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Down There Somewhere! by ETdoFresh

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made by ETdoFresh for Ludum Dare 48 (COMPO)

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http://www.etdofresh.com/LudumDare48/

Controls

Move - :keyboard:WASD || :keyboard:Arrows || :videogame:Left Stick || :pointup:Touch
Jump - :keyboard:Space || :videogame:Y || :pointup:Touch
Axe - :mousethreebutton:Left || :keyboard:Ctrl || :videogame:A || :videogame:Right Trigger || :point_up:Touch

Description

A Compo Game made by my two hands (and mouth for sounds)! How deep can you go in this "dig-em-up", action-packed, super-adventure, mining game!?! Can you beat the scores of your fellow Ludum Dare-ers and get to the core!?

Kill Enemies. Get Powerups. Go Deep.

PSA: No 3rd party Unity Assets were harmed (or used) in the making of this game.

Screenshots

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Link https://github.com/ETdoFresh/LudumDare48
Link http://www.etdofresh.com/LudumDare48
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/48/down-there-somewhere

Ratings

Overall 499th 3.396⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Fun 516th 3.229⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 638th 2.896⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Theme 196th 3.958⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 674th 3.021⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Audio 402th 3.229⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Humor 151th 3.391⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Mood 434th 3.273⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Given 25🗳️ 23🗨️

Feedback

🎤 ETdoFresh
26. Apr 2021 · 01:30 UTC
Enjoy Everyone!
ubershmekel
26. Apr 2021 · 06:29 UTC
Spot on with the theme :) I didn't like having to click or hit ctrl so many times. But I did like digging around the monsters. I felt like it's just about getting lucky and finding more shoes, that's the only strategy to getting a better high score. I wish there was a bit more skill involved because dodging the monsters was pretty easy. Especially at the fire stage, it felt kind of pointless, like the game was killing me and I lost control which wasn't too cool. Otherwise the mechanics worked well and I did feel like I'm digging straight down. Thank you for the game.
morphine
26. Apr 2021 · 15:42 UTC
I had a lot of fun playing this! At first I wasn't quite getting it and then when I realized that there weren't gonna be any oxygen bubbles in my future - I started clicking like mad and ended up on the leaderboard. Very fun! Great work!
🎤 ETdoFresh
26. Apr 2021 · 16:22 UTC
Yeah, I wasn't quite sure how to communicate to the user you need oxygen in the water and cooling wisps in the lava... I know i made the enemies avoidable, but the goal was kind of to make you fight the enemies... but for now, I think you can get on the leaderboard if you just get a bunch of shoes and click like crazy. :P
Vaanrile
26. Apr 2021 · 16:56 UTC
Nice game ! The gameplay was quite pleasing and I appreciate having multiple control options to choose from for playing the game. I really liked the sound effects when you are entering a new layer and the graphic style, it reminded me a lot of the old flash games I used to play on Newgrounds around the 2010's.
Great job !
clemonades
26. Apr 2021 · 17:17 UTC
Nice game! I def had no idea what to do when I hit water, I just panicked and dug faster bc, obviously the way to get more air is to go further down in the water lol. Really nice entry. Simple, easy to master and you wanna play again bc you kinda think you can beat that high score lol
the neon shark
26. Apr 2021 · 17:43 UTC
Fun concept. Feeback:
- The texturing was funky as the player mined deeper. Would be nice to maybe just use a simple block tileset instead.
- When I dug a whole deeper in the water region, I couldn't jump back out :/
- Didn't know how to replenish oxygen without backtracking (air pockets somewhere maybe?)
Ramkey
26. Apr 2021 · 17:44 UTC
A simple idea made so fun. Very fun gameplay that pushes you try getting on the leaderboard. I personally enjoy these simple programmer artstyles and mouth sounds. It's the true representation of Jam wholesomeness.
FussenKuh
26. Apr 2021 · 18:15 UTC
Ranked 8th in the world! ...For now. Honestly, adding in that high score table is a genius move It definitely kept me playing for a few extra rounds. High score aside, I quite enjoyed playing your game. It's a simple concept very well executed. I appreciated the extra layers of gameplay that popped up when I dug deep enough to get to the water and heat depths. Great job!
xlambein
27. Apr 2021 · 08:43 UTC
Love the game! The concept is fun and there's a good amount of content (haven't managed to see it all yet). I like the idea of expending the map horizontally the further you go down. The graphics are simple but they work well, and I looooove the sound design.

My main pain point are the controls. (On the web at least) they're not super responsive, which makes it hard to e.g. jump and then dig above. The character isn't always easy to control, I often run into enemies without meaning to, and since the hitbox is quite big, I end up taking a lot of damage because of that.

Overall one of my favourite entries so far :-)
OkayLobster
01. May 2021 · 03:40 UTC
Fun little game, it would be nice if you could just hold the button and the character would dig.
Rolle
02. May 2021 · 11:24 UTC
Nice little button-clicker! I have cramps in my finger now... :wink:

The sound and graphics was nice and added to the game.
cheesepencil
05. May 2021 · 00:43 UTC
click-and-hold to mine would have been wonderful, but it's pretty cool the way it is, also
commanderstitch
06. May 2021 · 00:33 UTC
Dig Dig Dig a tunnnnnnnnel! yeah, holding the dig button woul dhave been nice, but i don't really care it was fun. :D
VixenMink
06. May 2021 · 01:11 UTC
Couldnt get this to run on my end but really like concept
Rob Parker
11. May 2021 · 09:40 UTC
As said a bit above, click and hold would of been nice but i loved the sound effects you created for this!
qfeys
16. May 2021 · 18:35 UTC
Started out looking neet, but quickly I noticed there is really nothing to do in this game, except moving. There is no skiill, chalange or incentive involved. As such, it is rather boring.

Art was okay for a starting project. Sound was also a nice start. However, there should have been more for a good score.
hypp
16. May 2021 · 18:38 UTC
Well done, surprisingly fun to play! Took me a while to understand that you have to attack the enemies.