If you're anything like me, your main goal is to find and play the best jam games about fish.
Well, for your convenience I have played all the fish games I could find and ranked the top 5 by how much I personally enjoyed them:
5. Alfredo Fishing by NeoAwesomeon, blackborzoi - I'm not sure who Alfredo is, or why there is a mysterious monster lurking in this lake, but the fishing mechanic is unusual, yet fun. There are a lot of different types of fish, which is nice.
4. A Simple Fishing Day by deadbeat, Nestop - This fun and relaxing little fishing game turns into inevitable planetary annihilation. Which is an unexpected but welcome distration during any fishing trip.
3. Jeremy's Underpaid Employment by LuisNoComunica, zz2424, Zurolo - Interestingly, the second game I played this game where someone called Jeremy needs to do everyone else's job, because they seem to be the only one around. (The other one being the fantastic Jeremy from HR by TheWalkingLapis, Tetrixer). This Jeremy also happens to be a fish. Did he need to be a fish for the story to work? Of course not, but that makes it all the better. It's what representation in media is all about.
2. Fish Wars by gfiacco12, Ronin Op F, jhlevine97 - Fast-paced, extremely violent, and very enjoyable. Why do the fish have weapons? I don't know, but i think it's mainly for self-defense.
1. fish.tv by praiseafrogtoday, bonkodonko - A beautiful little idle aquarium / twitch stream simulator. Starts out very relaxing, ends very differently. Play until the end.
I'm sure I missed some great fish games among the 2,228 submissions. Post them below! And then go play my Top 5, you won't regret it!
PS: I didn't make a fish game this jam, although there is a living being in a sort of aquarium that you need to keep alive. If you're bored, give it a try: Caretaker