Why is your Quality Setting between 1 and 2+ changing the FoV?

I softlocked during the challenging Jump Thingy around the Pillars because the Checkpoint 21 checked me while I was still in Air above the Ground. Unplayable.

Atmospheric Sound is nice, Level Greybox in general is nice, I never really felt lost, it guided me well towards the next Area, Physics on the Spikes seems not very useful, just annoying once they hit the Ground , could just stay stuck there due to being Spikes. It felt odd being able to destroy Kelp from so far away, having some more Spiky Balls around them would be better I think. It could be more open, with multiple Paths and different Routes to take, but that might be later on, not in its current State of "Tutorial/Guiding through a Demo to showcase all there is".

Player Model could use a bit of work, it too feels greyboxed at the Moment. I see the Idea you're going for, but you'd need proper Textures, and a bit of an adjustment of the Model itself I think.

Movement Speed could be faster, I always sprinted, B to lean into the Pull seemed to just rotate me slightly backwards, no Idea what it's used for.

I generally like the Atmosphere, imagining how it'd look like if its no longer Greyboxed.

You could and probably should increase Air Control, decrease falling Speed and overall play with "Air" Physics, as you're underwater, not in Air, and it should feel like that. Maybe if you're going for some more Action Platformer with Upgrades kind of Thing, some small Paddle/short Swim as an later Player-Upgrade?

Are Fish attracted to me? It felt a few Times as tho they were cycling right on top of me, which is annoying. They shouldn't phase through Terrain, and should stay decently far away from the Player to serve as Distant Elements if they offer no Gameplay.

If I can rope and ride them, or if they swallow me if jumping/swimming too high, that could be an interesting Element for a few Levels/Areas maybe.

Generally I think this could have Potential, I like the Atmospher of being underwater quite a bit, but I don't really know where this is going right now, in Times I thought it could be an Action Platformer Darksouls, other Times it felt more linear and just like a regular Platformer. Some Story, NPCs, potentially a Coral-Reef-y Hub Area, Combat against other Bottom Dwellers and Fish, you have a lot of great Options there.

Controls were alright, a bit more Aircontrol maybe, and have it feel more like you're underwater, Ledge-grab might prove good. If you're aiming for any kind of Combat in this, I'd say you need some Form of backup on the Player in case they run out of Spears to throw in a really bad Situation with no Spears around to pick up, to prevent a lot of potential Softlocks/Resetpoints when Designing the World.

Needs more Crustacean Puns.

First, your game has high ludo energy. It's very immersive. I like the feeling of being small and seeing my objectives from very far away. The level design is excellent. Is your game going to be purely linear? It feels ripe for a metroid-esque or DS1 interconnected map.

Here's my list of things that I noticed as I played the game:

The protagonist looks great. Its anthro design with thick thighs is reminiscent of sybil from pseudoregalia.

The tutorial text goes by a bit too fast. You need to have a way to reread past sections. Or at least a button prompt before the next dialogue line appears.

I found one of your easter eggs lol.

The idle animation is amazing.

I'd like checkpoints to save the equipment I had at the time I reached them.

The rappel section and everything after it needs to be a bit more forgiving.

It would be nice to a have a way to test your equipment safely in the level design before committing to a potentially deadly jump.

If you throw a spear from too close at the green blocks, it doesn't work.

One of the checkpoints is bugged. It was respawning me in mid air, under a platform. There was no way to stop falling to my death every time. It's the first checkpoint you encounter after you leap back to the giant block you threw your spear at earlier.

My run ended here. I had a lot of fun. I was totally immersed. I will follow your game's development closely.

The setting is fantastic! I really like the idea here, and the ambiance you managed to create with just greybox assets is great! Really felt like wanting to play more.

On the gameplay side, I peronally felt that the walk speed was too slow. It is great for areas where we need precision, though, but those seems to be not the majority of the game. So what you could do here is sawp running with walking. Make running the default speed, and hold SHIFT for walking, for when we need that extra precision.

The jump felt quite floaty, which is fine, since the game setting is underwater, but then, please give me more air control. I feel Isabela should be able to "swim" a bit with each jump, and reposition herself.

The first harpoon section, I couldnt read the tutorial fast enough to understand that LMB shrinks the thether. So please make the instruction linger a bit more, or have a menu where I can check the info again.

Speaking of cutscenes, we can control the character during them, and that can cause wierd interactions. You should take away player control while a cutscene is playing I think, for safety.

I played up to checkpoint 21, but there is a wrong placement of the checkpoint, which respawns me on a freefall to my death. So you should probably get that fixed.

Lastly, please add controller support. This seems like the right type of game for it.

Keep up the good work!!

Sea depth skybox is fantastic, so are the models for the Iso-chan (I'm coining this nickname, copyright, trademark, etc) and for dead crabs. Map is surprisingly vast, but relatively easy to navigate - though I would've preferred more landmarks for where I could and couldn't go. Jumping feels good, but I would prefer a bit more water control (air control but beneath the brine) - though it's a very minor nitpick, I didn't have any issue with current controls.

Harpoon throwing is good, appreciate the visual trajectory - though it flies EXTREMELY far with proper angling, and can be thrown almost across the map (which may not be optimal, especially with the grappling rope attachment). Speaking of grappling rope - it's a bit too finnicky, especially when you swing. I didn't have any problems, BUT I can see how it could become an issue. Also I would prefer some notification about when the rope is about to run out and I'm gonna fall - but that's probably in the QoL department.

Ambiance is nice, though there is some low freq ambient noise in the SFX channel. I would imagine it's intended since you're underwater, and God knows what's making that noise in the dark depth of the sea void - but it also messes up other sounds on the SFX channel (like footsteps).

It's a solid start for a platformer, and the setting is fairly unique. Looking forward to see it developed more!

Plz let me harpoon the fish to death.

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2343901562

Bit disappointed, thought this would be a fishing game.

Character controls are frustrating in some situations, need more polish. Run should be a toggle, 80% of the game you want to be running, don’t think there’s even a sequence that requires walking (some are easier walking), while many jumps require 95% perfect setup and it’s a pain having to hold down your pinkie.

Played until I didn’t understand where to go next, there was more green stuff to pick up, but it seemed like a glitch, since it wasn’t even visible. Anyhow there was no target to hook onto except the fish, which seem to just move unpredictably. Anyhow the fish are cool in how they can help skip some sections.

Agree with other commentors that level design / atmosphere seem to be headed in a good direction.

The sense of exploration is great. Found 3 secrets + the funny.  Got pushed into a wall by a fish cluster.
Ledge mantling could work for this game.  Overall i enjoyed it. Just needs to be less janky. Also, let me ride the goddamn fish!

Cool level design

Controller feels like the default unreal cmc and this is pretty bad for platforming, you need at least to add input buffering and override jumps with curves or timelines

Linux version work perfectly

I was impressed Anon, it was grey and red, but the music and the level immersed me in the first second.

-Need more checkpoint

-Flying Fish pop from wall and throw me off the cliff

-MC need some work on the color scheme

MY FAVORITE GAME OF THIS DD (as of now)

Very nice.
I like underwater settings and even in this early stage I thought it was atmospheric, the music helped a lot.
The jumping controls fine, the throwing less so, I had to basically look at the ceiling to hit distant targets like the first blue patch.

You can drop an harpoon while aiming and the character will stay in the throwing pose
Also she says the zipline mechanics wasn't clamplicated but the buggy part is that as you prepare the second throw the first harpoon pulls you to it and then when you press Q to merge the two tethers into a zipline the character lets go of the tether and falls down.

I hope you keep working on this, it's interesting. 

Failed to work on win,e do you have a linux version