Spermy the Whale Goes Deeper and Deeper by Flying Dog Fish
Spermy the Whale Goes Deeper and Deeper is a game about a lazy sperm whale of the species Physeter macrocephalus that wants to swim deeper and deeper, as deep as possible. The poor whale doesn't even now how to swim so you have to help him by blowing air bubbles near it. You need to press down the mouse key and don't let it go to release air bubbles and push the whale around with them. You can even do it with your finger on your phone or tablet, but you won't be able to see what you are doing very well. The whale has only a limited amount of air and the game will end if it runs out and your score will be the depth reached. If you actually reach the bottom, your score will be your time. The current world record is 53.9s by yours truly. If you can do better, please post a screenshot in the comments.
Tools used: - whiteboard & color markers for brainstorming, planning and creating art! - Nikon Z6 + Nikkor 50/18 S to take photos of the said art with - Lightroom Classic to edit the said photos in - GIMP to convert the resulting images to transparent pngs and to make images used for the background gradients - Unity and Microsoft Visual Studio to make the actual game in
The music was created especially for this game during the event by my friend Aziraphal, everything else was created from scratch by myself during the event.

| Link | https://flyingdogfish.com/ludum-dare/spermy-the-whale |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/48/spermy-the-whale-goes-deeper-and-deeper |
Ratings
| Overall | 1469th | 3.189⭐ | 39🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 1172th | 3.176⭐ | 39🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 935th | 3.189⭐ | 39🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 354th | 4.041⭐ | 39🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 1175th | 3.432⭐ | 39🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 278th | 3.875⭐ | 38🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 226th | 3.694⭐ | 38🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 1180th | 3.294⭐ | 36🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 44🗳️ | 49🗨️ |
Still had fun though.
Edit: and congrats to your friend, the music is really good on this one.
There are a lot of things in this sea 🦈🐟🐙🦑
Thanks for making this!
Whiteboards are cool, but there's a very limited selection of colors available and you can't mix them. [Here are some examples of my whiteboard drawings](http://gallery.flyingdogfish.com/Drawings)
Thanks for the review.
I adore the whiteboard art and yellow submarines will from this day on trigger some PTSD in me. Awesome game!
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I really liked your art, I love when art is taken from physical medium and scanned/photographed into a game, it looks really nice. It would have been very cool if you could have done the background as a whiteboard-colored texture too!
I found the controls a bit finnicky - which I think is the point haha. I do wish I was able to get just a little more power/speed though, as I found the best strategy ended up being going along the left wall and sliding as best I could.
Really enjoyed it, congrats on finishing!
