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Come and "rescue" some rare fish!

https://bearhammer.itch.io/starfish

There are some super duper rare ones, and the online leaderboard is not even close yet!

Charming, visually and mechanically. With a generous fallback system for accessibility. Well done.

Strong fundamentals,  clear narrative direction and smooth controls.  The platforming difficulty spike is a little harsh but all in all a well polished game.

🥲Thanks for trying.

WE have blasted past that 1 million zone!

https://bearhammer.itch.io/starfish

Come and rate and rank https://bearhammer.itch.io/starfish But you will also be ranked and rated based on your best catch on the Leaderboard

Come and rate and rank https://bearhammer.itch.io/starfish But you will also be ranked and rated based on your best catch on the Leaderboard

Come and rate and rank https://bearhammer.itch.io/starfish

But you will also be ranked and rated based on your best catch on the Leaderboard

Slip streams are your friend! but I was thinking of tweaking them give more speed closer to the core.

Oh, she is a keeper! and congrats on second place! I don't think I am even on the leaderboard any more.

You are too kind! The proc gen system was surprisingly easy to setup, the art for the fish was 18hours on the dot, but I spent days trying to find the right balance of drop rates, probably rewrote the tables from scratch 10mins before launch. I was thinking of putting together a dev log on how all the pieces came together if you are interested?

Any how, thanks for playing and thank you even more for enjoying.

Much love,
Old Man Bear.

You really should, consider me and the wife early fans eagerly awaiting updates.

Strong visual style, and good technical foundations. takes me back to text  adventures when I was a little kid. Well done.

Super mouse boy! Charming, tight and tough as hell. Good job, will come again to improve my times.

This fantastic! I had a great time, one of the most fun games of the jam for me personally.

I really like the core, I think it's worth exploring deeper its got the bones for a baltrolike.
A little more depth, some major game juice and smidge of progression and this is hit.

Thanks so much! glad we finally broke the 1 Mil barrier. and noted about the movement, its a tricky solve with the limited challenge I have at the moment, but I will need to find a solve, movement must feel good.

Come and "rescue" some rare fish!

https://bearhammer.itch.io/starfish

There are some super duper rare ones, and the online leaderboard is not even close yet!

Yeah, I am terrible at this, the game has a strong identity, good juice, punchy soundtrack but for the rhythmically challenged its a tough chew. I would selfishly have like even easier modes.  The psychedelic effects where a "high note" ;)

Come and "rescue" some rare fish!

https://bearhammer.itch.io/starfish

There are some super duper rare ones, and the online leaderboard is not even close yet!

Come and "rescue" some rare fish!

https://bearhammer.itch.io/starfish

There are some super duper rare ones, and the online leaderboard is not even close yet!

Come and "rescue" some rare fish!

https://bearhammer.itch.io/starfish

There are some super duper rare ones, and the online leaderboard is not even close yet!

Come and "rescue" some rare fish!

https://bearhammer.itch.io/starfish

There are some super duper rare ones, and the online leaderboard is not even close yet!

Dude! what a blast! most mechanically fun game of the jam, clean visuals, good colors, fun animations. It's grand.

Dude! what a blast! most mechanically fun game of the jam, clean visuals, good colors, fun animations. It's grand.

A fishing game after my own heart. The visuals are some of the best in this jam, the retro filter is marvelous, and the mechanics are sound. I was transported.  

Thanks for trying so hard! I think the game files are locked for the next too weeks so I will not be able to do another optimization pass till then, and the only other advice I have is super basic stuff, clear your cache, fresh restart, and some patience the initial load can take a bit.

We got some new contenders but still need to break into that 1 Million rarity zone!

https://bearhammer.itch.io/starfish

This was a blast! clever mechanics that keep things feeling fresh moment to moment and good theme integration.

This was fantastic! Good theme integration, tight controls, clear gameplay that rewards smarts and reflexes. Really nicely done, I have no real notes. Deaths could have been more dramatic? juicy even gory, it would juxtapose so well with the fantastic with the children's book hand drawn art.

Again much love.
- Bear

Thank you! Dave was a major inspiration, and swim speed was on the list to be an upgradeable, just didn't make the cut so glad you had a good time.

This was fun, tight and pretty to look at, and as a fellow fish lover its good to see representation of crab hate. Crabs are bad and more people need to know.

If I am nit picky I would have liked to see a matching pixel art light system, and a little more game juice for effects and hits would elevate this so much.

This is a fantastic resource would help the game feel alot:
https://deepnight.net/games/game-feel/

Right! but I always found the fish to be so boring, so now I made a fish generator system that can make millions of fish varieties! :)
This one was from the dev build, I hope someone will get it during the jam.

Come and "save" some rare fish! get paid in eggs.

https://bearhammer.itch.io/starfish

There are some Super Super Legendary fish to be found.

The online leaderboard is not even close yet!

Come and "save" some rare fish! get paid in eggs.

https://bearhammer.itch.io/starfish

There are some super duper legendary fish to be found, and the online leaderboard is not even close yet!

Come and "save" some rare fish! get paid in eggs.

https://bearhammer.itch.io/starfish

There are some super duper legendary fish to be found, and the online leaderboard is not even close yet!

Come and "safe" some rare fish!

https://bearhammer.itch.io/starfish

There are some super duper rare ones, and the online leaderboard is not even close yet!

Come and "rescue" some rare fish!

https://bearhammer.itch.io/starfish

There are some super rare ones, and the online leaderboard is not even close yet!

Come and "rescue" some rare fish!

https://bearhammer.itch.io/starfish

There are some super rare ones, and the online leaderboard is not even close yet!

Come and "rescue" some rare fish!

https://bearhammer.itch.io/starfish

There are some super rare ones, and the online leaderboard is not even close yet!

Thank you so much, it was a massive effort from the whole team.  You got the vibes we where sending 100%.
I will be sure to check yours in the next day or so