swim by codl

made by codl for LD26 (JAM)

Hey all, this is Vivix and I's jam entry. It's my second jam and Vivix's first.

It's some sort of swimming simulator.

The map is generated procedurally so give it time to load.

We're still not quite sure if this is a game. More of a relaxing experience perhaps.

Web (JS/Canvas)	http://files.codl.fr/1304/swim/
Source	https://github.com/codl/swim/tree/ludumrelease/
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-26/?action=preview&uid=15042

Ratings

Coolness	28%	1744
Overall(Jam)	2.76	419

Audio(Jam)	3.22	183
Fun(Jam)	2.10	511
Graphics(Jam)	3.35	235
Innovation(Jam)	2.50	409
Mood(Jam)	3.50	111
Theme(Jam)	3.53	178

Feedback

Vivix

30. Apr 2013 · 00:25 UTC

Woo! It's done!

CherryNukaCola

30. Apr 2013 · 07:47 UTC

Beautiful.

mchaza

30. Apr 2013 · 07:49 UTC

Really nice music, fits the theme really well.

ananasblau

30. Apr 2013 · 07:52 UTC

It is relaxing, with the occasional glowing fish swimming by it would be interesting. Sadly you didn't do any game mechanics, so much going on on the bottom of the oceans, survival isn't easy and you can see many interesting things. high points for audio and mood.

rogerklotz

30. Apr 2013 · 07:54 UTC

I really like the style and movement! Unfortunately it takes me a really long time to generate the map (over a minute). Then I got stuck in seaweed and couldn't figure out how to get out other than refreshing and waiting another minute for the terrain generation. The map does look cool though.

theRestlessTaxidermists

30. Apr 2013 · 09:10 UTC

Got the same issues with the map generation.

The view kinda annoyed me too. It wasn't smooth enough to fit with the overall mood (in my point of view). My character was always in the left of right part of the screen, so I couldn't see what's coming.

I think, to get more of the "diving into the ocean" feeling you should really care about this view stuff. Getting your character fixed in the center of the screen would perhaps help to feel totally surrounded by water ? Or what about some kind of dezooming too ?

Just some ideas : ) Anyway, nice job !

ncgames

30. Apr 2013 · 09:26 UTC

I like it. creates a wonderful atmosphere

Hadyn

30. Apr 2013 · 10:15 UTC

theRestlessTaxidermists kind of said what I wanted to say. Relaxing environment, but the load seems excessive and the camera would be more effective if you could see more where you were going.

The mood's nice, though, and the tech seems impressive even if it's more toy than game.

lotusgame

30. Apr 2013 · 10:15 UTC

The landscape generation is really great !!! I always like games focused on water experience. Too bad there are no treasures to collect !

🎤 codl

01. May 2013 · 11:08 UTC

Thank you all for the kind words :)

I've added a link on the game's page to a newer version which tries to make map generation a bit faster. Sadly there isn't much more I can do to speed it up while keeping the same kind of results, as far as I know.

The new version also has a much more reactive camera, as suggested by theRestlessTaxidermists and Hadyn. Thanks again for the feedback!

AnnaGavaldaKedavra

02. May 2013 · 22:12 UTC

I find it really nice. And i like the audio!

AaronYip

02. May 2013 · 22:21 UTC

Beautiful environment, reminded me a lot of OneMrBean's [Together]: http://onemrbean.blogspot.com/2010/08/together.html (:

meszka

02. May 2013 · 22:23 UTC

Beautiful environment. It's pretty fun just exploring. Would be nice if there were more things you could interact with.

michail

02. May 2013 · 23:23 UTC

Maybe it's not a game, but exploring generated map was still fun :)