Octopuses don't live long after laying their eggs, so it's your duty to make sure they are returned safely and quick! But the deep ocean is very dark and dangerous to traverse, how many eggs can you pick up?

1st place winner for TriJam #278, the theme was "The Great Unknown".  Made in just under 3 hours (not counting bug fixes uploaded after the jam).

Controls

Up arrow,  Space Bar,  W or J - Leap upwards

Down arrow or S - Dive (can be held)

Left and Right arrows, A and D - Move sideways

Enter - Menus

Post Jam Fixes

  • Added a "Focus screen".
  • Shadow system works normaly after resetting The game's shadow system doesn't work after returning to the main menu.
  • Revamped End Screen Scoring at the end of the game bugs out when the number of eggs is two digits.
  • Music correctly stops when dying Music doesn't stop when dying .
  • Doubled the resolution.
  • Improved camera movement.
  • Fixed sprites not being drawn pixel-perfectly.

Credits

Music: Underwater Level Theme - wyver9 (https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/697332)

Sound effects made with:  https://sfxr.me/

Everything else by me.

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We tried this game, the think we liked most is tying up health with time