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I really like the ominous red thing following and the scary mood it gives of especially with the sound, but i expected something to happen when \"dying\" to it.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1130247,"author_name":"Keith Wang","author_uid":"keith-wang","epoch":1744117211,"text":"The Sonar and the controllers are both pretty cool. 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I coped with it on the second try.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1142379,"author_name":"HNKXOBKA","author_uid":"hnkxobka","epoch":1744278113,"text":"Hidden Gem, the idea is certainly on the surface, but I've never seen a jam game like this. It's a good game.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1143553,"author_name":"Iluvatar","author_uid":"iluvatar","epoch":1744308434,"text":"I really like the concept of this \"going almost blind\" kind of feel. The atmosphere is absolutely amazing. The retro visuals with the deep-water sound effects, are just great. I finished the game in just about 2 minutes, but that's totally fine for a jam game! Well done :)","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1143583,"author_name":"Apophatique","author_uid":"apophatique","epoch":1744308962,"text":"The analog side of the interface is very well done! The atmosphere is impressive, thanks to the information acquisition delay linked to the sonar mechanics and the effective sound design!\nBravo!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1143752,"author_name":"Scott R Howell","author_uid":"scott-r-howell","epoch":1744311731,"text":"Cool, I like that even the audio bar is digetic! It did take a stroke of luck for me to understand that the colours referred to shapes that behave differently whent he sonar hits them, but clever ones you see it happen, really nice work!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1145797,"author_name":"kuboi","author_uid":"kuboi","epoch":1744386977,"text":"A really cool game! Was thinking about sonars as one of my ideas for the theme but couldn't quite figure out how to execute it and this is a great way to do so! Also not to spoil anything but the ending is actually quite intense:D\n","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1146160,"author_name":"Lazyanttu","author_uid":"lazyanttu","epoch":1744398569,"text":"Very good looking game! I liked the sonar vibes a lot, and how it made you to focus on it.\n\nHowever, once I found the 5\/5 treasures, I didn't know where I had to proceed. Perhaps back to the surface? But when I returned back to the depth 0, nothing happened. This is something that might need more instructions.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1149177,"author_name":"2009yasha2009","author_uid":"2009yasha2009","epoch":1744529890,"text":"Wow! When you start running away \u2014 it gets really tense... and that\u2019s so cool! The fact that not everything is visible on the radar adds a special touch \u2014 and it\u2019s awesome! Thank you for the game!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1151279,"author_name":"Empyreans","author_uid":"empyreans","epoch":1744648591,"text":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/o0QuLsAHodY\n\nFrom the stream :)\n\nGreat immersive experience. Outstanding presentation!\n\n~Xp","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1155193,"author_name":"fabonacci","author_uid":"fabonacci","epoch":1745157196,"text":"The end occured a bit abruptly. But the game is realy nice, so well executed. i really get into it. 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