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A jam submission

Scaling ScalesView game page

Grow and shrink, hide from predators, and find your missing scales.
Submitted by NotHack Europa (@nothackeuropa), xerses — 2 hours, 14 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Enjoyment#6243.7143.714
Overall#16063.4523.452
Creativity#20143.4293.429
Style#25923.2143.214

Ranked from 14 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?
The fish you play can scale in size and has to look for its missing scales.

Development Time

96 hours

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

The movement felt amazing. Level design complemented the tutorial so well while still being fun and challenging!

Submitted(+1)

I really liked the use of the theme by shrinking and growing your fish, at times the timing required some perfect reflexes but it was a good experience!

Submitted(+1)

Having it be a stealth game makes a wonderful concept.

I'm not into fish that much, but got really engaged into playing it nontheless. The tension feels quite real.

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

The scaling mechanism was well explored! Well i do agree the other comments about enemy. Nice game!

(+1)

While many games in this game jam have shrinking and growing mechanics, I appreciate how this game uses it to affect the enemies and the environment. Growing big to scare smaller enemies and shrinking to evade larger ones is very creative and implemented well! I do agree with a previous commenter that the enemy fish can be a bit unforgiving though. Also, I was able to see some enemy fish in the darkness at times, making it easier to evade them (although I'm not sure if that was intended).

While the art style is simplistic, I actually really like that the fish are represented as outlines. Spending a bit longer to create detailed backgrounds would help the game develop a unique style in the future.

Very cute game overall!

(+1)

This was super fun to play and I loved the thrill of hiding/ changing in time to escape/ ward off the enemy fish. Very clear controls and I liked the visuals too! :D

Submitted(+1)

I really loved the overall atmosphere, especially the sound effects. I also enjoyed the tutorial. Overall great game

Submitted(+1)

Really smart take on the theme, I would've never considered making a stealth game. The game is very stylized, and I like the underlying horror elements. Although at times I felt the enemy fish AI to be a little unfair, it was very fun to run around as a little guy collecting scales.