This is VERY much Shadow of The Colossus-pilled and I love it. The boss designs are cool, the heavy waves are cool, god the 3rd boss is downright beautiful. Game somehow also maxed out my 4080 which is a bit interesting since the game doesn't seem too graphically intensive. I do have a few gripes tho:
1. The boat is a bit annoying to drive, I understand that's the point, but it can be frustrating sometimes. I understand heavy seas are hard on boats, but it seems like the gravity on the boat is lowered and that causes it to very often "fly" off waves and then slam into the next one causing the screen to shake, which is very offputting and annoying. The "cruise control" of the boat is also annoying, the second you get on the controls, the boat stops until you hold W again, and I can't count how many times I went to run out to attack the boss only to realize I didn't hold W for a millisecond longer than I pressed E to get off the controls so I'm just not moving, or being pulled along by boss 4 (will get more into that). The left cabin door being closed is diabolical design, and made me almost always make sure the boss was always on my right side. It also takes a long time for you to pull out the harpoon once you get off the controls, making some of the split-second hits very annoying.
2. The first boss is okay, the design isn't too crazy, it's just a big fish, but having to dodge lightning, along with it being charged up, and then getting an EMP attack was very cool. It honing in sometimes felt a bit unfair and like you can't truly dodge it and its tiny head with the way it dives can make it very hard to hit the weak spots, but still a decent first boss in a game with an interesting learning curve.
3. The second boss was very good, you'd think the thinner arms are a bit harder to hit but you make them hone in on you so you can hit them to avoid hitting you. The attack that sends you into the air was awesome. Biggest gripe was that driving around it causes you to get "behind" it which can cause an odd feeling lull moment in the fight as the boat is relatively slow with the entire scale of everything.
4. The 3rd boss was visually stunning while being mechanically basic. At a certain point it was just flying in circles high in the sky for like 8 minutes as I tried my best to snipe it out of the air, and I somehow managed to do it. Much harder to get hits on compared to the first boss, somehow.
5. And then there's the 4th boss.. which is definitely the most disappointing. I do like the "figure out how to start the fight" concept but it really did take me much too long to figure it out, especially considering how fast the thing is swimming around. It's extremely unfair that it can still shoot you with its cannons through its own body, yet the hitbox for you trying to hit it with harpoons is much too large in some spots. I couldn't tell you how many times I was being dragged along by the thing under its arm, while I am constantly repairing because the thing keeps shooting me through its body. I managed to get its health all the way to "nothing" (there was literally no red on the bar) and every time I would stun 2 cannons, it would immediately turn away from me, dive, and by the time it popped back up, the cannons were already done being stunned. I only managed to get the final hit on it because I just happened to be in front of it as it turned to dive and its mouth was open. EASILY spent the most time on this boss, and majority of it was frustration rather than awe like the others.
The sense of scale is incredible, I just wish I wasn't attacking with the slowest weapon possible; a throwing harpoon. I have been itching for some "killing gigantic monsters" type games after SoTC and this definitely scratched that itch. Hope you get back to it soon!
More than likely not because this was just a demo I beleive, but the developer was posting stuff on twitter, but they haven't posted anything since July of last year. So safe to say this game probably won't be finished
tsk tsk tsk, you making a bad example of yourselves, I only meant that elon made twitters accessibility worse for those who don't have twitter, I said nothing of his policies, get yourself together
Also the developer has posted anything since June 18'th of 2023. So more than likely the game is never going to be finished. Just hope the developer is ok
Played this game a few years ago, awesome graphics and gameplay and honestly a bit scary at times. I've always loved Lovecraftian games so this is a 5-star for me. Only thing I could complain about is how long its been only a prototype, but I know its gonna be a banger when it comes out on Steam or Itch.
What are you talking about? When you die you respawn at the start of the level and sail to the boss and start the fight again. I agree that a respawn near boss would be better, but we can only hope for the release version to fix it.
Just finished playing. Overall a very good experience, although there are some rough parts.
First boss is near perfect, although can be a bit harder.
Second boss just broke for me and only attacked while I was under stone ark. For my friend the boss worked, but he ended up staying between rocks and shooting him, also he complained about lack of attack indicators, for example he suggested adding specific sound to tentacles.
Third boss is visually brilliant although attacking it is hard which makes fight way too long, you can shoot 20 harpoons and hit just one, also first phase can be a bit confusing.
Fourth boss was very disappointing for me. While this fight can be very epic, bad technical execution led to frustration, I've spent about 15 minutes trying to figure out how to start the fight, then got stuck in the boss, and later with his speed it was pure frustration trying to cut in front of him while getting cannons down. My suggestion - make him slower and somehow fix boat getting stuck in him and overall being uncontrollable near him due to waves and his size.
For future suggestions:
More mechanics like ship shutdown(e. g. permanent health damage that can be reverted to healable if you stunt yourself but you have to get it in the right moment otherwise you will be damaged even more),
More fight mechanics, probably something more than harpoon, because this game really holds potential for many mechanics that you should balance during battle.
Double bosses. Honestly I hoped fourth boss would be like two first but with more attacks for example. As proof of concept I suggest checking out Ultrakill level 0-5 playthrough to see how the concept can work well. (Also check out 7-4 level playthrough to see what I use as reference when thinking about improving fourth boss)
Hope you would think about implementing at least some of those, and thank you for making this game.
Had same bug happen to me, the player still follows the boat because it is attached to it as a child object, basically what it means is that player has it's own coordinates and boat is zero in them, so player copies movements of boat and can add it's own movements (basically boat speed is x and it is constant for player, and player speed is y, and they add up). Hope this clears it up.
I didn't meet the first boss after a long time, like maybe 10 minutes and I needed to watch the video provided in the description and I went to the wrong direction? I went forward cause I didn't know where to go, but I should have gone to the right like in the video. So yeah.
btw beautiful game, I enjoyed it, still I haven't beat the first boss, maybe I never will
thertres a whole ton of random stuff on my screen like dots or sqaures and they a black WTH is happening
It kinda look like a glitch effect i'll add an image if you'd like i'm on mac so its a mac problem maybe oh nvm it seems that the screenshot is too big
to get him mad, do it again for stage two to occur, watch out he does try to eat and chase you for a minute after breaking the arch over his head, for stage two use bo0mb harpoons to slowly inactivate his defense turrets, then its just down to how many times u can hit him with harpoons, it takes ages so don't give up!
Очень классная игра, физика воды очень понравилась, я плавал и кайфовал. Единственное что не понравилось, я не мог понять ка достать гарпун первые 2 минуты охоты на монстра(возможно я проглядел кусок обучения), если нет то было бы полезно добавить информацию о инвентаре в обучение )
Amazing game, so unique but familiar at the same time. It reminds me of Shadow of Colossus, if it took place over an ocean and the horse was a boat. I'd love to see this game get more attention and development. A lot of potential, and fun challenges to be had. Keep up the great work!!
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This is VERY much Shadow of The Colossus-pilled and I love it. The boss designs are cool, the heavy waves are cool, god the 3rd boss is downright beautiful. Game somehow also maxed out my 4080 which is a bit interesting since the game doesn't seem too graphically intensive. I do have a few gripes tho:
1. The boat is a bit annoying to drive, I understand that's the point, but it can be frustrating sometimes. I understand heavy seas are hard on boats, but it seems like the gravity on the boat is lowered and that causes it to very often "fly" off waves and then slam into the next one causing the screen to shake, which is very offputting and annoying. The "cruise control" of the boat is also annoying, the second you get on the controls, the boat stops until you hold W again, and I can't count how many times I went to run out to attack the boss only to realize I didn't hold W for a millisecond longer than I pressed E to get off the controls so I'm just not moving, or being pulled along by boss 4 (will get more into that). The left cabin door being closed is diabolical design, and made me almost always make sure the boss was always on my right side. It also takes a long time for you to pull out the harpoon once you get off the controls, making some of the split-second hits very annoying.
2. The first boss is okay, the design isn't too crazy, it's just a big fish, but having to dodge lightning, along with it being charged up, and then getting an EMP attack was very cool. It honing in sometimes felt a bit unfair and like you can't truly dodge it and its tiny head with the way it dives can make it very hard to hit the weak spots, but still a decent first boss in a game with an interesting learning curve.
3. The second boss was very good, you'd think the thinner arms are a bit harder to hit but you make them hone in on you so you can hit them to avoid hitting you. The attack that sends you into the air was awesome. Biggest gripe was that driving around it causes you to get "behind" it which can cause an odd feeling lull moment in the fight as the boat is relatively slow with the entire scale of everything.
4. The 3rd boss was visually stunning while being mechanically basic. At a certain point it was just flying in circles high in the sky for like 8 minutes as I tried my best to snipe it out of the air, and I somehow managed to do it. Much harder to get hits on compared to the first boss, somehow.
5. And then there's the 4th boss.. which is definitely the most disappointing. I do like the "figure out how to start the fight" concept but it really did take me much too long to figure it out, especially considering how fast the thing is swimming around. It's extremely unfair that it can still shoot you with its cannons through its own body, yet the hitbox for you trying to hit it with harpoons is much too large in some spots. I couldn't tell you how many times I was being dragged along by the thing under its arm, while I am constantly repairing because the thing keeps shooting me through its body. I managed to get its health all the way to "nothing" (there was literally no red on the bar) and every time I would stun 2 cannons, it would immediately turn away from me, dive, and by the time it popped back up, the cannons were already done being stunned. I only managed to get the final hit on it because I just happened to be in front of it as it turned to dive and its mouth was open. EASILY spent the most time on this boss, and majority of it was frustration rather than awe like the others.
The sense of scale is incredible, I just wish I wasn't attacking with the slowest weapon possible; a throwing harpoon. I have been itching for some "killing gigantic monsters" type games after SoTC and this definitely scratched that itch. Hope you get back to it soon!
what are the requirements?
I played this game with the song "Compass" by Mili and it was so good that I have no idea why the hell this isn't on STEAM yet!
https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=551021c10aa0683bf8fbbf8902e753bf2d3bf464782482ff1...
there is a steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1557140/What_Lives_Below/
but unfortunely the game is likely abandoned due to the dev not posting anything or giving any info about his status in general since june of 2023
HURRY UP AND HAVE THE WHOLE GAME NOT THE DEMO ANYMORE PLS
Is this game ever going to get an update?
More than likely not because this was just a demo I beleive, but the developer was posting stuff on twitter, but they haven't posted anything since July of last year. So safe to say this game probably won't be finished
It doesn't work for Apple. I am using an MacBook Air M3, not sure if I'm doing anything wrong or maybe it's not available for it yet.
try using the downloadable itch.io app to play
its not dead the dev is still working on it on Twitter
unfortunately his twitter is not available unless you have an account, because of some thing elon did
tsk tsk tsk, you making a bad example of yourselves, I only meant that elon made twitters accessibility worse for those who don't have twitter, I said nothing of his policies, get yourself together
Also the developer has posted anything since June 18'th of 2023. So more than likely the game is never going to be finished. Just hope the developer is ok
beautiful game, pretty fun too, forshame it is a dead game. it has my condolences
Played this game a few years ago, awesome graphics and gameplay and honestly a bit scary at times. I've always loved Lovecraftian games so this is a 5-star for me. Only thing I could complain about is how long its been only a prototype, but I know its gonna be a banger when it comes out on Steam or Itch.
the game is fantastic but i didnt complete it bc when i am dead it returned me to the 1st place in the game it will be more better if u did respawns
What are you talking about? When you die you respawn at the start of the level and sail to the boss and start the fight again. I agree that a respawn near boss would be better, but we can only hope for the release version to fix it.
Just finished playing. Overall a very good experience, although there are some rough parts.
First boss is near perfect, although can be a bit harder.
Second boss just broke for me and only attacked while I was under stone ark. For my friend the boss worked, but he ended up staying between rocks and shooting him, also he complained about lack of attack indicators, for example he suggested adding specific sound to tentacles.
Third boss is visually brilliant although attacking it is hard which makes fight way too long, you can shoot 20 harpoons and hit just one, also first phase can be a bit confusing.
Fourth boss was very disappointing for me. While this fight can be very epic, bad technical execution led to frustration, I've spent about 15 minutes trying to figure out how to start the fight, then got stuck in the boss, and later with his speed it was pure frustration trying to cut in front of him while getting cannons down. My suggestion - make him slower and somehow fix boat getting stuck in him and overall being uncontrollable near him due to waves and his size.
For future suggestions:
More mechanics like ship shutdown(e. g. permanent health damage that can be reverted to healable if you stunt yourself but you have to get it in the right moment otherwise you will be damaged even more),
More fight mechanics, probably something more than harpoon, because this game really holds potential for many mechanics that you should balance during battle.
Double bosses. Honestly I hoped fourth boss would be like two first but with more attacks for example. As proof of concept I suggest checking out Ultrakill level 0-5 playthrough to see how the concept can work well. (Also check out 7-4 level playthrough to see what I use as reference when thinking about improving fourth boss)
Hope you would think about implementing at least some of those, and thank you for making this game.
LIGHTNING?!?!? ARE YOU SERIOUS? man stressfull fun, kinda addicting. Keep it up.
I found a bug where if you time a harpoon throw precisely you can trick the game and get outside the ship, but for some reason you still follow it.
but other than that it's still a great game!
Had same bug happen to me, the player still follows the boat because it is attached to it as a child object, basically what it means is that player has it's own coordinates and boat is zero in them, so player copies movements of boat and can add it's own movements (basically boat speed is x and it is constant for player, and player speed is y, and they add up). Hope this clears it up.
Ohh I Get it!
this is one of the best Indie games I’ve seen so far. Amazing graphics, gameplay and overall enjoyment. Solid effort 👍🏻
in terms of graphics and open-world gameplay, this is better than GTA V
See, this kind of quality is exactly why I play indie games.
Fun game with amazing visuals!
I didn't meet the first boss after a long time, like maybe 10 minutes and I needed to watch the video provided in the description and I went to the wrong direction? I went forward cause I didn't know where to go, but I should have gone to the right like in the video. So yeah.
btw beautiful game, I enjoyed it, still I haven't beat the first boss, maybe I never will
art.
thertres a whole ton of random stuff on my screen like dots or sqaures and they a black WTH is happening
It kinda look like a glitch effect i'll add an image if you'd like i'm on mac so its a mac problem maybe oh nvm it seems that the screenshot is too big
if you have the quality too high it bugs out certain texts, lower it and it should be fixed
i did a live stream on this game, it was epic! got lost in a few bits but figured it out with a short tutorial, 10/10 id play mnore games by u!
How do I agrow the turtle? I can't seem to agrow them by shooting them.
you must hit the broken part of the arches
to get him mad, do it again for stage two to occur, watch out he does try to eat and chase you for a minute after breaking the arch over his head, for stage two use bo0mb harpoons to slowly inactivate his defense turrets, then its just down to how many times u can hit him with harpoons, it takes ages so don't give up!
this game would be the most perfect thing ever if it was multiplayer, not a suggestion, just saying.
Iam playing subnautica below zero right now and so just had to check it out had fun with this game great game
Wasn't sure what to make of this one at first, but holy shit it's a wild ride so far!
A game that can be summed up with "I don't get paid enough to deal with this." 10/10
gives me Subnautica vibes
the game was very well made and i might make a part 2 on it.
Superb game! Good luck with the steam release!
Очень классная игра, физика воды очень понравилась, я плавал и кайфовал. Единственное что не понравилось, я не мог понять ка достать гарпун первые 2 минуты охоты на монстра(возможно я проглядел кусок обучения), если нет то было бы полезно добавить информацию о инвентаре в обучение )
I found someone who seems to be reuploading your game for money...
https://louai-djafar.itch.io/what-lives-below-you
seems like it got taken down
Hell yeah! The account got taken down too!
this game is so fun but not long enough i would love to see the game get more boss the game also look really nice and feels like an AAA game :
Amazing game, so unique but familiar at the same time. It reminds me of Shadow of Colossus, if it took place over an ocean and the horse was a boat. I'd love to see this game get more attention and development. A lot of potential, and fun challenges to be had. Keep up the great work!!
Was super fun, had a glitch where i went into the turtles mouth and thought it was part of the boss fight lol
lmaoo
Just made a little script for those on Mac to fix the executable. Link: https://pastebin.com/XCZHn0Fz
Steps:
Hope that it works!
This game is amazing! I can't wait to see more content.
For any other Mac users who have the “Can’t run app” error. I found a fix. (It may not work on all Macs)
(Command) The Terminal command should be something like: “chmod 755 /Applications/What-Lives-Below-Demo-Mac.app/Contents/MacOS”
Tested on Mac OS Catalina
This has been said before, but just clarifying it
Does anyone know what the random glaciers are for? They don’t seem to have collision with spears.
How to kill the bird?
In first phase use explosive spears to break the pillars by him when he lands, second phase lob those spears and good luck
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I really like this game