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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!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1214973,"author_name":"Arkwright","author_uid":"arkwright","epoch":1777149867,"text":"It was an interesting concept! The gamefeel felt realistic, as if you really were underwater. Nicely done!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1220885,"author_name":"MemoLoop","author_uid":"memoloop","epoch":1777757371,"text":"Good little game!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1220996,"author_name":"Jezzamon","author_uid":"jezzamon","epoch":1777776801,"text":"Couldn't figure out which button fired missiles so I could nuke the ocean and free this treasure chest....\n\n![trapped chest.png](\/\/\/raw\/f5\/z\/7309b.png)\n\n(just kidding)\n\nNeat game, obviously I was looking for the upgrade mechanic which looks like there wasn't time for. Classic Ludum Dare things :)\n\nYou did a great job in creating a good vibe as you go deeper, nice job on that!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1221581,"author_name":"Phasmantic","author_uid":"phasmantic","epoch":1777854876,"text":"@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. 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