Discover the Ocean (VHS)
A downloadable game for Windows and Linux
The ocean: A world of mystery and secrets. But what lies beneath the surface?
Discover the Ocean - brought to you by the Ocean Exploration Program
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Controls:
WASD - to move
IJKL / Arrow Keys - to look
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Made in a few hours for the DreadXP Dredge the Depths Jam . All assets where either created during the jam or are CC0-Licensed, gathered from various sources with the following exceptions:
Font "Junglefever" (https://www.nicksfonts.com/)
Font "Perfect DOS" (https://portfolio.zehfernando.com/)
Font VCR OSD Mono (https://www.dafont.com/de/mrmanet.d5509)
3D Model "VHS" (https://sketchfab.com/Terizmeh)
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Short but really good idea and I enjoyed the concept a lot!
There's more to this game than just the file you download from itch. I'm not sure if I completed all of it, but I certainly experienced more than most of the commenters here. Fun little game, and ended up being educational too!
thanks for this video, helped me a lot.
Oh, yes! That's great!
youre tellin me yourew scared iof a guy who got his conk slonked silly styole??!?
Is there a way to full screen it? It opens in windowed mode cutting half of the game screen
having the same problem, do u remember if you got it working?
upon seeing the status idle and depth screen I had flashbacks to gemini home entertainment's advanced mining vehicle
10/10
I didn't notice the red flashing light at the start also the part with the red text and distorted person sounds like some sort of code is being said because it felt like the game had more to it and I just wasn't able to figure it out also your game is the first one I really enjoyed it though :)
Cool SCP:CB ambient)
I....FEEL....UNEASY AFTER PLAYING THIS....THNX
I'm stuck on the main screen and it shows GODOT Game engine, i'm listening music from the game.
I can't fullscreen it?
Another awesome game! Loved it!
Not sure what just happened, but it was interesting. Played it at 01:35 if you want to skip to it!
THE ocean holds many secrets...
Wow, I never expected to learn so much about the ocean! :)))
The ocean is scary and this game proves it! Love that the developer put in actual ocean facts to enhance the immersion and spook factor ^^ Would definitely play a longer game with the same concept. Here's my playthrough (it's the third game; 10:27)
Definitely creepy! Still trying to figure out what the ending meant, but I really loved the vibe and feel of the game!
Analog horror is my favorite now
I found the ocean!
I smile everytime Warkus drops a project :)
Full Play No Commentary
I loved this.
A playable analog horror tape is a really cool idea! I could easily see this being a popular way to have a series of them play out. I especially liked how the depth and interactivity really started... At the end :)
Fairly interesting way of starting an ARG. Not gonna lie. Keep it up.
Here's my channel for other games I have played. https://www.youtube.com/c/Levont
Awesome game. It have some secrets after the ending. =)
// Spoilers
At the end of the game, you're shown the code cX6Th2Sg with a voice reading out "pastebin" in the nato phonetic alphabet.
Going to https://pastebin.com/cX6Th2Sg gets you the code uggcf://mrebova.arg/?466nor96ro695q6p#xF79GbXHrGR+uX/IPgomN6xIXL97BUtswAbE90386i8= .
That can be decrypted via a caesar cipher with value 13.
This leads you to https://zerobin.net/?466abe96eb695d6c#kS79ToKUeTE+hK/VCtbzA6kVKY97OHgfjNoR90386v8= which asks for a password to decrypt the text.
This is where I'm currently stuck. I've tried various strings from the game description, text in the game, things related to the jam name or themes of the game, but no luck so far.
I also extracted the game files and tried to spectogram all the sound files, but didn't find anything interesting. I also found this image in a folder called "masterplan" so I figured it would have the password, but things like "dream" or "Deep see terrors" don't work.
Edit: Figured out the password is PREY. The decrypted text has a bunch of stuff going on. Trying to figure it out now.
Edit2: The morse code at the bottom leads to 2 articles. The first is https://web.archive.org/web/20201108154101/HTTP://NEWENGLANDFOLKLORE.BLOGSPOT.CO...
Interestingly, the article linked mentions "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" which is similar to Warkus' past game "Shadow over Normoth"
And the second is https://www.newsroom.co.nz/lockerroom/ocean-swim-champ-terrified-by-what-lurks-b...
This one seems to be less tabloid-y and more just about a swimmer's fear of the ocean.
Edit3: The ascii at the top leads to https://neal.fun/deep-sea/
And googling the phrases at the top leads to https://strangesounds.org/2013/02/mystery-strange-sounds-from-the-deep-oceans-bl..
I don't see any other loose threads to follow, but there might be more if anyone else wants to take a look. Pretty fun mini arg.
LIE and PREY are two words in the game.
Adding to this, the portion at the bottom that says:
Eyy, it's Adrionic! I loved your playthrough of my game Rite of Ammon a while back. Glad you're playing games in this jam as well, should have my entry done in the next few days. Nice finds with the video links. The last video there looks like where Warkus got the list of sounds from for that zerobin paste.
Small world! Sorry, I'm really bad at remembering names LOL. I loved your game!
I've been trying to spot things as I'm editing the video for this game, but it seems this might be the extent (I'm probably very wrong about that). A very cool experience nonetheless!
I look forward to seeing your entry for the jam!
in the left leg was write "twitter" vertical
Wow, thanks so much for sharing what you found! I literally stopped after I translated the NATO into "pastebin" because it sounded so stupid and I felt I must have gotten it wrong. It never occurred to me that it was a website.