Buddy Drop

Two divers share one air supply and one fragile bond.

Spread apart to collect matching pearl pairs. Hold Dive to tuck together through narrow cave formations. Synchronize both buddies to unleash a screen-clearing Buddy Burst—and keep descending as the reef fades into the Blackwater.

### Controls

- **A/D** or **Left/Right:** steer

- **Hold Space, Down, or S:** dive faster and pull together

- **Mouse:** move to steer; hold the mouse button to dive

- **Touch:** drag to steer; hold the on-screen DIVE button

- **P/Escape:** pause

### Jam themes

- **DIVE:** Diving is the central risk/reward action. It increases descent speed, changes the team's formation, opens narrow routes, and releases Buddy Burst.

- **BUDDY:** The two-diver formation, paired collection, shared air, damage-absorbing tether, repair system, and Buddy Burst all depend on the buddies working as one.

### Generative AI disclosure

The concept, game design, code, procedural visual system, procedural sound implementation, interface copy, testing approach, and balancing were created through an iterative human-directed collaboration with OpenAI Codex during the jam period. All visuals and sounds are original and generated at runtime from code; no copyrighted third-party assets are included.