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The Compleat Angler

By jesus-gonzalez and singrid

View on ldjam.com

CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall7053.2022
Fun6053.1521
Innovation6163.0221
Theme6273.3022
Graphics3373.8621
Audio3223.3921
Humor3263.2220
Mood2923.6021

Comments

thiago-ferraro 2018-12-04 16:20

Nice artstyle!

sashbros 2018-12-04 16:49

Nice gameplay and audio is also good..it would be good if we could move with WASD keys to make game more interactive..beacuse in here we only have to click where to go..that is little less interactive.. Other than that nice art and great work !!

lucecyl 2018-12-04 16:58

Cute! Nice mechanic, I like that you only use the mouse to play.

ild-games-llc 2018-12-04 17:04

I love both the fishing cat character and the alligator designs that you came up with, they're really cute and appealing!

I jotted down a few notes as I was playing:

I was challenged and engaged during the river segments, but the fishing minigame felt a bit too easy - The slow moving meter meant that I was never in danger of missing a cast, and because the fish did not move around on screen, I was also never in danger of missing a school of fish.

I'm not sure if I was doing something wrong (Or loaded up my boat with too many fish), but I almost never had a chance to drop the fish after a collision with an alligator - The ship sunk within half a second, before I could even react. This never felt unfair and never killed my enjoyment (I did hit an alligator, after all), but if the goal was to let players bail out their ship, you might want to slow the timer down a little bit before you sink.

I also found a bug on one playthrough - My boat sank on Day 1, and I was forced to sit and wait for around 30 seconds for it to get back on screen from the river before I could catch any more. Once it got back, my boat then started randomly sinking during the fishing segment, presumably because it hit an alligator in the river as it slowly walked over to me.

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All in all, great job getting this all together for the jam! :)

carystringfield 2018-12-04 17:24

I enjoyed your game. Figured it out without reading the instructions. Good job.

Please check out our game https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/43/sacrifice-to-the-flames

ryan-brenner 2018-12-04 18:50

I missed the goal by $2 :laughing:

What an adorable game. I really loved the art and aesthetic of your game. The water effects and the subtle animations really added to the experience. The music is also super cute and pleasant and fits the relaxing mood of this game perfectly.

I would have enjoyed it a bit more if there was some more variety in the fish you could catch, specifically with the meter mini game. Regardless, I think you did an awesome job.

bit 2018-12-05 12:21

Nice and neat. Great jam game. Needs some balancing but good job :)

royur 2018-12-05 15:52

just need to add cat purring everytime he catch fish. great art.

choso 2018-12-05 16:45

Really enjoyed the game, the art is so cute. I liked the mechanics too, great job on it o/

rikun 2018-12-06 13:16

Game Really Complete, Art of Cat is really Cute, Game play is good to, :D

grafexy 2018-12-06 13:22

Enjoyable and fun little game nice art and sounds, Great job.

franfox 2018-12-06 18:39

It was nice to play. Maybe the fish mechanic is a little tricky, it's hard to get the right point. I like the character, very cute.

plugworldg 2018-12-07 02:03

I liked the graphics in the game and the mechanic of dropping fish so you don't sink. Great game.