FoonLudum Dare ExplorerLD48 → Deepest fish

Deepest fish

By jokubasg

View on ldjam.com

CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall12933.2924
Fun10203.2724
Innovation17272.5224
Theme7573.7623
Graphics15532.9324
Audio10942.8824
Humor13092.1423
Mood14583.0423

Comments

somestufz 2021-04-27 05:41

Good game, the random generation works, howether the timer feels a little unatural

lukeydev 2021-04-27 05:55

That was very fun! I love how the time-slow power up works. To anyone playing this game, my highscore is 537. Try to beat me!

adam-k 2021-04-27 05:58

Very simple game, but everything is very polished. I think I got to 1200 ft deep with a 750 or so. I didn't even realize how long I was playing, just focused on collecting the fish! The slow down power ups seemed like they came in way too often. It seemed liked I had it on almost the entire play session, and then finally it timed out and I was flying down the screen. It was very hard to react to this since I wasnt able to get a feel for the natural increase in speed as I went further down. The random layers algorithm felt really good and it seemed like it was hand crafted.

3eal0t 2021-04-27 11:20

Some fish look like chicken legs :laughing: funny game A little dizzy due to the increase in the speed of descent to the depth.

pnkvrt 2021-04-27 13:41

Capture.PNG

This game is so fun! And surprisingly addicting :D Love the music and sound. Had a lot of fun. Great job!

zimny11 2021-04-28 16:05

Nice game! It was fun to play. I thought the slowdown bonus lasted too long in the beginning, but at one point, even with the slowdown, the obstacles appeared so fast that it was hard to avoid all of them! Here is my highscore.

Bez tytułu.png

felo07 2021-04-29 05:11

very chill, i was meditating and playing pesca.jpg

dylan-morrow 2021-04-29 05:12

Really fun! My only issue was how often the slow time appeared! For me, atleast, it was too often. but other than that I loved it all! Got somewhere around 2000!

starrynitegames 2021-04-29 05:43

I appreciate how things got darker the deeper you got. I could honestly see myself sinking a decent amount of time into this to get the best score.

At least to the depth I got I thought the slow-mo clock power-up slowed down the descent a little too much. I found myself avoiding them throughout my playtime.

human-writes-code 2021-04-29 07:13

Man, I did not even get *close* to some of the other players who have commented! I really liked the game, though. I did run into a section where it seemed like no hourglasses were appearing (but perhaps I just didn't see them). I like the style, it felt responsive and I enjoyed playing it. What more can you ask for in a jam game?! Great job.

nsadie 2021-04-30 16:46

Nice and fun little game, I also agree with @dylan-morrow that there were a little too many hourglasses!

c4scar 2021-05-01 17:33

It was cool to see the new fishes come up. A little too easy with all the hour glasses. Could have been cool to have the items able to move around randomly and not be so structured in lanes.

korfi 2021-05-02 23:04

Nice game! As most people have pointed out the hourglasses are a bit too overpowered, haha. It also feels like there are a few too many hearts spawning. If you don't want to reduce the hourglasses too much another idea could be to make the timer scale with the speed of the descent of the hook - the further down you get (the faster the hook), the faster the time in the hourglass passes as well. Another thing that I noticed was that I sometimes felt like the rocks had past my hook and I started moving to avoid the next layer but still hit the rocks in the previous one. It could just be me being bad however!

If you want to continue working on the game, adding more fish, more obstacles and more powerups could be the next step! Maybe there could be something that made you immune to the rocks for a small amount of time, or a magnet that pulled the fish in to the hook during a short amount of time?

Great job!

reactor-scram 2021-05-02 23:20

I got to 1,000 points and 1,600 meters, and now I'm having an optical illusion... my screen is stretching out vertically!

Very fun at first, I love the discrete lanes that make it easier to dodge. But after I got the angler fish and it got dark, I got bored. The darkness just seems like an annoyance, and the hearts made it so I probably would never lose.

jason-wilson 2021-05-03 01:15

Great simple and polished game. The pixel art was great. Sound effects and music were good. I didn't really care for the blurring at the sides of the screen, it hurt my eyes.

Good job!

gregoryblomquist 2021-05-18 02:51

Good game! I agree with everyone else about the hourglass power-ups and the scrolling design was a bit distracting. Overall, nice focus on the jam theme!