Hell Diver by Sorangon

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made by Sorangon for Ludum Dare 48 (JAM)

A bodybuilder/speleologist found out that his wife was cheating on him, with Lucifer. He then decides to go to the center of the earth to get his revenge and kick Lucifer's butt!!

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Listen to the soundtrack: https://youtu.be/IePQajcwPts

Credits:

Exyde : Programming / Environment Art / Game Design

dotcomrobots : Sound Design / Music / Character Art

Julien Delaunay : Programming / VFX / Game Design

Ratings

Overall 225th 3.974⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Fun 145th 4⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1516th 2.75⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Theme 752th 3.763⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 516th 4⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Audio 22th 4.421⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Humor 835th 2.75⭐ 18🧑‍⚖️
Mood 239th 4.079⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Given 16🗳️ 3🗨️

Feedback

crazyrems
27. Apr 2021 · 10:47 UTC
Definitely super juicy. Fast paced, easy to understand and yet quite deep (no pun intended).

I could easily recommend the game even for people who don't know the jam.

Ultra thumbs up for the fantastic soundtrack. It gives some real DOOM vibes.

My personal best score:
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Saussol
27. Apr 2021 · 12:39 UTC
I LOOOOVE this !!
Bastienre4
27. Apr 2021 · 20:08 UTC
Definitely the best game feel of this jam.
The music is incredible too.

Congratulation to the team :)
hkay
27. Apr 2021 · 20:43 UTC
Definitely one of the most fun games I played so far, great work! I also love the music!
Water Duck
27. Apr 2021 · 20:45 UTC
That soundtrack slaps! It's a fun little arcady-game! (: The presentation really helps elevate it (or de-elevate, beacause, deeper and deeper)
Augcart
27. Apr 2021 · 21:31 UTC
Nice game ! The art is cool, the hardcore mood too. Sound and Gameplay are sexy ! Maybe some more mechanics can improve a lot this game but the result is great ! GG guys ! :D
TwistedHawk
01. May 2021 · 02:17 UTC
You hit the theme well! I love the story, gameplay, and graphics! An addictive arcade style game! Nice work!
TongueEnvy
01. May 2021 · 02:24 UTC
So far this is one of the best entries I've played yet! The soundtrack kicks ass, the graphics are clean, and the gameplay is solid! Kudos.
pabulum
01. May 2021 · 18:01 UTC
This is rad. The gun feels satifying as heck and those vfx are awesome. Would have been good if i could see a little futher beneath me so i didnt get hit by enemies i didnt know were there but other than that it was dope. Great Job!
Vladadamm
03. May 2021 · 21:22 UTC
Simple but effective. It's definitely very far from being the most original game in this ludum as it's basically a simple fast-paced arcade shooter/platformer game. But you guys more than nailed the feel of such games and the gameplay is the most satisfying ones i've met in this LD so far.
The music was nearing perfection. The mysterious opening loop instantly catches your attention, then we've got a smooth transition into a more aggressive track which fits the action packed gameplay, same when we die, a smooth transition and a new loop that fits. The sfx also were good.
Art was nice, especially the vfx that helped a lot giving the game its juice.

There's a few thing that could have been improved though :
- We don't see the floor below & have no way to anticipate where we will fall. It means we can fall on top of enemies and take damage with no way to avoid it, which is frustrating.
- Most SFX are badly spatialized and come from either only left or right side, which sounds weird. They should come more left/right but still be heard on the other side, especially if the sound is close.
- It lacks a leaderboard. Leaderboards are kind of a must have for scoring games, and are not hard to implement, even online ones as tools exist to make it easy (here's one i've used in a previous LD : http://plassion.com/rank/ takes few mins to setup & implement).

Still a very fun & satisfying game regardless of the small issues.
DDRKirbyISQ
06. May 2021 · 02:39 UTC
Holy framerate drops, batman! Check your export settings on the WebGL build, it runs at a chunky 30, maybe even 15fps whereas the downloadable version is perfectly smooth in comparison.

In terms of gameplay it seems like it would be fun if not for the fact that it seems to boil down to "fall and pray". I have to say the gun is pretty satisfying to shoot, regardless, though. :D
Edur
09. May 2021 · 22:08 UTC
Great music and its fun game with cool gun.
piscythe
15. May 2021 · 02:25 UTC
This game has hells of aesthetic, but I wish I could see what was below me.
Videt
16. May 2021 · 04:12 UTC
The game itself is pretty simple, but damn that VFX and sounds are awesome!
Viperux
16. May 2021 · 10:10 UTC
Damn... I died miserably a lot of times... :-) This game is pretty hard without a way to refill your HP. I liked the sound, the graphic is nice and fits well with the game! A thing that I missed for a fast paced game like this is a shared leaderboard between the players (I've seen it in other games like this). If there where one I would have played it a lot more trying to get a better score! I also would have liked a longer vertical visual to plan what to do in advance and avoid falling on a monster and die miserably a lot of times. Overall a nice entry, good job :-)

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You should rate/feedback other games so you can gain visibility and reach 20 ratings, you deserve to enter the leaderboard.
Roka Josh
16. May 2021 · 12:28 UTC
This was a really fun game with incredible game feel. I really loved how all the effects and the music came together to make the game feel so juicy. My only real criticism would be the art in places felt like it clashed in terms of the enemies not fitting in with the overall look of the game as much as they perhaps could of. Apart from this really small thing, fantastic job!
digitaldude555
16. May 2021 · 12:59 UTC
Wow thats very polished game, great sound effects and graphical effects. I agree with roka-josh about the art. Overall fits the theme and is fun to play.
SleepyStudios
16. May 2021 · 14:51 UTC
Couldn't agree more with everyone else about the game feel - it's absolutely spot on and so refreshing to see a good use of screenshake. The pacing was also really good - the game eases you in at first nicely but I like how quickly it picks up. The only thing I did find a bit weird was Terraria's eye of cthulu making an appearance here but other than that really nice work!