Depths of the Heart by chelC

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made by chelC for Ludum Dare 57 (JAM)

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Can love thrive in the crushing depths of the sea? Can even the most unappealing of fish find a mate? Find out in Bobo Games’ most ambitious project yet: Depths of the Heart. This fully voice acted game puts you in the hot seat as a desperate fish on the hunt for love. Meet the lovely ladies of the sea as you descend into the abyss, and concoct the perfect lines for a chance to spread your genes. But be warned, the wrong words could land you in the depths of someone’s stomach.

This game contains adult language about animal mating, player discretion is advised.

Use left and right arrows to control the character.

Ratings

Overall 252th 3.777⭐ 49🧑‍⚖️
Fun 340th 3.5⭐ 49🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 169th 3.777⭐ 49🧑‍⚖️
Theme 253th 3.968⭐ 49🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 192th 4.152⭐ 48🧑‍⚖️
Audio 67th 4.076⭐ 48🧑‍⚖️
Humor 14th 4.394⭐ 49🧑‍⚖️
Mood 244th 3.88⭐ 48🧑‍⚖️
Given 55🗳️ 77🗨️

Feedback

AlphaBetaSoup
08. Apr 2025 · 03:24 UTC
Great job! I was chuckling the entire game. You all have a great sense of humor and it showed in this game!
Justine Olshan
08. Apr 2025 · 03:33 UTC
It's always cool to see games with voice acting! This was pretty funny!
Glaupe Cabral
08. Apr 2025 · 04:33 UTC
I thought the art was really good, damn, how did you have time? I thought the mechanics were interesting, but the character goes downhill really fast, lol, there's not even time to read what's written properly to be able to choose a little better! But congrats!
DubiousDuck
08. Apr 2025 · 04:49 UTC
The voice acting is FIRE. The time-based dialogue selection really simulates how we talk in real time and have to choose our words on the fly. I've been laughing this whole time. Great job!
YanVS
08. Apr 2025 · 04:51 UTC
Lol, shold have a field for rating this amazing story teling, i louth out, realy funny iuheiuheuieh
Kamizenki
08. Apr 2025 · 05:41 UTC
Very creative, I have made a lot of words that can't share right now LoL, but this game is awesome, voice actor also works well with this. Good work!
Blue Pin Studio
08. Apr 2025 · 07:35 UTC
Woah. The picture at the end will stay with me for a long time. Cool game! I found the gameplay bits a little bit tedious but the story was funny enough to keep me going! Good entry!
jazzydingo
08. Apr 2025 · 09:04 UTC
cool concept! nice voice acting lol. i liked making my own lines when it didnt tell me what to pick through colors!
librory
08. Apr 2025 · 10:18 UTC
So funny. I end up becoming parasite and well it's so much real for some people on earth, and as we see now -- deep down the ocean. I love humour and style of that game, and story is just perfect)
Dywanix
08. Apr 2025 · 10:39 UTC
fun idea!
Aeoncl
08. Apr 2025 · 10:55 UTC
Disintegration by The Cure

5 stars
D0vid
08. Apr 2025 · 10:59 UTC
I wasn't ready for this - Amazing 5 stars all around
mrs.wheelsx
08. Apr 2025 · 12:25 UTC
The voice acting is great! I loved it. The mechanic is good. You don't need to read the words, just make sure you are choosing by color. Then find out what you said afterwards, lol. The only gripe I have is that the dialogue is often covered by the continue "button" in the dialogue box. Other than that It played perfectly. Good game! See you in October?
jtap
08. Apr 2025 · 13:24 UTC
Very funny game, thank you!
mgear
08. Apr 2025 · 16:10 UTC
Weirdest Game So Far™ Award 🏆
izzqz
08. Apr 2025 · 16:15 UTC
DAMN! FIVE STARS!

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Texugo
08. Apr 2025 · 17:46 UTC
I truly found love in the most deep of places, didn't I? Great visuals, funny voice action, compelling gameplay. Loved it!
Flaterectomy
08. Apr 2025 · 18:15 UTC
I didn't expect this game to be as customized and filled with dialogue, let alone laden with voice overs to boot! Very entertaining, the only thing I felt was missing were more visual effects when grabbing the a word. Additionally, I didn't hit any of the red phrases on my play through, so the game didn't come across as very challenging. I went in a second time to pick up as many red phrases as I could and found I could indeed lose the game. Great job!
nsadie
08. Apr 2025 · 19:37 UTC
Good job, having full voice acting is great! Hope you had fun making it. Delightfully weird!
chloew
09. Apr 2025 · 03:06 UTC
That was an experience XD Enjoyed it a lot. Very fun and a great take on the theme- very impressed by the complete voice acting.
Laine Lai
09. Apr 2025 · 05:31 UTC
Very good game! I really like your character models, they are very alternative and cute!
dxk2294
09. Apr 2025 · 06:56 UTC
I would die for Gordo.

Amazing voice acting, fantastic job folks! 10/10
cherrybcake
11. Apr 2025 · 13:29 UTC
Haha that made me laugh a lot, very nice work! The main character is so awkward XD
dasMaichen
11. Apr 2025 · 14:52 UTC
I like the mechanics to create an own answer. The graphic is also nice (my favorite was the eel :D).
And the awesome voice acting - I love it!
muriel
13. Apr 2025 · 10:34 UTC
Cool entry, wasn't expecting that at all xD also I learned the word "clasper" so thanks for this funny entry and the wisdom xD
Jajo
13. Apr 2025 · 13:43 UTC
I think the actual moving-around segments could have done with some work, it felt a bit too difficult to control. However, the sheer silliness of the game more than makes up for it
Agraffs
14. Apr 2025 · 09:38 UTC
I was... not expecting that. No idea of what I can even comment... Just... GG ! XD XD
Hypersomnia
18. Apr 2025 · 19:52 UTC
So funny ahahahah!I can imagine matching the sentences with the dialogues would take a lot of time. Good work!
Papaver
18. Apr 2025 · 23:32 UTC
Wow, so much voice acting content! Lovely voices. Creative way to string the words together in this way, although it was not really challenging to swim in the right lane.

It was a pity that often the text I collected didn't fit in the dialogue box.

The funniest game I played so far this LD! :smile: Well done!
deadroach
19. Apr 2025 · 22:50 UTC
https://www.youtube.com/live/dIHuvZhFPa8?si=f1GQ28Js5G_4Qhdy&t=154

I haven't played a lot of games this jam where the humor has appealed to me, but this one I found quite funny. Love the premise. The gameplay adds to the absurdity of what's going on and can yield some very unique sentences. My favorite that I got was "I reach for the depths here in darkness can I express my truth, Those normies there in the reefs wouldn't understand me like you do." because it's slam poetry and if I had just remembered to packet my sperm before talking to the damn squid she would have fallen head over high heels for my little incel protag and I could have totally gotten poor Gordo the underwater pussy he deserves. I liked this one a lot
Alchemic
26. Apr 2025 · 00:14 UTC
The voice acting is extremely good! Artwork was really cool, I liked all the characters.

Gameplay was the weakest part, it's fine for what is essentially a visual novel, but just a bit repetitive and easy.

Music was also nice.