Light In The Deep

"In the deep, under the ocean, not everyone is your friend…"

A tale, of a little, golden fish, who ventured to the depth, aided by a magical light!
Will he survive? What kind of dangers lie where no sunlight can reach?
Are you brave enough?

Use mouse to control the light!

Created by: Oliminor, MatchaMaze

Voting results

Overall
7th
38%
6.250
Graphics
4th
19%
7.000
Audio
3rd
13%
7.000
Gameplay
4th
19%
5.750
Originality
12th
69%
5.083
Theme
2nd
6%
7.500

This game entered in the Team competition (16 entries).

Comments (9)

Cuddl3s
 • 4 years ago • 

Really like the fish and the chill atmosphere. Music is cool as well.
Would have wished for animated vines on the obstacles and
a bit more challenge.
I don't know if it gets more challenging in the end, but after playing for a couple of minutes I felt myself getting a little bit bored.

Great job nevertheless! :)

MatchaMaze
  • 4 years ago • edited • 

Thank you @Cuddl3s!
Yes, it does get more challenging!
We know it needs better balancing… Might happen in the future!

TomBuston
 • 4 years ago • 

The graphics are nice, and trying to avoid flock of fish is original in this type of game. Felt like it was a bit too slow and easy tho. I'm not sure but I think at some point there was some adaptative music if so, nice touch! (and if not, the music is nice nevertheless).

MatchaMaze
  • 4 years ago • edited • 

Thank you @TomBuston!
The music is indicating some changes, but it does need more balancing!

dorkulon
 • 4 years ago • 

Neat little game! The pacing and introduction of mechanics could have been faster. The music was ambitious, though a more atmospheric and mellow soundtrack could have been beneficial.

MatchaMaze
  • 4 years ago • 

@dorkulon Thank You! There's a reason for the ominous nature of the music. It's trying to make your experience less relaxing.
The first thing we will fix, after the jam, is the pacing!

ratrogue
 • 4 years ago • 

For the first 300m I was a bit bored, but then it got more intense, which was cool. And after 600m I quickly died.
Nice entry overall, the music is great. But it's not good that you don't see your score when you die, otherwise I might have added a highscore.

MatchaMaze
  • 4 years ago • 

@ratrogue Thank you!
Glad you liked the music!
Pacing will be the first thing we will fix after the jam!
The highscore is a good point, thank you for mentioning! Completely missed that!

Mr. Chocolate Salmon
(@mr_chocolatesalmon) • 4 years ago • 

Not a bad entry. The graphics were great, and I loved the animation on the main fish. So more animations and sounds would have gone a long way in creating the atmosphere, and I did notice the green fishes (while their collisions with the player character was great) were spawning in the middle of nowhere as I went down. I'd keep their spawner out of view so it appears more natural. The gameplay was fine, but needed more challenge earlier on (or something different to avoid). Also it would have been nice if the light matched the art style a little more, but that's just a nitpick :)

Good job!

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