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Deepest Dark by Skrelevsky

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made by Skrelevsky for Ludum Dare 57 (JAM)

You are a diver, lost in the crushing silence of an ancient underwater cave.

Your only hope: reach the rescue sub before the creatures of the deep reach you.

Deepest Dark is a tense underwater exploration game where every flicker of your light matters. Navigate tight cave systems, manage limited oxygen and light, and stay hidden from lurking horrors that patrol the depths.

🔦 Atmospheric exploration with minimal UI

💀 Avoid deadly monsters by using shadows and silence

🐚 Find your path through a maze of flooded tunnels

🚨 Escape before your oxygen – or your sanity – runs out

Can you survive the deepest dark?

Link https://skrelevsky.itch.io/deepest-dark?secret=1gVUpVvdHXbfNn2tTdtYYaI
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/57/deepest-dark

Ratings

Overall 403th 3.605⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Fun 452th 3.368⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 302th 3.475⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Theme 26th 4.4⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 119th 4.325⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Audio 244th 3.639⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Mood 13th 4.472⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Given 5🗳️ 14🗨️

Feedback

maximumoverkilt
08. Apr 2025 · 01:11 UTC
Atmospheric. I really dig the terrain generation if it's procedural. Definitely could have benefitted from some spooky music even if you didn't make it.
LDJam user 379094
08. Apr 2025 · 01:14 UTC
The modd and atmosphere for Depths is spot on. The flashlight mechanic was cool as well, added to the mood.

Just needed some underwater spooky music to up the tension.
GRUZDID
09. Apr 2025 · 11:30 UTC
Nice small game!
i really like how game looks! Gameplay is very nice
Good job!
jtap
09. Apr 2025 · 15:19 UTC
Great game, beautifully made, atmospheric, creepy creature. I just missed the music.
Thanks for this game!
AToxigner
10. Apr 2025 · 08:32 UTC
Great art design! You can definitely tell from your credit list that you have a lot of talented artists on the team, haha. The sound design is also really well done, though some of the sound effects seem a bit too loud to me. Using UI text for level guidance at the start was a smart idea, but the text might be a little too much. Also, I ran into a small bug—after opening the credit list, I couldn't close the UI page to return to the main menu. Overall, it's a fantastic game! Regardless, well done!
Fupi
10. Apr 2025 · 17:07 UTC
Beautiful game! The creatures definitely feel scary, makes me shiver bvrbvr!! I died a bunch of times, so many that I considered giving up, but I did manage to finish the game! I'm just not really sure what I did that made me succeed the last time :sweat_smile: I just decided to go through the whole maze with my light off and beg that the creatures didn't find me while I was unprotected, which felt more like luck. Nevertheless, if you wanted to spook me you did a great job lol!
Slyz
11. Apr 2025 · 11:13 UTC
Hey ! Quite a good game ! And good controls, camera movement and level design. I think it would have been nice to have an oxygen bar or something to see which amount of oxygen you have left. Appart from that it's nice :)