The Depths Below
A downloadable game for Windows
You have been tasked with exploring an abandoned mineshaft that is known for it's supernatural phenomenon's... As you make your way through the mineshaft, you discover that you are not alone. You continue to explore the mineshaft and in the hope of finding an escape!
Evade from the SUPERNATURAL monster who patrols the mineshaft. It hungers for you and your soul! Nothing can prepare you for what lurks in THE DEPTHS BELOW! Terrifying ps1 style stealth horror inspired by the Puppet Combo games.
This game was made in 8 weeks and is my first game to date. Feedback would be greatly appreciated!
Download
Install instructions
Download the file from my google drive and extract them in the file explorer. The game should show up and be playable. Enjoy!
[UPDATE] 15/07: Thanks for feedback from everyone! The game now has a few changes:
- Improved footstep audio that is not as abrupt
- Monster audio is quieter
- Pause menu added (with controls guide too)
- Mouse no longer disappears after death/completion of game
- Instructions now more clear to player
- Map added
Please let me know of any other issues and please feel free to give feedback!
Enjoy!
Comments
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For your first game, it's pretty good and the environment and sound design are great. Just some general feedback and bugs I found:
- The AI gets stuck a lot so disabling some collisions for him could help.
- The sounds in the game are great but it does feel a bit janky, like the footsteps have a small delay before you hear the sound, and if you stop moving the audio cuts off.
- I think the monster audio should fade in and get louder as you get closer so it shows how near he is, also the audio is generally just super loud.
- When I died and returned to the menu my mouse was gone and I had to leave the game.
- A pause menu would be nice
-The instructions at the start were messy and disappeared before I could read it all, so I didn't know what I was doing for the first 10 minutes.
- The aspect ratio is a bit weird but that could just be me tbh.
-Every room and tunnel feels the same and it's easy to get lost. Perhaps adding some easy-to-memorise sort of scenery or even a map UI would be helpful.
That's all I could get from playing 15 mins of your game but it's a great start for your bright game dev journey. Also if I were you I would port this to mobile, it feels like it could work for this particular gameplay. Also maybe add a splash screen, it would be nice for you to credit yourself as a game dev.
I hope to see more from you!
Thanks for the feedback! If you now download and play the newest patch, the game should be a lot better and has considered most of the points you brought up.
I am aware of the dodgy aspect ratio so I'm trying to fix that asap
Thanks again for the feedback and for playing!