An Unforgiving Sea by Team Watt

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made by Team Watt for Ludum Dare 48 (JAM)

You find yourself in a small boat in the middle of the ocean, and a storm destroys the sails and leaves you adrift. Collect scrap to upgrade your scuba gear and find a way to repair the ship. unforgiving-sea-screenshot.jpg gamestart.png

Ratings

Overall 1496th 3.158⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1505th 2.921⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1284th 2.947⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1032th 3.553⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1564th 2.921⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Audio 1017th 3.026⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Humor 994th 2.556⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1379th 3.132⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Given 22🗳️ 12🗨️

Feedback

plomeg
27. Apr 2021 · 00:58 UTC
Love the diver animation, the rest of the graphics is a bit behind
The game felt repetitive but I enjoyed the ending :D
I noticed you used SFML, nice one !
fermingimpel
27. Apr 2021 · 01:17 UTC
Nice art, but sounds get annoying after a few minutes, I like the game, but it quickly gets repetitive
STREETGEEK
27. Apr 2021 · 11:49 UTC
I like the art, the bright dude is cute. Nice music too. Great Game!
Tudypie
27. Apr 2021 · 11:56 UTC
Nice game. I managed to finish it in like 10 minutes. It was interesting. The art was pretty nice :) Good job !
🎤 Team Watt
27. Apr 2021 · 20:26 UTC
@plomeg Thanks. I've liked using SFML for a long time.
🎤 Team Watt
27. Apr 2021 · 20:29 UTC
@fermingimpel Thanks for the feedback. We had a few more features planned that didn't make the time frame, but kept 5 stages of gameplay anyway. And it was a huge map too. Next time, I think the map could be about 1/3 of the width and still feel great.
🎤 Team Watt
27. Apr 2021 · 20:30 UTC
@streetgeek thanks so much!
🎤 Team Watt
27. Apr 2021 · 20:30 UTC
@tudypie Thank you so much!
LDJam user 233347
28. Apr 2021 · 17:07 UTC
I sadly cant start the game on my PC :slight_frown:
Therefore I cant really rate your game.
[AnUnfogivingSea.png](///raw/38f/83/z/414cc.png)
zoarfy
28. Apr 2021 · 22:37 UTC
Hi I just finished your game! The ending was really fun! I love games with small windows like yours. The art is really nice and simple and the music is calming.
I would change up the pacing of your game though - I think the dive speed should start how it is with the flippers, and I would reduce all the needed scrap. I enjoyed doing it and it was nice and calm though!

Loved that ending, very fun and juicy! Congrats to your team on finishing :)
LDJam user 252856
29. Apr 2021 · 21:48 UTC
Game won't open.
Rayo
29. Apr 2021 · 22:01 UTC
Hello, the game does not open for me, I get the messages "VCRUNTIME140D.dll" and "ucrtbased.dll" was not found. Hope that helps to fix the bug!
🎤 Team Watt
30. Apr 2021 · 01:46 UTC
@xparker @rayo @offdutyextractors I'm sorry that the game didn't open for you. I compiled it with SFML in C++, but have tried recompiling again. This link is a hotfix, please let me know if it works for you: http://feyleaf.com/downloads/LD48%20-%20An%20Unforgiving%20Sea%20-%20April%2029%20Hotfix.zip
LDJam user 233347
30. Apr 2021 · 06:42 UTC
@team-watt yes, works now.

Fun little game. I saw a flying fish and managed to get out of bounds.. no death message though.

![An-UnforgivingSea.png](///raw/38f/83/z/41bbb.png)

I can now rate it :wink:
MorePixels
02. May 2021 · 12:14 UTC
Sweet game peeps, was pretty cool
Shaymin
03. May 2021 · 23:07 UTC
Great relaxing game of collecting and upgrading. The going back to the ship was a bit of a pain, but that's part of the story and the game!
🎤 Team Watt
04. May 2021 · 02:37 UTC
@morepixels thanks for playing the game.
🎤 Team Watt
04. May 2021 · 02:38 UTC
@shaymin thank you for the feedback. next time, we'll make getting back to the boat easier.
Zeias
06. May 2021 · 09:27 UTC
Cool little game, graphics and music are nice. Good job ! :)
VixenMink
11. May 2021 · 02:16 UTC
I like this
Runuchok
12. May 2021 · 17:03 UTC
I liked that treasure chest at the end! That's was nice touch, it's even support main game mechanic! Cool game! =)