Azure Dreams by iorena

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made by iorena for Ludum Dare 48 (COMPO)

A mermaid dreams of underwater treasureazure-dreams-screenshot.png

Ratings

Overall 774th 2.942⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Fun 785th 2.673⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 614th 2.942⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Theme 181th 3.981⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 562th 3.231⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Audio 539th 2.917⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Humor 430th 2.521⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Mood 578th 3.038⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Given 21🗳️ 37🗨️

Feedback

Predominant
26. Apr 2021 · 06:30 UTC
Nice work on the artwork. Bit of a short game, but an interesting concept.
Substr
26. Apr 2021 · 07:27 UTC
Removed duplicate comment
Substr
26. Apr 2021 · 07:27 UTC
I like the idea, but I unfortunately wasn't able to get too far as I couldn't for the life of me figure out what or where the magic pearls are, but that might well be user error. Good job though!
hungryroy
26. Apr 2021 · 10:44 UTC
Great artwork, especially the backgrounds and the fish swimming about. Might need better instructions, to make it clear you need to get pearls from clams to make any real progress.
pedrohph
26. Apr 2021 · 13:24 UTC
I found it! :smile:

The art is so cute. I have drowned sometimes before I understood how pearls work.

Nice work!
mdotedot
26. Apr 2021 · 13:31 UTC
Nice artwork. Missed instructions on-screen. But managed to get some where
Last Angle
26. Apr 2021 · 14:26 UTC
I like the art, its really cute! The world is quite big, I went a long way to the right first, only to discover the treasure is right at the start! It took me a couple of tries, but I got it! Good work :)
CaioLima
26. Apr 2021 · 16:08 UTC
The breathing system reminded me of Subnautica! The pixel art is cute, congrats! o/
Secret Magic 404
27. Apr 2021 · 19:26 UTC
So calm and relaxing... this is my first time playing a mermaid game and I really liked it. Great work :smile:
Corporation
27. Apr 2021 · 19:44 UTC
Good job) nice pixel art, but i would recomend to remove filtering so it won't look blurry. Also fun bug when there's only half of the body appearing under the water)
Lakea
28. Apr 2021 · 07:04 UTC
PLayed for a little while, took me a few attemps to work out what to do, was a fun short game.
Prof.Suarez
28. Apr 2021 · 13:43 UTC
Ended too quickly, which there were more clams. I think it reminds me of the Ecco the Dolphin game.
Sheinxy
28. Apr 2021 · 15:36 UTC
Small guy, nice idea, fits the theme

Some remarks though:
- It is possible to see the gray background when going on the far right when on the surface
- The Game Over and win screen have a bit of size issue it seems (maybe it's just on my computer though)
- There should be a bit more instructions / visual cue regarding the magic pearls

Anyway, still a calm and relaxing idea good job!
Masaru
28. Apr 2021 · 16:32 UTC
Can confirm the scaling works fine on the game screen but it doesn't on the other two. The swimming is a bit slow and the game would have needed one more day, but it does work.
Eugenik
28. Apr 2021 · 16:41 UTC
Great atmosphere
pvg
28. Apr 2021 · 23:24 UTC
I was holding down keys to keep moving, and it got "stuck" with moving in one direction. I suppose I should not complain, because this ended up taking me right to the treasure! I was pleasantly surprised a little bit into the game when I found some fish.
nekowei
29. Apr 2021 · 08:39 UTC
I tried a few times and finally understood how it works ;) at first I thought it's a mario-like pearl which extends breath when you are around it, then I found I have to get back to surface again so it refresh to a new maxium value

anyway, very lovely graphics and sound is good, got potential to expand to a larger game.
Victor Andrade
30. Apr 2021 · 00:30 UTC
The lack of sound really improved the experience!!

Cheers!!!!
dmitriy3342
11. May 2021 · 23:52 UTC
I got interesting experience, thanks!
candlesan
15. May 2021 · 04:09 UTC
Simple and effective game. I always love the experience of being able to get upgrades that let me do things such as hold my breath longer. I died the first time figuring out all the mechanics and was able to get the treasure the second time. Cute art!