Roam the Depths by Ty Victorson

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made by Ty Victorson for Ludum Dare 57 (JAM)

Roam the depths and discover what lies down at the bottom of the sea, collect materials to upgrade your submersible and journey to uncover the mysteries of what is down in the darkness.

* To return to the surface go up to -10 Depth. *

Controls:

Move: [W][A][S][D]

Ascend: [SPACE]

Drill: [LEFT MOUSE]

Shoot and return harpoon: [RIGHT MOUSE]

Credits:

Audio, Coding, Modeling, Art by: Ty

Level design: Austin

Music by: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

Ratings

Overall 715th 3.114⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Fun 746th 2.841⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 675th 2.864⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Theme 267th 3.955⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 543th 3.432⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Audio 290th 3.548⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Humor 514th 2.632⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Mood 321th 3.75⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Given 22🗳️ 18🗨️

Feedback

LRDJJ
08. Apr 2025 · 10:57 UTC
The Itch.io links to a 404 page :(
Hurp
09. Apr 2025 · 11:38 UTC
Game not found
Sagamore
09. Apr 2025 · 19:42 UTC
404:(
🎤 Ty Victorson
09. Apr 2025 · 22:23 UTC
Hey guys sorry about that forgot to set the page to public, Its fixed now!

@hurp @lrdjj @sagamore
oeueGHa
15. Apr 2025 · 09:33 UTC
Liked background audio and sounds at all, but interactions with orb are strange, i can't stay too close to extract it, and i've absolutely not understood how collect resources and take upgrades.
Ronalchue
15. Apr 2025 · 12:34 UTC
Interesting atmosphere, I enjoyed killing fish. Not sure where to go, got 1 amethyst
🎤 Ty Victorson
16. Apr 2025 · 01:22 UTC
@oeuegha to mine the resources go over to one of the 5 types and then hold down on Left mouse button until they break, once done you can extract them by returning to the top of the map from anywhere (that being -10 depth or higher) which will bring you back to the upgrade menu and extract your resources!

@ronalchue Glad you enjoyed it, there isn't a specific place to go just to explore the map and get the upgrades!
eloc
17. Apr 2025 · 04:41 UTC
Excellent sounds and graphics. Magnifique
Braeden
17. Apr 2025 · 15:34 UTC
Really love the atmosphere, music is super creepy!
I think you should add a crosshair so you can see easier where the harpoon is going to shoot. The fish were quite hard to hit. Also maybe somewhere in the HUD that shows what resources I collected so I don't need to pull up the upgrade menu

great work :thumbsup:
AToxigner
19. Apr 2025 · 10:53 UTC
At first, I thought this was mainly a diving and collection game, but the moment I got into the game and heard the BGM, I was like "No good, this is a horror game", joking lol. Overall, the theme and vibe are really solid, I really enjoyed it! That said, I think the feedback for collecting and shooting could maybe use a bit more polish. But hey, for a three-day jam, this is a pretty impressive piece!
Paul Thick
19. Apr 2025 · 17:53 UTC
This is the original game (subnautica devs just copied all mechanics). All jokes aside, this is a solo prawn suit simulator. Got mad at fish for trying to gulp me lol
HolyBlackCat
20. Apr 2025 · 14:19 UTC
A really creepy mood, nice!

Harpooning fishes is hard. :P Managed to get one fish.

Either direction spread is too big, or it only works properly in certain facing directions.
nathmate
21. Apr 2025 · 03:35 UTC
Gave me Subnautica prawn suit vibes. Very atmospheric and tense.
Critiques
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- I never managed to hit a fish, a targeting crosshair would be helpful.
- was there a certain action needed to pick up resources? I'd mine them and they'd fall apart, but I never seemed to pick them up and have nothing in my inventory when I returned to the surface
- there seemed to be some issue with the transparency on the seaweed plants

Overall I really liked it though.
Shasaur
22. Apr 2025 · 20:13 UTC
Wow this is really fun! Very atmospheric! Really simple and really good, great gameplay loop! The sounds are perfect for increasing the tension. Maybe could have been more satisfying to collect rocks and kill creatures (a little SfX and maybe some screenshake).
LDJam user 276121
23. Apr 2025 · 23:24 UTC
Hit a bug where the menu would repeatedly reappear, resetting the run.