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Lazor Fish

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness351
Humor3562.75
Fun6682.89
Audio9091.96
Graphics9412.56
Theme9582.70
Innovation10052.44
Overall10162.69
Mood11722.00

Comments

hbocao 2014-05-01 00:50

Crazy entry! haha The fish robots(?) falling right on the player is very annoying because you can't stand a chance. I think it would be better if they came from under you.

eckcz 2014-05-03 22:39

hehe sweet robofishezzz :D

harsayhd 2014-05-08 18:57

DEM LAZORZ!11!
Now seriously. Simple and fun game to play, with more polished graphics would be better ;)

vilya 2014-05-08 20:48

That's really quite fun! Nice simple concept, fast and frantic action - just the sort of thing I like. Graphics and sounds could have been a bit better I suppose, but the important bit - the fun - is spot on. Nice work!

ragzouken 2014-05-08 22:25

Nice game :)

cirrial 2014-05-09 00:01

Seconding the unfairness of robots spawning almost right on top of you, otherwise pretty neat idea and I like the idea of accidentally ruining the environment around you with careless missing.

ghostmaple 2014-05-09 03:26

Neat idea, especially the liner/leak mechanic. The controls (laser not quite shooting where I'm aiming) and the fish falling onto me made for a pretty hard game. A bigger pond (so you have a chance to evade and not just shoot or die), perhaps some different types of fish enemies, and a few powerups for variety and you have a winner. Did I mention I totally dig that pond leaking mechanic?

penguincat 2014-05-09 06:23

Who doesn't love a good old fashioned lazor fish??

zeppelincaptain 2014-05-09 12:28

I liked that the franticness of it encouraged shooting all the time, but that it was discouraged because you would damage the walls. However, the fish spawning right next to the player made the game unplayable.

moosefly 2014-05-10 19:06

Crazy? Awesome? Crazy awesome! Somewhat simple, but pretty entertaining. Nice work on the walls and the water surface. Some of the fish dropped too quickly and were super hard to kill before they killed you. Graphics were good in their simpleness, but a kickass soundtrack would've added a lot.

Anssi@MooseflyGames

zyxer 2014-05-10 21:11

Haha. Funny game.

I really like that you can drain the pond. Gives quite a twist to the game.

Sometimes the enemy fish spawn too close to you and you have no time to react. I honestly never was able to drain my pool (even though I tried), because I always died due to a fish spawning too close.

It also crashed once:
FATAL ERROR in
action number 1
of Step Event0
for object spwn_evil_fish:

Push :: Execution Error - Variable Get -1.spawnClear(100015, -1)
at gml_Object_spwn_evil_fish_Step_0

wertle 2014-05-15 19:44

Nice solid little shooter, I liked how the lining thing mixed up my typical shooter strategy (which is normally shoot all things forever regardless of aim). My biggest piece of feedback to make this game better would be to pause a moment when you get hit by another fish before jumping straight to the You Lose screen, to allow my brain to catch up with what has happened. That will also help people to learn how much collision box they have to deal with so they can try and improve. Some extra feedback on the water going down would also help, it was pretty subtle and I was so focused on my fish that I didn't notice it. One easy way of calling this out might be a background pattern that's called out by the lowering of the water level. Nice work! Love the angry fishy faces!

elstevo 2014-05-16 00:02

Wow, hard one! :) Sometimes fishes just spawned on my face and I died instantly, but the quick game restart makes it quite addicting, even with the really simple mechanic.

aelita1992 2014-05-16 07:01

Simple and dynamic :) Would be great as a mobile game, when finished :)

jlay 2014-05-17 02:43

Man, this was fun. It would have been more fun if there was some blood and guts!