Love this game! The black and white graphics, the movement of the boat, the story and text elements, the mood, the rain.... are all very well executed. I want to play this more fully at night. I am not using a controller, just arrow keys and it plays well for me. Well done. ;)
Author Comments
Join Jaye on a dark journey through stormy oceans and monsters of the deep. Uncover a story about displacement, guilt, and survival.
Placed 8th overall out of over 200 entries in the 2021 B&W Game Jam.
For the best experience, play in full-screen mode (toggle with "F") and use a controller.
Updates:
- May 26th: Version 1.0 is released!
Controls
Movement - WASD / Controller L-Stick
Turn without Moving - Q, E / L & R Triggers
Row Faster - L-Shift / XBox: A / PlayStation: X
Read Notes - i / XBox: Y / Playstation: ▲
Special Abilities - Space / XBox: X / Playstation: ◻
Credits
Andrew Han: Programmer, Writer, Level Designer
Joshua Lee: Composer, Sound Designer
Kai 1DR: Artist, Game Designer, Writer, Level Designer
Megha: Editor
Natalie Davidovic: UI Artist
AndarooGames responds:
Glad you enjoyed it!
I like the art style of the game. Along with the music it creates this dark and mysterious atmosphere really well. I like the effect with the lighting. It was cool to slowly discover what was going on. I don't like the keyboard controls. Instead of WASD rotating you to 4 different directions I expect A and D to rotate me left and right, and for W to move me forward.
AndarooGames responds:
Thanks for the feedback. We actually felt the same way when we were developing the game. Rotating left and right with A and D felt intuitive when you were heading north but unfortunately the controls got a bit confusing when you were travelling south because they become inverted. In the end we settled on the current control scheme which is a hybrid of both. You can use Q and E to rotate left and right and WASD to move in the direction you chose. I agree it could still use some work though--I might add an option to allow players to choose which control scheme to use in the next update.
i wish we can turn lefr and right at 360°
not 180 :(
fix: i wish we can turn lefr and right while moving at 360°
AndarooGames responds:
You can press Q and E to turn without moving!
White Night type vibe