THE LOCH UNLOCHS

Scotland has submerged. All of it. 

GO BENEATH 

Find out why. Maybe. Pilot your submarine through the ruins of Loch Ness. Scan the ancient sites of the fallen kings. Bring back the research to the starving minds of your expedition leaders. 

NAVIGATE THE NOTHINGNESS 

Your submarine is old. And Scottish. Like all Scottish things, it is belligerent and uncooperative. Find your way through the darkness with stubborn controls and only basic navigational tools. 

ELUDE THE DANGER 

Territorial sealife roams the depths of the Loch. Pushing your engines too hard may cause them to overheat. The stress of exploring a world in which you are so wholly ill-equipped to exist threatens to unravel your will.

RELAX ON YOUR SOFA

You brought a sofa. It will not help.

FEATURES 

-Between 1 and 1000 atmospheres of pressure 

-Terrifying creaks and groans that could be anything (including your imagination) (THEY ARE NOT YOUR IMAGINATION)

-Mapping your surroundings with a LiDAR camera 

-Seeing something on the thermals and panicking 

-Discovering the ruins of the Scotapocalypse 

WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS

SUBOPTIMAL was made over the course of a week for the Brackeys Jam February 2026.

The Loch Ness Mobsters are (at time of speaking): 

-Heather – Art, Design, the only one who has been to Loch Ness

-Jake – Programming, Design, '...Did I ever release the compute shaders?'

 -Alf – Programming, Design, regrets the existence of his interfaces

ATTRIBUTIONS: 

Audio sourced from the GDC Audio Bundle 

Licence:

 https://sonniss.com/gdc-bundle-license/ 

Additional audio by NOX Sound

https://nox-sound-design.itch.io/essentials-series-sfx-nox-sound