Gleaming Depths by Kurakurture
DEEP DIVE: THE OCEAN'S DEPTHS

Description
Plunge into the mysterious abyss as a daring diver on a quest to reach the ocean floor. Your adventure begins near the surface, but the true treasures and challenges await in the deep unknown.
Game Features
- Descend deeper into the ocean by collecting and extending your diving rope
- Hunt dangerous sea creatures with your trusty harpoon
- Collect coins from defeated creatures to upgrade your equipment
- Engage in dice-based combat system that combines strategy and luck
Every fathom brings new challenges and rewards as you navigate through increasingly hostile waters. Manage your resources wisely, upgrade your gear, and test your luck with the dice to become the master of the deep!
Screenshots
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How to play
- MOUSE - Use mouse for input
| Itch.io | https://kurakurture.itch.io/gleaming-depths |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/57/gleaming-depths |
Ratings
| Overall | 47th | 4.182⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 131th | 3.864⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 83th | 4⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 32th | 4.37⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 79th | 4.435⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 62th | 4.091⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 352th | 3.025⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 80th | 4.167⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 15🗳️ | 24🗨️ |
The sound design is also great. The sound effects for each action are satisfying and appropriate to the action.
I also enjoyed the gameplay concept. I've not seen fishing done in this way before.
I have only two minor gripes:
1) I found myself getting annoyed having to load the dice manually each time (drag mouse from fish to the various dice, back to fish. Shoot, repeat). Perhaps there could be a button to load. Or there could be an upgrade of some sort that helps you load automatically.
2) I wished there was some way to improve my odds beyond farming dice, especially when tackling the larger fish. Shooting at the biggest fish became tedious rather than enjoyable, because of how much farming it took to get enough powerful dice. Perhaps some way to upgrade the harpoon (have more dice on it) or a way to increase the odds of each dice (loaded dice?) could make the later game more enjoyable.
All in all, very polished. I enjoyed it a lot.
I wish there were more upgrades. And it felt a bit too easy and the lack of the neccessity to get back to the surface made the gameplay loop vague to me. If I were to have a on oxygen tank that I need to re-supply and upgrade - that would help a lot. As an example.
But overall a very good entry!
Absolutely worth playing :D