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Depths of Fear by Evannex

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made by Evannex for Ludum Dare 48 (JAM)

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Travel to the bottom of the ocean in this nightmare, do you have what it takes to face your deepest fears?

You wake up in another bad dream surrounded by ocean and some creepy creatures. You'll have to escape from your fears all the way to the bottom, and only then will you learn what it takes to face them on the return to the surface.

There are Two phases to the game! You're stronger in phase two!!

Development was streamed over at https://www.twitch.tv/reynaafox

Controls: - ESC for menu! - WASD to move - Click closes dialogue - Space for Attack (once unlocked)

Known Bugs: - Respawning has a tendency to make you invincible! - Forgot to make the spawn markers invisible in the final build! Whoops! - I forgot to add a proper win scenario, you only see your score after death....

Link https://reynaafox.itch.io/depths-of-fear
Link https://reynaafox.itch.io/depths-of-fear
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/48/depths-of-fear

Ratings

Overall 1364th 3.26⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1454th 2.96⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1463th 2.8⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Theme 435th 3.98⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1137th 3.48⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Audio 939th 3.146⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Humor 1317th 2.125⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Mood 612th 3.708⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Given 32🗳️ 25🗨️

Feedback

Mololo
27. Apr 2021 · 06:02 UTC
I like the style, the enemies and player design.

There are some circles with numbers on them next to the assets, couldn't collect them, don't know what their purpose is.

Overall a good game.
🎤 Evannex
27. Apr 2021 · 07:05 UTC
@mololo thank you so much for playing! I realized a little late about the spawn circles! I forgot to make them invisible when I uploaded/exported LOL. Sorry about that!
baconn00
27. Apr 2021 · 08:32 UTC
Have to give you 5 star on mood. I like the art in the game, especially the tentacles and the squid too. Great job!
William Gilmour
27. Apr 2021 · 13:04 UTC
![Screenshot 2021-04-27 at 14.02.37.png](///raw/445/93/z/40908.png) Loved it! Not sure how well I did, but it was fun. Very good theme and idea, and apart from the debug circles, no obvious bugs. Great job
thomasward
28. Apr 2021 · 19:56 UTC
I liked the design of the enemies, even though there are only a few of them (I found the tentacles, the squid and the alien eel thingie (nice easter egg btw). It's easy at first, but then it becomes really, really hard eventually. I still felt bored after a while and didn't really want to get to the endgame, if there is any. I wish the gameplay was more engaging and fun! Anyway good job and thanks for posting your entry for the jam!
Space_man
29. Apr 2021 · 03:56 UTC
Enjoyable game, well done on the mood of diving into the creepy depths. Some of the enemies are quite difficult to avoid if you accidentally swim into a corner. Unfortunately after dying a couple times they stopped attacking, though I was then able to dive deep enough to get the attack - I only wish the enemies were still active to make killing them more satisfying!
Jin9310
29. Apr 2021 · 07:07 UTC
Overall a really nice entry. It would be cool to have some sort of an Oxygen "healthbar" so it would push player to find another tank of O2. Also, if some sort of a goal would be waiting in the deeps, as from what I have seen, it is about how deep you can go and survive among the monsters (or perhaps I just haven´t the end?). But the way you did it is also completely valid! Overall great job done, and everyone that tries to do a game under water deserves my huge credit and respect!
José Bonilla
02. May 2021 · 04:54 UTC
Hi, I could not play your game, the HTML5 build looks broken (probably server error). I did not rate it obviously, just so you know. If you can fix it, I will play it for sure.
Tygrak
02. May 2021 · 12:24 UTC
Nice game! The movement - swimming around felt pretty cool. The art and mood was great, nice animations. It took me quite a bit to figure out that the tentacles actually hurt me and aren't just ambient, I am quite dumb haha. The squid monster was pretty scary. Really liked the game, good job!
stewthepoo
03. May 2021 · 17:37 UTC
I'm impressed you were able to get so much animation done in time. kudos
someone
03. May 2021 · 18:11 UTC
I had to try a different browser for it to work. I didn't see any windows executables in the downloaded version.
LudumDareDevil
08. May 2021 · 23:20 UTC
Fun game. I liked the art style.
Soul Grinder
09. May 2021 · 18:48 UTC
Nice graphic animations and atmosphere. That creepy eel with a lure on his head was my favourite. Nice work was fun to play.
ColeSlaughter
10. May 2021 · 21:49 UTC
[Thanks for submitting your game to our stream!](https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1015053228?t=05h01m27s)

It's kind of crazy you were able to get all of this done solo in a weekend. Not only are there a lot of interworking mechanics/enemy AIs, but there's also an impressive output of assets to set the stage for everything. On top of that, the narrative seems to be deeply personal as well. I'm always a fan when entries "dig deep" and try to tell a meaningful story. It's really difficult to pull off, but it's always worth the extra effort.

Very nice job!