Deep Dive by Lossypi
Someone had to do it, right?
Go down, fix it, get back up. Sounds simple enough. Now I'm stuck down here in search of that rusty and old mess of a station.
You have a better view from up here, don't you? And that scanner of yours? Guess we can still make it through.
At least it's quite down here...
| Link | https://lossypi.itch.io/deep-dive |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/48/deep-dive-9 |
Ratings
| Overall | 929th | 3.5⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 1281th | 3.1⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 262th | 3.85⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 485th | 3.95⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 615th | 3.925⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 168th | 4.025⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 262th | 4.05⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 33🗳️ | 7🗨️ |
I quite enjoyed the mood and atmosphere, the graphics / sound come together really well! The first time I saw an enemy approaching it felt legitimately scary.
- WebGL fullscreen results in a full black screen and a small window the size of the original webgl window on the page.
- A tutorial / demo mode without a time limit would be nice to learn the ropes. The controls are just a little difficult and it's frustrating trying to learn them while dying to the time limit.
Those issues aside, what a cool game! That radar effect where the terrain only shows when being pinged is so beautiful! I love the sound design as well.
Overall it's a pretty good entry, especially in terms of mood and visual/audio design, good job :thumbsup:
I die very fast, but i'm bad gamer :D
Интересная механика, красивая графика. Очень быстро кончается кислород и он редко попадается на карте :( Сделал несколько попыток и не смог глубоко заплыть в итоге, всегда кончался кислород.
But I like that the grid is visible even between sonar scans. Really got the sense of "I'll be okay as long as I pay attention" even when I can't see the ground.
I wrote this after I lost. I might give it another go but the game makes me feel just a little bit _too_ helpless.
Edit: Okay, also sometimes the controls would flip shit and make me swim towards a shark instead of shoot at it. The mantra rays are never repelled by bullets even though they're huge targets and I'm definitely hitting them. I accidentally bounced between two walls like a pinball and lost almost all my health.
And I have no idea what the scanner does. Does it point me towards the goal? It just seems to return a ping in any direction. Am I supposed to be going down? The aspect ratio is very wide for a game where I want to go down.
Edit: I thought maybe the scanner would repel certain animals? But no. Once a manta ray or shark locks onto me, I eventually lose health. I can't outrun them, shooting and scanning does nothing. I loved the first minute of the game but now I kinda hate it.