Dive into by foxy

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made by foxy for Ludum Dare 48 (JAM)

About the game

Go to therapy to dive deeper and deeper into your mind. Or watch gameplay on youtube!

https://youtu.be/Gp_sBiuHKgg

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Controls

  • Move right: or D

  • Move left: or A

  • Jump: SPACE or

  • Stab: X

  • Shoot: Z

About the team

Happy to join Ludum Dare 48 in a dream team of 6 talented women :heart_eyes:

Resources

Ratings

Overall 929th 3.5⭐ 57🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1270th 3.107⭐ 58🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 959th 3.17⭐ 58🧑‍⚖️
Theme 647th 3.839⭐ 58🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 929th 3.667⭐ 59🧑‍⚖️
Humor 505th 3.216⭐ 53🧑‍⚖️
Mood 899th 3.509⭐ 57🧑‍⚖️
Given 53🗳️ 96🗨️

Feedback

sadsmile
27. Apr 2021 · 09:39 UTC
The animations felt very smooth!
SlingShot
27. Apr 2021 · 09:42 UTC
What a beautiful interpretation of the theme. I loved the graphics and the music. The gameplay was basic (donuts are OP) but the emotion it conveyed through the music, the graphics and the psychologist's quotes were top notch.
LDJam user 249705
27. Apr 2021 · 09:43 UTC
Animations were smooth and sound design was nice! Love the combat.
Macibacsi56
27. Apr 2021 · 09:43 UTC
High five from the team that made another therapy game. :) nice job, i really enjoy this game :)
Kazz96
27. Apr 2021 · 09:46 UTC
Nice game, the music is maybe a little bit too loud.
Great work overall.
ShotgunSamurai_
27. Apr 2021 · 09:50 UTC
Really loved the animations! With a bit of post processing, this could be at a very good level. Congratulations
Phanelly
27. Apr 2021 · 09:51 UTC
Hi! I like your game, I also wanted to make a game based on psychoanalysis but in the end I changed my mind. I like your idea of ​​facing fears and pains as if they were monsters. I played the web version, I don't know if it also applies to the downloaded one, but if you want I have some feedback. I haven't seen any health or resource bars, that's okay, but I think infinite resources and unclear health bars don't make the fight stand out. And speaking of infinite resources: the ranged attack is much more beneficial than the melee one, which is a shame, because you animated it well. I'd recommend to increase the ranged attack recovery or to increase the melee attack range to make it more interesting.
Zomk
27. Apr 2021 · 09:51 UTC
Such a lovely game.
It's so amazing. The story, the music, the sound effects, the animation and the game feel are so good :D
Still I would like to mention some things that could be improved:
- Maybe increase the player feedback, especcially when hitting an enemy. It's a bit unclear if my attack hat any impact
- Maybe add a cooldown to the shooting ability. I just spammed hit and shoot all the time.

But overall it's a very good game ^^
MarMeron
27. Apr 2021 · 09:52 UTC
Great Job! the animations, music, gameplay... everything was very nice. the comedic notes from above were great too!
Tieffeline
27. Apr 2021 · 10:12 UTC
love it ! Well done ! The idea is really nice.

I just found you can wall jump and go out of the level.
Shin0nome
27. Apr 2021 · 12:15 UTC
Really fun I like it ! It's a bit too difficult and it's hard to tell when the Player's life is low but the concept is ingenious and the art is fantastic ! Great Job
She Wrote
27. Apr 2021 · 13:10 UTC
I love this interpretation of the theme. Well done.
greenEkatherine
27. Apr 2021 · 14:46 UTC
Great idea, I really enjoy the game!
Tomssuli
27. Apr 2021 · 19:20 UTC
I like where you went with the theme :)

Graphics were nice. Gameplay was a bit weird, I wasn't sure if I had to try to get somewhere or just kill everything... So I killed everything and won the game. Could use joypad as alternative to keyboard. I used joyToKey to use a controller as I'm not dextrous enough to play so quickly with keyboard.
Eugenik
27. Apr 2021 · 20:32 UTC
Haha Genius!.
LDJam user 234769
27. Apr 2021 · 21:35 UTC
Very cool game! I loved the stab animation, although it was pretty useless compared to spamming shoots x) The psychologist's commentaries were awesome xD and the end sentence too. Oh and the clown just falling on you is so scary + loved the design of the boss.

Could use some polishing but it was a very nice experience :)

Also very cool to find women-only teams in a world where men-only ones are so common! Our team was more non-binary and trans oriented ^^
Webox
28. Apr 2021 · 04:02 UTC
I hit a few bugs here and there, maybe you can track them down:

- I was able to climb walls by repeteadly jumping towards one
- At one point I dided, and the "dead sprite" got stuck and my player never respawned, I had to reload the game
- There's a weird transition after that reload, I chose Adulthood as my starting level, when I killed the final boss it took me back to the adulthood scene (not sure if there was something more after that)

Bugs aside, very cool take on the theme!! Platforming needs a bit more polishing. The art is super super cool, not just the final art but the concept itself. You did an amazing job and you should work on making it better!! I can imagine different patients with different types of levels and enemies, the interpretation of the mind of a patient can lead to beautiful sceneries and mechanics.

Again, great job and keep up the amazing work!
mechamew
28. Apr 2021 · 13:46 UTC
What a great little game! A very ambitious concept for a short jam, but your team did a great job of realising this concept! Loved the art the take on the theme. Really great combination of being deep and numerous at the same time!

If you plan on working on a post-jam version keep an eye on making sure text isn't getting cropped outside the frame!
mechamew
28. Apr 2021 · 13:46 UTC
What a great little game! A very ambitious concept for a short jam, but your team did a great job of realising this concept! Loved the art the take on the theme. Really great combination of being deep and numerous at the same time!

If you plan on working on a post-jam version keep an eye on making sure text isn't getting cropped outside the frame!
Doot
28. Apr 2021 · 16:13 UTC
Nice job!

The theme of the game is nice and quite touching.
The gameplay feels ok, even if there are some strange hitboxes. It's so hard to make a game like this feel good!
Animation are great and audio and visual feedback are helpful.

Thanks for the game I enjoyed it 💕

I also found some bugs but hey it's a jam game! This one was funny though:
![Capture.PNG](///raw/23d/c2/z/41485.png)
🎤 foxy
28. Apr 2021 · 19:28 UTC
Thanks for the feedback @doot @webox @mechamew @alyd-asmar @tomssuli @shin0nome @marmeron @zomk @phanelly @shotgunsamurai @macibacsi56 @sugarsugarsugar @slingshot! We didn't have much time to fix bugs event known ones, any ones really XD We were happy to finish in time!
Doot
28. Apr 2021 · 19:38 UTC
@foxy of course, and well done! It wasn't meant as a critic, I just found this one really funny 👌
Webox
28. Apr 2021 · 20:28 UTC
@foxy that's super undersntandable it's a jam and time is NEVER enough haha. Finishing a game in 48/72hs is A LOT!! of course there's going to be bugs!.

I Just wanted to report those bugs so you can have them in mind for a post jam version!! (If you're thinking about making one)

Again, congrats on your game! :D
🎤 foxy
28. Apr 2021 · 20:39 UTC
@doot @webox I know right :D We do appreciate reports and critics too
Jonathan Jennings
28. Apr 2021 · 21:18 UTC
I'm such a big fan of all these games that explore mental states ! This is awesome I love your art style and music, I love the interstitials and the therapists commentary during gameplay is awesome ! I almost wish that there were voice or because those quips and statements as background audio would be so cool .

Great work , great job of exploring the theme, the art style is super cute too !
jonah
28. Apr 2021 · 22:57 UTC
The art is super. Especially the therapist is amazing and the clown was disturbing good.

Great job on this game overal!
ladybenko
28. Apr 2021 · 23:03 UTC
This was fun to play (although the character was a bit hard to control). The therapist comments were the best, and I also loved the enemies (mortgage, broccoli…) Good job!
Verbante
28. Apr 2021 · 23:40 UTC
Ahahaha cute game!
Videt
29. Apr 2021 · 05:08 UTC
Very nice game! We had a similar idea of fighting your inner demons and I really loved how you put this idea into a game! I'll also share your game with my teammates, so they can play and rate it too
vsi-
29. Apr 2021 · 07:36 UTC
nice concept, liked the audio, gj!
leorid
29. Apr 2021 · 08:44 UTC
The artstyle is really really cool, I love the main character graphics.
Also all the movement options, wall jumping, wall sliding, double jump, close and distance combat - I wish there were more levels utilizing all of these features.

Very nice idea and quite fluent movement controls, I liked this one ^^
Rayanne Reveg
29. Apr 2021 · 13:46 UTC
The interpretation of the theme was incredible! I loved the art and the audio work, congratulations on the publication
landsykes
29. Apr 2021 · 13:59 UTC
Really like your idea of therapy game where you can battle your inside demons, sound design et graphics are awesome ! Congrats, I really enjoy playing your game :clap:
HiddenTavern
29. Apr 2021 · 15:02 UTC
Great job on the art and animation. I loved the music so much but it felt weird to have chill music combined with combat ... or maybe it was meant to feel that way? I also really loved all the little quotes and comments at the top!
zhi
29. Apr 2021 · 15:10 UTC
Honestly I love it, divided into the necessary worries of one's growing age, and then try to attack him to defeat him to break it, so cool, very decompressed! Hahaha, like a children's picture book, bold to imagine.
Gazal
29. Apr 2021 · 19:04 UTC
hahaha I LOVED the concept of therapy and going deeper and deeper that way! The therapist comments during gameplay was a very nice touch to the humor of the game
chtimy
29. Apr 2021 · 19:20 UTC
Good game! I enjoy it!
Animations and sound design are smooth
Hitboxes are sometimes difficult to anticipate, but you provide a good experience.
Thank you for you game :)
Chacawott
30. Apr 2021 · 20:01 UTC
Good game :)
The music ans the graphics are very nice
Good job guys
Vaanrile
01. May 2021 · 08:19 UTC
Nice production ! The graphics/animations are pretty cool, and the gameplay is really fun (eventhough the long-ranged weapon has an undeniable advantage over the short-ranged one).
Overall, nice job for making this game !
Iluvatar
01. May 2021 · 14:31 UTC
I really liked the graphics and music, but honestly the gameplay was a bit chaotic. I I dind't know what to do or where to go and did not see my health. But I love the concept and idea behind the game. Maybe you can continue working on it after LD event :)
Ryan Dotsikas
01. May 2021 · 16:40 UTC
Great job! I love the framing of the therapy sessions and it goes great with the piano music. I thought it was awesome that you made enemies out of fears, etc and had you fight them. It was nice that the patients name was in the corner and you could see the therapist, that made you still remember that it's not just a regular action game, but that were in someone's mind! It was definitely on the easier side just being able to mash the shoot button, but that's totally fine. Also I love the final little joke, it was fantastic! Overall, great submission!
zondarg
01. May 2021 · 21:19 UTC
Finished fighting broccoli, clowns and mortgages. Nice, first tried to fight with "slash" only because somehow I did'nt realize you could shoot donuts too, but then worked better. Could not really see how much hit points I had left so it was a bit of try and error too. Otherwise, beautiful graphics, and good controls. I also liked the therapists comments conveying the real meaning of the scenes. Good work! :thumbsup:
Caveman54
02. May 2021 · 04:43 UTC
I like the mechanics. The ui seems faulty when not full screened but that's fine for a jam. Nice entry!
Scout
07. May 2021 · 01:02 UTC
fun game, it took me a bit to realize that you had a double jump so maybe put that in the description but other than that really good for a jam I originally wanted an intro like yours but didn't have the time.
Scruffylooking2121
08. May 2021 · 02:42 UTC
It was a nice take on the theme, it looked really good. Any game that encourages me to deal with my repressed hatred of broccoli is a winner in my book. Thanks for making this game!
AguaHervida
11. May 2021 · 23:15 UTC
This is a really cool platformer. I have seen this idea of entering the mind but not in this way, I would change the camera angle so is more wide, I had trouble looking at my enemies, overall it was nice, great job!
Yword
12. May 2021 · 09:01 UTC
Wow, very unique idea, interesting enemy designs, and the attacks are really cool too!
polkoii
12. May 2021 · 22:43 UTC
Really liked the enemy designs! The concept is nice too. While the slash feels nicer to do, shooting is way more powerful so there isn't much reason to shoot. The music felt like it was well composed but the levels were not long enough for it to get to the good parts. All and all, nice work!
Shoc
16. May 2021 · 07:16 UTC
The concept of the game is really really good!

The only thing that feels weird for me is the sound, but I know that not anyone has sound designer in a jam ans using external assets it's not that easy :P

I liked the storytelling and the concept, really

Good game, hope you keep doing games this way ^^

Good job!