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Subpar Treasure Seeker by Phasmantic

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made by Phasmantic for Ludum Dare 59 (JAM)

Please play on itch.io or download for proper resolution! LDJam.com forces the game resolution to 948x533, while the game was made for 1280x720.

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Explore the depth of the ocean in your trusty submarine to find treasure. As you get deeper, rely on sonar and radar signals to navigate. Use WASD to move, LMB to sonar, and RMB to pick up treasure.

Music used with permission from artist: open.spotify.com/artist/2lQgI3qlHiiPpUAsomVyVd?si=vUCIbEWRTayYZEOip5HxfQ

Made for Ludum Dare 59 with the theme of Signal. All assets and code (except for music) were made by me and 3 others in the last 72 hrs.

Link https://phasmantic.itch.io/submarinegame
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/59/subpar-treasure-seeker

Ratings

Given 10🗳️ 3🗨️

Feedback

BruceZoom
Apr 21st · 01:29 UTC
I was suprised that the terrain does not deal collision damage to the submarine lol

It's a good implementation of the concept. But the game's progression is a bit weak. I don't know why I'm collecting $2000 and what's it for. Maybe that's something worth figuring out post-jam.


But congratulations on finishing the Jam!
🎤 Phasmantic
Apr 21st · 01:35 UTC
@brucezoom Thanks for playing and for reviewing! I agree about the game progression, I had intended to add upgrades and a small story to the game (which the money would be necessary for), but I ran out of time. Sub damage was also intended, but also got neglected after the other scope creep..
EvyCl
Apr 21st · 22:18 UTC
With what you said was the plan to add, this would be a really fun game! The background also changing as you go deeper was a nice touch. Hopefully next time you get to implement more of what you wanted to use, but you still did a great job
quitewavy
Apr 22nd · 22:08 UTC
the game uses the concept in a great way however in this state it's a bit pointless, it has a potential tho, if you work on it some more!
TopperVideoGames
Apr 22nd · 22:08 UTC
I managed to get down to 16770 meters deep. I went so far in that darkness the ocean was splitting in the background. The horrors of the deep ocean can be scary, thankfully this game was fun to play! I also collected $11500, even without anything to spend it on it was fun to find and collect it. A nice touch that deeper chests give more money as well. The audio was on the loud side, though I can understand very well that getting a good sound balance is tricky. It would be interesting to see what this game could be like with some more time put into it, good job!
Arkwright
Apr 25th · 20:44 UTC
It was an interesting concept! The gamefeel felt realistic, as if you really were underwater. Nicely done!
MemoLoop
May 02nd · 21:29 UTC
Good little game!
Jezzamon
May 03rd · 02:53 UTC
Couldn't figure out which button fired missiles so I could nuke the ocean and free this treasure chest....

![trapped chest.png](///raw/f5/z/7309b.png)

(just kidding)

Neat game, obviously I was looking for the upgrade mechanic which looks like there wasn't time for. Classic Ludum Dare things :)

You did a great job in creating a good vibe as you go deeper, nice job on that!
🎤 Phasmantic
May 04th · 00:34 UTC
@jezzamon Ooops.. the generation algorithm is supposed to check the tiles above the chests before placing them, to make sure that this doesn't happened. Maybe theres a bug in that part of the code. Missiles are a fun idea for an upgrade though. Thanks for playing!