I loved the atmosphere of the game. Amazing work!
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Music & Sounds | #32 | 4.200 | 4.200 |
| Mechanics | #90 | 3.783 | 3.783 |
| Theme Relevance | #94 | 4.383 | 4.383 |
| Is it Fun to play? | #113 | 3.800 | 3.800 |
Ranked from 60 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Wow. You've absolutely nailed the atmosphere. It's quite impressive you managed to fit actual exploration rewards in such a tightly paced game. The animations remind me of Syphon Filter PS1 game.
Great job!
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Easy FishingVery cool and definitely grabs the ps1 horror vibes, although a bit outside the scope of pixel art. Felt well realized for what you were going for and the audio design felt pretty oppressive. It was a lot of fun blasting those dumb sharks. Unfortunately I had the whole project crash trying to refill my oxygen tank.
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The Day Of The JellyfishThis is really awesome. I had a great time punching those sharks in the face.
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Penguino Can't SwimMan, I really wish the jam had a rating for presentation/art style because I absolutely loved what you went with. Very nostalgic of old school horror shooters like Resident Evil one. I wasn't a huge fan of the AD turning and semi-fixed camera but that makes a ton of sense since you were going for that style of nostalgic game. I also had issues with the game not always locking on to the sharks (especially the larger ones) but that did not prevent me from making it to the end of the game.
I really love the use of oxygen in this game though, had to be one of my favorite aspects. The concept of choosing between preserving your breathing capacity and getting to fire the gun is a great risk/reward and it fit the setting perfectly too. The only mechanic I wasn't 100% sure on was the flashlight as it was pretty easy to see without it. I wasn't sure if it made sharks more likely to attack so I ended up spending most of the game with it turned off. Overall, the game is fantastic and it was a really complete experience despite the short time frame of the jam. Excellent job!
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Infelix: Lost at SeaI like that it feels like a Resident Evil or Dino Crises with Sharks. Very atmospheric. Just theme wise I think that the Playstation look, which it is gorgeous, doesn't really fit under the Pixel Art umbrella. A part from that it is a very impressive entry.
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The Day Of The JellyfishReally impressive work, incredible atmosphere and some excellent mechanics. I enjoyed the combat once I got to grips with dodging and countering, it felt very satisfying to face off against the sharks. I did find that the camera control in some places was fighting against me, and I eventually died because a shark attacked me from off-screen. Overall, an amazing piece of work, nice job!
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Perfect PlungeThat was amazing, I can't believe this was made in a jam! Definitely plays and looks like something out of the PS1 era.
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Bathhouse CreaturesThis is absolutely amazing, even more amazing it was made in a week. The atmosphere, animation, and art is top-notch! It emulates the PSX style so well. It had me so incredibly on edge just slowly stepping through the ocean floor. The only thing stopping me from getting even more scared was that the gun was so powerful that you can just spam them and also the shark animation breaking and taking me out of the experience a bit. Still really unnerved me with the environment and just general presence of the sharks though.
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Temple of The Ancient OnePretty great! Great job feeling very nostalgic, like a game that maybe minus the water refraction shader could have just been lost media. I found the camera control or lack thereof pretty frustrating at times, definitely went and got the second gun, turned around, and went straight back to the start by accident. Never liked anything resembling tank controls back when they were contemporary and still don’t like them now, nor am I a big horror game person (my scarred, jaded, game developer mind can’t help but see past the veil), so I think this is very much not for me genre wise. Like, I would love to be able to move about three times as fast and either lean into the lack of camera control or give us a normal third person camera, I think being more fluid would actually make it a more tense and engaging… but that would certainly detract from the retro feel and pacing that feels like an intentional artistic choice.
Personal tastes aside, this is a really great entry overall, good work :)
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Temple of the AbyssI'm super impressed with this! This is one of the most complete games I've played in a jam and I've played a lot.
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