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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Audio | #66 | 3.649 | 3.649 |
| Game Design | #82 | 3.638 | 3.638 |
| Overall | #90 | 3.530 | 3.530 |
| Fun | #124 | 3.457 | 3.457 |
| Innovation | #137 | 3.309 | 3.309 |
| Theme | #209 | 3.606 | 3.606 |
| Graphics | #217 | 3.521 | 3.521 |
Ranked from 94 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?
The game is nautical themed, with the protagonist being a scuba diver. It further aligns with the theme on a meta level - the story can be uncovered by the player by diving deeper into the diver's memories.
Did you write all the code and made all the assets from scratch?
Code - Yes,
Art - Yes with AI assistance
Sound/Music - No
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The art and music are beautiful. The gameplay is enjoyable and easy to learn but the last puzzles were a real challenge for me, however I was very curious about the story's end so I managed to finished the game. I love it.
A top notch entry in this game jam! I was impressed with how the puzzles were designed at just the right amount of difficulty. The narrative was also emotional and served as a nice refresher between puzzles. The voice acting was a surprise and was wonderful from beginning to end! I felt in certain situations that the audio was a bit too loud to my liking, perhaps having a volume slider would give the players more control over the audio. Overall, an impressive title! Nice work :)
The game is pretty awesome and deserves a lot of appreciation. One question though, how did you get those images? :3
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The best game of this game jam! Very beautiful and interesting. Great puzzles! And thanks for the voice acting!
Great art choice, some solid puzzles, and fits the theme flawlessly. Nice job!
Very relaxing, nice story. Well done!
The most beautyfull puzzle game I've seen so far, the puzzles were pretty interesting too!.
This was such a beautiful game, I couldn't fault it at all. I played it through to the end and was left wanting more, a truly excellent entry!
Great job! It looks/sounds great, and puzzles seem of perfect difficulty where they neither too easy to get bored nor too hard to get distracted from the narrative.
Really really great. One of the best 'Experience' games from the jam I've played. Well Done.
Very nice art , satisfying clicks and good music.
Wow! Super game, sound, graphics, history. Very good work!
This game was so well done. I love the images. And all the puzzles were awesome. Good job.
Thanks a lot!
Voted! Good job
Many thanks!
This game was about to be among my top favourites but then I realised there's no way that amount of art can be created in a week :'D It's still a cool game, and the way it's designed and put together is lovely. Each piece sort of depends on each other - if it's just the art alone, or the narration, or the puzzles, it becomes boring. But all of it together is quite captivating and I enjoyed the VO. It would've had a more personal touch if the art was made by a person, and when I try to imagine this game with the same art as the other games - what is feasible to do in a week - it sort of takes some of the magic away. Nice job still - the story is cool, if that was human-made!
Hello there! Thanks a lot for sharing your thoughts and I'm so delighted you enjoyed our game!
As the person who wrote the story and edited all of that art, it's a little disheartening to hear that you feel it lacked personal touch. I should have been clearer in the description - AI was used to produce the initial image but they were edited and painted over significantly to get them all looking consistent. That said, I'm very glad you had a good time playing our game!
Ohh, hey I would really recommend editing the description to be more precise and add those details, because "with AI assistance" sounds like the work that was done was the "prompt-writing" - you know what I mean? If you actually did painting and editing as well, that's different. Couldn't tell from your profile or description that you were an artist:) Loved the VO and story, upping my rating! Thanks for the clarification!!
Thanks a lot for your response, I can see now how that could be the impression "AI assisted" would give! I think I should've clarified that in the description, hope that ship hasn't sailed, hehe. Cheers :))
The storytelling was the one to made me play this till the end! It was very good and the story was engaging. Smooth and chill puzzle game, had a good time playing this!
Thank you for sharing your very kind words! So glad you had a good time :))
It's a great game! Really love it! To me, it loses points because of the AI art... Could have been even better if the art was real.
Thanks a lot for sharing your thoughts! I can assure you the time it took to make the art was very real - I did start out with AI generated images at source, but the editing process was not trivial. That being said, glad you enjoyed our game!
Great story! The puzzles were really fun and engaging while listening to the story. You did a good job curating the music for it as well. :) If you have a chance, please give my game a try. I'd love some feedback. :)
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Hello there! Thank you so much for your warm words! Would love to check out your game too :))
Wow! What a polished game. Everything went so well together and I really enjoyed completing the puzzles to get to the next part of the story. Great Job!
We are so glad you enjoyed the experience! Thank you for playing our game!