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I've been really enjoying Pocket Aquarium on my gameboy, here are some things I've run into:

• The simon says style mini game belonging to the clownfish where you  copy what the fish do takes much longer than the other games and I found it to be a bit boring. I believe it would feel a bit better if the whole game was sped up just a bit so you're not waiting so long to see the pattern you need to reproduce.
• If you are in the supply menu of the shop, pressing the back button doesn't always go back, and the back button in the menu also doesn't always going back, you just kind of have to click around until it seems to randomly kick you to the first menu.
• The Blue Tang hide and seek mini-game sometimes pops up the wrong(?) text or the same text as before, then if you click there it says you've gotten it wrong. I honestly am not sure if this one is a skill issue but I struggle a lot with the hide and seek game.
• Occasionally when feeding your fish the feed flies upwards off screen rather than staying in place and moving just a bit down over each fish. This I believe is actually an issue with gameboy studio, as I have had similar issues in my own projects with the sign of a direction being flipped and objects moving in the wrong direction semi-randomly

Otherwise I'm having a lot of fun booting this game up and playing a bit at a time! I love a good cosy game!

Ok, hypertech being your nephew makes sense. In that case I found the second vhs but not the first one! I look forward to hunting for that final secret...

This was really amazing! I got 2 of the endings, I think good and ok, although it looks like theres a qr code spot based on the post credits in the final area that idk how to access. I tried but idk if I'll ever find the second tape lol. I got really immersed in this one, broke out a scratch pad and was taking notes and everything. Really really well done, super cool game. I also wonder if theres a secret oatmeal cookie hiding somewhere...

Edit: forgot to mention how much I enjoyed the meta-game stuff! Did you invent Hypertech or is that a real person?

I look forward to an eventual digital release! I want to support indie devs, but I do not want to support Modretro (which I know you're sick of hearing about). I hope you're well, and I can't wait to see what y'all make next, homebrew or not!

This is a ton of fun. It brings back good memories of playing Furu Furu Park on the Wii, which also had a sushi related game on it!

In that form it got cancelled a long time ago unfortunately! However a lot of elements from it have been carried over to my current project Viral Reload EX, which I'm aiming to release on Steam and Switch this year.

This is a fun game and I like the concept! 

Overall it suffers from lack of clarity. Why am I losing lives if the pieces aren't ever actually attacking me? I understand that I'm in danger, but an animation to show them attacking or a more clear explanation of how losing health works would be great. There's also just a lot of stuff on the screen at once in the shop. Balatro separates the Blind selection from the shop for a reason, it gives the player a clear understanding of what choice they're meant to be making at that time. There are 2 types of things to purchase in the shop, but everything is very close to each other in the center because the deck UI is still on screen. Also, selecting a blind doesn't serve any purpose without the ability to skip a blind, it may be worth it to remove blind selection altogether and replace it with a Next button. Each food item should also have a specific food tied to the description, it was very confusing seeing 2 different foods in the shop that do the same thing. Only being able to play 2 cards is told to the player but is never shown during gameplay, and their is no live score total, just your current score and the multiplier, but I can't actually see what that score is at a glance. Some transparency on how much a move is about to score would be nice too.

If you take anything away from this: there is too much information on the shop screen, and it makes it difficult to understand the important information. Personally, I would give the Blind selection a separate screen after the shop or remove it entirely, and I would remove the hand section on the right, but maintain the run information and current foods/artifacts. Also, a new run should probably start either straight into the first blind or give the blind selection screen without the shop, as we don't have enough money to buy anything.

That was a lot of feedback and it was mostly negative, I know. I want to end off by saying that I did enjoy playing this! There is a lot of really good juice here, I especially like the way the chess board forms at the start of a match, how the cards come in to your hand, and all of the sound effects for performing actions. The style of the game is great, and this being a jam entry is SUPER impressive. It is very common for jam entries to suffer from these types of conveyance issues, and I think the underlying game here is fun and quite interesting. I hope this feedback is useful as you develop the game further, and that this didn't come across as too harsh!

This was really fun! It took me around an hour and a half across 2 play sessions to beat. Felt brutal to game over the first time but maintaining your stats between runs made the game a lot more forgiving. There's a game kinda like this in UFO 50, which I recently played. After playing it I also thought about how neat it would be to have a dungeon crawler but with a gun. Glad to see someone else execute on it, and it turned out great!

For your sake I would recommend replacing the full preview of the cards on the itch page with ones that have been rotated and maybe skewed a little with a watermark placed over top. In their current state they can be downloaded and scaled down with no loss of quality!

Thank you for the video, it was a treat to watch! You would really enjoy my previous jam project, The Adventures of Mouthman!
https://retrocademedia.itch.io/mouth-man

I've got a full team!

Hold the fire button and do quick, tight dashes back and forth through its laser. May take longer than the other enemies but you'll kill it!

I have found a 3D modeller/Pixel artist, still looking for anyone else interested in working together!

I am a programmer/ game designer working in Godot. I can do pixel art and throw together 3D models but I'd prefer not to! Looking to assemble a full team of people! If you're interested reply here or contact me on discord, chances are you're already in the Pursuing Pixels discord so you can find me easily. Not certain about making a 3D game or not but if you can 3D model and we decide to go 2D we can always pre-render assets or mix mediums.

Want to know how I work under pressure?

For an example of my previous 3D work check out The Adventures of Mouthman, made in a week. For an example of my 2D work check out Present Panic, also made in a week!

The problem with the camera seems to be that unticking invert camera y doesn't actually change anything on controller or mouse

yes! 

Lmao, sorry to hear you fiddled with some weird settings. I would like to know which setting caused your keyboard to disconnect though, that sounds like a bug that should be fixed

Thank you! I couldn't agree more, giant food makes for great platforming

I'm sorry to hear you encountered a bug on Meatball Mountain! I'm glad you enjoyed the game anyway, and that you liked the small set piece moment as I felt like it was an important part of the game. Thank you for your feedback!

"how did you manage to make this in a single week?!"

1) I had a team with an amazing pixel artist and sound designer helping take care of a lot of the work

2) Staying up very very late and waking up early multiple days in a row AKA crunch mode. Don't do this one btw, I'm very proud of the end result but destroying my sleep schedule was probably not worth it.

3) Make games for many years before attempting a game of this scope during a jam!

4) DON'T ATTEMPT A GAME OF THIS SCOPE DURING A JAM WHEN YOU'RE THE ONLY PROGRAMMER SERIOUSLY WHAT WAS WRONG WITH ME THIS WAS A RIDICULOUS IDEA IT'S A MIRACLE THE GAME CAME TOGETHER

Anyway thank you for all of your praise, I'm very glad you enjoyed the game!

Thank you!

I was very inspired while watching the Psychodyssey documentary, so I'm glad that comes through in the final product. I'm glad you enjoyed the game!

Thank you very much for the rating! I'm glad you enjoyed the game!

Thank you for your feedback! I'd really love to expand on this game at some point in the future, and fun NPC's is definitely something I want to add. A cooldown on the vomit recharge is a good idea I hadn't considered. I'm glad you enjoyed the game!

Thank you, I'm really glad you enjoyed the game!

I'm really glad you enjoyed the game, and thank you for the rating!

This game is very cute! I know you've already heard about Goostav's topspin issues, but other than that the game is a lot of fun and I really enjoyed it!

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed the game! 

I'm glad you enjoyed the game! I really have no idea why the camera is flying away for some people, the only thing I can figure is low spec hardware? Idk I'm looking into it

NOOOOOOO IT ENDED TOO SOON!!!!

This was very cute, and I understand why the story had to be cut off in the middle, but I need to know how this story ends!!! You've certainly left me wanting more

Thank you! The game was a ton of work and I'm glad you enjoyed it!

This game was a lot of fun, and I enjoyed having to strategically pick cards. The game left me wanting more, and I would love to see this game continue development

This game plays great, and has the potential to become a really addicting arcade game. However, and I know you've heard this already many times, without some music and sound effects, the very compelling game loop falls a little bit flat. I would love to see this game turned into a full game at some point, as it otherwise has a lot of potential

The dialogue was really funny and gave me a good chuckle. The gameplay felt a little tedious, but didn't overstay it's welcome. Overall I enjoyed playing!

This game is a lot of fun! It is extraordinarily difficult though, and I only ever delivered 2 packages lol. The pixel art is really great and I enjoyed my time with the game a lot

Amazing shader as always! Keep up the great work, I can't wait to see what you make next!

Thank you for the info! I ended up buying it anyway, partially just to be safe, partially because I do think it counts as commercial, and partially just to support the dev.

With the Basic license can I use this for advertising, or should I purchase the Deluxe version? (Just genuinely not sure where advertising falls in the commercial/non-commercial space)

https://retrocademedia.itch.io/viral-reload

I can't believe this doesn't have at least a name your price option. Would gladly pay 5$-10$ for this!