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So so cool!

The visuals, sound design, and overall vibe are awesome! I'm always impressed that you're able to do a French and English translation for your games^^

The gameplay feels really nice and polished, even with my bad skills I was able to win in three tries.

I admit that I didn't try to drive the capsule, my strategy was to play only by swimming outside all the time. I failed too often when I tried to do both, so I didn't see the point, but that's probably just because I'm very bad at games xP

Overall, it's a very good experience and feels like a very complete short game.

Congrats!

(Also, it was great to see you live stream the process and answer our questions live! 10 hours seems too much, no wonder you're exhausted ^^ Maybe next time you should cut the stream even if the game isn't totally finished or take breaks and come back later :P I look forward to seeing you stream the development of future games to inspire and motivate us even more!)

Douckdouck155 days ago

Hey Noamoa!

Thanks for your kind comment!

As for the translation, it's really a key point for me, even though I'm terrible at English! (Luckily there are tools to help!) And here I had to record myself (it's a pretty funny sequence in the stream). But hey, I think the French accent must have some charm in the English version of the audio.

As for the gameplay, I think it's a bit hard to get to grips with at first, but then I find the balance of game mechanics pretty cool. It's true that driving the capsule doesn't seem to be essential (personally, I do better by anticipating where the spaces are less dense with rocks, thanks to the sonar, and then I move the capsule accordingly).

And thanks for stopping by on the stream^^ 10 hours was indeed a bit extreme! The next game, the goal, is to make it small! a game in 3 hours, just 3 hours, nothing but 3 hours!

But then, apart from the fact that I'm not hydrating (and I'm going to have to change that), a 10-hour stream is also extremely galvanizing! And I'm so happy to see that there are still people watching (and I've even had 3 raids! The beginning of glory haha!).

I also look forward to your next games. When you talked about it during my stream, you seemed disappointed by your participation in this trijam. But personally, I'm always amazed by your games, and often touched by the sensitivity I find in them. Anyway, I look forward to seeing you again in the trijam world or elsewhere!

noamoa155 days ago (1 edit)

The French accent is perfect haha ^^ With the music and the overall vibe, I think it fits well :P

For the gameplay, I think the difficulty is well balanced because I often find this kind of games very frustrating and it was not the case with this one. I tried again, making a better use of the sonar and I think you're right, once I found a good rythm, I went pretty deep while being able to drive the capsule from time to time.

Thank you for your kind words, it's motivating :) Hopefully I'll see you (drinking water) in your next stream!

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