really neat.

Eugenik

28. Apr 2021 · 11:41 UTC

Really cool game

rhoff95

28. Apr 2021 · 17:37 UTC

Cool game. I was able to just walk past all the enemies, so maybe they need to be stronger or more dangerous? Also recommend binding things like interact to multiple keys (E, Space, Enter, etc.) so people just figuring it out without instructions can play easier. Since you don't have many controls, it should be easy.

🎤 skipi

28. Apr 2021 · 22:23 UTC

Hi all! Thank you for all the great feedback.

@profit You can jump (space). However there is a relic which its effect is to disable your jumping. Relic effects aren't displayed anywhere to the player in the jam version (there just wasn't enough time), so sorry about that. We also wanted to have full screen mode, but we realized at the last minute the entire gui wouldn't resize and align properly, so we locked the window resolution.

@comicsans Unfortunately if web version is not working for you there's not much we can do. Web export in the Godot engine uses GLES 2 which the engine historically had problems with (apparently). I recommend downloading the executable for your platform and trying the game on there if the web version refuses to work.

@cyzaine We made it in Godot! c:

@iuunno You're correct we wanted to have the pickup system display on the gui. The objective of the game is supposed to be collecting relics on each level and we wanted to show which relics you currently have on you and which have already been recovered. The gui wiring never got done even though all the art assets were made.

@matt-swieboda Thanks for this suggestion, I've went ahead and added it c: It should make the initial controls clearer. I also really like the idea of a retrievable arrow. We really want the bow to be a weapon you have to count your shots with and limiting it to a powerful, single shot use would do that nicely I think.

iuunno

28. Apr 2021 · 23:38 UTC

@skipi I still explored to find the relics even though they didnt show up in the inventory. Just the simple mechanic of collecting them was motivation to explore all of each level.

Inno

29. Apr 2021 · 08:40 UTC

I liked that you guys tried to tackle a big scope but next time try to add in a tutorial level early on in development so that the "rules" of the game are more easily understandable.

frozenfire92

30. Apr 2021 · 02:50 UTC

Great entry! I really liked the graphics and the old school 3d/doom vibe. Keep up the good work