Always great to see another Godot user in a jam. I like the momentum based movement, the visuals are simple but effective and the sound is nice, very arcadey. Good job!
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Diving Bell Mayhem's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Theme | #43 | 4.121 | 4.121 |
| Innovation | #50 | 3.636 | 3.636 |
| Fun | #92 | 3.530 | 3.530 |
| Game Design | #94 | 3.591 | 3.591 |
| Overall | #94 | 3.520 | 3.520 |
| Graphics | #282 | 3.318 | 3.318 |
| Audio | #317 | 2.924 | 2.924 |
Ranked from 66 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're using a diving bell to dive deeper into an ocean chasm.
Did you write all the code and made all the assets from scratch?
All code and visual assets were made from scratch. Some audio assets were imported, they're referenced in the game's description.
Comments
I really like the diving bell concept, first I've seen this jam! The procedural nature of the levels and enemy/pickup spawns was a very nice touch and keeps it fresh every time. I see in the pictures there's an upgrade shop, maybe I just missed it but that definitely sounds like a great thing to have in this game, especially if the upgrades carry over after you're destroyed. My only major criticism is that it's not uncommon for you to have to shoot downward so much that you go off-screen at the top and lose sight of the diving bell. I think maybe if there was significantly less force pushing back on the y axis it'd make for more enjoyable gameplay. You could even explain it in lore as the pressure under the sea keeping you moving down!
Anyway, here's my gameplay video playtest of it. Hope it helps provide you some valuable first reaction feedback!
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Souper CosmobotI definitely see what you mean about going above the screen, and I'm very glad that I actually have a video of what that looks like for someone who's unfamiliar with the game. I've been told more or less the same thing before, so I added pushers (for lack of a better word) in an improved version that I'm working on that would guide the player out of the top of the screen, however after seeing this it seems it might be better to have them lower down (maybe where the HUD is) to prevent the player from reaching the top of the screen in the first place.
A few other things I'll just mention in rapid fire:
- "PTS" is short for points, it just adds 300 points to your score (I suck at designing sprites).
- I really like the idea of a glossary of items in the pause menu, hopefully I have time to implement it.
- The shop is in the main menu, which can be accessed again by selecting "menu" when you lose, or "quit" in the pause menu, and shop purchases do persist between game (and save after you close the game too).
- Mines can be destroyed, though the fact that you didn't know is entirely on me since there's no real visual or audio cue when you shoot them (that's already been improved in the post-jam version).
- Finally, the game can be played in fullscreen, even if you're using a landscape monitor. The reason I recommend it is because it makes mouse tracking easier. Again, this is entirely on me since I wasn't able to get proper mouse locking working in the game's code.
Thank you so much for your feedback!
This is a really good game. The mechanics are simple, but super interesting. Using your guns knockback physics to move, while also watching out for enemies makes for a fun and tactical gameplay loop. Saving for upgrades only enhances the gamemplay loop even further.
Only thing that bothered me was that the hull was able to go offscreen (especially at the top or top-corners of the screen). This made it really hard to see where you should shoot to get out of the situation. It's also what made me die in most scenarios. Otherwise great game
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Dive to SurviveLoved this. Controls are so intuitive, the physics feels genuine and satisfying. I only wish there were some more different types of upgrades.
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Down The Rabbit HoleAs Borat would say, very nice! I think random generated level design is very cool, moving bell is little chalenging, but also so satisfying when you manage to make it as you wanted. There is so much things happening down there, i really like graphics style, sounds and overall, superb entry!
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Under AfterAwesome fun infinite game! Looking forward to the post-jam release!
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The Deep DescentGreat game, movement that is also your atack is always a fun game machanic, graphics are good and I think its really cool that this can also be played on a phone. the bullet impact sound effect is not the best, especially when you shoot a lot at a time, but this is a very minute detail.
Great game. Keep it up
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Vanta noirYou did a great job on this game! I loved the momentum aspect where you shooting moves your character, you seriously did a great job! Because I could not put this game down! I kept playing it to try and beat my score! You should be proud of this title! Great job!
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Fishing Time 🎣Cool game that evolves around a well thought mechanic! Rlly had fun playing this!
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The Fall - Brackeys GameJam 2023.2Really liked how the shooting serves two completely distinct (and important) roles.
Great work with this idea!
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Descent into SurvivalI like how shooting is both used as a way to correct your position and protect yourself from threats. Took me an embarrassingly long time to figure out.
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Deeper and DeeperConfused at first about the movement but when got hook of things game became fun! Nice foundation to build a proper polished mobile game. This game is the definition of easy to learn hard to master which is the one of most crucial things in game design. Amazing game!
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HellIce JamYes, one thing is button vs background colour, but I was more concerned with the placement of the buttons. I mean that "Reset all data" button is almost at the middle of the screen and it looks like the most important button. On the other hand, the "Back" button feels like it's thrown between buttons (by that I mean "Back" button should be more seperrated). My first thought was that something didn't load properly.
I think moving down both "Reset all data" and "Back" buttons would help.
But maybe that's just me ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I really like games where the movement mechanic is so different, it's simple but entertaining, well done.
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Space DiverWow, this is really exactly what you expect from a game-jam game. Exactly one, but very polished, unique and challenging game-mechanic. Simple, but good looking graphics. Same for sound. And all in all a perfect fit for the theme. And as a bonus it even has a shop, wtf :-D
There was actually just one little bug (or maybe i did not really get, how to get them). When shooting one of the power-ups, they appear, but i couldn't collect them. Neither by driving there nor shooting or so?
But nevertheless, all in all, this one is really a 5 stars masterpiece. One of my favorites of the jam so far :-)
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Beneath the Dreaming SeaIf you shoot the power-ups the bubble surrounding them should pop. At that point it's considered collected and will act accordingly (either by giving you a tripleshot, points, or repairing your hull). Were the bubbles not being popped when you shot them, or were the power-ups not actually doing anything?
Also thanks for the feedback! I'm glad someone finally noticed the shop, its script is an unoptimized mess that's barely held together with hot glue and hope, it got so bad that I considered scrapping it for a while.
Ah ok, yes then i think it works. Just expected, that i maybe have to collect it also after shooting it outside of the bubble or so. Maybe you could add a little visual feedback or so. Just that players know what's their effect (or just write the effects next to the icons on your game page).
About the shop. Yes, i detected it more or less by accident as i wanted to leave^^
I mean, if you maybe plan to release it as a real game and put some IAP stuff in it or so, you should maybe show it the players a bit more prominent. But for the little game jam, i rather found it as an "easter-egg", which then just was a very nice surprise at the end :-D
I doubt I'm going to release this (or anything really) as a 'real' game, I just want to make another web game that's a better version of my jam submission. Also my original plan was for the player to have to catch the power-ups after popping the bubbles, but I realised that would be a bit too hard and just kinda forgot to add improved visual feedback. I'll add something into the improved version, probably a text display either on the power-up or the HUD.
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