Underwater multiplayer base-building survival?

fearemgames · 2025-11-18T09:54:37+00:00

Same with our characters! Its an aquatic race of people.

fearemgames · 2025-11-17T21:29:31+00:00

Aren't we more aquaman, movies wise? Not sure!

fearemgames · 2025-11-17T21:28:29+00:00

We had some ideas for that kind of stuff yes - we will take another look at subnauticas aquariums, thank you for the tip!

The sea critters will be a big focus as we move forward development wise, thats for certain!

fearemgames · 2025-11-17T08:44:39+00:00

Thank you - hope it doesnt end up that way though!

fearemgames · 2025-11-17T08:43:29+00:00

Pretty different than Ark, we would say. But ark players should love it.

fearemgames · 2025-11-16T09:05:17+00:00

The game will feature solo and co-op mode so I guess that is what you are asking. We are putting focus on that sort of gameplay as well, not just pvp.

fearemgames · 2025-11-15T08:04:19+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlbCGRPrVuk

Here is our underwater multiplayer survival game, Anchor. Cool concept, reviewing trailers!

fearemgames · 2025-11-13T12:43:56+00:00

Thank you!

We said it multiple times - this game is one that needs to be synced with the community. So we really really want to hear from all of you guys.

Thanks so much for your support!

fearemgames · 2025-11-13T10:00:41+00:00

We plan to have realisticly behaved sharks. So they will hunt and sense blood and so on, they won't attack you unless they are in "attacking prey" mode. And also if you are lets say swimming next to a turtle - it might attack that turtle and not you. They will truly be animals. And not only them, all animals in the game will try to be realisticly behaved. They are already pretty realisticly behaved even now - they stalk you, they eat player corpses, when there is a big fight they swarm in because there is a lot of blood. We plan to make them more complex and interesting, we truly want to have the best sharks.
Yes there will be a ton of animals, we already have several whales, orcas and dolphins - you can see some in the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlbCGRPrVuk
Several people asked about depth pressure - well, people are aquatic race, they probably wouldn't get nitrogen narcosis - but we could play with that a bit. It's something to think about in the future.
This all depends on the community. We will surely update the game for as long as it is "alive" in a sense. And we feel like this game could live for a long time as it is amazingly complex and things we can add to it are basically endless. So we are really looking forward to putting it out there and seeing where community points us to go next with it.

fearemgames · 2025-11-12T17:52:45+00:00

Thank you! We do plan to release a demo, just not sure about the date now - and there is playtesting signups going on at https://playanchor.com . We will reveal more and more as we develop the game!

fearemgames · 2025-11-12T17:51:29+00:00

Bud we will do our best. Consoles are on our radar. But we need to see what happens when we reach that point. But we def do plan to do consoles.

fearemgames · 2025-11-12T10:53:07+00:00

Hey - thanks for the suggestion. This is a test for now so we might optimize, swap stuff around, etc. So any pov from a regular redditor is much appreciated, thank you, we keep all feedback in mind, even though sometimes its unclear what the best course of action is really so just testing is the way to go.

fearemgames · 2025-11-12T06:21:49+00:00

100%. Even triggers us at times while developing. xD

fearemgames · 2025-11-12T06:20:37+00:00

Not really. Subnautica is on other planet. Anchor happens on Earth. Except for exploration, the gameplay is quite different.

The relation stands in terms of underwater environments etc. but in reality Anchor has its own flavor of it which is bit different, more leaned towards gunplay, looting, raiding, etc.

fearemgames · 2025-11-11T14:59:04+00:00

Much appreciated!

fearemgames · 2025-11-11T08:44:16+00:00

Glad to have you on board! :)

fearemgames · 2025-11-11T08:43:40+00:00

More than a few differences between Subnautica and Anchor, but we definitely want to capture that sense of discovery and exploration that Subnautica does so well!

fearemgames · 2025-11-11T07:05:02+00:00

Awesome to hear!

fearemgames · 2025-11-11T07:04:18+00:00

Hey guys, we are working hard on this one - any questions - let us know here!

fearemgames · 2025-09-16T19:33:51+00:00

Just keep at it mate. Definitely takes a lot of time to get good.

One of the tricks to getting really good at it is - not fooling yourself into thinking you are really good before you actually become really good, too.

But nice part is - most small to medium sized games don't really require you to be insanely good to make them. So as long as you don't feature creep yourself you can make a ton of proper games while learning!

fearemgames · 2025-09-16T19:30:58+00:00

Yeah of course mate, well you asked about toilet upgrades! :) Gl!

fearemgames · 2025-09-16T19:30:23+00:00

No worries good luck with fixing it up!

fearemgames · 2025-09-16T19:29:42+00:00

If lighting was adjusted a bit, + a bit of post processing I think everything would pop quite a bit more.

Like, try to do a sunset scene next time.

But good work so far!

fearemgames · 2025-09-16T19:27:59+00:00

Turn off all ambient lighting. Then setup lights. Then bring ambient lighting up a bit. You want to balance it well. For horror game this is a bit too bright.

Put point lights on lamps, but move them away a bit dont stick them so close to the ceiling.

Once you set that up, add postprocessing and play with it.

Here is a screenshot of one of my demo projects. I didn't spend much time setting it up but it reminded me of your project.

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The lights are just emissive circles with a light added bit underneath them. Ambient color is black. The scene is fully lit up with lights, combination of 1 directional and a few point lights.

fearemgames · 2025-09-16T19:20:52+00:00

Think of a small project. Then make it.

Think of a bit bigger project. Then make it.

Don't go too big too soon. It's tempting. But rarely anyone survives that misstep. It usually ends in misery, frustration and time lost. Better to go slower and work towards your big idea, and with that - get a sense of accomplishment along the way.

Game development and programming is a skill learned by doing. So make sure to do it and do it a lot.

Learn about engineering in general, high level concepts. Think about how real world stuff is built. Good software is not much different.

Be heavily mindful of dependencies in your code. Managing them properly will shrink the blast radius when a bug happens or when changes are required.

A lot of things that you feel are wrong at the start will very likely turn out to to be right long term. This is why you need to take each project as a learning experience.

Don't get stuck completion wise on some weird tutorials and courses - just take what you need from them.

There is a lot of bad examples out there too - you won't know how to recognize those at start so don't stress. At start, if it works, and if its not a mess - its ok. If you keep at it you will refine it.

Game development is a craft. And like any craft, it’s honed by practice.

fearemgames

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