Toilet Diver by Makache

Your wife accidentally dropped her precious ring into the toilet, and it was flushed away to the mysterious depths below...
But you — a fearless, slightly unhinged gentleman — grabbed your diving suit without a second thought and plunged heroically into the porcelain abyss to retrieve it.



Controls:
• Swim — WASD
• Sprint — LEFT SHIFT
| Itch.io | https://makache.itch.io/toilet-diver |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/57/toilet-diver |
Ratings
| Overall | 435th | 3.56⭐ | 44🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 481th | 3.321⭐ | 44🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 555th | 3.083⭐ | 44🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 143th | 4.14⭐ | 45🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 360th | 3.841⭐ | 46🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 456th | 3.11⭐ | 43🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 133th | 3.683⭐ | 43🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 598th | 3.31⭐ | 44🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 121🗳️ | 24🗨️ |
- You've made swimming feel better than some modern platformers
- The 3D makes this game pop out
- I love the built in tutorial into the world
- I love the arrows that prevent you from trying to go back up when grabbing the ring
- I love that all the enemies rhythmically expand at the same time
- I like that instead of having an HP bar each mistake just makes the timer decrease faster
- I also like that this damage is repaired at every refill station
Here's my concerns/questions:
- Did the toilet diver shrink or do they just have a gigantic toilet?
- Am I entering one toilet and exiting another? What is this plumbing situation all about?
- Do the toilet diver and his significant other eat spiky balls for dinner?
I actually enjoyed this a lot! Really funny, everything just works. Had a good time. Keep making stuff!
1. Yes, he really did shrink (because he really wanted to get the ring)
2. In fact, the game map is designed so that the diver makes a circle and returns back, but through a different pipe. (although the plumbing really suffers)
3. Yes
This plays nicely and is packaged well. I think the challenge could ramp up a little faster. I was able to hold down dash the entire time with no real detriment, might be interesting to add a mechanic to prevent this.
Nice work!
Nice little game. I enjoyed swimming through a toilet longer than I expected.
A third type of hazard would have made it more interesting, but this is great for a solo project.
In terms of sound, it would have been cool to give variation to the pitch of the swim sound to mitigate its repetitive feeling. The other sounds were good though.
Simple concept but works wonderfully. GG !