Out of Depth

This game was made in its entirety in 96 hours for the GMTK 2024 Game Jam to the theme "Built to Scale". All art, music, voice lines, and code were made during the jam and are entirely original.

CONTROLS

An arrow pointing to the ship is in the Sonar.

• WASD - Movement
• Mouse - Aiming
• Left Click or Q - Scan
• Right Click or E - Stun Grenade
• ESC - Pause

Dive down and scan sea creatures for credits when you return to the ship. Spend those credits on upgrades to get deeper and scan bigger and more aggressive fish. Don't run out of oxygen and don't get hit too much or else you won't make it back in one piece.

FEATURES

• Beautiful hand drawn graphics
• Replayable exploration-focused gameplay
• 19 discoverable marine creatures
• Charming characters to guide you
  
• A dynamic soundtrack that changes depending on the situation
• Over 15 minutes of original music
• Voice acting
• 200+ art assets drawn (all during the duration of the jam)

If you're experiencing lag consider downloading the game!

Join Captain Solomon Sewell, PhD; and his granddaughter Katherine, Resident Mechanic, in exploring the deep! Explore a vast and deep open ocean, record critters, and evade colossal terrors of deep-sea gigantism the further you go.

The deep ocean is a unique environment that allows for marine life to grow to sizes far greater than one might see closer to the surface. You've joined an expedition team researching this phenomenon of deep sea gigantism. Dive down in your scrappy submarine and discover the beauty and horror of the sea, earn respect and compensation for your research, fix up your submarine, and do it all again. What secrets lie at the ocean floor? Only a dive through the depths will reveal them to you, brave explorer.

CREDITS

Daniel Graves - Game Director, Programming, Creature Behavior, UI Animation

Jason Li - Team Coordination, Game Design, Quality Assurance, Voice of Solomon

Jonathan Xu - Programming

Emiliano Aguayo - Art Direction, Environments, and Sprites

Coco Wang - UI/UX art and design, Promotional Art, Character Design, and Animation

Benjamin Wang - Music and SFX

Desolo Zantas - Additional Music

Eros Wyers - Voice of Katherine

Additional Credits:

Special thanks to the folks that helped playtest and provided additional support and feedback over the course of the Jam:

• @dandelionofluff
• @trufous
• @hummuuss
• @birb5584

Known Bugs, Errors, and Missing Features:

• Lion's Mane and Nautilus description is missing in the Catalogue and Expedition Summary screen
• Due to time constraints some creatures are not included (these are indicated with a cross in the Catalogue)
• Scanner will continue to scan despite game being paused
• Oxygen may continue to decrease after docking (if you're very low, just exit immediately)
• IMPORTANT: Bobbit Worm (giant boss) can be scanned but will break all other scans during the current dive