Thankyou soooo much for making such a masterpiece! i got it in my 3rd try which i hope thats not bad haha xD, the lore there and the atmosphere were my FAVORITE, they were amazing and just fitting the environment around, and the fact that the game has a proper ending which a fabulous way of showing credits shows how much the devs putted into this jam game! all love for yall, keep going and never stop!
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The Littlest Wanderer's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Overall | #5 | 4.029 | 4.029 |
| Controls | #7 | 3.932 | 3.932 |
| Audio | #7 | 4.205 | 4.205 |
| Accessibility | #8 | 3.614 | 3.614 |
| Graphics | #11 | 4.364 | 4.364 |
| Originality | #14 | 4.182 | 4.182 |
| Theme | #18 | 4.068 | 4.068 |
| Fun | #19 | 3.841 | 3.841 |
Ranked from 44 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Godot Version
4.2.1
Wildcards Used
Give me a minute, Memory lane, What's this?
Game Description
The Littlest Wanderer is a game about exploring the void below in limited visibility. Your task is to get out alive, managing limited resources.
How does your game tie into the theme?
We chose the dark void of the deep sea. We were loosely inspired by the works of H. P. Lovecraft.
Source(s)
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Discord Username(s)
Gaboo, princzep., TS
Participation Level (GWJ Only)
0. We are very new to programming, maybe 3 months of experience combined.
Comments
You were SO CLOSE. Game ends at 418.
I saw someone playing it on stream today and my heart sank every time he died. I'm sorry for you too.
One thing, if you wish to do another try, you can adjust the brightness in the desktop version's pause menu. It could help.
That being said, I really appreciate for playing.
Thanks a lot for playing and for the feedback.
Yes, difficulty was a big topic when making the game but we decided that this is somewhat fair. But I agree, it is a game that takes multiple tries and a certain kind of person who hates themselves enough to suffer 3 rounds. 😅
That being said, in case one day you'll get the craving, you can download the .exe and adjust the brightness in the pause menu for a more "fair" chance.
Thanks again, we really appreciate the feedback.
230 days ago(+1)
Thank you so much for the feedback.
For sure, a lot of improvements could be made. Some if them were not thought of and a lot are a question of skill. We are very new to programming, so there was also a cap to our capabilities.
However because us and so far players as well love the game (more or less) we plan on expanding it with more features. You can consider this as a demo.
Thanks again!
230 days ago(+1)
Thanks a lot for the kind feedback. Yes, visibility is definitely a divisive part of the game. Darkness is a "feature".
That being said, there's a brightness slider on the PC version, in the pause menu. That can help.
230 days ago(+1)
Thanks a lot for the kind feedback.
The game is 418 meters deep overall, so you were around halfway. I see your point about the difficulty. A hint is that if you downlaod the PC version, you can use the brigthness slider to make the game a bit easier. (the slider is there in the web version too, but as I saw, it doesn't really work.)
Thanks for playing!
230 days ago(+1)
Thank you so much for your feedback, I am really glad you appreciated the game's atmosphere.
As for the assets, I've spent a lot of time looking for them or modifying them to fit them into the game. (using gimp, aseprite, audacity and other software) Maybe in a future jam we could get an artist on board, but since this was our first jam ever, and we did not want to hinder anyone's project, we decided to go into this direction and do our own project.
Thank you again.
230 days ago(+1)
Thank you so much.
Checkpoint system is definitely something that we'll implement as we scale the game.
In the meantime, you can "cheese" the game a little by downloading the desktop version and using the brightness slider in game. Sadly in the web version that feature doesn't work.
If you beat it, please let us know how you liked the ending.
231 days ago(+1)
Thank you so much, you are very kind. This was the first "proper" game we made, so these comments mean a lot.
There IS a bottom to this mistery, actually I am very much looking forward to someone finishing the game, because I take pride in its ending, and I am very curious of how people like it.
The map ends at around 400 meters, so you were halfway. Just remember to collect O2, and batteries, and sometimes rely on the sensors, instead of spamming the sonar. I know it needs a bit of getting used to.
Thank you again, this really gives us motivation to build this game further.
I did it!!!
Ok, after like 10-15 runs of the game, I managed to finish it. Unfortunately, I was not able to get all the story letters, because I was too occupied trying to survive haha.
You guys did a very good job, this is definitely the game I played the most (after my own of course).
Edit: Also, very sadistic of you, to put an energy charger right before the end of the game. The last time I played (before finishing it) I died trying to get this one, but I could have just gone for the end
231 days ago(+1)
Wow... thank you so much for your kind words.
And I am very happy you mentioned the difficulty, because I had sleepless nights over this question quite literally.
I did not want the game to be too difficult, but at the same time, because of its subject matter, I also wanted it to be somewhat difficult, so the player feels the weight of things. I think difficulty can be part of the storytelling.
Thank you again.
Thanks for checking. I wonder if you managed to finish the game, I would love to see feedback about the end ^^
As for the sound: I can see your point, and based on your entry you surely know more about sound than I do. The alarm can be turned off, but maybe the "void sound" is too much over the time. I was thinking of adding a radio to the hud, that the player can toggle. But due to the theme, I don't want to put background music. There's no music under the sea. :D
I haven't finished the full game because I want to test as many entries as possible and there is quite a lot to test :)
The farthest I made it so far was a bit after the spiral painting.
The under water ambience sound is great and really fits well. I think it was mostly the hissing sound of the navigation that put me out of it from time to time. Turning the volume of that a bit more down could help feeling more drowned into the void. I also thought if it would be good to attach a loudness curve to the proximity alert so the closer you are to a wall the louder it gets.
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