AquaLens by Chlolauro

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made by Chlolauro for Ludum Dare 56 (JAM)

AquaLens is a underwater fish photographing game!

Take pictures of different (tiny) fish!

Use WASD to Swim, and Q and E to zoom in and out of the camera!

Errors: Sometimes the photo album doesn't work!! If there are issues please try restarting the game. Tried uploading web build here but didn't work :( please play web version on the web link!!

Gameplay Video: https://youtu.be/kjGFK0Py8oA

Credits:

William Bertiz: Sound Design

Daniel Finch: Music

Chloe Kethero & Milo Ebsworth: Art

Cat: Programming

Ratings

Overall 688th 3.397⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Fun 785th 3.117⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 656th 3.155⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Theme 585th 3.633⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 616th 3.567⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Audio 135th 3.883⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Humor 916th 2.087⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Mood 148th 4.05⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Given 23🗳️ 38🗨️

Feedback

Kluvenlaroplan
08. Oct 2024 · 12:57 UTC
Very Cozy, soothing game - I enjoyed floating around taking photos - however for me the photos did not seem to save, and the PokeDex/Catalog of creatues did not seem to update - I love the concept, nice work
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turturi
08. Oct 2024 · 13:12 UTC
The music is soothing, and the concept is fun. Unfortunately, you can see the end of the map in camera mode.
schadocalex
08. Oct 2024 · 13:29 UTC
Nice looking game! Could you activate the fullscreen mode on itch.io?

Second time I saw a jelly I didn't take a photo but I should, i saw after there were multiples on the album.
Mood is awesome, art and music fit well together. I really love the graphics, espacially when you're at the top the background is so beautiful, could be a wallpaper.
I think cam mode should not move the player and stick to the player view, we can move only with cam mode on. Also sometimes the player get stucked and is not centered anymore.

PS: I can't find the last SeaHorse :spy:
Munchie Games
08. Oct 2024 · 17:10 UTC
Super chill vibe, its a big thumbs up from me. Good job!
rickyokita
08. Oct 2024 · 22:09 UTC
The underwater theme is so eye catching,and it's interesting to collect the photos of the sea creatures (I like that concept like collecting stuffs and make it into full album). Really impressive!
LDJam user 236545
09. Oct 2024 · 00:08 UTC
Beautiful game! I loved the music and the relaxing pace. Pretty sure I got the photo album bug, because I took tons of purple jellyfish pictures, but it never got added to my collection. I even started the game a second time, but still had the same issue. Regardless, I had fun!

![Screenshot 2024-10-08 145546.png](///raw/10c/93/z/68221.png)

Were the fish placed randomly, or did you hand-place them? I went to the sea floor to find crabs, since I figured they would be walking around on the ground, and I found a bunch of them. It was cool being able to reason out where I would be able to find the fish.

Great work!
LDJam user 387548
09. Oct 2024 · 22:07 UTC
I really love the marine theme, atmospheric and cute
Vipaka
09. Oct 2024 · 23:25 UTC
This brought back a lot of good Pokemon Snap memories for me! I liked the album element, to see every creature you've already photographed. Great job!
Andriana Mantidfly
10. Oct 2024 · 05:03 UTC
I liked the music and the overall atmosphere of the game, but I didn't really like the camera, which works strangely and sometimes the camera flies away from the character when he gets stuck in the wall and you can spam photos by pressing the button. The critical mistake is that during the first passage, I found a second jellyfish, but its photos were not read out.
Nazariglez
11. Oct 2024 · 20:25 UTC
Loved the chill vibes! The underwater theme, music, and art fit together perfectly. It was so fun floating around, taking pictures of sea creatures. Really great concept. Gj!
LilieBagage
11. Oct 2024 · 20:27 UTC
Oh, this game is very chill, i really like that! I love being able to collect photos in games to fill a codex or museum, so I had a lot of fun here. I only spotted one little bug: I photographed the last jellyfish I was missing (the purple jellyfish) over and over again, but it never wanted to slip into my photo album!
Thanks for this bubble of tranquillity :)
Judith Hantisse
11. Oct 2024 · 20:32 UTC
Nice game :) I enjoyed going around and taking pictures. The music makes it very relaxing. I could not get pictures of all sea creatures since taking pictures of the purple jellyfish did not seem to work (I tried on two different ones). Other than that, it's a very nice entry!
mackain
11. Oct 2024 · 20:33 UTC
cool concept! you could for sure continue to build on this concept and create something cool! the vibes where 5/5, just needs a little more polish!
ellearx
12. Oct 2024 · 01:16 UTC
What a lovely game! The music choice fit perfectly with the mood. I found it quite relaxing after trying out other fast paced games. Well done! Would love to see more of this, maybe with a bigger and diverse map/ more variety of fish. :)
Daniel Finch
12. Oct 2024 · 11:55 UTC
Hey guys thank you for all of the kind comments! We worked really hard on this game and love how it turned out, I'm glad the reviews are so positive!

@kluvenlaroplan @turturi @schadocalex @munchie-games @rickyokita @andrewkennedy @zastegnushka @vipaka @andriana-mantidfly @nazariglez @liliebagage @liliebagage @judith-hantisse @mackain @ellearx @plasmapuffs
PlasmaPuffs
13. Oct 2024 · 02:34 UTC
Nice relaxing game (I really needed it)! I like how you can take pictures of literally anything...😄![Screenshot 2024-10-12 at 7.32.07 PM.png](///raw/810/26/z/68bd6.png)
Renier
16. Oct 2024 · 16:47 UTC
Such a cool experience! well done loved the vibe!
LDJam user 279233
17. Oct 2024 · 03:05 UTC
Nice take on the theme! I like the chill art and mood as well. Its very calming. Whenever a game puts me in water I expect there to be sharks and monsters and stuff, so this was a pleasant surprise :)
ArtAllester
18. Oct 2024 · 17:33 UTC
Great work!
Yaen
18. Oct 2024 · 23:25 UTC
I liked the music and the beautiful drawings of the creatures a lot. Zooming in on the graphics is really worth it! I also like that you found a nice and peaceful mechanic. That's a great thing when so many games would rather go the dave the diver route here where you'd kill the fish instead.

It's a little bit odd that you don't really move as the diver and can just move your screen anywhere, including through walls. In that case: why even include a diver character?

I also had the bug that the purple jellyfish didn't register.

There was a thing that happened where almost all the animals seemed to converge at one point in the map more and more over time.
shir0o23
21. Oct 2024 · 10:42 UTC
i loved the music, set a really nice atmosphere. i had mild issues with the diver's movements, but in terms of everything else, the gameplay was quite enjoyable! good job!
LDJam user 399892
25. Oct 2024 · 00:35 UTC
I really liked the ambient and the marine creatures' art! I think i got the same bug as @andrewkennedy , and noticed that there aren't camera limits. Although, this made me think that the idea of being a tiny figure of an aquarium would also be fun.