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Also wanna shorter cooldown for sonar honestly ^_^\n\nThank you for the game!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1123524,"author_name":"ThisIsSpy","author_uid":"thisisspy","epoch":1744017626,"text":"Fun concept but it was a bit too difficult to navigate IMO. Maybe make the echo effect linger a bit for just half a second","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1123568,"author_name":"BadPinkChicken","author_uid":"badpinkchicken","epoch":1744018826,"text":"Love the idea, great echo effect!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1125121,"author_name":"OnlinE_Play","author_uid":"online-play","epoch":1744051983,"text":"The game is terrifying for me, but it's really cool. It has a great atmosphere.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1125216,"author_name":"Sayeg","author_uid":"sayeg","epoch":1744053428,"text":"I got wayyy more immersed than I thought I would!!! Great job!!!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1129828,"author_name":"sofia.miglan","author_uid":"sofia-miglan","epoch":1744114039,"text":"Unusual sound effects. I like the theme of this game, I like the depths of the sea.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1130077,"author_name":"LDJam user 248799","author_uid":"248799","epoch":1744115965,"text":"Too scary to go to the end, but overall cool game. Feel polished, maybe adding some light at checkpoint will help having a better sense of the progression, I struggled at respawn to orient myself\n","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1131678,"author_name":"Edvard","author_uid":"edvard","epoch":1744128010,"text":"Very deep idea, gorgeous locations, I really liked it))\n","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1135549,"author_name":"Hru","author_uid":"hru","epoch":1744158932,"text":"Atmosphere is great, and screamer works)","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1139128,"author_name":"Callum Schultz","author_uid":"callum-schultz","epoch":1744216380,"text":"genuinely jumped out of my chair with that jumpscare","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1142218,"author_name":"AToxigner","author_uid":"atoxigner","epoch":1744273364,"text":"Honestly, this game really made me feel how tough the world must be for blind people. Even with sonar, I often lose my sense of direction in the dark and end up back where I started. Overall, I think it's a great mechanic, though constantly struggling to find the right path definitely got me frustrated but that doesn\u2019t affect how much I like the game.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1143490,"author_name":"Disvent","author_uid":"disvent","epoch":1744307406,"text":"Really interesting idea around the theme of \u201cdepth\u201d \u2014 the core mechanic is awesome! It would work great as a couple of standalone levels in a bigger horror game.\nI was missing some scary monster sounds (though I get that it\u2019s better not to make it too scary for Ludum Dare :))\nIt also could\u2019ve used a cooldown indicator for the scanner \u2014 it\u2019s unclear how long you have to wait.\nAnd maybe either reset all 5 scans at once, or add some kind of punishment for standing still \u2014 right now, waiting for all 5 to recharge feels a bit too safe.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1144314,"author_name":"David05","author_uid":"david05","epoch":1744323366,"text":"Such a cool concept and a really fun game. 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