Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → Users → Fuzzy Lobster
| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 53 | Delivery | 👥 | Out of Pigeons | jam | 718 | 3.45 | 3.00 | 3.39 | 4.10 | 3.58 | 3.41 | 2.70 | 3.08 |
| 2023 | 52 | Harvest | 👥 | Cahoots | jam | 185 | 3.83 | 3.34 | 3.62 | 3.96 | 3.90 | 3.74 | 3.73 | |
| 2021 | 48 | Deeper and deeper | 👥 | Sublunker | jam | 746 | 3.61 | 3.32 | 3.19 | 4.21 | 3.87 | 3.78 | 2.36 | 3.90 |
I was able to get the game to run by using the Oracle Java 8 JVM for Windows (didn't try openJDK).
The game really makes you feel like a fish out of water. I think this game could really use a camera drag margin. It was very jarring to have the camera fixed on the fish and shake rapidly up and down. It made it hard to see, especially with how fast the fish is.
Fun game. Made me sleepy, even more than from doing the jam
I really like the voxel based art and the punchy music. Thanks!
@cannashblue Thanks! that means a lot. I feel like we could've done a better job teaching the controls and mechanics in-game
@zoarfy Thanks for the valuable feedback! It means a lot.
I've been spending some time thinking about the controls, and a couple days ago I decided it would be a good idea to start the player facing upright, so that controls on the keyboard are aligned with the way the submarine is oriented. (It controls like a rocket ship, when you think about it)
I agree that the sea creatures can be very unforgiving right now. It doesn't feel very fair to the player right now. Hopefully in a post-jam version we can figure out a way to add more options to the player.
Very happy you liked it! I will check out your game!
The addition of the breathing mechanic makes the game so much more than the sum of it's parts. Having to constantly split your attention makes the game feel very frantic in a way that really suits the narrative.
This guy jams
I like this game, it makes me nostalgic for DOS games. The character animations and sounds are really good. I like the wall jumps and level transitions a lot too
Really neat game. The graphics are on-point and the music is really great.
Sounds design and music is amazing. And that walking animation might be the best I've ever seen
Awesome. Really dig the pixel art (what a pro!). No compromises on the attention to detail.
This is a perfect jam game, really simple and *really* fun!
boogies
I really like the tileset and sounds. Beautiful
I keep coming back to this one. The atmosphere is really good
Love the hand drawn art
I really like the builtin tutorial, very intuitive. The music is snappy
It's fun blocks as a tiny fish
Amazing game, it's really cool. My favourite so far this jam. The sound design is :fire:, the atmosphere is perfect.
Incredible pixel art. I'm blown away that your team was able to pull this off!
post deadline fix: - fixed a critical bug preventing the next level from loading
Thanks for the feedback everyone!
I've incorporated most of it in a new version available on itch.io https://fuzzylobster22.itch.io/cahoots
This version is a lot more polished, and probably shouldn't be considered for scoring in the jam, but check it out if you want to keep playing!
@salvation thanks for coming back! that means a lot
I'm able to get to the Bear by building Rabbit on Year 1, Peach on Year 2, Plum + Deer on Year 3, Beaver + Rabbit&Dandelion combo on Year 4, the Bear + Salmon on Year 5. After that it's not that difficult to get to year 10+, just make sure you spend as much as you can.
I've messed with the difficulty a lot and it's at a point that's comfortable for me... but I've playtested it a lot haha.
>the tip on V1.1 said 8 raccoons and one water symbol i had 8 water but the raccoons did eat way more than 8…
The game uses pseudorandom number generation to come up with the amount of lost resources. I think that it's important to put randomness in the game to keep it from getting boring, but I can definitely see how that's confusing and how it's frustrating to save up what should be exactly enough only to lose anyways.
@salvation Awesome! That's farther than I've made it, and the highest I've seen so far!
I was surprised and delighted when I ran over a dead deer with a combine. I like this game
I got all the spoons!
I got 30 heads. This definitely reminds me of Newgrounds in a good way
Cute game, I beat all the levels! Graphics are really good. I like the song too! I really like how there's different kind of soils, I'd like to see that expanded on a bit.
CAW CAW CAW
> I can only WASD
@pedrohpf WASD is enough. The other buttons are just to have more comfortable options. A controller should work too.
I really enjoy games like this, thanks for making it! I did feel like the left & right controls were backwards for what my brain expected.
Very good use of color
Love the aesthetic :)