Nice and funny game. I enjoyed it.
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Hungry Hungry for Hippos's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Enjoyment | #1932 | 3.192 | 3.192 |
| Style | #2147 | 3.385 | 3.385 |
| Overall | #2468 | 3.179 | 3.179 |
| Creativity | #3577 | 2.962 | 2.962 |
Ranked from 26 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 game fits within the theme because of the concept of a tiny creature scaling up to eat a normally much larger creature.
Development Time
96 hours
(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
Godot, Aseprite
Comments
Wow.
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Somehow - thought provoking. We being as a small bird, eating bugs and worms on a large, gray map. Yet as we grow bigger, the camera zooms out revealing that all this time we were feeding off of a hippopotamus, perhaps creating something of a symbiotic relationship; him providing the bird with a steady supply of food, us cleaning him off of unwanted vermin. Then, as we become larger and larger more, our apetite grows along. Simple cockroaches satisfy us no more, and thus friendly bird becomes the bird of prey, devouring other birds so that they could pose no threat to us. Then other animals, lemurs and boars. Soon enough the objective becomes clear: grow large enough to be able to swallow the hippopotamus itself. Was his fate sealed from the start, or did he became accidental orchestrator of his demise, allowing the bird to feast upon his own skin? Or maybe it was hippopotamus' act of selfish sacrifice, fulfilling his part in this skewed cycle of life.
I for sure don't have a clue, but I had fun playing the game. And the music is very chill <3
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DieMansionI'll reply again to drop some hidden lore for your contemplation.
We had originally planned to go further; beyond the watering hole. You would consume the hippo, and the oxpecker would still be insatiable. You as the newly crowned king of the watering hole would venture out into the world to continue consuming hippos. Hippos of all kinds. Hippos of all shapes. Hippos doing all sorts of things. Driving to work. Raising familes. Investing in the hippoconomy. The only cure for the oxpecker would be to consume the entire planet... no... hippoverse. Until there was nothing left. Only to eventually succumb to starving in the abyss of space alone. Thinking back to the simple days of ticks, maggots, and flys. Where did it all go wrong?
Congrats on your first game jam project <3 Game is very bizarre and fun hahaha. I agree with one of the comments that you should maybe add an element of challenge with bigger creatures. Well done!
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TrashStashIt's obviously a simple game, but sometimes the fun lies in simplicity, and that's definitely the case here. Loved it!
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What I Imagined When Playing LegosThe hippo has been consumed. Animations for the bird would've helped a lot, as its the main element of the game and is very static. Other than that, simple game with simple graphics, pretty fun! :)
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