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What Lies Beneath by Stuffie

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made by Stuffie for LD29 (COMPO)
-- What Lies Beneath --

Take on the role of Captain Golden Beard as you take control of his brand new contraption, The Grapple Hook.

Try and pull up treasures from the deep and make your pirate fortunes.

== Idling Controls ==
A - Sail Left
D - Sail Right
Space - Peek into the depths
Left Mouse - Unleash the Grapple

== Grappling Controls ==
A - Swing Left
D - Swing Right
Left Mouse - Slow the decent
Right Mouse - Abort the Grapple
Web https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1752462/WebPlayer.html
Windows https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B5KPf4sBpm1DUnZycVYzdWNfOGc
OS/X https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B5KPf4sBpm1DMDRNVllES3V0WHM
Linux https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B5KPf4sBpm1DaEtZLWVfdHZSbkk
Source https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B5KPf4sBpm1DYWpZSVpYUUs2QUU
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-29/?action=preview&uid=21824

Ratings

Coolness 71% 3
Overall 3.73 129
Audio 1.79 962
Fun 3.39 269
Graphics 4.29 50
Humor 3.10 207
Innovation 3.48 272
Mood 3.11 449
Theme 3.89 92

Feedback

DrPrettyPatty
28. Apr 2014 路 03:47 UTC
Great! Beautiful graphics and the gameplay was fun! I spent a few grand on a $10 fish haha
RexSpaceman
28. Apr 2014 路 04:14 UTC
Nice work Stuffie. Lovely, polished graphics, interesting concept and great level presentation (I love round world). Really tough if you mess up once, but I guess pirates tend to be cutthroat.
ssell
28. Apr 2014 路 05:41 UTC
Really like this. It reminds me of the grappling hook events from Wind Waker. Becomes impossible to not win immediately once you know about the Epic Diamond, but other than that the difficulty is good.
monaarc
28. Apr 2014 路 11:28 UTC
Sorry but when I lauch the unity player, nothing happened when i click on the game :/
馃帳 Stuffie
28. Apr 2014 路 14:02 UTC
Thanks guys, @ssell Yeah I was a bit inpsired by that :D, loved me some Wind Waker. @monaarc Hmm, I did experience this once during testing but thought it was fixed, seems to be a unity focus issue.
jomacel
28. Apr 2014 路 14:40 UTC
Really fun to play and nice graphics too
Agreon
28. Apr 2014 路 14:41 UTC
Wow, these Graphics are very fancy. It is fun to play and reminds me on this fish-iphone game :)
Tipyx
28. Apr 2014 路 14:43 UTC
Beautiful ! Maybe a little too hasardous but I have fun to play this :D. And god damn the Chest of Bananas ! X)
Maek
28. Apr 2014 路 14:46 UTC
Very beautiful and the idea with the round planet is great.
Celt
28. Apr 2014 路 14:47 UTC
"I spent a few grand on a $10" same for me :D
As the others said, the artwork and overall style are splendid. The grapple could use a better swinging though...
MetanoKid
28. Apr 2014 路 14:51 UTC
Enjoyed the entry! Its graphics are pretty nice and it's really makes you want to go deeper to get the best items :)
Not having a time limit is cool, so you can plan your moves and take the risk (or not!).

Just one thing, when the boat is facing to the right, controls (A,D) are shifted and that's counter-intuitive. Add some music, you already have nice gameplay!
Romko Pidstryhach
28. Apr 2014 路 14:53 UTC
At first I was like:
- TREASURE CHEST!
But then I was like:
- Wait... Bananas?!

Really sleek game.
Doubstract
28. Apr 2014 路 15:02 UTC
Very polished graphics!
kamend
28. Apr 2014 路 15:25 UTC
I got some weird glitches, when I tried to play the game. I am on a Mac, no problem with other Unity based games.
MrShortee
28. Apr 2014 路 17:00 UTC
The balancing seems weird but concept and graphics are really nice.
Covenant
28. Apr 2014 路 19:59 UTC
Very nice, amazing graphics, just misses a bit of sound!
omgnoseat
29. Apr 2014 路 01:12 UTC
I wish you had more conrol over the hook, but I might be missing something since I don't use a mouse (I'm on a windows tablet). Graphics are great, really charming
SuperIzzo
29. Apr 2014 路 13:17 UTC
Awesome visuals and great sense of humour. Just add some sound a couple more levels and you get a complete product.
colludium
30. Apr 2014 路 02:30 UTC
I really enjoyed that. More success than I've had in the arcades...
tacograveyard
30. Apr 2014 路 02:30 UTC
I had some strange visual glitches on OSX using the web client. I also managed to get the diamond on my second hook which was super lucky!!
MintArcade
30. Apr 2014 路 02:31 UTC
Very nice. Enjoyed it much. Like camera effects, very polished and atmospheric.
friken
30. Apr 2014 路 02:35 UTC
Very nice indeed! I loved this one. But yeah, that diamond!
justinmchase
30. Apr 2014 路 02:35 UTC
I really like this idea, but the cost to send the hook down seems a little out of balance with the value of the goods you bring up. But I definitely think you have the start of something good here. I like the level of blurriness for the things under the water.
GameGrape Corporation
30. Apr 2014 路 02:35 UTC
Very fun! :D played 3 times great work!
Mikhail Lyubimov
30. Apr 2014 路 02:40 UTC
I like the gameplay and graphics =)
GamerTaters
30. Apr 2014 路 02:42 UTC
Nice looking game. Great art. Very tough. Can't help but laugh when you blow thousands only to pull up something completely worthless. Cool idea.
taocayo
30. Apr 2014 路 03:05 UTC
Funnily enough on my first play, second time using the grapple I got the diamond!. Clever use of the mechanics. The effects are quite polished and the graphics are beautiful.

The web version has artifacts on Safari + OSX 10.9.2. Luckily the native version worked just fine.
Nic V.
30. Apr 2014 路 05:00 UTC
Love the ability to look to the bottom of the ocean. There's something exciting about barely being able to make out what's down there.
SecondDimension
30. Apr 2014 路 10:17 UTC
A very enjoyable game and nice graphics. The grapple swing doesn't seem quite right though.
pinion
30. Apr 2014 路 19:33 UTC
Loved the graphics and the rotating world. I actually won on my first dive cause I picked up the diamond :D
monaarc
30. Apr 2014 路 21:37 UTC
Good game, I finally played it :) I like so much the comments when you start the game... Very efficient game, great job !
jsspiegel
03. May 2014 路 20:28 UTC
Really solid and fun game! All I'm missing is a jaunty sailing tune :)
baykush_figtree
04. May 2014 路 15:35 UTC
Really neat idea AND implementation! Looks good, plays nicely and consequences are fair.
I'm a great fan of well-executed camera effects, so, kudos on that.
Would work great on mobile!
matthias_zarzecki
07. May 2014 路 16:05 UTC
Ohh, lovely :)