{"author_link":"\/author\/garethjenkins\/","author_name":"Gareth Jenkins","author_uid":"7693","comments":[{"author_name":"Seraphina","author_uid":"36309","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 4:06pm","epoch":1398787260,"text":"Swimming controls took a bit to get used to, but I had fun with it regardless. Nice job."},{"author_name":"FyberOptic","author_uid":"36171","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 4:09pm","epoch":1398787440,"text":"To be such a simple concept you managed to make a pretty fun game out of it. It kept me playing for a few minutes, which is always a good sign! I like the style of graphics, and the music sets the mood well. Good job overall!"},{"author_name":"XrXr","author_uid":"36842","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 4:10pm","epoch":1398787500,"text":"Simple concept and well executed! not sure if there is an end to the game. I got to ~100m"},{"author_name":"belva1234","author_uid":"23384","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 4:18pm","epoch":1398787980,"text":"Controls are a bit wired"},{"author_name":"lord","author_uid":"34005","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 4:24pm","epoch":1398788340,"text":"Computer controls leave something to be desired, I can see it being much nicer with a gamepad"},{"author_name":"Seppel","author_uid":"32710","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 4:25pm","epoch":1398788400,"text":"I liked it. I got to ~140m.\r\rThe camera REALLY needs to have the character closer to the top of the screen. I lost by hitting into three fish that were on top of each other. I couldn't react to them in time."},{"author_name":"DarkMeatGames","author_uid":"34345","time":"Apr 29, 2014 @ 8:20pm","epoch":1398802500,"text":"Wow, the mechanic was surprisingly fun! I liked how I would panic when I was about to be eaten, and screw things up. Took a second to figure it out though, at first I thought it was bugged :D\r\rI think this could really translate nicely to mobile!"},{"author_name":"rylgh","author_uid":"15833","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 1:29am","epoch":1398821040,"text":"fun mechanic! 112m"},{"author_name":"ccglp","author_uid":"34494","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 2:19pm","epoch":1398867240,"text":"Im not a friend of games that the main mechanic is handle the controls, (like octodad). But I appreciate the work and rate it properly"},{"author_name":"PlasterPhantom","author_uid":"30185","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 2:26pm","epoch":1398867660,"text":"Could've been done more with."},{"author_name":"Once Upon a Team","author_uid":"27111","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 2:32pm","epoch":1398868020,"text":"Cool concept, very well executed, reach 140 meters, was very funny. \r\rThe different fishes are really cool, it makes me want to go deeper !"},{"author_name":"GarethIW","author_uid":"20364","time":"Apr 30, 2014 @ 2:45pm","epoch":1398868800,"text":"Managed 221m! This is a lot of fun, feels good to play and has simple but good looking 3d work. Only suggestion I'd make is to have the camera pan ahead of the diver as you speed up, but I guess that may have been a concious design choice. Good work!"},{"author_name":"KirbiKaka","author_uid":"35365","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 10:03am","epoch":1398938280,"text":"This game is pretty fun :D! I like the way the swimming works, though it would have been nice if the controls were stated more clearly in the game for those of us who don't read the description before-hand.\r\rI agree that the camera definitely needed to show more of what was ahead of you. The game was typically very easy except you died if you happened to be unlucky and run into like 3 fishes stacked on top of each other.\r\rI thought it was very interesting that taking damage removed your air. I think, though, the way it was implemented made the game a little too easy (besides the camera-induced deaths). The air bubbles are plentiful and they replenish so quickly, it's weird for them to act as both a time replenisher (air decreasing over time) and a "health replenisher" (since taking hits decreases your air supply). Personally, it made me just want to go from one air bubble to the next. In fact, I could even go to an air bubble that had a fish on it, since the air replenished fairly quickly. I think it would be interesting (maybe this happens automatically at lower depths?) if your air supply was larger, but air bubbles were fewer and further apart? Or if air bubbles had limited supply and each could only recover up to a portion of your air supply. You might be able to find more elegant solutions if you thought about it.\r\rI definitely love the 3D graphics, the fish are cute :] I have to say I'm impressed for a 48 hour compo entry. The mechanics are solid, the game is fun to play, and there's a surprising amount of content available. (I was really excited when I got the scuba gear ;D). Nice work! :D"},{"author_name":"teambrookvale","author_uid":"34127","time":"May 1, 2014 @ 10:04am","epoch":1398938340,"text":"Really cool concept and nice graphics!"},{"author_name":"DrPrettyPatty","author_uid":"30068","time":"May 3, 2014 @ 1:28am","epoch":1399080180,"text":"I was determined to beat it, but the furthest I got to was 95m! Played for a good 15 mins though, really liked the graphics (especially the animations!), and the only thing I wanted was for the view to drop a bit more below the diver so that I wouldn't run into the fish as much.. it added to the challenge though so I don't think it was totally a bad thing :) Also, the music and sound was great, it along with the rhythmic swimming controls (I used a 360 controller) put me into kind of a trance as I was playing. Great job!"},{"author_name":"icereci","author_uid":"32854","time":"May 3, 2014 @ 12:06pm","epoch":1399118460,"text":"I liked the timing stuff of the swimming. Nice concept and graphics."},{"author_name":"Pumpkinwaffle","author_uid":"37870","time":"May 3, 2014 @ 12:37pm","epoch":1399120320,"text":"Loved it, simple and effective game! I was determined to get as far as I could and played for about 15-20 minutes."},{"author_name":"thaaks","author_uid":"3382","time":"May 4, 2014 @ 1:40pm","epoch":1399210500,"text":"Is there a treasure? Is there a reason to go back upwards again?\rI found it strange to "receive" air when staying in sync with the swimming movement. The current amount of air was irritating because the "air-o-meter" shrank from both directions...a clearer display would have been more helpful.\rStill a good game with potential!"},{"author_name":"TeamFlare","author_uid":"25793","time":"May 4, 2014 @ 1:55pm","epoch":1399211400,"text":"haha nice i like it."},{"author_name":"BlazingFanfish","author_uid":"29162","time":"May 4, 2014 @ 2:25pm","epoch":1399213200,"text":"Nice swimming control. It's simple, but fun. Might add some gimmick to make the game more fun. :)"},{"author_name":"MrBlade","author_uid":"23232","time":"May 4, 2014 @ 4:58pm","epoch":1399222380,"text":"Good sounds, nice graphics, and the gameplay feels solid. Certain restrictions on when you can swim are odd and feels to strict. The camera moves oddly slow (I think this was the intention) so I was just waiting around at the bottom of the screen waiting for more air. Overall good work."},{"author_name":"csanyk","author_uid":"10473","time":"May 6, 2014 @ 2:48am","epoch":1399344180,"text":"All I can do is die."},{"author_name":"loxo","author_uid":"23206","time":"May 18, 2014 @ 12:20pm","epoch":1400415300,"text":"Simple but interesting concept. Sadly the game is very slow on my computer, so it wasn't that much fun. Another problem I had: The player is diving faster than the camera is moving, so I had to wait for the camera to catch up."}],"images":["ld29\/7693-27640eaa23c864007e418e8d7993421f.jpg","ld29\/7693-56cae380a32ab59d2277f2ae45e3d5ab.jpg","ld29\/7693-9f480265f2120cd3a1b867cbc33b6ddf.jpg","ld29\/7693-7d55ff4199ff9187296aef5416a5d850.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/game.36peas.com\/treasuredivebuddy\/ld29-web\/tdb-web.html","text":"Web (Unity Web Player)"},{"url":"http:\/\/game.36peas.com\/treasuredivebuddy\/ld29-web\/downloads.html","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/game.36peas.com\/treasuredivebuddy\/ld29-web\/downloads.html","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"http:\/\/game.36peas.com\/treasuredivebuddy\/ld29-web\/downloads.html","text":"Linux"},{"url":"http:\/\/game.36peas.com\/treasuredivebuddy\/ld29-web\/downloads.html","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"19301","g_author":"7693","g_event":"LD29","g_eventkey":"22","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"19330","g_title":"Treasure Dive Buddy","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"470","g_commentcount":"23","g_site2_node_id":"0","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":[],"node":null,"orig_images":["http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/7693-shot0.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/7693-shot1.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/7693-shot2.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/342546\/7693-shot3.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Swim to move around, collect air to continue and dodge danger. Is there treasure? What else lies beneath the surface?\r\n\r\nMouse Control: left mouse click in direction you want to swim\r\n\r\nController: left stick to choose direction, A button to swim\r\n\r\nTime your swimming control with the motion of your dive buddy -- spamming the button won't work and will just get you frustrated \/ dead.\r\n\r\n--\r\n\r\nGame in Unity; Modelling and animation in Maya; Some textures and effects in Photoshop; Music instrumentation, recording and composition in Ableton Live; SFX recording and processing in Reaper.\r\n\r\nIdea came pretty quickly -- started about 90 minutes after the compo start, spent ~30 hours total.\r\n\r\nThanks to https:\/\/twitter.com\/pbhogan for the awesome https:\/\/github.com\/pbhogan\/InControl controller library. I've tested 360 wired and wireless controllers on Mac and PC. Should support other standard controllers as well.","title":"Treasure Dive Buddy"}