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deep down by Jan Peter (jpdev)

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made by Jan Peter (jpdev) for LD29 (COMPO)
The small yellow submarine with it's heroic crew is on a deep sea mission. Far below the surface it has to defend itself against an onslaught of vicious sharks and later on other submarines.

Controls:
Use Cursor-Up & Cursor-Down (or "W" and "S") to move the sub
Use Space to shoot torpedoes.

This game is pure JavaScript - it should be playable in all HTML5-browsers. (I have tested IE 11, latest Firefox and latest Chrome)

The sprites are drawn with pencil on paper and then edited and colored in gimp and arranged with paint.net.

It's build with the help of the gaming framework phaser (http://phaser.io).

The sound effects are created with sfxr (sound effect generator by DrPetter).

The background music is created with autotracker-bottomup (#ultimate audio experience by GreaseMonkey).
Web http://jppresents.net/static/ld29/deepDown/index.php
Source http://jppresents.net/static/ld29/deepDown/deepDown.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-29/?action=preview&uid=34367

Ratings

Coolness 68% 3
Overall 3.34 388
Audio 3.03 381
Fun 3.21 390
Graphics 3.25 496
Humor 2.94 271
Innovation 2.58 917
Mood 3.00 530
Theme 3.40 432

Feedback

Pokefan9987
26. Apr 2014 路 19:55 UTC
That was great :3 I love it
cr2crstudios
27. Apr 2014 路 01:38 UTC
I like how the sharks just get bigger and bigger. . . :)
hanoth
27. Apr 2014 路 02:52 UTC
I like the look and feel of this.
Recon
27. Apr 2014 路 05:07 UTC
Good game but there isn't an ammo counter, so if I go straight in a line and shoot torpedoes I won't die. Improve it.
Good game.
馃帳 Jan Peter (jpdev)
27. Apr 2014 路 09:47 UTC
Thank you all for the feedback.

to Recon:
- there is now a score, if you shoot and hit nothing you are punished
- there are now rocks so you can't stay in a straight line on the lower half of the screen
- there will be enemy submarines on the top half of the screen... (not yet though)
Keehan12
27. Apr 2014 路 10:10 UTC
Is a cool little concept :) Yet I believe it lacks some gameplay and art. If you were to add extra ways to gather points that'd be cool!
馃帳 Jan Peter (jpdev)
27. Apr 2014 路 15:18 UTC
Okay, I am done now.
Latest features: enemy submarine and a completion screen

Enjoy :)
dkkarate
27. Apr 2014 路 17:45 UTC
Nice, cook art. and Controls were just floaty enough.
Danman9914
28. Apr 2014 路 02:40 UTC
The controls are floaty in a good way: it feels like you're steering a submarine. Blowing up sharks is very satisfying.
SFBTom
28. Apr 2014 路 02:41 UTC
Neat, who doesn't like blowing up sharks? The music was really nice too!
louiscarl
28. Apr 2014 路 02:42 UTC
Love it! With the slow torpedoes, hitting a shark is just terribly satisfying!
GreenyUk
28. Apr 2014 路 02:42 UTC
Solid game. Found it a bit slow but nice work overall :)
Skencer
28. Apr 2014 路 03:27 UTC
I enjoyed this game overall. I thought that the sub was a bit hard to move, but then again anything underwater should be.
jrap
28. Apr 2014 路 04:02 UTC
If I were more educated on animal rights, I'd have some serious concerns about this game.
Daniel X. Moore
28. Apr 2014 路 04:06 UTC
Really fun, the movement and torpedo shooting feels just right!
sknoslo
28. Apr 2014 路 04:07 UTC
Love that you drew the art on paper. Quite fun.
Xeke_Death
28. Apr 2014 路 07:37 UTC
Whoa, full screen loading bar..! That's kinda cool...
+1 for sharks, +1 for EXPLOSIONS, and +1 for shark gibs..! End of game stats are always awesome...
I like how the sub gets damaged as you ram sharks...
oal
28. Apr 2014 路 08:28 UTC
Really nice cartoony look. Good job on the controls as well - it feels like you're under water.
monaarc
28. Apr 2014 路 10:35 UTC
Nice but where are the other submarines to shoot ?
馃帳 Jan Peter (jpdev)
28. Apr 2014 路 11:34 UTC
Thanks for all the feedback.

monaarc: After ten shark-kills you get one submarine, then it's ten shark-kills again.
PapyGaragos
28. Apr 2014 路 12:38 UTC
It's nice to come across sounds made with sfxr that are NOT a pain to the ears. Thank you :)
pancakecity
28. Apr 2014 路 19:06 UTC
I love that scrolling algae! The controls are very smooth.
Crefossus
29. Apr 2014 路 06:18 UTC
Good sound design. The sharks exploding is satisfying. The gameplay is a little sluggish, but it's a finished game. I also liked the stats at the end - that could go somewhere a la jetpackjoy ride missions.
DanEEStar
29. Apr 2014 路 06:46 UTC
I like the music! Nice graphics.
I also like the summary at the end with all the achievements.

But a health meter for my submarine would be great and some powerups or something.
Gaspard_
29. Apr 2014 路 13:43 UTC
I liked the summary at the end, I was wondering: is it possible to get a positive score?
I think it could be easily improved, but for 48 hours this is quite good.
Cawrtz
29. Apr 2014 路 17:03 UTC
This game is very fun to play, you did a great job on it. The difficulty is increasing just as it should, the inertia of the submarine adds difficulty. The graphics/audio are pleasant. Kept me entertained for quite a long time :)
馃帳 Jan Peter (jpdev)
29. Apr 2014 路 20:06 UTC
Thanks again for the comments.

@Gaspard: yes, positive score is no problem, you get -5 for each shot you miss, just don't miss and you're golden ;)
pandavigoureux
29. Apr 2014 路 20:30 UTC
Nice shmup. I would have expected the torpedos to be launched in the direction of the submarine ( not always horizontally ). Is that a choice?
PaperBlurt
30. Apr 2014 路 07:00 UTC
Pretty cool game.
I like the little detail with how the submarine gets banged up!
kasarun
02. May 2014 路 07:48 UTC
Really loved this one - well done parallax. Graphics are dope :)
rojo
04. May 2014 路 06:05 UTC
Not bad. The sub movement felt pretty smooth, and the parallaxing looked nice.
mrjohnson22
05. May 2014 路 02:06 UTC
This is a fun little game. It doesn't break any barriers, but it's a run romp I can come back to now and then. And I must admit that the controls & speeds of everything feel just right, as does the rate at which the sharks get bigger and bigger. Good work!
alwaysinbeta
05. May 2014 路 22:30 UTC
Really good fun. I love the art, with the seaweed layer up close and the sub movement feels good. Audio was cool too.
psychonull
06. May 2014 路 14:07 UTC
Good job, liked how the movement/controls are working.
end3r
18. May 2014 路 12:06 UTC
Cool game with nice overall feeling.
IAmSpencer
19. May 2014 路 21:09 UTC
loved the way the sub controlled, it felt like it was really under water, great work!