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Thanks for playin, it's more to encourage players to take more risks in the heat of the moment - one can collect all coins on a stage to double it and then get back to the start to double it again. 

Thanks for playing, there should be less roid rage among the sharks now.

The mouse controls are definitely an experimental idea thrown in!

Thanks for playin, I have just nerfed initial shark speed so it's smoother to jump into. Also a few other little things.

Watching the shark indicators is key for planning your moves ahead however!

Thanks for playin - especially for an hour, the arcade style here will definitely be hit or miss.

Grey means sharks are passing on those tiles, red means you have captured a shark on that line and an angry, faster shark is replacing the previous. They also cannot be caught with a bottle, but you can still use a bottle to "tank" a hit from them in a pinch.

Each shark captured offers passive income daily to try make it more enticing to do.

The progression is mostly just an endurance, stacking upgrades from the store and gaining currency faster via the town hall edicts. Day 21 is when the difficulty hits its peak.

Thanks for playin! 

Mr Seal should still fly off the stage but it's a bit more random now which direction he goes...

The progression is stacking items from the shop and getting the town hall edicts - I suppose the ultimate goal is an endurance, like getting to Day 21.

The bottles are an expendable item to capture sharks - each shark captured then gives you monies daily. You can't catch the angery red ones.

Thanks for giving it a shot!

I did fear the HUD would be a bit overcrowding, definitely something to consider.

Getting to Day 21 currently I'd say is the challenge benchmark!

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Thanks for sealing Astral! I'm currently overhauling this with lots of changes, will likely be for the next demo day now.

I have another game on the backburner still but I wanted to make a quick arcadey thing for a little exercise.

Thank you - this is very useful!

I've done a quick hotpatch in regards to performance with the coins, I will have to keep my eye on those buggers.

Thanks for playing. Alot of work to do yet but I'm glad you enjoyed the risk and reward mechanic as it stands currently!

Hmm, I wonder where you crashed...

Thanks for playing. I've fixed the coin issue now after some heavy stress testing with it - couldn't have that one persisting.

Also added grid-based movement with no inbetweensies.

Thanks for playing THOUGH. Certainly grid movement makes more sense, I've implemented this one now.

I like the little guys taking the crates back to the ship. Can see this being a satisfying and cathartic time once you've cooked things more and bigger skirmishes become possible.

The stamina bar blends in with the grass so maybe a little background panel to help it stick out better.

The doppler effect with the ship horn can sound a bit odd as you move away from it.

Thanks for playing. It's certainly no Saints Row Insurance Fraud!

Thanks for playing. Yeah the coin effects definitely need a retooling, want to keep the idea of it but certainly can't have it hampering gameplay.

Going to mix up movement to fit more with the grid theme.

Thanks for playing. I'm going to fidget more with the camera angle on this one - isometric may not be the way...

The idea of returning from half-way was the risk/reward due to there being more obstacles; more to tempt the player I suppose if they're up to testing their reactions.

oh whoops lol

Great stuff, gave intense paranoia

Maybe a hard mode where the guy blends in with the crowd more; same height for example?

The glove is for holding super hot water!

Thanks for trying!

It's really a quickfire horror game with an attempt at some immersion aspects, I'm hesitant to add much UI nods for what the player should do honestly; the most indication you get right now is the player character's head will turn to face something interactable

You have to look and feel around, take stock of (currently rather sparse) surroundings, such as the glasses on the shelf in the kitchen

As for the camera controls and such, I'm just messing about with a few concepts

It's all a bit experimental honestly, there isn't a big goal to achieve currently; but there is one "goal" that is hinted at in the game!

This is really coming along nicely, difficulty has ramped up a ton - a good thing ofc. I did have a problem with ammo however.

I think you're really nailing down a great aesthetic now, look forward to seeing more

Always wondered what the skeleton dancers and space orb were all about...

RIP Cass, she would have loved this.

Much appreciated! It was fun experimenting with the coin pusher stuff.

Thanks for trying, without a doubt there's clunk. I'm glad you felt there's variance to it

cool stuff, i felt a bit anxious with those vanishing dudes around me

OK, I fixed that now. Very silly oversight on my end!

Yeah, I'm yet to strike a fine balance with the systems going on

Very solid foundation for a game, the UI art in particular is extremely good

Holding RMB to rotate the camera is fine, a toggle would perhaps work better though with the whole interacting and movement modes you've got going on

Also like the dude's chest inventory opening and closing

Not particularly sure yet actually, needs alot of refining in regards to the seal AI and how the days work.

The sealers were getting along a little too well in the houses, updated to add a % chance of baby sealers popping out instead of it being definite

Thanks! The username bug is strange. Only seems to occur for some and not for others.

Gave it another go, you do get used to the camera and it has its own charm, an options slider would be nice still. I was really pleased with how interactable everything in the house was, I could actually cook up the pizza and potatoes!

Not sure if there's a strafe ability during combat, I suppose you have that planned though

Incredible atmosphere and sound design, good music. Just wish the camera would stay focused more when moving it around, feels quite drunk when moving it

really enjoyed this, great job

the text builds such dread as you descend

This is something special for sure, and it will be soon enough if you continue.

However, I feel the player is really loaded down with tons of dialogue (though very funny) way too soon, you should condense the conversations just a bit to keep the pacing going

Really digged the mother style battle transitions and the general battle animations/sounds

But yeah this SMT style summon thing combined with that style reminiscent of mother, undertale etc will be a winner, haven't seen it before

Hmm, were you in the Casing mode when you started the level? Each level lets you roam around it and write notes, pressing tab starts the level proper

alright, it *should* be fixed now

the problem with this thing is it only happens for specific users, just in-case it's still buggered though i made it so the menu can be operated with keyboard keys, along with some new graphics indicating them

Crikey, gonna really dig into the menu to sort this out now

Re-uploaded due to an error with the main menu