The Search for Catlantis by TheEarthAbides

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made by TheEarthAbides for Ludum Dare 48 (JAM)

You play as Diver. Diver heard stories growing up that there once was an advanced ancient city for catfolk called Catlantis. Armed only with her speargun, Diver dives deep into the ocean to prove that Catlantis exists. Can she reach her destination without losing her breath or becoming fish food?

Shoot enemies with your speargun and collect bubbles (health) and bombs.

Controls Move - WASD (keyboard) Shoot - Spacebar Shift - Bomb!

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Ratings

Overall 759th 3.604⭐ 55🧑‍⚖️
Fun 653th 3.5⭐ 55🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1539th 2.736⭐ 55🧑‍⚖️
Theme 635th 3.849⭐ 55🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 341th 4.179⭐ 55🧑‍⚖️
Humor 268th 3.62⭐ 52🧑‍⚖️
Mood 595th 3.725⭐ 53🧑‍⚖️
Given 43🗳️ 63🗨️

Feedback

Junior Lima
27. Apr 2021 · 00:28 UTC
So cute, So cute <3
Mad Sensei
27. Apr 2021 · 00:29 UTC
Cute arcade style game! Great work on the art!
shieldssounds
27. Apr 2021 · 00:31 UTC
Can this be a full game plz? I wanna play this on my Switch - Great job!!!
timeloopedpowergamer
27. Apr 2021 · 00:31 UTC
Great feel of sinking into the ocean. Cute and quick. I liked it.
Sabomball
27. Apr 2021 · 00:31 UTC
easy mechanics and fun to play :)
the music is a bit much (the volume is quite loud) but is a great choice when it comes to atmosphere.
oeschmid
27. Apr 2021 · 00:33 UTC
The art and music are great! I love the cat :) but also the stuff like the pufferfish exploding are fantastic! Especially when you get a chain reaction going. Really well put together, fun arcade game :)
zeoxo
27. Apr 2021 · 00:35 UTC
Loved everything but especially that music!
Im5x5
27. Apr 2021 · 00:35 UTC
Very fun, and I really enjoyed the music. The art is on point and super adorable, I love his little leg kicking!
Ian McD
27. Apr 2021 · 00:37 UTC
siccc beat
alec
27. Apr 2021 · 00:41 UTC
Man, those graphics are spot on. The game was fun and the controls were easy to master. In my opnion, it got really hard really fast at the end. A more gradual buildup in difficulty would have given me more time to play this amazing game! Nice job.
frompdx
27. Apr 2021 · 01:06 UTC
Great music! Reminds me of Matt and Kim. I liked the art and controls as well. Overall very good and right on the money with the theme.
chrissx2
27. Apr 2021 · 02:47 UTC
Lol, love the idea of the cat with a little bubble helmet.
pedrohph
27. Apr 2021 · 03:10 UTC
I loved this game.
The ideia is very good, art are beautiful and sound is cool!

The bubble/helmet is so cute.

For some reason, I can't see the game over the screen, so I never know how many points I have scored.

Nice work :smiley:
auxC
27. Apr 2021 · 03:17 UTC
Nice, you got a proper bossfight in! Well executed game with great atmosphere. I was catjamming the whole way through! :D
Préda
27. Apr 2021 · 13:13 UTC
I really like how this looks and how simple it is
Ladycerberus
27. Apr 2021 · 14:02 UTC
Love this little kitten and so fun to play, congrats!
guimm12
27. Apr 2021 · 16:53 UTC
I heard there was a boss fight, so came back and finished the game, very glad I did haha. I like how unique every enemy is, leads to more interesting gameplay for sure. Great job!
cambosouph
27. Apr 2021 · 17:19 UTC
haha glad you came back to finish it @guimm12! Thank you so much!
Digo
27. Apr 2021 · 18:06 UTC
Very cute and fun! I also absolutely loved the music.
FoghornLeghorn
27. Apr 2021 · 18:16 UTC
Awesome game and artwork! Very cute! Great work 😊
fabula_rasa
27. Apr 2021 · 18:37 UTC
I think I did indeed find Catlantis and it was full of game credits ;)!
I really loved the graphics, especially Diver herself. Music is also quite cool.

Gameplay is totally fine and feels polished. There is a nice variety of enemy behavior, which really adds some meat to the game. I only met one bit of a bug with pickups - sometimes they just don't react, and you have to swim over them a few times before our heroine actually picks it up. And I wished I had a health bar or something to that effect.

The boss cheats and does not take damage until he fully reveals himself. It was surprising. But I forgave him - after all, he (she, it?) is the THE BOSS :wink:

Incidentally, we called our game "Catlantis". Great minds think alike :laughing:
Attala
27. Apr 2021 · 18:51 UTC
My daughter really enjoyed this game. The graphics was amazing. (My daugther specially liked the helmet). Fun game.
systemeffect
27. Apr 2021 · 19:06 UTC
The excitement of going from "I HAVE MORE BOMBS THAN I'LL EVER NEED" to "I NEED MORE BOMBS" in 3 seconds was astounding.

Great quick game, enjoyed the different enemy types. The air bubble as the health mechanic is a cool twist on it. My only suggestion is turn up the speed of play.
Ithildin
27. Apr 2021 · 20:56 UTC
Lovely art style, solid gameplay and catchy music :heart:

The item spawns felt a bit too unpredictable, but other than that this is quite a solid entry. ¡Great job everyone!
poboy
28. Apr 2021 · 09:09 UTC
Really wonderful art style and overall quite fun :)
Valfr
28. Apr 2021 · 15:14 UTC
Cute game :D
Julia Lee
28. Apr 2021 · 15:57 UTC
Very cute game! but wish it had a settings button to control music.
azaliya
28. Apr 2021 · 21:38 UTC
I love art! So cute :hearts:
nyanpierre
28. Apr 2021 · 22:10 UTC
so cuteeee, the game is a little bit difficult. I love the animation of the chat x) and the sfx work pretty well, good job
MilkWine
29. Apr 2021 · 04:18 UTC
Cute game, nice music. I would have liked to tell exactly how many lives I had left so I could choose to be more or less risky when going to grab more bombs next to enemies. I was going to give up after a couple of unlucky tries, but saw comments about the boss so I decided to try a couple more times. Some way of showing how close you are to the end might also keep more people playing until the end. Good job!
ancient-pixel
29. Apr 2021 · 12:25 UTC
I am a simple man, I see cats - I clicks.
You have a real good variety of enemies and I like how its not just scrolling right, but down, this is very different from usual bullethells and works great!
MaximeGammaitoni
29. Apr 2021 · 19:49 UTC
a cuttie little shmup ! nice entrie !
cambosouph
30. Apr 2021 · 13:36 UTC
thanks for the feedback @milkwine! Having some kind of progress meter is a great idea.
hwaet
01. May 2021 · 01:37 UTC
The art and music are great. The slow descent is nicely paced. Great addition to the usual mechanics.
joonamo
01. May 2021 · 09:18 UTC
Greetings from Catlantis!

After clawing my way around the many different sea animals and finally puncing the gategeeper, I eventually managed to reach this long-rumoured gradle of cat-civilization. The music here is rocking hard and after you get to know the sometimes aggressive sea animals, you can start enjoying their beauty.

Altogether enjoyable trip down here, wish you join me down here soon enough!

PS. Remember your cat-helmet can use the bombs with shift. It wasn't included in the manual and took me few tries to figure out!
LucaVazz
01. May 2021 · 14:04 UTC
Incredibly cute deep-sea cat.

The life counter in the bottom left seems to be broken unfortunately, it always showed 2 (instead of 7 :P)
Incal
12. May 2021 · 20:58 UTC
Cute art, nice work with the attack sequences and enemy diversity, especially the blowfish.
OadT
18. May 2021 · 17:30 UTC
Who would have guessed there is such cool music under water! Super cute graphics and nice idea to indicate the health (though a bit hard to read sometimes) Also nice that there was a boss fight, but the end was a bit abrupt :smile: Great work!
Yword
18. May 2021 · 17:50 UTC
Yeah, I just defeated the boss! Really fun and cute, with great mood too! Maybe it will be more fun to play if can use mouse to aim and shoot.