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A jam submission

Aquatic MeansView game page

A bubble herd survival game where you guide bubbles into containers while avoiding the dangers of the deep.
Submitted by Kiera Bacon, YanDoesGameDev, Vince329 (@Vince3Ho), HighRollin, BalpiarBrar — 10 hours, 12 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Audio#64.2084.208
Graphics#104.2924.292
Design#273.5833.583
Originality#373.9173.917
Overall#423.5423.542
Fun#843.0423.042
Topic#1053.2083.208

Ranked from 24 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 "Unconventional Means"?
Instead of popping bubbles, you herd them.

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Comments

Host(+2)

Loved this one! The audio was probably my favourite part, so tranquil. Some sort of indicator where the mouse is would be good to see where the bubbles will be blown to. This would have benefitted from the levels staying a small scale, as it's pretty hectic controlling just the bubbles on screen let alone bubbles in another area. Good job!

Submitted(+1)

Life is like a Soap Bubble

Submitted

Everybody else said the same thing, the art and the music are excellent, kudos to the respective artists.

Maybe I haven't played the game long enough, but it seems that having several bubbles only makes you complete the same level a bunch of times, and it really doesn't benefit from what could be a sorta "coop" experience. (Again, I haven't played that much of the game but it's the feel I got from the first levels, so if I am mistaken I apologize!)

I think it could be cool that bubbles could collide with components such as levers and other bubbles to give it some sort of "puzzle" feeling, not too much so it's professor Layton, but just a little bit so that the game keeps fresh the entire time.

Overall, good job!

Submitted

First of all, the main menu is amazing !! Congratulations to the artist. It gives you kind of a 3D feeling too.

Also, the music is so relaxing and it fits perfectly with the game. The sound of the bubbles is great too.

It's a little bit difficult to control the bubbles but once you get used to it you can complete the levels easily.

It would be great if you add some kind of line renderer that shows you where the bubbles are going to go, that way you give some feedback to the player and make things easier for them.

Overall it's an awesome game !!  You really did a great job in this Jam.

You got my rating :)

Submitted

art and music is great! I like the mechanic of pushing the bubbles around! I don't know if I'm crazy about the camera moving to different areas, maybe it would be better to just do one big long level with multiple stops in between (while still having the camera move with the cursor)? Just a suggestion!

I'd appreciate if you could play/rate my game as well! :)

Submitted(+1)

Very cool game! I liked the art style and the soothing music, which is really good for a jam game.

Imo the difficulty spikes a bit too hard once the spikes are introduced. Maybe a level in between, that just has a couple of spikes would have helped?

Anyways, one of my fav games of this jam so far :)

Submitted(+1)

amazing art and great music.

nice game.

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

“Just exit your browser five-head”

>:(((((( 0/10

But in all seriousness, really great work here. Its very well polished and the art is obviously beautiful combined with the music. Very relaxing game! Sad that I’ve missed it until seeing it in the discord earlier today.

Developer

Hi everyone, 

We took all the feedback from the last few days and did 1 last UX pass, and fixed up a few bugs. Level 3 (spike level) is now easier, and their shoudnt be issues with timer being too agressive throughout the other levels.  - Yaniv 

Submitted(+1)

I found it pretty hard, however the really good polish on the art and audio, keep me playing over and over.

Nice!

Submitted(+1)

This is a very relaxing game. It looks and sounds very nice, and is very well polished. I just wish there wasn't a timer because it kind of takes away from the "chill" vibe of the game by putting you under pressure to finish within the time limit. This was still a very nice game. Great job.

Submitted(+1)

the game is really nice (background is super good) and fun to play.The idea to herding the bubles feels smooth and it fits the topic

Submitted(+1)

Nice idea and great polish on the art and audio. I found the force mechanic to be tough to work with, especially on the levels with hazards like spikes and jellyfish. Trying to manage several bubbles at once is very difficult, which I found myself having to do a lot. An indication of how the bubbles are being affected as well as the extend of the force from the mouse would be extremely helpful. Other than that, I enjoyed playing. Well done all!

Submitted(+1)

Great Game!

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

Amazing but a little tricky! great background too, this is very polished!

Submitted(+1)

❄ Great concept! I don't know that I've seen anything quite like this. With some polish and fine tuning, I could see this doing well on mobile platforms, though the difficulty might be something to adjust

I found the time limits on levels to be quite frustrating however perhaps it could be replaced a timer that tracked how long a player took to complete the level? It might encourage players to get better at herding the bubbles without making the game technically any easier, and without creating that sense of frustration.

Otherwise the art is very nice and the music creates a nice calming atmosphere that's only hurt by the time limits, keep up the good work!

Submitted(+1)

Easy to understand and play, and it also has amazing background!