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I got a message from someone warning of monsters.. never heard of him again... And the random events are grim.\n\nI liked it that there is a lot of detail to the crewmembers' bio. For me it would be better if the game would run a bit slower. The first round I just read the bios and checked the radio and all of a sudden the game was over. When I figured out what was going on in the next rounds it was still very hectic.\n\nAll in all it is a great submission.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":641611,"author_name":"thevinter","author_uid":"thevinter","epoch":1619518926,"text":"@zolar Thanks for playing, I agree it's a bit too hectic and it should be slowed down, but I can't even describe the nightmare that is to balance something with so many moving parts :(\n\nAppreciate the feedback :)","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":641714,"author_name":"Ommadawn","author_uid":"ommadawn","epoch":1619519346,"text":"Its really interesting, I sent a few messages lol, but the game is sooooo hard, I restarted like 10-12 times, manage to lvl up a character at my best attempt but the resources keep getting low and low ! :space_invader: monsters are creepy it adds well to the dark ambience :fearful:  Really good music aswell, nice entry overall. I will probably come from time to time to leave a message in the next days :stuck_out_tongue: ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":642388,"author_name":"Rujum","author_uid":"rujum","epoch":1619522396,"text":"ty for the game!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":645090,"author_name":"Nerzal","author_uid":"nerzal","epoch":1619532273,"text":"I loved the music, the alarm sound drove me crazy. \nI literally had no idea, why the alarm was set off the whole time, that drove me nuts, but i still had fun. \n\nI loved the background story of that one guy. Likes clowns, greates wish - \"kill someone\". \nThere there some nice jokes in there - i liked them. \n\nI do not know if the seamonsters do any damage or good to the submarine, but they scared me, as i constantly feared, that they might attack me, and i did not find the \"kill it with fire\"-button. :D \n\nThe background graphics in general were very nice, i perceived them to be some kind of \"trippy\" in a good way. \n\n\n","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":646063,"author_name":"Bauke Regnerus","author_uid":"bauke-regnerus","epoch":1619535509,"text":"Loved the random events and FTL-light management gameplay. I really appreciate the narrative aspect. It's easy to play but there is a surprising amount of details in the stories.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":650888,"author_name":"steelax","author_uid":"steelax","epoch":1619550995,"text":"now this isnt my type of game, however it was very well executed. it throws you in a bit at the deep end a tutorial level would have been great, but the devs advised time affected decision. the statistics etc must have been difficult to code and get right in a short period. and the art style was unique. with a subliminal style flash of fishes etc.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":659023,"author_name":"LeYaoTang","author_uid":"leyaotang","epoch":1619594268,"text":"A complex game! Sci-fi gem here!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":698357,"author_name":"LDJam user 156819","author_uid":"156819","epoch":1620521711,"text":"An interesting take on the theme for sure! I quite liked the audio and atmosphere of the game, even though the Linux build wasn't rendering the background right :smile: I got confused by some of the mechanics, and I wish I had time to read important prompts and make informed decisions (as it was the game didn't pause when a dialogue box popped up), but I did like the complex yet rather coherent gameplay.\n\nThanks for providing a Linux build, and for having me play this on stream!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":700073,"author_name":"VixenMink","author_uid":"vixenmink","epoch":1620701926,"text":"Game wasn't trying to run smoothly on my rig but I really like your concept!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":703131,"author_name":"TentacleMax","author_uid":"tentaclemax","epoch":1621038305,"text":"It reminds me rimworld, space haven and ftl, I love this type of games.\nGreat atmosphere, music and visual are nice too.\nI've died few times for unknown reason, but it was very fun anyway. I hope you'll finish this game later, it would be nice to play something like that in underwater post-apocalyptical setting =)\nGreat job!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":704618,"author_name":"666Savior","author_uid":"666savior","epoch":1621191800,"text":"Interesting little game. Mechanics were a little bit confusing and unfortunately for me, the game did not play nice with ultrawide resolution XD. 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