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Deep Bay by Paulsams

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made by Paulsams for Ludum Dare 57 (JAM)

Deep Bay is a cozy underwater adventure game where you play as a kind-hearted diver on a mission to clean the ocean. Swim through serene, colorful seascapes, clear away pollution to help marine life, take peaceful photos of sea creatures, and discover hidden treasures in the depths.

Relax, explore, and make the ocean a better place — one dive at a time! texture.png chrome<em>9Dmq6W4XfJ.jpg chrome</em>yJU1gB6AH5.png

Jam Version and Post Jam Version

  • In Webgl, you can play the version where we've polished everything (without adding new mechanics) so that the game has a purpose and becomes playable. But you can also download Jam Build and see what we managed to do as part of the Jam.
Link https://cubes-tubes.itch.io/deep-bay
Jam Version https://cubes-tubes.itch.io/deep-bay
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/57/deep-bay

Ratings

Overall 538th 3.412⭐ 19🧑‍⚖️
Fun 673th 3⭐ 19🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 215th 3.647⭐ 19🧑‍⚖️
Theme 422th 3.706⭐ 19🧑‍⚖️
Mood 420th 3.594⭐ 18🧑‍⚖️
Given 33🗳️ 17🗨️

Feedback

BangKerpow
08. Apr 2025 · 23:56 UTC
HTML5 just crashes :(

I just read the description.
🎤 Paulsams
09. Apr 2025 · 00:34 UTC
@BangkerPow I guessed to create build on PC, so you can always try it). True, in the game me still need to just finish the little things). And I’ll turn off Web until I understand why it still crashed.
rbbhn
22. Apr 2025 · 19:38 UTC
Nice entry! I think your interpretation of the theme as "diving" was very unique! I encountered a few issues while playing the web version (a dialogue saying "Web API is not supported on this browser" would appear on launch), but I had a good time regardless! Nice job on the visuals (the water shader and character animation (procedural?)), they were very slick!
VJ031206
22. Apr 2025 · 20:03 UTC
A bit laggy and unpolished, but nice game. The first time, the tablet got stuck around and became like a border. The second time it didn't go away at all. If the bugs are fixed, this can be a fun game to play.
BnWCreator
22. Apr 2025 · 20:29 UTC
I liked the animations and the way the graphics are shown in the water, but I never figured out how to interact with the surrounding environment
Helen
22. Apr 2025 · 21:39 UTC
I like the animations in the tutorial. The graphics are nice and the water looks really good. Some music would have been nice to relax. I was not the best at cleaning ^^"
cyndereN
22. Apr 2025 · 22:06 UTC
Nice one! Really liked the VFX and the rope physics
Hacktier
23. Apr 2025 · 00:00 UTC
cool game, nice gfx
jtap
23. Apr 2025 · 00:41 UTC
Nice and nice game, very good graphics and visual style, good physics, original idea. It was a bit difficult for me to understand how to play. Thank you!
JumbocactuarX27
23. Apr 2025 · 01:48 UTC
I enjoyed going out and diving. I didn't really figure out what to do, but I enjoyed playing around for about 10 minutes.
Prvaak
23. Apr 2025 · 08:11 UTC
Very nice ingame guide! Even with the guide it took me a while to figure out what to do. I first thought that I would find some garbage and collect it. Then I noticed that I can equip items and that I have a broom. Then I noticed that some items are completely black and after moving around with the broom they become clean. Hooray! I made photos and tried to sell them in the shop but they wouldn't sell. I guess that there was some uncleaned item in it? Then I found some pearls and made more pictures and finally earned some money. Hooray!

Controls are a bit clunky, it was always a struggle to clean anything. But I guess that's how it works when you are under water :)
MorePixels
23. Apr 2025 · 11:11 UTC
Fun game but can get a bit tedious without any sort of tracker for the dirty objects. Controls are super clunky too.
Jvdwijk
23. Apr 2025 · 21:27 UTC
Chill game! It might be nice to add some risk elements to the game, maybe the need to watch over your oxygen or sharks swimming around? Some QOL would be to sell from your boat, as going back to the shop didn't add much to the experience.

The game looked really good, and the music made the experience a lot better, as it really fit with the mechanics. If you continue this I am interested in what will be added!