Operation Gridius by flaxhass
At the beginning, our team had the most typical brainstorming you could imagine based on this theme. "Deeper? Huh, what about Mariana Trench?, submarine?, that's ok".


And then, it came up a simple but clever twist, inspired by some particular shape and object, that change the entire idea, just like the feeling we want to show at the end to all players. It was a "screaming" experience.



The entire Gridius Team thanks to Ludum Dare for bringing up this experience and to you, beloved user, specially, for be making the central part of the experience.
| Link | https://team-gridius.itch.io/operation-gridius |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/48/operation-gridius |
Ratings
| Overall | 1414th | 3.225⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 1572th | 2.85⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 1254th | 2.975⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 1043th | 3.55⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 1110th | 3.5⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 1088th | 2.9⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 698th | 2.947⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 1412th | 3.1⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 30🗳️ | 16🗨️ |
Overall the graphics are pretty nice :)
In short, very good game but it would be nice if they added something so that the game models have something in common and appear more harmonious.
The controls feel fine to me, and I was navigating the world without much trouble. Seems like there is really not much penalty for running into all the fish, squids and other monster creatures. You get bounced around a bit ;) and then can continue on your merry way. There is more than enough time to get to all your objectives. If you'd like to challenge your player more, maybe introduce limited health or some movement penalties after running into enemies.
The sfx are very intense! It really creates this atmosphere of urgency. Quite nicely done. Only a Cthulhu squid seems a somewhat too loud in comparison to others. Would be good to normalize all the sfx to the same level.
There is a bit of a mix of styles in the art. Would be nice if there was more consistency and uniformity of style. Each piece is nice on its own, they just don't gel together as well as they could :).
In any case, quite a nice jam job :)