Embark on a journey of a lifetime aboard The Little Wanderer.

The Little Wanderer is a short game about deep sea exploration and emotional anguish. The objective is to avoid obstacles, eldritch creatures, while checking your resources and looking for salvage among the wreckages.

Trailer

Trailer


Light is scarce in the depths, but luckily your vessel is equipped with a sonar, which can help you navigate. However, the sonar uses precious energy. If your battery runs out, you have no choice but to blindly coast deeper and deeper, and use the proximity alarm and visual cues to avoid danger.

 

Controls:

W - ascend

A - steer left

D - steer right

Space - sonar ping

 

You can turn on the touchscreen controls too for mobile devices.


 

Headphones are recommended to get into the atmosphere, and for full immersion, adjust your brightness lower.

In case you are having hearing problems, or you are in a noisy environment, you can turn on extra visual cues.

The Littlest Wanderer was made using premade assets. We would like to thank every artist who made its creation possible.

Name Type Artist Source
Deep pressure SFX Pixabay https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/019764-pressure-deepwav-53860/
Angler Character Stephen "Redshrike" Challener (Sprites) 5hiroi (concepts) Heather Lee Harvey (concept) (EmeraldActivities.com) https://opengameart.org/content/3-rpg-enemy-remixes
Bathysphere Character Wolfgang Eckert https://pixabay.com/illustrations/submarine-diving-ball-6318718/
Bones cracking SFX VoiceBosch https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/cracking-bones-173109/
Breathing SFX VoiceBosch https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/heart-and-breath-suspense-196083/
Bubble Asset AlejandroHaibi https://opengameart.org/content/bubble-0
Chopin Nocturne in E-flat major Op 9 No 2 Music Abydos_music https://pixabay.com/music/classical-piano-chopin-nocturne-in-e-flat-major-op-9-n...
Alarm bell SFX Pixabay https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/clock-ticking-alarm-bell-68619/
Electric buzz SFX Pixabay https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/electricity-sound-6066/
Gauge UI Jull https://opengameart.org/content/lifebar-with-gold-ornaments
GlassSmash SFX Pixabay https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/glass-smash-6266/
GUI button UI Nikke https://opengameart.org/content/gui-button
Implosion SFX Pixabay https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/implosion-far-91015/
Jellyfish Character flutie8211 https://pixabay.com/illustrations/jellyfish-animal-wildlife-ocean-7371485/
Light rain on metal roof SFX SoundsForYou https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/light-rain-on-metal-roof-114527/
Lightning Icon UI pix3lcat https://opengameart.org/content/lightning-bolt-iconsbuttons-collection
Map Graphics Ikarnate https://inkarnate.com/
Metal_bang_echo SFX Pixabay https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/metal-bang-echo-72380/
Monstrous fish Character gilaphoenixignis https://opengameart.org/content/monstruous-fish
Pencil Drawing Asset liberty99 https://pixabay.com/illustrations/pencil-drawing-girl-draw-people-2382203/
Rock Asset FunwithPixels https://opengameart.org/content/rock-pile
Sonar ping SFX Pixabay https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/sonarping-38269/
Steampunk - Science-Fiction Sounds SFX JuliusH https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/steampunk-science-fiction-sounds-8242/
StatusReleased
PlatformsHTML5, Windows, macOS, Linux, Android
Rating
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
AuthorGabooZ
GenrePlatformer, Simulation, Survival
Made withGodot
TagsAtmospheric, Creepy, Dark, Difficult, Godot, Horror, Lovecraftian Horror, Steampunk
Average sessionA few seconds
LanguagesEnglish
InputsKeyboard, Touchscreen
AccessibilitySubtitles

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(+1)

nice art, cool atmosphere, interesting story. Unfortunately I find the controls too unresponsive (When starting to steer too late, nothing you can do except crashing, and without constant sonar pinging it's very likely you start too late and take damage) and found myself having to almost constantly ping the sonar because the proximity sensor does not really help with navigation. Could you maybe add something like an emergency boost that costs energy or O2 to use but gets you away from a wall or the floor quickly? The way it is I found it more frustrating than fun...

(+1)

Hey there! Thanks a lot for giving it a shot.


In my defence, this was the first ever game I made and my first ever game jam entry.


I will not add new features to this specific game, but I started to rebuild it from scratch, because I still love the idea. And yes, one if my goals is to make it more accessible, and less frustrating.


You can take a look at the first 5 minutes of the game that I am building now, and will add features to.

This was so good! The story and atmosphere were good. 

Thank you so much for the feedback, we are very glad you enjoyed it.

Excellent. I really like this. The story makes me want to come back and complete it later. Great game!

Thank you! Please do, there IS an ending ^^

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Thanks for the kind words.