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Shark Feast

By carrier_signal

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness289
Audio1993.40
Humor2353.03
Fun3583.27
Theme4903.34
Overall5323.20
Mood5882.95
Graphics6712.98
Innovation9172.58

Comments

cr2crstudios 2014-04-28 13:39

Really cool. Might be on the easy side, though.

ccglp 2014-04-29 00:18

Sharks die if they don't eat? hahaha, I like the game though

helloworldstudios 2014-04-29 00:21

I'm getting an error launching the web player

caiustsm 2014-04-29 00:24

Pretty funny. I like all the particles.

galanm 2014-04-29 00:28

Okay, I had way to much fun with that…

Game 'feels' just about perfect for what it's trying to do. The music, the atmosphere, and the gratuitous gore all add up to a great diversion.

The only complaint that I have is that after you figure it out, there is NO challenge. Then again, considering how long I played it, maybe that's a plus.

leparlon 2014-04-29 00:30

I've found killing the orcas to be is immensely satisfying, good job. Fun game.

eirikir 2014-04-29 00:33

This is really cool for your first game ever, gratz man!

davidc02 2014-04-29 00:33

This is pretty fun. It needs more divers :D

granut100 2014-04-29 00:36

This game was good! I liked the splash of particles when coming out of the water.

fatjoe 2014-04-29 02:24

Congrats with your first game! :D
Not bad for a first go, was a bit confused in the beginning, but got the hang of it in the rest.

tiffi 2014-04-29 12:36

Jay shark games :). I love the music, great work!

detocroix 2014-04-29 12:37

Killer whale killing mechanics <3

catmoo 2014-04-29 12:41

Haha that was awesome, similar to my game but my fish was a more friendly fish :)

Really enjoyed attacking everything and trying to survive :)

Audio was great too!

carrier_signal 2014-04-29 14:22

Hey thanks for some of the comments guys! I have to admit some of things about this game that people and myself like so much were flukes/bugs.

Think if I went back I'd change some things like only getting health back on killing and not munching.

Also there is a bug at the bottom of the sea where you can go under the sand if you are on the far left or right. However I don't believe this is "game breaking" because you can still starve :)

wilpel1234 2014-04-29 19:21

I like it, and the sounds is awesome!

ashdnazg 2014-04-29 19:31

Congrats for making you first game!
The gameplay isn't too original, and there is some room for improvement challenge wise, but what really makes this game is the wonderful audio and your graphics style that make playing quite enjoyable!

Well done :)

noorstudios 2014-04-29 19:36

Eating Ocras four times your size is so much fun!

soupwithbits 2014-04-29 19:40

Oh the magnificent violence!

bebopbraunbaer 2014-04-29 19:45

fun! lacks a bit of a challange, stoped playing at score >2000 points.

good work and a fun game to play (- : keep it up!

mneubrand 2014-04-30 02:18

Nice gameplay twist. Endless eater should be its own genre. Love the music, especially the one on the menu screen with the splashing

pickle 2014-04-30 02:28

The amount of blood from the orcas lol....
I also like being able to jump out of the water to get those pesky birds. Got a highscore of about 4,000, then a crab kills me... the irony.

attractivenerd 2014-04-30 13:06

hahaha, the movement is hilarious! had lots of fun, should be getting harder overt time though, as ppl already mentioned.

theexgenesis 2014-04-30 13:06

Very fun, killing is really satisfying! The controls were kinda messy though

theexgenesis 2014-04-30 13:08

Very fun, although easy, killing is really satisfying! The controls were kinda messy though.

crocantidepollo 2014-04-30 16:40

Nice! I love that you can jump out of the water and eat the birds ;)

sparrow 2014-04-30 18:20

Very good game, especially for your first Ludum!
When I found out about Orca's I didn't die anymore and stopped when I went over score 5000.

local-minimum 2014-04-30 19:14

For a first game in unity, you really nailed a lot of details with particle systems and such. It was quite fun swimming around, but a little too hard to direct the shark. Especially since it seemed like you would only green-eat when hitting prey head-on with the mouth. An alternative way of control worth testing would be to let the shark home in on the mouse/touch pointer. Nice for pads and such if you have those ambitions.

A bit clearer explanation about the importance of the mouth and that all things can hurt you would have been nice. In fact it felt a bit unfair that shark always took the hit if collided with any object (not with mouth). At least both should take damage. Or none. To make it fair.

Another thing to consider is to start out with fewer animals in the water and have them become attracted to the blood so game gets progressively harder yet can start at something relatively harmless (like you and a surfer and a gull).

Nice first game. Hope you liked the LD-experience and will do more.

degtyarev 2014-05-02 15:43

Addictive!

greatbigjerk 2014-05-03 16:09

I can't get past the main menu on the web version.

nesis 2014-05-03 16:11

A fun, simple game fitting the theme. Audio was pretty loud!

whilefun 2014-05-03 17:28

Excellent use of audio and atmosphere. Felt super creepy. The bite/eat sound was very satisfying. Good work! :)

paps 2014-05-08 16:33

very fun to play. Am I the only one who to tried to eat a bird?

commanderj 2014-05-17 20:04

very fun. love the gore/particle effects.