The Swordfish Gun by huga

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made by huga for LD32 (JAM)
NOTE: This game is not finished! You can pick up swordfish but you cannot shoot them out :( Also you can fly and go through walls. There were going to be sea monsters to fight off by launching swordfish at them, but I ran out of time.

Requires Opengl 3.3+
It also _may_ not work on Win8, I haven't been able to test that.

Also there seems to be a bug involving the random number generator preventing fish from spawning. If you don't see any fish try restarting the game.

Controls:
Up: forward
down: backward
left: rotate counter-clockwise
right: rotate clockwise
z: switch directions
shift: increase buoyancy
ctrl: decrease buoyancy

What the game does have:
Procedurally generated sea floor, infinitely looping
A pretty cool flashlight
Pick up swordfish by driving over them

It sounds lame but I did some pretty cool technical things. I'll be posting an article about it soon.

Let me know if this doesn't work, I haven't tested it on any other computers yet. Thanks for playing :)

I also created a soundtrack in the 72 hours, but added it to the game after the limit. I did the bubble sound effects with a Korg MS-20 Mini and the pads with some free VST and a ton of reverb.

Ratings

Coolness 40% 1667
Overall(Jam) 2.91 766
Audio(Jam) 2.29 609
Fun(Jam) 2.27 984
Graphics(Jam) 3.52 407
Humor(Jam) 2.16 838
Innovation(Jam) 2.73 725
Mood(Jam) 3.11 490

Feedback

ApocoNypse
21. Apr 2015 路 02:16 UTC
It doesn't really seem to fit the jam theme and it also seems to be lacking in game play. You've got a great basis for a game here, but not a whole lot else.
chrissi
21. Apr 2015 路 02:26 UTC
I like the idea of the swordfish gun. It's hard to score because it's not finished. It's pretty. :)
LeftRight92
21. Apr 2015 路 02:27 UTC
Haven't rated this as the game doesn't appear to work as intended. Running this on a 64-bit system but all I get is a line I can drive along and bump into swordfish. Game looks nothing like screenshots provided:
http://imgur.com/aXnXRt3
馃帳 huga
21. Apr 2015 路 02:32 UTC
@chrissi Yep thanks :) that's what happens when you prioritize graphics over features
馃帳 huga
21. Apr 2015 路 02:32 UTC
@LeftRight92 Strange, I have no idea why it would be doing that
clegamecoop
21. Apr 2015 路 02:36 UTC
For some reason, the game wasn't playing when I unzipped it. Not sure if that's on my end or not.
LeftRight92
21. Apr 2015 路 04:14 UTC
It now works!
Given what's here it's really nicely done, the lighting and particles really help to draw the art style together and the slightly sluggish nature of the controls lend an authentic feel to piloting the submarine. Would love to see a finished version of this.
Also, no in-game sound? :(
cdrch
21. Apr 2015 路 04:28 UTC
Don't think I can rate this as there isn't a complete game here. The idea is certainly interesting, though the way the submarine handles seems a bit strange (it would seem to rotate almost too easily for how slowly it moves).
LandoSystems
21. Apr 2015 路 05:57 UTC
Only forward and back keys worked for me on windows 8.
frosty
22. Apr 2015 路 04:37 UTC
For some reason I find this really compelling without any gameplay. The atmosphere is compelling enough to make me want to explore. The slow pace really works. Add in a bigger variety of sea creatures, especially as you get to the sea floor, and you'll have something really special, I think. Great work. =)
馃帳 huga
22. Apr 2015 路 20:22 UTC
@frosty Awesome, I'm really glad you enjoyed it :) I'm definitely going to keep working on this
dvdfu
22. Apr 2015 路 23:31 UTC
64-bit download seems to be broken (32-bit worked for me, though). The light effect is pretty cool! The game ran very very slowly for me, though.
馃帳 huga
23. Apr 2015 路 00:11 UTC
@dvdfu Yep, there's a lot of optimization to be done. What sort of specs does your computer have?
Hambone
23. Apr 2015 路 00:12 UTC
I thought this was a neat idea! Loved the camera rotation.
dvdfu
23. Apr 2015 路 00:38 UTC
@huga 3.5GHz 8-core, 8GB RAM, AMD Radeon HD 7700. The game ran at a high frame rate, everything just moved very slowly. It may have something to do with delta time calculation, if I had to guess!
dvdfu
23. Apr 2015 路 00:39 UTC
@huga also, the 64-bit link just didn't seem to load at all, so I didn't manage to download it.
馃帳 huga
23. Apr 2015 路 00:44 UTC
@dvdfu Ok so it wouldn't be your computer then :P I didn't do any delta time though, it's fixed framerate. It could just be the speed of the sub, I made everything slow because it was underwater.
馃帳 huga
23. Apr 2015 路 00:45 UTC
@dvdfo Whoops, it looks like there's an extra h in the http! Thanks for pointing that out!
rudra
23. Apr 2015 路 11:23 UTC
Very neat and polished idea. Pretty good one !
Os_Reboot
04. May 2015 路 21:50 UTC
Incredible visuals. If this game had a goal it would be at the top of my list. I'm not joking. Keep it up!
馃帳 huga
05. May 2015 路 22:06 UTC
@Os_Reboot Thank you :D I really appreciate your support