Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD29 → Sink or Swim
By noom
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coolness | 2 | 93 | ||
| Humor | 338 | 2.79 | ||
| Fun | 350 | 3.28 | ||
| Audio | 415 | 2.98 | ||
| Mood | 431 | 3.13 | ||
| Theme | 473 | 3.35 | ||
| Overall | 745 | 2.98 | ||
| Graphics | 807 | 2.78 | ||
| Innovation | 862 | 2.65 |
Nice product.
-The music was very good, if a bit loud at times.
-Liked the physics (i.e. food/bubble collisions, kelp deformation).
-The controls and gameplay were quite solid once the game started. It may have just been me, but it seamed like there was a lot of time before food started spawning...? Regardless the concept of getting larger and heavier as you got more points was cool.
Nice job!
Really loved the music on this one! Solid implementation of the "fishy" concept, I liked the collidable reeds!
Could polish some of the art/menu text etc but for LD it's not like menus matter ;)
I like the kelp physics. The game is simple and works well, although the background is a bit empty.
Slow to start, but the fish is surprisingly maneuverable. I had some fun races to grab a bit of food before it hit the ground, and I was able to pull it off while dodging bubbles. Graphics are rough but solid gameplay.
Pretty solid and fun game.
Fun little game. Why do bubbles kill me, tho!
Can't really say much apart from the fact that I had great fun while playing :) Good job!
Looks nice, but I think it would be better with more positive rewards instead of becoming a gradually more obese and unwieldy fish who is doomed to die. :P
I like the way the seaweed moves when you brush against it, though going near it is a bad idea.
Cool concept. Could see this being turned into a nice little mobile game with a little effort. As microapple already said, kelp deformation is cool - nice bit of polish :)
Interesting and cute game! I liked the concept and racing around to pick up food was enjoyable and simple. It was a bit slow to start though, and tried my patience a bit.
Cool game physics, funny character and sounds, pleasant game. I don't always understand why I lose health though. Good use of HTML5 !
I love the seaweed, that the food interacts with the bubbles, and that you float to the surface when you die.
I got 510.
Nice tune. Simple controls. Easy to pick up and play. :)
~Fun fact: minutes ago I played a game where I was a fish *avoiding* falling objects, and trying to *collect* bubbles. wat~
Woah, nice game!
Good gfx, great music, good game mechanics (constant visible progress, clear rules).
You should continue working on it and change levels / backgrounds after the player reaches a certain size, this will be fun to play longer!
I'm curious about that happens when I get REALLY big. I just couldn't live long enough.
Wow thanks for all the positive comments guys it's really nice hearing all of this. I really appreciate all of you taking the time to play/rate and then comment.
eastes : in my timelapse (which i've just added to the description) you can see the fish grow beyond the bounds of the game, it's pretty funny - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuN3Vtqfm6E
This was a nice little game, the music was a little ear-piercing though. A lot of interesting details.
My fish got so fat it could hardly swim, haha! My score says 490 but the score at the top left says 500 which is kind of funny too. I liked the gameplay a lot, actually. I found the high-pitched tones in the music pretty annoying though. Nice work!!
The fact that the music evolves as you progress through the game is cool, and I liked how you handled difficulty by making the fish grow. And the physic of the plants was cool!
The frowny face on the fish when it dies is pretty funny. The seaweed obstacles at the bottom are a nice touch too.
The music was a little piercing, but the gameplay was solid and pretty good fun. Nice idea & nice execution.
Music is great and has a fantastic mood, good job.
400 ! Great game ! I would have like a way to regain hearts. Good job. !
Good game. It starts a bit too slowly, but it's entertaining afterwards.
You had a great idea with the ability to mute the audio, since it hurt my ears at some point. Solid gameplay, though. Well done!
This is amazing, great work! Though at first I was a bit confused, I thought I had to get the air bubbles (dissolved oxygen) but I think that is just me.
This truly is a fish sim.
I felt like a fish!
Really nice mechanic. I didn't notice that bubble could hurt the fish at first time.
This is an ok little game, starts with not much action, but has its quota of fun while being contemplative at the same time.
Love the fluidity of the game, and rubbing myself against those sexy kelps...
Nice game. Starts slow, but it gets better with time.
The physics was really good.
I found the music a little annoying, but it can be muted so +1
I like that you expanded on the "fish food" mechanic I've seen in similar games by making the bubbles dangerous and making the fish get slower as well as bigger. Didn't play long enough to take over the whole pond, but it was pretty fun.
The difficulty progression on this game is great--it's slow enough to get a feel for it, and ramps up enough to be a real challenge.
Nice physics and audio. The game is fun to play. But I would like to see another version with air bubbles not permanently dangerous. Maybe a bar that gets inscreased with every bubble hit and decreased over time. If the bar is at 100% the fish dies. This would allow the possibility to recover from mistakes.