And deeper goes the keeper by Nicso

Exploration game
Find and light all the plants
options :
press f1 to switch to low quality.
f2 for normal
and f3 for ultra
(the game is quite demanding on ressources and not optimized by any means)
Keyboard controls :
- wasd to move (or zqsd for azerty)
- arrows for lights
- space + holding an arrow key for launching a light
Gamepad controls :
- left stick to move
- X O □ ∆ or x a y b for lights
- any shoulder buttons + holding a front button for launching a light
| windows / linux / mac | https://nicso.itch.io/and-deeper-goes-the-keeper |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/48/and-deeper-goes-the-keeper |
Ratings
| Overall | 18th | 4.224⭐ | 31🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 143th | 3.839⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 89th | 3.982⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 50th | 4.278⭐ | 29🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 1th | 4.81⭐ | 31🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 3th | 4.482⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 1th | 4.638⭐ | 31🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 46🗳️ | 39🗨️ |
Thanks for the the feedback, glade you liked it
Being nitpicky the one thing I would improve are the controls, they felt to complex for the action they were doing.
Try and review 20 games, I think you can get a high score. But need 20 reviews.
Instant immersion in the world. Being alone, exploring the abyss, going into
the unknown. I felt I was really going in an adventure. A sense of
dangers and risk but still the will to push forward.
The oppressive darkness around me and the relief of finding light sources.
The progression felt really natural. Really clever game design and mechanics.
You nailed so many thing with this game. Awesome!
Thank you for this moment.
It reminded me a bit of Limbo
https://youtu.be/bDsxxURqUQM
L'ambiance sonore et générale, la DA couplée au jeu de lumière, c'est sompteux. La navigation subaquatique est ultra bien rendue, fluide et maniable, bref, un grand bravo!
The mood, visual style and sound design were superb. I liked the innovative gameplay.
One thing which I think could be enhanced is the controls: Using gamepad was pretty good, but keyboard controls seem to me little hard to get used to so i think i could be little more fluid (for example i kept on trying to fire the balls by holding space and pressing arrows, but maybe its just my problem)
Great work!!!