Planned Release Date: To be announced

About This Game

Call of the Deep (Originally Known as "The Barren Depths") is a first person survival horror game about plunging to the bottom of the ocean for a paycheck. Heavily inspired by David Szymanski's IRON LUNG, and Zeekerss' LETHAL COMPANY.

FEATURES

• Full singleplayer campaign, featuring 9 unique Levels.
  

• Open Levels, able to be explored in any direction.
  

• Unique but familiar retro art style, mixing old and new techniques.
  

• New enemies and mechanics on every level.
  

• A world full of secrets to find.
  

• Full voice acting.
  

• Cryptic but easy to digest storyline.
  

• Heavy themes of "Thalassophobia" and "Submechanophobia"

STORY

Early in the year 1985, scientists decide to plan their most expensive expedition yet into the area surrounding ███████ ███ reef. The reason for this being that recently, a new species of fish was discovered at the very edge of a steep underwater dropoff.

While this would be incredible on its own, this is even stranger since they have ignored ███████ ███ reef for years, because of its reputation. The locals call it "The Barren Waters" as no known life has ever been sighted in the waters. After conducting a S.O.N.A.R scan, the scientists concluded on 9 main areas. Labelled sites 1-9:

You play as the lucky employee who gets to traverse down there! Your goal is to reach site 9, they couldn't scan that far, so it could be anything.

GAMEPLAY

Call Of The Deep features gameplay inspired by modern hits like Lethal Company and Content Warning, but for a singleplayer demographic.

Each day you're dropped in the middle of a new environment, and you must explore and gather photos and video for points. Photograph anything weird and film anything that moves. Between days you can return to the hub and "chill". Any cool things you pick up will show up in the sub between trips.

When out in the field, you'll meet a plethora of friendly fellows to keep you company! Such as [Redacted as to not cause trauma to past employees]

Get to the bottom of this...

(Cover art by Seru.JPG!)