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Depth Dive by Beebo Studios

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made by Beebo Studios for Ludum Dare 57 (JAM)

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Jump in, fall deep, die often!

Welcome to a different kind of high dive!

You dare to jump into the water! The pool? Deeper than you thought ... What begins as a harmless jump turns into an unexpected journey - an endless fall, deep, deep down into the world. You break through layer after layer. Wait! Is this the Hollow Earth?!

Fall through absurd sectors, dodge obstacles and don't lose your head (or all your hearts).

How far can you fall before you're crushed? Will you survive?

Gameplay

Survive all levels all the way to the bottom! Every hit costs you a heart. If you lose all your hearts, you restart at the beginning of the current sector.

How many lives do you need to reach the bottom?

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Controls 🎮

  • Arrow keys or WASD to move.
  • ESC to pause the game, look at the controls or get back to the main menu.

Team

Eddie – Programming

Danya & Silvi – Graphics

Patrick – Sounds & Music

Jens – Level Design

Basti – Dialogue & Support ❤️

Rina – Testing & Feedback

Link https://beebo-studios.itch.io/depth-dive
Link https://beebo-studios.itch.io/depth-dive
Link https://beebo-studios.itch.io/depth-dive
Link https://beebo-studios.itch.io/depth-dive
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/57/depth-dive

Ratings

Overall 415th 3.583⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Fun 314th 3.556⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 655th 2.917⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Theme 72th 4.278⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 326th 3.889⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Audio 262th 3.611⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Humor 63th 4.056⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Mood 293th 3.806⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Given 22🗳️ 14🗨️

Feedback

pavlov36
08. Apr 2025 · 14:03 UTC
Nice to play, like the art and music! Don't expect level changing at all)
resty
08. Apr 2025 · 15:35 UTC
fun to play. the max speed could be smaller imo, just feel so fast after acceleration.
Andreadbx
08. Apr 2025 · 15:44 UTC
The art is amazing! Gameplay wise is a simple idea but neatly executed, one small thing is that the camera may need just a little bit more of distance, because certain obstacles (talking about you, dinosaur in the third level) are very difficult to avoid, overall great game!
Neth Iafin
08. Apr 2025 · 15:51 UTC
Pretty cool game, but dammit, dino land is hard as heck
Matt Giuca
09. Apr 2025 · 12:05 UTC
Haha, I just had to comment that my game (Deep Dive - click my name if interested) has almost the exact same structure (dive down to the centre of the earth and avoid obstacles).

Pretty fun setup, I like the commentary. It gets extremely hard from the second level onwards, I gave up after 40 deaths on the dinosaur level (I don't know how to not lose 2 health from the pterodactyl). Great art style.
dstoc
09. Apr 2025 · 12:41 UTC
I finally reached the end! My reflexes weren't good enough that I had to start to memorize the layouts. The Jurassic level seemed the hardest.

Loved it. The music is a good fit.
Talif Moor
10. Apr 2025 · 03:53 UTC
I reached the end after about 4 deaths! Man, I hated those dinosaurs.
AgrMayank
11. Apr 2025 · 20:14 UTC
First of all., the screenshots don’t do the game justice!! PLEASE update the game page with media from actual game. It’s GOOD. Love how the art just keeps getting better and better, along with those floaty acceleration (which does need some getting used to), this makes for a fun experience.

Music is also on point, not too much, not too little, thought it could use a bit more flavour in each level.

Ultimately, reached the jungle on first try and then just gave up after dying to the flying dino multiple times. Makes me want to try again to see how the next level would look! A little adjustment to the difficulty curve related with second level as base would be great. Kudos!
AlvaroRomeral
11. Apr 2025 · 20:14 UTC
Simple but interesting! And the art style is really good! Good job!
Moony_91
12. Apr 2025 · 09:59 UTC
Really nice game, also interesting take on the theme. To dive through different areas after the pool, I like that. It also looks really great.
Smugsman
12. Apr 2025 · 11:45 UTC
Phenomenal game. Sure its difficult but one can see that its meant to be. Everything from level design, to sound and arts to gameplay is a perfect expirience making me feel like im in one of those 2010 flash games again. Its so replayable too, I could be here for thirty minutes and still wouldnt notice!
Agraffs
18. Apr 2025 · 08:09 UTC
Pretty cool! Like the original idea of going beyond the pool, and the commentary. Graphics were really good. A pretty nice entry. GG !
Gossian
18. Apr 2025 · 14:20 UTC
Very nice graphics, very nice idea. Loved the writing for the commentator - surprisingly funny though I did lose hearts trying to read it. Dinosaur level was impossible. Might try again later because I'd like to see what other levels there are because the surprise of each level and the funny commentary made me keep playing through the frustration.