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A jam submission

Seven SeasView game page

Search for hidden treasures.
Submitted by stephann — 1 day, 18 hours before the deadline

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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Graphics#84.2074.207
Audio#103.7243.724
Theme#113.7933.793
Overall#153.4683.468
Accessibility#153.0693.069
Controls#253.3103.310
Originality#263.4143.414
Fun#512.7592.759

Ranked from 29 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Godot Version
3.3.rc6

Wildcards Used
N/A

Game Description
You have 7 minutes to search for 7 hidden undersea treasures across 7 seas.

Source
Unsure!

Discord Username
stephannv#9777

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

Very nice game :) The radar acted a bit funky, or I fully dont understand how it works :D
Great graphics!

Submitted(+1)

Cool! Sailing around was hard. But the radar detector didn't work as well as I would have liked, and it wasn't clear enough that I even had a radar. I think the issue is that the sounds are spaced apart so far it's hard to tell when I'm getting closer. Sounds closer together would have helped. I liked how you got upgrades when you found treasure.

(Timestamp 1:56:47)

Submitted(+1)

The art is adorable! Sailing around was a LOT of fun! I feel like this could totally be an integral part of some cool adventure rpg-type game!

Submitted(+1)

Nice concept, enjoyed the art and navigating. Would have been nice to walk on land too.

The radar could use some work, felt kinda wonky.

Submitted (1 edit) (+2)

The graphics and sound design are great. However, I didn't enjoy looking for treasures at all. My main issue is that the radar does not tell you when you're close enough to a treasure to get it.

Developer(+1)

Thanks for the sincere review, Hedi.

Submitted(+2)

This is a very nice, chill game!

I love the art style. It’s fun, colorful, and simple… just enough to be brought into the game, without going over the top!

The mechanics are pretty simple, in a good way, for the most part. That said, the red square in the bottom right of the screen confused me. For a while, I thought it was a direction indicator. I think it had to be directly pointed out to me that it pings faster the closer I get. Once I learned this, it made more sense, but, since the indicator doesn’t ping very fast at the start, it’s not very obvious.

The other issue I had… which, I’m not totally sure if it’s an ‘issue’ or a ‘preference’ sort of thing… was that once I started a sonar search, I couldn’t break out of it. There were a few times I either hit the sonar control by accident or I start it and moments later decide “that’s not where I want to search”, but in both cases, I’m locked in… eating time. Again, I can’t really call that an issue, because I can see that as being part of the challenge too… I don’t know. Lol… take that little ramble for what it’s worth.

Over all, I really enjoy this game. Challenging without being overly complex. Beautiful graphics and nice sound. Excellently done!

Developer

Thanks @ObsidianBlk. It was awesome watching you playing my game, spite of the game flaws that affected your experience. Thank you very much.

Submitted(+2)

good graphics , but i couldn't find any treasures 

Developer

=(. Thanks for playing Seven Seas.
If you want try again. Some insights:

  • Walk around until you hear a signal sound
  • The signal will be emitted faster when you closer to a treasure
  • Try search where the signal is stronger
  • You get upgrades from treasures. It will make your hunt easier.
Submitted(+2)

Simple idea executed well. Only remark from me is that the radar is a bit too bad initially. Having to spend a lot of time 'triangulating' the treasure or even trying multiple times across the fast beeping area feels pretty bad.

Submitted(+2)

Hi Stephann, I liked this concept. The art was cute, the searching sound was catchy and mediated the searching time well. I liked the upgrades along the way. I wish there was a cancel search button. I wanted to explore the islands too, I wondered what could be on them. This is a great concept, with a lot of expandability. Excellent stuff.

Submitted(+1)

I loved the art!! The music fits very well! Cool game, congrats!

Submitted(+1)

Very nice game. Special the sound effect when searching 

Submitted(+1)

I love the art, it's really confy, I couldn't manage to find all the treassures but i had a lot of fun trying, great submission, congrats!!

Submitted(+2)

Nice little game!
I liked the music and sounds of this game alot. When the radar pings and search music aligned once it sounded pretty cool.
The art is also very cute :)

Also the idea that you searching for treasures get easier with the upgrades is nice but I have to agree with the others that finding your first one is kinda painful.

Good job!

Submitted(+1)

The art was cute and charming , i really like the red indicator that come up when your near and the music was also good 

overall solid submission

Submitted(+1)

Had a great time playing this one - I love the art style, the music and the idea. Great job!

Developer(+1)

Thanks @CroSnake. We used the same theme haha. Nice.

Submitted(+2)

I loved the simple pixel art. Really cute.  It was a bit frustrating to find a treasure (low radius, long time to do sonar, also maybe the visual indication is too vague?).

Developer

Thanks @SnoozeTime. The idea behind the weak ship on start was to give more relevance to upgrades found on treasures, but according to comments, the ship is too weak haha.

Submitted(+1)

Very cool game. It has a lot of polish. A little to hard to find the treasures in time, you could consider adding more than seven treasures but player is required to find only seven. Really great experience.

Developer

Thanks @ludrol. Really it's hard to find treasure. I tried to make treasures and search area bigger to solve this problem, but didn't make it much easier.

Submitted(+1)

I loved the art, and it has nice relaxing background music. The treasures were a bit hard to find, not sure what the best strategy would be.

Developer

Thanks @Nisovin. Yeah, the treasure is hard on first gameplay, but when you try again you can find all 7 treasures on time.

Submitted(+2)

Great effort here! I love your art style a  lot and I think you had a really great idea for a game. Two pieces of feedback for you: 

1. It was a little difficult to find the treasures as the radar ping wasn't quite sensitive enough. 

2. The "search" action was a bit too long and the music for it was a bit too loud. 

Overall though: fantastic effort on your first game, you should be super proud of the work you put in! I hope you found the experience really fun and you learn a lot for the next one :D

Developer

Thanks for the gently words, @RomeRomey.  Yeah, the idea behind search too long was the treasure upgrade that make it faster.