We played this for a stream and it was genuinely fun. The fact you made everything from scratch for the jam was really impressive. The game looks great and polished. I think our high score was 16 on the regular level. Some ideas for expansion if you ever return to it:
- Have a way to "fight back" against the Kaiju in some way. Maybe a big hook powerup when you catch enough fish? That would maybe catch or just save you from a kaiju when you used it.
- Have the fish change (get larger) or be worth more points if a kaiju swims over them. This would make a player more likely to want to swim into the path of Kaiju and risk dying.
- Different colors/types of Kaiju that maybe have different swim patterns for some variation in enemies.
Other than that having the hard mode hidden in the menu and including concept art was a really nice touch - it's always fun to see how a game evolved. You guys did a great job with your deadline for the jam!