Deep Sea by erezronen

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made by erezronen for LD29 (JAM)
Deep Sea is a diving adventure. It is also a tale of monsters and the things they do to their children. Take a dive, collect advanced equipment to dive farther and uncover the protagonist's past by finding items he thought are long lost.

EXPLORE - Don't be afraid to explore the underwater cave system. Try to find as many items as you can before you reach the end.
SWIM - When you drown, you come back to the first screen. Don't let it frustrate you though - you won't lose the equipment you collected before dying.
UNCOVER THE TRUTH - Learn as much as you can about the life of the Diver. The game ends with a credit scene - be sure not to miss them!

The game can be 100% complete in about 7 minutes. With trial and error it will probably take around 15-20 minutes. You can also reach the ending well before you collect all the items, so be sure to check your map and verify you been to all the screens. You can also try to speedrun the game and see how fast you can reach the ending. I managed to do it in around 2:30 minutes.

(give the game a minute or two to load)

The team:
Programming - Stav Goldstein
Art - Mirit Ben Hur
Game Design - Erez Ronen
Music & Sound - Assaf Halevi

Special thanks to: Danny Marcowitz, Alon Tzarafi, Evyatar Amitay & Lior Zalmanson

Ratings

Coolness 52% 3
Overall(Jam) 3.83 51
Audio(Jam) 3.29 268
Fun(Jam) 3.17 269
Graphics(Jam) 3.57 297
Humor(Jam) 1.88 607
Innovation(Jam) 2.79 461
Mood(Jam) 4.36 10
Theme(Jam) 4.10 15

Feedback

someone
29. Apr 2014 路 00:23 UTC
Good game. I like the atmosphere it creates.
The collision seemed a bit off in places though.
Jonochrome
29. Apr 2014 路 11:03 UTC
Eerie and strangely compelling.
Simon@LD
29. Apr 2014 路 11:03 UTC
The end really caught me off-guard! Nice way of story telling. I also liked how you got better by picking up the items. Enjoyed this one!
laker
29. Apr 2014 路 11:05 UTC
I really like the mood, graphics, sound and story. And I like the aspect of finding stuff on your journey. But the backtracking for air is a pace breaker and it's boring. Overall nice game, but you could at least make some air capsules in the deep or something.
馃帳 erezronen
29. Apr 2014 路 15:28 UTC
Thanks for the feedback!

We had too little time for balancing, otherwise we probably would have add more "air bubbles" to resupply your life bar in the deeper screen.

But time was short, so we had to do with a different solution - that's why dying doesn't reset the game and just get you back to the first screen. we also made the 2nd air bubble to give you enough air to get from that first screen anywhere you want - and if you get the fins you'll really won't have to worry about air anymore.
helloWorldStudios
29. Apr 2014 路 18:41 UTC
Nice game. I like the story aspect to it and the upgrade system is awesome :)
Jyrkface
29. Apr 2014 路 18:42 UTC
Great sound and atmosphere! Impressive that you cultivated the mood so well with such little time to work!
Ellian
29. Apr 2014 路 18:44 UTC
Awesome. I saw the story coming, but loved it nonetheless. Could use a bit more of gameplay somehow I guess, but story/mood wise it was really a good experience.
Sergraz
29. Apr 2014 路 18:47 UTC
Awesome, very atmospheric story.
SFBTom
29. Apr 2014 路 18:48 UTC
Oh wow, surprising amount of atmosphere and a great story!
mechabit
29. Apr 2014 路 18:50 UTC
Very moody. At first it was kind of odd how all his litter was all over the cave but if you can ignore that it's got okay storyline. Might want to check the grammar though. Nice art.
skymen
29. Apr 2014 路 18:51 UTC
Really good game :D. Graphics and audio are really good. The atmosphere the game creates is quite good. Really fun and respects th theme, good job.
GarrickWinter
29. Apr 2014 路 18:52 UTC
I really liked the mood and the way the story unfolds! Good job!
馃帳 erezronen
30. Apr 2014 路 07:25 UTC
Thanks for the feedback!

Mechabit - We know the grammar is awful. English is not our native language, so mistakes were made. We try to fix as much of them as we can find, and maybe find a native English speaker who could check the text and fix it once and for all.
randoman
09. May 2014 路 07:58 UTC
The game uses the theme to set up a scenario and to create a really nice story! Very nice entry!