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A jam submission

Plenty of FishView game page

A fun indie game where you control a school of fish trying to avoid fishing boats while going after them yourself.
Submitted by Adel Adam (@MachineryXYZ), kammo (@kamdrawsthings), Marcin Smoła (FColor04) (@FColor04) — 1 hour, 1 minute before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Overall#14223.4633.463
Creativity#14733.5853.585
Presentation#14883.5733.573
Enjoyment#15553.2323.232

Ranked from 82 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your game fit the theme?
It is a play on the fishing game genre where the fish hunt the fishermen instead of the other way around.

Did your team create the vast majority of the art during the 48 hours?

Yes

We created the vast majority of the art during the game jam

Did your team create the vast majority of the music during the 48 hours?

Yes

We created the vast majority of the music during the game jam

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Submitted(+1)

Really nice idea, it reminds me of Creatures of The Sea but with the role reversed, nice work :)

Submitted(+1)

The ideia is very interesting and the presentation is great. I love the way the fishes seem to move individually, like they are in some sort of hivemind. The audio is awesome in general too.

Congratulations on the project!

Developer

Thanks for trying it out!

Submitted(+1)

i like the concept of the game, playing as a swarm of fishes and taking down boats! I just wish there are more details in the game that would make the gameplay more enjoyable, like seeing how many fishes I have, the HP of boats, etc. I think the SFX for the fish damaging the ship isn't enough as I didnt know initially that I was damaging the boats, more so I was avoiding them, so having some sort of damage indicator will be good. I also follow the kill indication very quickly and lost right away. 

Overall, definitely love the concept, the art and music is good! I love the fanfare style but ocean/navy version of it, I think it is very catchy. Having variation of music will be good too, like dynamic music when attacking boats, or even fighting the big boss. I think that will be amazing! Art wise, I don't know what to include to make it better, maybe having a variety of different looks for each boat types will be good. 

Developer(+1)

Thanks a lot for the thoughtful feedback! Will definitely consider implementing all these suggestions moving forward. Thanks!

Submitted(+1)

Just want to say, I love the music, I can listen to this the whole day. No cap, I also feel the fishes, I love the way they move!!

Submitted(+1)

Great work, I enjoyed the initial gameplay loop. I wish there were some variable to mix up the gameplay a tad.

Developer

Yeah we wanted to add a lot more gameplay variables, but sadly we ran out of time. Thank you for playing it though :D

Submitted(+1)

Nice idea! I feel like destroying the boats takes a little too long in the beginning. A healthbar for the boats would also be helpful as I was not really sure if I was doing any damage to them in the beginning. I really like the movement of the fish swarm!

Developer

Thanks a lot for the feedback!

Submitted(+1)

Great game! Looks really nice and I love how the fish move. It got a little frustrating with my fish bouncing into the kill zone while I was attacking boats, but that seems like it would be pretty simple to tune if you decide to develop this further. Nice work!

Developer(+1)

its not a bug, its a feature!

Great game! Healtbars or signs of ship destruction may be useful. And the boss is moving just a bit too fast. One time I followed it for two minutes doing nothing else, just to find it. Maybe it really should move towards the player once they gain a lot of fish. As if the crew noticed a shoal of fish and tried trawling it. And lose interest after there is almost none of the fish left, giving player an opportunity to increase the shoal again.

Loved the music and animations!

Developer

I appreciate these suggestions a lot. Thank you!

Oh, and also the exit button is needed for desktop version

Submitted(+1)

Interesting concept and fun visuals! I was a bit confused on what to do in the beginning since there were no clear instructions, but it was fun to play regardless! 

Developer

The feedback is much appreciated!

Submitted(+1)

Really simple and satisfying to control, it's just fun to see the swarm of little fish destroying and ending people's lives :D

Developer(+1)

Glad you liked it!

Submitted(+2)

It's quite addictive when you get the hang of it! Though it feels less polished than it really is. Taking down one of the small ships takes too much effort, so much that I had to read the comments to make sure it was possible at all. I think it's also a bit too easy to lose some fish in the process. I guess if the ships were less tough but some would actively come after you it may be better. Good job!

Developer

Thank you for the feedback.

Submitted(+1)

Nice game! It's really satisfying and fun to control loads of fish :)

Developer(+1)

Thanks for checking it out!

Submitted(+1)

Good game! The gameplay is simple and fun and the art is good. But for me the best are the sound effects, they add a lot to the game!

Developer

I appreciate this comment. Thanks. 

Submitted(+1)

Very nice game

Must say I love the music, it just bring so much to the whole experience !
The control were very intuitive so it felt nice very quickly. 


I found myself lost in an empty ocean a couple of time for a while which was starting to feel a bit odd but I always met some new stuff before too long.

Great work, props to all of you !

Developer

Thank you so much!

Submitted(+1)

Nice and relaxing game. 

Very good presentation. Graphics were very pleasent, music was fitting and all around the aesthetic really added to the casual feeling of the game.

Boid mechanics were very fun to play with. Had a good time trying to find the optimum position to place the mouse to devour a ship without too many casualties and wrestling with the fish to get them to obey my whims!

For improvements, I think the camera positioning needs a bit of adjusting. It felt like when one fish would move far away from the rest, the camera would swing too much towards it, making it hard to see anything in the direction of travel. Perhaps base the position of the camera on the average position, so outlier fish don't skew it as much. Also, the boss is very, very hard, especially when it moves a high speeds. Finally, I think the hitbox on one of the larger boats is too small. My fish kept going inside it.

Overall, I do love a good Boid. And this game had some good ones. Great work and Congratulations to your whole team!

Developer(+1)

Thanks a lot for the thoughtful review. Will pass the feedback along!

Submitted

I feel like you've made good enough water effects, but the effectiveness of the fish was invisible at the beginning. The start of the game was so bad I couldn't continue.

All I saw was an arrow toward a boat and the fact that bumping into other boats did nothing. 

When there was only water around, it felt like I was barely moving anywhere, but other boats really helped to feel that it was an illusion.

Maybe, a health bar on boats would help against feeling like I shouldn't even try.

Developer

Thank you for your thoughtful feedback. Glad you at least gave it a go!

Submitted

I'll restate that I loved water effects. Simple but effective

Submitted(+1)

Relaxing game, really nice

Developer

Glad you liked it!

Submitted(+1)

Really rewarding to get good at destroying boats! The fish were satisfying to watch and made for a relaxing experience. Good job!

Developer

Thanks for the feedback.

Submitted(+1)

I really like the idea to play as the fish instead of the fisherman.

Maybe you could've added some more feedback to the boat to indicate that they were damaged/taking damage whenever you touched them, other than that the game played really nicely!

Really impressive that you managed to create all of this in just 48h. Great job!

Developer(+1)

Thanks for the feedback. It's much appreciated.

Submitted(+1)

Boids? That's smart!

Great experience, gives a feeling of being in the flow.

Developer

Thanks for the feedback!

Submitted(+1)

the Boids movement is fun to watch especially when we have a big school of fishes. nice relaxing game, but if I may add a comment, maybe because the mouse is moving the Boids target movement that the movement doesn't feel precise to the mouse position. 

Developer

Thank you for the feedback!

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