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Restore a polluted ocean floor by cleaning trash, nurturing coral, and bring light and life back to the environment.

Submitted by NemoGondor — 5 days, 2 hours before the deadline

Rated by 9 people so far

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how the game fits the uplifting theme?
You're saving the corral reef from trash as a happy Octopus

how the game fits the ocean theme?
You're saving the corral reef from trash as a happy Octopus

please If you used any per-made assets or AI generated content credit them
I used pre-made, they are credited in the discription

Can you vote for other entries during the voting period? How many?
Yes probably all

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besedaSubmitted55 minutes ago

Well made - good work!

One minor thing - at the beginning the hole in the ground and the "trash can" are next to each other. At first I confused the two. Maybe if it was only the "trash can" without holes around it, that would be more clear.

There were nice touches - that corals glow in the dark, that "trash cans" get filled up and blocked by a starfish.

Thank you for the game. Good luck!

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The Last Mine (Uplifting)

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cinnamon.crossingSubmitted7 hours ago (1 edit) (+1)

Loved how this game treated challenges by adding starfish over existing recycling holes to make it harder. I enjoyed that there were some items that you had to use multiple arm shadows, and that the boat's shadow went over the game and dropped trash. The music did get glitchy/laggy for me when I moved or went full screen. Great animation. This game was incredibly uplifting, especially seeing the reef return to health!

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Going Up

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aksommervilleJam Judge15 hours ago(+1)

It could use some faster refilling of the trash. After day 4 or so, I felt like I was spending more time waiting for the next dump than cleaning them up. (and, perversely, that kind of makes the player want trash instead of wanting to be rid of it!)

But the only thing I’d really call out as a miss is gamepad support: You’re reading gamepads but only the axes. That means it’s not playable as-is, and also if the player uses an OS-level cudgel to fake keyboard events with their gamepad (probly just me…), it’s still not usable because the axes are then in contention. Really ought to go all or nothing on gamepad support. :(

Nice one overall tho! I like the pleasant octo-vibes.

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NemoGondorDeveloper2 hours ago

I didn't add gamepad support at all, I'm surprised it would work.
It's my first ever game; every aspect was new for me, hence the gamepad was not a high priority for me to integrate, but it's a good item to add next time for me to learn. Thanks for playing

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L3V14THANSubmitted1 day ago(+1)

Remarkably pleasant little cozy game.

I really enjoyed seeing the coral grow when throwing trash away, and I think adding additional lighting and fish was a really good way to reward the player's progress. The music also fit nicely with the visual assets & theme both, so good choice there.

I think I would've liked some sort of countdown / clock displaying how much time was left remaining in the current day/night, and also a counter showing how much trash was currently available to be picked up (there were a few times I was pretty sure there was no trash, but I felt like I had to keep looking around just in case.) Very fun overall though!

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Voyage Home

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NemoGondorDeveloper2 hours ago

hi! Thanks for playing!

There is a trashcan (bottom right ;) ), but no time remaining; maybe I can make a clock instead of the calander that has 40sec of day and 20 sec of night time, good idea thanks!

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Nyxline InteractiveSubmitted1 day ago(+1)

its really good!

the only thing i need to say about this game is that sometimes (especially later in the week) i would have cleaned up the whole thing and i'm just waiting for nighttime but other then that this is a great game!

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ocean cleanup

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rawmeal1026Submitted1 day ago(+1)

The way how corals appear whenever you place trash in the recycle hole is really creative. The controls are really responsive, and the inventory system in tentacles are groundbreaking levels of innovation. I love it.

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Van Gold's Birthday Party

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rumisss13Submitted5 days ago(+1)

funny and smart game.

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FENER

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Morpheus CodeSubmitted5 days ago(+1)

Great fun little game I love the way the coral and stuff grows as you clean. Well done, good music.

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M.A.R.T.I. & Bloop in "Song of the deep"