Good game! Cool job. The mechanics and controls are very good)
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PhotoDive's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Game Design | #431 | 2.761 | 3.600 |
| Innovation | #432 | 2.608 | 3.400 |
| Theme | #457 | 2.991 | 3.900 |
| Fun | #482 | 2.531 | 3.300 |
| Overall | #498 | 2.620 | 3.417 |
| Audio | #525 | 2.301 | 3.000 |
| Graphics | #548 | 2.531 | 3.300 |
Ranked from 10 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
You dive deep into the ocean, taking pictures of fish.
Did you write all the code and made all the assets from scratch?
Yes, with the exception of the sounds which are taken from freesound.org and gamesounds.xyz.
Comments
Very cool and novel game in every regard. In the pretty rich - at least in this jam - niche of photographing marine life games, this one is my favorite. Both character and camera movements are physics-based but smooth and controllable, the progression is clear and relevant, the fish reacts to player. Big fun.
I've encountered only one problem: in web, when I go fullscreen - the performance just drops to like 10fps. Without fullscreen it flies perfectly.
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SmorcaReally cool game, great graphics, very atmospheric, for me the web version lagged a good bit but i enjoyed it! I really hope more people will see this!
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Deep-Dive DemonicsI don't know how I managed to complete this game. I'm very fearful of the ocean lol so this was definitely a big challenge for me. I managed to get the ending where I got eaten by the giant eel monster, and even though I was expecting something like that because of the darkness and stuff, it made me jump out of my chair a bit.
Really, REALLY cool game! I hope more people get to play it. The animations, the fish's lifelike movement, the upgrade system, the player's control system, it's all very reminiscent of great old school flash games I used to play. This is definitely a high quality game, and it applies the theme almost literally.
If anything, my feedback is mostly quality of life stuff. Like making the O2 meter easier to see, for example. I almost died once because I missed the text popups.
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Detective Bass: Fish Out Of WaterThe concept of taking fish photos is fun!! The game is very cozy (until you get very deep, it was scary down there)
The upgrade system was fun, and not grindy! Each upgrade felt good, and they all served a purpose. Very nice art and animation too! the PCs movements were fun and believable. Thank you for your hard work!
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UFOHeyo! For anyone who tried this game before, we updated it because the game's endings were not triggering correctly (dying to oxygen wasn't a secret ending). We also corrected some pesky grammar and spelling issues.
We apologize for re-uploading the game, but it was important for the game experience.
Fun little game with unique idea! I wish there was an oxygen bar instead of status popups. Those popups where kind easy to miss. Also maybe there could be some indication of which fishes you already have taken picture of to prevent need for spamming camera. Good and fitting game for the jam never the less!
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WordDiggerVery fun and cute game, good job!
I didn’t quite understand how earning money works but exploring the ocean and upgrading your gear was a great experience nevertheless.
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