its a very cute game but i am godawful at it ahah. very hard for me to avoid those sharks after a certain point. would greatly benefit from an easy mode or a passive shark mode if thats possible. i wanted to get the mermaid huge but i was always cut short because of a stray whirlpool or being too close to a shark spawn point. ended up being more frustrated than turned on ahah
The number at the top is your score and the number under your belly after you eat something is the points that are added, if you mean online leaderboard I am thinking of doing that 🙂
I like the new update, but i think the whirlpools can be unfair since you can get stuck in them or they for walls that trap you with the sharks. Maybe you can do than when you bounce once the whirlpools disappear and/or the bigger you are the less it bounce you (maybe if you are bigger enough you eat it and became an upgrade that vacuum all the screen, maybe with smaller variants). Keep the good work.
Yea like you can be at the bottom of the screen as it comes from the top for example. let's say it goes forward and should just go right past you. Instead, it will jump instantly behind you. happens on the 6th or 7th shark. whatever one that follows you
ended up getting to 25k+ after leaving it on. At like 2k I couldn't really move, and sharks just auto-devoured. Would be cool to have a super shark that's always bigger after a certain size. Also, character starts to rotate once you get big enough and can't quite fit in the water due to the weight?
I will be making sure unlimited size can't happen in the next update, even though it is very fun to do. I got to around 10,00 doing this same thing lol
So after playing the paid version, I have to say this is a pretty good starting point. It was a little frustrating to control at first, but once I realized you're supposed to move in an arc like a dolphin, it became a lot easier. I was able to reach up to 300 so far.
One thing I would suggest is that once the sharks reach the range where they become edible, maybe have the ones that can be eaten approach the player from the opposite side of the screen? While the current situation does allow for a bit of a risk/reward dynamic, it's a bit awkward to gauge whether to avoid them when you have so little time to react, so it usually ends up with the sharks being eaten by accident. It would also make things more consistent, with anything on the left side being dangerous while the right side being food.
Also I discovered a bug where the sharks just sort of disappear off-screen and don't show up again. This happens early in the game and it more or less softlocks it to where only the first two kinds of fish show up and nothing else until you reset.
Edit: Found another glitch a little while later where the shark keeps flashing the warning sign but never shows, which also ends up with a similar softlock except with the third kind of fish.
Thanks for the feedback, I am aware of these shark glitches and will fix them in the upcoming update! I was also thinking of making the sharks come from the opposite side
the sharks sizes are random in a range! I will be changing all the size differences in the next update to make it more clear if you can eat them. I'm also going to see what I can do about the move speed.
I've actually been addicted to it myself 😳 thanks for the feedback!
The concept is good, but i the controls are hard to control and gets harder the bigger you get. Also it would be nice if the shark warning appear in the same high as the shark will emerge. But a great start
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its a very cute game but i am godawful at it ahah. very hard for me to avoid those sharks after a certain point. would greatly benefit from an easy mode or a passive shark mode if thats possible. i wanted to get the mermaid huge but i was always cut short because of a stray whirlpool or being too close to a shark spawn point. ended up being more frustrated than turned on ahah
I'm going to add more modes with varying difficulty so hopefully that will be better!
'ppreciate it, i wish you luck!
Will this game ever be free? (I've only played the demo). This game looks great so far 👍
No plans for price changes, although future updates will be free for full game owners and the demo may be modified
I wish there would be more predators and a score system!
Hope you guys will keep working on this project^^
The number at the top is your score and the number under your belly after you eat something is the points that are added, if you mean online leaderboard I am thinking of doing that 🙂
Yeah I meant like an leaderboard or that your highest score is getting saved like arcade games do!This game is really cute.Thank you for creating it
I'm sure I'm just being really dumb, but can you tell me how to run the game? Is there a specific software I'm meant to run it through?
for PC just extract the zip to a folder and open the .exe, for Android download and open the .APK, it should install the app
I like the new update, but i think the whirlpools can be unfair since you can get stuck in them or they for walls that trap you with the sharks. Maybe you can do than when you bounce once the whirlpools disappear and/or the bigger you are the less it bounce you (maybe if you are bigger enough you eat it and became an upgrade that vacuum all the screen, maybe with smaller variants). Keep the good work.
I plan on adjusting how far you drift when you touch them, I think making them disappear is a good idea. Thanks for the feedback!
are sharks meant to auto-kill you in the demo? Fuckers teleport at you XD
yep 😈
Didn't know about teleporting though, I'll take a look
Yea like you can be at the bottom of the screen as it comes from the top for example. let's say it goes forward and should just go right past you. Instead, it will jump instantly behind you. happens on the 6th or 7th shark. whatever one that follows you
I'm on it thanks for the notice :)
is there a requirement for the golden fish to spawn? Found sometimes they don’t spawn at all and sometimes they spawn frequently and early…
it is completely random, I am going to make it more periodic
ended up getting to 25k+ after leaving it on. At like 2k I couldn't really move, and sharks just auto-devoured. Would be cool to have a super shark that's always bigger after a certain size. Also, character starts to rotate once you get big enough and can't quite fit in the water due to the weight?
I will be making sure unlimited size can't happen in the next update, even though it is very fun to do. I got to around 10,00 doing this same thing lol
So after playing the paid version, I have to say this is a pretty good starting point. It was a little frustrating to control at first, but once I realized you're supposed to move in an arc like a dolphin, it became a lot easier. I was able to reach up to 300 so far.
One thing I would suggest is that once the sharks reach the range where they become edible, maybe have the ones that can be eaten approach the player from the opposite side of the screen? While the current situation does allow for a bit of a risk/reward dynamic, it's a bit awkward to gauge whether to avoid them when you have so little time to react, so it usually ends up with the sharks being eaten by accident. It would also make things more consistent, with anything on the left side being dangerous while the right side being food.
Also I discovered a bug where the sharks just sort of disappear off-screen and don't show up again. This happens early in the game and it more or less softlocks it to where only the first two kinds of fish show up and nothing else until you reset.
Edit: Found another glitch a little while later where the shark keeps flashing the warning sign but never shows, which also ends up with a similar softlock except with the third kind of fish.
Thanks for the feedback, I am aware of these shark glitches and will fix them in the upcoming update! I was also thinking of making the sharks come from the opposite side
I like this game quite a lot, it’s strangely addictive. Will agree that at big sizes it’s extremely hard to move.
Would love to see additional bars to display capacity and size as a number.
Also, do the sharks grow over time? I swear some of them were huge when I hit around 150 score wise.
the sharks sizes are random in a range! I will be changing all the size differences in the next update to make it more clear if you can eat them. I'm also going to see what I can do about the move speed.
I've actually been addicted to it myself 😳 thanks for the feedback!
The concept is good, but i the controls are hard to control and gets harder the bigger you get. Also it would be nice if the shark warning appear in the same high as the shark will emerge. But a great start
Thanks for your support I'll keep this in mind!