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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Graphics | #253 | 3.539 | 3.539 |
| Innovation | #264 | 3.184 | 3.184 |
| Game Design | #298 | 3.224 | 3.224 |
| Overall | #302 | 3.206 | 3.206 |
| Theme | #308 | 3.316 | 3.316 |
| Audio | #344 | 3.053 | 3.053 |
| Fun | #426 | 2.921 | 2.921 |
Ranked from 76 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does you game fit the theme?
You have to survive in the ocean as a fish, but you are part of a shoal of fish, so you will have to avoid enemies, and eat as a group to survive more time.
Did you write all the code and made all the assets from scratch?
Yes :)
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Great tutorial and music. The fact that you implemented a high score screen is awesome, too. Really enjoyed this experience.
*(Revisiting for some more in-depth feedback)
Took me a while to actually start playing this because I was having so much fun chilling in the menu, watching the fishies swim & bopping around to the music. Once I started playing it did take a little while to understand what I was doing, but once I did I had a lot of fun. I can see this as a good game to try & do trick shots with (I did this myself by playing around on the stair-like parts of the reef). It had smooth movements & gravity implementation, which gave the fish a more dynamic feeling while playing for me. I would have loved to have some kind of big consequence if you stayed out of water for too long though. Overall a really nice game!
What I liked the most: The art! The little fish are so freaking cute, I'm actually obsessed with how you've managed to give these little pixel dudes so much personality with their silly little expressions.
What could be improved on: Whilst I appreciate a dash/run feature in a game - I would love the option in a settings menu or something to also have this enabled using shift/some kind of key press because it was sooo hard to play on a laptop. Also maybe making the tutorial a bit more obvious, or forcing the tutorial on start would be useful to help get used to the game quicker. It took me a while to understand what I was doing tbh.
TLDR; Can't go wrong with a fishing game (even if you ARE the fish)! Really cute art with fun music to go with it. 10/10, loved spinning the little fish around.
Thanks a lot for your feedback! I will add that things to the game with an update after the jam voting period :)
Cool premise and relaxing game.
Pros: nice art style and relaxing gameplay loop, cool interpretation of the theme
Cons: the dash and gravity are a little janky and I had to restart multiple times because of the movement bugging and making it impossible to progress
Cool premise and relaxing game.
Pros: nice art style and relaxing gameplay loop, cool interpretation of the theme
Cons: the dash and gravity are a little janky and I had to restart multiple times because of the movement bugging and making it impossible to progress
Cool game, nice art and unique way of fitting in with the theme!
nice game play and art, got a bit confused with the controls at the begging but quickly picked it up and it was intuitive. good job!
Cool idea but food spawn rate may be higher.
An interesting idea, but honestly I was very confused playing this, unsure of what I was meant to be doing and how certain mechanics worked, for example, I only realized from reading the comments that holding the mouse further from your fish makes it swim/dash faster, a detail that probably should have been in the tutorial (unless it was and I missed it?).
There were also moments were my shoal would randomly swim away from me really quick and I couldn't find them again, or one time they just all died at once even though there were no predators around. Not sure if these were mechanics I didn't understand or just bugs.
Again, a great idea, but the execution leaves a lot to be desired for me. I'd love to see it developed further though, taking these things into account.
Thanks for your feedback! I will add that to the tutorial as an update after the jam voting period.
The shoal moves away from: dolphins, sharks, anglerfishes and squids. They try to survive
They died because they didn't eat nothing for a long time.
Ah, I see. That all makes sense now that you explained it, but it was completely lost on me when actually playing it. I reckon all of that information should be in the tutorial.
Great job, fun to bask in the atmosphere
Great game! I loved the graphics a lot I even swam to the sharks just to admire there art work :). But it would be a good idea to make the music more loop-able and also when you change scenes the music repeated itself. Overall it's a very fun game and it has a lot of potential.
Thanks a lot for your feedback! I am glad you liked the game :)
Cool concept
Nice game i got eaten by a shark unexpected haha i have played it and rated it ;)
I liked the mechanics especially at the beginning. Good job!
I like the concept and the game seems cool, but at the start I thought it was bugged because I didnt see other fish / food for a while. I think it would be better if the map were a little smaller.
Game is a lot of fun and well polished, good job!
I like the art, but I got stuck to the ground trying to dash in the opening section
Idk what happened. Try to reload the web page and play again
Love the art! Very cool and well made!
Thx
Pretty nice game! Really good take on the theme and it was fun to try to survive with my fellow fish
body shieldsbretheren. Art also compliments the game nicely and the music is nice but gets a bit repetitive after a bit.Also got stuck on the tutorial for a bit cause I didn't realize distance from center factors into how far you go. If you continue post jam just having a little text around that zone saying that would be immensely helpful
Thanks for your feedback! I will do so :)
nice
This was a really fun game with an interesting concept. Very well made game with a unique take on the theme, and I really enjoyed playing it! The transitions were fun as well!
Thanks a lot!