Cloud Sea Catalog by TomatoLamp

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made by TomatoLamp for Ludum Dare 57 (JAM)

Explore a post-apocalyptic sea of clouds in this cozy photography game.

https://youtu.be/u1z8yeXmMYY

It's a little directionless but the primary goal is to fill out the collectipedia which you'll find in the pause menu. There are collectible hints scattered across the map so turn on some tunes of your choice and sail the cloud sea!

I used this LD as an excuse to rapidly prototype features I'd been wanting to do for a while (including: a vehicle, day/night cycle, render-texture based deformation shader, in-game camera and photo album, and photography-based objectives)

CHANGELOG ```

CHANGE LOG (04/07/25 8:20 PM)

Initial builds uploaded

CHANGE LOG (04/07/25 9:22 PM)

Fixed issue where certain photo subjects could not be captured in build Fixed issue where hints were assigned to wrong collectipedia entry Removed placeholder pickup asset

CHANGE LOG (04/07/25 9:44 PM)

Fixed issue where falling in the hole was not reseting player or ship position

CHANGE LOG (04/08/25 7:365 PM)

Fixed photo subject animation root offsetting on repeat plays Fixed invisible photo subject Fixed numerous spelling mistakes ```

Ratings

Overall 344th 3.667⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Fun 436th 3.389⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 202th 3.667⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Theme 773th 2.794⭐ 19🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 136th 4.278⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Mood 80th 4.167⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Given 30🗳️ 16🗨️

Feedback

LDJam user 219121
08. Apr 2025 · 05:54 UTC
Very nice atmosphere and mechanics!! The lighting made it hard to see much... But I can see this becoming something really special
Aashen
08. Apr 2025 · 19:36 UTC
Super authentic game, a bit unclear however. And of course the old god is a pretty cool reference haha
buckmeister
08. Apr 2025 · 22:38 UTC
Nice atmosphere but at times hard to discern details.
floppynub
09. Apr 2025 · 18:44 UTC
Super cool game, lots of interesting visual polish. Good shader work, I loved the clouds. The day night cycle was also a wild touch. Then things started getting a bit trippy and spooky lol highly enjoyable! And big props for your menu system, its rare to find a useable menu in jam games, let alone an actually attractive one. Love that.

Great work overall, I could see this game working in a larger scale with more development time.
Dominic Graziano
09. Apr 2025 · 19:15 UTC
enjoyed it, some nice touches like teleporting to your ship if you end up unable to get back on easily. has a nice mood to it, good work!
DrSmey
09. Apr 2025 · 20:11 UTC
Cool systems and world. I really like how the solar ship works too, even though traveling around all the obstacles feel a little clunky. Discovering and photographing all the creatures was super fun though.

Very high on my list of games I played so far.
🎤 TomatoLamp
10. Apr 2025 · 04:40 UTC
Thanks for playing and leaving feedback, everyone!

I've been working through your games and it's a really impressive batch of entries - if you're reading this, make sure to check out all of their games too!
Aynu
10. Apr 2025 · 06:06 UTC
Graphics are amazing
AngstjaegerStudio904
10. Apr 2025 · 06:10 UTC
Really nice graphics I like it a lot! The UI was really well design! and the gameplay feel was great, may be give some reason to collect. And some music will improve a lot the experience ! Great game!
Dandee
10. Apr 2025 · 06:12 UTC
Loved the desert theme y'all used, felt like jack sparrow xD Well Done!
tinykidtoo
10. Apr 2025 · 06:13 UTC
I lose how the mesh is shaped by the ship as it passes over. Thats a neat feature! It also really looks amazing as the sunset comes and goes.
Trevor Lentz
10. Apr 2025 · 06:16 UTC
Graphics, controls, and menus are all really great. I would love to see more direction in game to motivate me to take on the collection goal. You may also want to not have "source code" as the label to your itch.io page for the download, it might confuse some people. The picture taking aspect reminded me of Pokemon Snap. XD
Samuel Hollywood-Summers
11. Apr 2025 · 16:23 UTC
Super chill experience, with a number of impressive features. I enjoyed how I was able to take some really quite beautiful images, and there were interesting and surprising discoveries to make. I did feel as though the audio let the experience down somewhat. I know you've opted out of the category, but a more thorough pass of sound design and music could really elevate the experience. I really enjoyed my sail on the cloud sea, thanks for sharing!
Eugenik
14. Apr 2025 · 11:37 UTC
Impressive graphic and mechanics!.
LDJam user 321333
16. Apr 2025 · 00:20 UTC
Really amazing amount of stuff here. I thought it would just be free roam, take pretty pictures, but the collectibles and ship vs walking around and whole day night cycle with timed events was really impressive. I got everything but two timed events that I just missed/noticed as it was exactly too late. Wished there could have been a way to speed up/skip time so I could get them too. But I can hardly request more features when you already did so much. And it really is a gorgeous game, well done on not just the art/shaders but placing them in the world in such an interesting way to make me want to explore it.