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Pipe Wars by ovenchips

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made by ovenchips for LD29 (COMPO)
Flappy Bird is stealing Mario's pipes. This means war! In response, Mario has torpedoed Flappy Bird's supply ship. Salvage all 10 pipes to give Mario back his mojo.

- Use the arrow keys to move.
- A and Z to surface/dive.
- Space to grapple or release pipes.

The game was created using PlayCanvas, the cloud-hosted game engine. The game is powered by WebGL and HTML5. You'll need a WebGL enabled browser to play it. Chrome, Firefox, Opera and IE11 should be fine. Let me know if you have any troubles though.
Web http://apps.playcanvas.com/will/beneaththesurface/pipewars
Video http://youtu.be/TEizoOS-4Ms
Source https://playcanvas.com/will/beneaththesurface
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-29/?action=preview&uid=19236

Ratings

Coolness 50% 3
Overall 3.39 357
Audio 3.27 249
Fun 3.15 433
Graphics 3.58 308
Humor 3.03 235
Innovation 3.30 391
Mood 3.24 340
Theme 3.73 166

Feedback

sirival
28. Apr 2014 · 08:05 UTC
Nicely done! It's actually pretty fun to go around and collect pipes and the balancing with the fuel is pretty good :D
rnlf
28. Apr 2014 · 09:07 UTC
Nice. Another submarine game \o/ A bit hard to navigate with the big submarine covering half the screen, but i have no idea how one could fix this. Maybe allow changing the camera angle? And it is sooo hard. I dropped of 3 pipes, refueled after every one and ran out of fuel right next to the refueling station :-(

Definitely a fun game!
Crefossus
28. Apr 2014 · 09:52 UTC
The submarine feels great and is appropriate movement as a sub but it's a little stressful on the hand. Maybe mouse control? It also gets a little tedious searching for them but when you finally get them all there is some reward/relief.

(Just be careful not to press spacebar too fast!) Perhaps some extra objects/eye candy would help to keep the exploration feeling going.

Great work on the models/particle effects!
monsterkillu
28. Apr 2014 · 09:56 UTC
Really liked the sarcastic backstory .. Really interesting gameplay, but somehow felt a bit repetitive and didn't finished it. Good Job..
madhoe
28. Apr 2014 · 09:56 UTC
It's a pretty fun and relaxing game! I like how the audio makes if REALLY feel like you're underwater in a submarine. The story of why you're picking up those pipes is really funny too.
Kevin van der Burgt
28. Apr 2014 · 11:02 UTC
Nice, the submarine was a bit too big in my opinion, it covers a huge amount on the screen.
darkflamejam
28. Apr 2014 · 12:15 UTC
Great fun! Up and down was a pain for my hands! It took me a while to realised about moving forward (I was holding down Left and Right!)

Great Fun!
Zutty
28. Apr 2014 · 16:37 UTC
Awesome. Much respect for doing 3D graphics for Ludum Dare. Would have been nice to have some feedback for when you can/can't grapple a pipe.
Lizzip
28. Apr 2014 · 21:06 UTC
Awesome. I am not good at steering this thing...
IAmSpencer
29. Apr 2014 · 20:08 UTC
That was a really funny idea. A lot of fun to play as well, nice touch on making only one of the spinners rotate when you turn too, good detail. Nice job! :)
callidus
30. Apr 2014 · 16:21 UTC
nice little game, quite calming to play good effort :-)
Charimation
30. Apr 2014 · 16:23 UTC
The movement feels really nice in this game :) Cool concept too! Enjoyed it ^^
javifugitivo
30. Apr 2014 · 16:24 UTC
Nice graphics and music, but the control seems too slow and its difficult to go where you want if you need to turn. Good game anyways ;-)
akymos
30. Apr 2014 · 16:27 UTC
Great 3d game. Well balanced gameplay and funny introduction.
marccspro
30. Apr 2014 · 20:51 UTC
Nice game ! I loved the music
tuxxilla
30. Apr 2014 · 22:37 UTC
I had quite some submarine fun playing this game, thank you!

It would be great if you added a textual information on how to play to your logo or HUD as some people, including myself, tend not to read the "manual".
td1801
01. May 2014 · 14:46 UTC
Nice game ! It's fun at first, but get pretty repetitive soon. The graphics are nice, and I liked the mood :)
jomomomo
01. May 2014 · 15:12 UTC
Nice job! I think I might have to give PlayCanvas another look after seeing what you were able to accomplish.
pancakecity
01. May 2014 · 15:24 UTC
It was easier to control the sub than I expected! Good job!
capnramses
04. May 2014 · 01:09 UTC
wow, there was a lot of sophisticated stuff in this game! my favourite bit is the way the propellers move independently. neat. the whole composition looks really nice. impressed that the physics and collisions all work really well!
MintArcade
05. May 2014 · 11:36 UTC
Very nice and fun game. Music is very cool.
davidB
08. May 2014 · 11:00 UTC
Well done but repetitive and not fun, I stopped to play before end. The backstory is the most funny part.
daredevildave
16. May 2014 · 13:01 UTC
Nice game. Great to see another PlayCanvas game!
wademcgillis
17. May 2014 · 18:50 UTC
I had difficulty picking up the tubes because the submarine obscured most of the screen which prevented me from aligning the sub correctly.