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A jam submission

Marine SurveyView game page

A simple survey of the depths
Submitted by CheckovStuff — 2 hours, 25 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Gameplay#4572.6944.667
Originality#5072.8875.000
Overall#5192.8234.889
Presentation#5392.8875.000

Ranked from 3 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

What do you like about your game?
I've been trying to learn to draw digitally. While I'm not satisfied with everything I've drawn, I've become more comfortable with the tablet

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Submitted

I love the art for this game. It's like cutesy sketches but when it comes to brass tacks you sell the horror of the deep ocean. I think you are a little aided by the fact that the open ocean is terrifying but I still think you do a good job of poking at the mysteries of the dark blue. I also like how you  drew the fish at different angles but still identifiable. I wanted to have an ID mechanic something like that but forgot I'm a talentless hack haha.

It's like homesafety hotline meets iron lung and its a pretty cool gameplay loop. Since you're expanding it, I'll def be following along.  Would love to see where the narrative goes. 

Cool demo, grats on the release

Developer

Thanks!

Host(+1)

This is very interesting, nice job.

Developer

Thank you :)

Submitted (2 edits)

Wow this was a really interesting concept. I was really surprised when it opened 3 different windows but I quickly got into the concept. It kinda broke the 4th wall and seemingly turned my whole PC into the workstation I was using for this new job, made it surprisingly immersive despite the simple visual style. 

I would really like to see this concept developed more, turning the players desktop environment into the game is a novel idea, along with the mechanics being closely related to real work you might be doing. I'm imagining windows that look like real applications,  a more in-depth "wiki" window that lets you search, has interactive elements like links, ect, and a more detailed "viewer" window that lets you pan the camera around, adjust the contrast to see things better, ect.

If you've not seen it already, "Daryl Talks Games" has a video where he explores a concept called "The Magic Circle". I think this game really plays with that concept and has the bones for a very compelling narrative experience. 

Developer

Thanks for your input!  I really like the idea of a search feature and a panorama images with adjustment ability.  If I continue on the game (which is likely) I'll certainly add those!  The video you linked was really good!  I played Inscryption after my fiancée and I noticed that basically every one of our favorite YouTubers called it their favorite game of that year.  I just played through Daughter of Mēkanē as well, but I'll throw my thoughts in a comment over there!

P.S.  Your profile picture is really cool!