Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD57 → Go with the Floe
By johnnysix
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 333 | 3.68 | 37 | |
| Fun | 182 | 3.77 | 37 | |
| Innovation | 295 | 3.48 | 37 | |
| Theme | 246 | 3.98 | 37 | |
| Graphics | 271 | 3.98 | 37 | |
| Audio | 169 | 3.79 | 36 | |
| Humor | 257 | 3.28 | 34 | |
| Mood | 1 |
Loved the fact that there was an orca dodged counter :smile: The speedy controls felt great and it was very fun to go deepsea fishing and to slide on the ice! The baby felt a bit hidden, maybe it would be good to let the player start there (also I didn't quite get the wave count and timer that seems to be stuck?).
Overall very fun, just wished the field of view is a bit bigger.
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Hi there! Nice game, I liked the fast-paced movements. I only wish the camera was not so zoomed in so I could see more the orcas and obstacles around me. Overall, nice work! :)
This game is amazing. Gives early flash games feel that i crave. Overall this is really really solid hit. I loved it.
Extremely, and I mean extremely, well made!
The orcas can come out of nowwhere if you are quick, would have been better with some kind of damage system, otherwise the game feels super polished! I really feel like a penguin
This was a joy to play . the movement mechanics felt speedy and fluid and I had fun both swimming and sliding (I think a game with just the sliding would have been equally fun). The music was top-notch, if you made it yourself for the game, then well done.
As someone else mentioned, I kinda wish the camera was a tad more zoomed out, but I'm not sure how much that would have affected the gameplay. Overall, this is my favority game of the jam so far 👊
Thanks all for playing, I really appreciate the feedback!
I fudged a lot of stuff and didn't realise mobile couldn't handle textures larger than 2048^2 :face_palm:
@bashem / @lintfordpickle - maybe can do a fix with some dynamic zoom, I just get bugged by the pixels getting flickery when they're non integer. :cry:
@oadt - I moved where the penguin spawns - I was supposed to add some dynamic text to say "get Fish" / "Go home" when you had enough fish, and maybe an arrow towards ice-holes / baby penguin etc.
Oh - the fixed shader / spawn version is here:
[Post-Jam Spawn-point and Shader Fix](https://johnnysix.net/games/LD57PDfix08/)
I don't know if editing the game with additional links will mess things up.
It looks very beautiful and pleasant! Going down the mountain is a separate pleasure, the poor child watched me go down and up 8 times if not more..
Very cute implementation. The controls are excellent.
Diving and sliding!
It's a shame the feeding process wasn't voiced :D
I love the fact that I could slide, very cute! :penguin: Very solid entry, feels very consistent. The only issue I had was with the field of view, I wish it was a bit bigger, because although I could be very fast, it didn't really pay off that well. Awesome entry, thanks!
Loved the music and audio design! Am I right in thinking the fish had a death sound effect, rather than you having a collection sound effect, so that you could hear the orcas nearby eating them? If so, nice touch! Liked the game a lot.
This is an amazing game! Everything I expected the penguin could do, it could (sliding down the snow, jumping out of the water). I really like how you can also delve really deep into the depths. There's an excitement in diving really deep and then going back up really fast! I didn't see any secrets down there since I kept getting killed by orcas, but it would've been really fun to explore that more.
Great entry!
Go with the Floe is a slightly more conventional take on Ecco the Dolphin. I say slightly because, it is very wild in its own ways. This penguin just **zooms** everywhere, slide into the water and just bolt right down, which you have to do in these orca infested waters because the moment they see you, they B-line right for ya.
I had many, many close calls with those orcas, and I loved each and every one. There's this very real thrill aspect to just going for it, picking up as many fish as you can and bolting upward for air while narrowly missing death on your way up.
I love the musical accompaniment for every action in the game. Very cool, very fun.
Cool game! when moving in the water it's a bit too fast but make sense, the penguin is so cute and the atmosphere is good, good job!
A very good entry. The movement is a little too fast, but it is a nice playable project! Nice job!
The SkiFree Yeti has an aquatic cousin now!
I love the game conceptually but the controls are really slippery - it feels like everything but the land portion runs about 4x what it ought to. There's literally no time to dodge an orca if it spots you. As for feeding the baby penguin, it's really annoying how far you have to trot from the ice to reach the nest - it might be realistic, but it makes "banking" your points more onerous than it really has to be. ^_^;
That's why we do Ludum, for this kind of game :D.
Fun and fast gameplay - easy to just start and swim :D Love the music, fitting for this fast pased game.
Enjoyed this one a lot, it's easy enough to collect the fish, but dodging the orcas is quite tough because of the small screen and fast movement. Nice and balanced game overall!
Simple game but very interesting! The control is a little bit too sensitive imo? Overall I rated 4.5 on avg. Excellent!
Hey, that was very fun! Really like gameplay, graphics and music! Nice job! :gift_heart:
Soooo cute! But the Orcas kind of spoiled the fun, they were so unpredictable and I felt like I had no chance against them. Otherwise, collecting all the fishes feels cool, the controls are innovative and the overall setting is - as said - just super cute.
Found myself far more addicted to this game than I expected trying to get 100% (usually Orca would get me, arggh). The speed in the water was surprising but fun, but combined with the pretty close camera, it felt somewhat claustrophobic. That's being really nitpicky though. Really enjoyed it and would love to have it as a time passer on my phone. Great job!
Holy shit I can go fast! I really like to climb up the hill at the start and then slide down into the water.
It would be nice to have some sort of indicator on the edge of my screen when Orcas are nearby. I often swam into them before I had time to react because the Orca and I both go fast. I also got a little bit lost sometimes when trying to return to the baby because there are a couple different icebergs on the surface.
I really like how fast and responsive the controls feel, but it's really easy to just suddenly die with no warning due to moving very fast! Sliding around on the surface was a fun thing to discover. Graphics are super cute, I especially appreciated the little bubbles on the O2 bar. Well done!