LudumDare 57

Made for Ludum Dare 57

Deep dive into the abyss in your tiny submarine, using your sonar to detect objects. Collect money and buy upgrades. The idea worked better in my head…lol.

Save the President. Save the world.

Controls:

• WASD/ARROW to move
• SPACE to use sonar for echo pinging
• Left/Right mouse click to shoot

HUD is unfinished but

• RED: Health.
• YELLOW: Psyche. Constant drain but can be refilled by collecting coins.
• WHITE: Noise from the motor.
• TEAL: Sonar cooldown.
• GREEN: Torpedo cooldown.

There is an ending: reach 30,000 depth. I was aiming for 50,000 but I don’t have enough content for it to be fun.

Opting out of Art and Music. I’m a solo-dev using premade assets and some generative stuff. However I did do the submarine by drawing on top of a fish and added a rectangle for the cap. I hope to work with an artist next time.

Hints

1. Look for 50% healing in the shop. It’s cheap and a life saver. (When you buy it, seems like nothing happens, but don’t worry, you’ll get your healing once the game un-pauses)
2. The Merman increases Tariffs each time you hit him.
3. Max HP, Speed, and Damage are the better upgrades. (I don’t have enough content for different playstyles in this iteration)

Asset Credits:

Please feel free to reach out to me if you require credit. Thank you!