Homebound Mariana
A downloadable game for Windows
The lemon shark tailed mermaid warrior Kaisa is out on her daily patrol when she notices that the sea is somehow... upset. The balance of nature has been disturbed, and monsters of the deep have been let loose into the salty waters.
On top of that, a nearby research submarine is broadcasting an emergency signal. Kaisa sets out to investigate, and hopefully find answers and solutions. Restoring the balance of the ocean is up to her!
--- be warned, the game may perform poorly on lower end machines! We are new to 3D and this is pretty unoptimized. Feel free to make liberal use of the cheats described below if encountering issues! ---
| Controls: | Pause menu controls: |
| WASD - movement
Mouse - look around Right click - shoot Mouse scroll - zoom in/out Enter - Pause | Enter - resume
Escape - exit game Delete - kill all currently loaded enemies (except final boss) Shift - restore health to full 1 through 6 - load checkpoint |
GyD Geza: programming, game design, 3D modeling, writing
Bronwynn GyD-Parise: texture painting, 2D art, 3D modeling, voice acting, sound design
Music:
- On The Seas (Shady Dave)
- Sea Warriors (szegvari)
- pirate at the sea orgen (klavo)
- Hamborger Veermaster (rico100)
- A Story of the Sea (code_box)
- Pirate Music (Migfus20)
- crazy accordions loop (LagMusics)
Sound effects: freesound.org
Game engine: GameMaker Studio 2
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Install instructions
Download and unzip, then run the executable!
Comments
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"Buff mermaids, eldritch horrors, and gay marine biologists" this is literally everything I could ever want in a game omg...
It was so lovely!!!! I love the art style for the characters, and their designs are super pretty!! I really like the brightness and colors, and how the dark areas felt spooky but I could still see well enough to know where to go. The boss fight was really atmospheric and the creepy sound affects/music that accompanied it were great. The voice acting was also a nice addition!
I really liked Kaisa and Researcher's characters and dynamic, are there plans or thoughts of possibly continuing their story in some way? (a short comic for example)? Not meant to pressure at all, as that takes a lot of time and effort! Just curious <3
Hey, thank you so much for giving the game a try and leaving such a nice, thoughtful comment! We have just started our journey into 3D with our last two games, this one included, so it's extra gratifying to hear people enjoy it as much as we are proud of it, haha.
The characters were fun to write for me, and I am sure it was fun for my wife to bring to life with the art and voices too! She says that funny you should mention, she does have some mini-comic ideas. If ever something comes of it, I could let you know if you like, haha
I see!!! Good luck on future games and I hope you two end up just as, if not even more, proud of them :)
That would be great, thank you!! Looking forward to reading them if anything ends up being created!