Reach the Ocean

          

Reach the Ocean is a tricky arcade game made exclusively for the Playdate game system and made with Panic’s web-based editor Pulp.

Reach the Ocean is #9 in Nick's top 10 games of 2022 from the Hello Playdate Podcast! Woo-hoo and thank you.  Listen to Episode 22 - Top 10 Games of 2022.

Marshell's mission is to reach the ocean but there are a few sea animals that don't want to see that happen. For example, the seagulls flying overhead, ghost crabs, and sand spiders that will stop at nothing to take you down. Not to mention whirlpools and deep sand that will slow down Marshell.  Find the best path around the crabs through 15+ levels, talk to the other sea turtles along the way and don't forget to collect as many shells and scrolls as you can to get to the end. There's something fishy going in the parking lot. Maybe Marshell should see what's going on.

Low on health? Interact  with the fast moving starfish  but be careful, not all starfishes will give you health.

 D-Pad = To move Marshell up and down and all around.

There are three collectibles in the game.

 Seashells: These will give you one (shell) point.

Conch shells : These will give you four (shell) points.

 Scroll: In version 2, collecting the 5 scrolls will allow Marshell to meet the mysterious Oraclepus.

 Ghost crab: This little guy will team up with his buddies to come after you.

 Seagull: Enemy, sometimes frenemy. Seagulls fly horizontally in the game but if a crab is in its path, its bye bye crab. It works the same way with the turtle. 

 Whirlpools: Stay away from them as they will cause some major pain to the turtle.

Sand Spiders: They're just as bad as the ghost crabs.

 Sand crabs: They hide in the sand and attack you if you walk over them.

There are dedicated safe zones where no enemies can hurt you. This is to give you some time to plan your next move. Here are two of them:

 Water

Tall grass

Nov. 4: Reach the Ocean now has a game intro and instruction manual and strategy guide!

I do have a few ideas planned but more on that at a later date. If people are interested, I can start posting devlogs.

Check out my interview with GantProdux of Tiny Yellow Machine: A Playdate show  right here.

Also listen to Hello Playdate Podcast episode 13 'Reach the Rockets', where Don, Nick and Ryan talk about Reach the Ocean.

Comments, questions, bugs etc. are appreciated.

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