Depth Charge
Something is down there and it knows your engine note.
What it is
A tense sonar hunt played on instruments alone. The concept is sketched; nothing is built.
Status
Not playable yet. This page holds the design brief until the build lands.
Genre
Tactical / Deduction
Inspired by
The originals.
Hunt the Wumpus
Gregory Yob · BASIC, on whatever you had, 1973
No graphics, no map, one arrow, and something asleep two rooms away.
Read the homage to Hunt the Wumpus
Silent Service
Sid Meier, MicroProse · Home computers, 1985
The Pacific war, fought on instruments, by someone who can hear you.
Read the homage to Silent Service
- A hunt run on inference, from readings rather than from sight
- One shot that has to be committed to before you are certain
- A quarry that hears you looking and moves accordingly
The Wumpus never hunted back and Silent Service handed you a periscope in the end. Depth Charge means to keep you on instruments the whole way: you never see it, you only work out where it has to be.
Nothing to play yet
No achievements and no league table until the build lands. The brief above is the design target.