At first I thought they might come later, but still no other fish, or power ups. Nothing! I manage to get +1000 points, but still no other fish. Just the small ones. I tried the demo version just to make sure the update didn't get mixed up with that one. The demo version only allows you to play just a little bit, because the shark follows you and eats you no matter what, even if you try to avoid it! Nice job on that one, so people will want to buy the full version.
Your game is awesome. I saw a little bit of gameplay on YT and I was like Alright, I need to have this. As a kid who enjoyed those fish-eat-fish games and as an adult who thinks mermaids are swell, I've low-key been waiting for years upon years for a game like this be made. I hope more of these pop up in the future because this is such an easy concept not many people have been willing to entertain.
2 things:
Could you make it so pressing an arrow key or the spacebar works just like clicking does? The controls are very good on their own, but having this as an option would be super cool as well.
Do you plan to add to add any lore for at least the playable mermaid? I'd love to know her name and her story and how she looks like from the back and if there's another bracelet on her other arm... like a short a sweet bio would be pretty cool.
Yes, I intend on making the controls work the same no matter what button you press, same with touch screen. As for lore I am happy you like the characters, I love them and the detail AdjectiveNounCombo puts into them as well. I will think about implementing some subtle story telling :)
You're welcome. I wanted to share your game, maybe this will help a bit.
Oh, and please keep the keyboard controls. They help sometimes to get unstuck from the whirlpools or swim after the golden fish/heart when you miss it.
I will be rebalancing the game to make up for the single button control such as getting out of the left side of the screen, but I want the game to be as equal as possible on all platforms for when unlocks become available. I will consider the difficulty of the special items :)
Ok, thanks! The only thing that bugs me is when you can't swim forward or backwards when you get stuck. Keep up the good work. I'll be happy to donate too for your time.
Nice job on updating so fast, I do quite like the game! The warning signs still appear for sharks even if they are too small to eat you though. They don't appear for the 'first attack' phase but for every subsequent pass they do.
Also, would it be possible to have a version of controls that doesn't use the mouse? I understand removing the additional 'down' input methods is a way to get rid of the 'faster descent' exploit, but I preferred being able to play entirely with four keys and not using the mouse.
Finally, a question: How many golden fish can you eat before belly size reaches its cap? When I manage to get more than 2 golden fish in a single run, it doesn't seem like the belly gets any bigger than it was after eating the 2nd golden fish.
I noticed the warning sign bug right after I published 😵💫. for controls, I will probably put in spacebar for the keyboard. No need for more than one key, this is a single button game :)
I believe 4 gold fish gets you to max capacity. I think there are 4 different visual belly states, the first 2 are available without any gold fish :) I'll have to check when I can
Game is super fun to play, you're right about that! I'd absolutely love a small burp when the shark first eats you, and then maybe a deeper, wetter belch once you digest. No idea how hard that'd be to implement but the game over burp would be stellar ^-^
Hi! First of all, congrats for the game, its quite addictive! I have two main questions:
1. How can the people that have already bought the game know when a newer version is out, as well as from where to download it.
2. How do the gameplay exactly work? I get confused with the heart egg function, it increases your preys size limit, or your own size limit while growing? Which is the difference with the golden fish then? And how you grow exactly, just by getting points?
I'm happy you like it! The heart egg increases your max size so you can keep growing, and the gold fish increases your capacity so you can get more full and grow faster. As far as versions, I believe my devlog posts show up in your feed if you follow me :)
Fantastic game! Are you still planning on adding different shark girls? I know Adjectivenouncombo did all the visual assets and I don't know how comfortable you are adding your own, but I'd definitely recommend more sounds! It would be great to have sounds for the full digestion sequence after the mermaid gets eaten, maybe a scream from on her, a burp from the shark...
Very fun and addicting! I think a lot of people are already suggesting gameplay mechanics and I think that's great.
I like the burp sound effect but it would be fun to see a cute animation of her burping after eating a powerup--maybe she can put a hand on her chest and bubbles come out of her mouth with a satisfied expression. The stronger the power up the bigger the burp? Or maybe the larger she is the larger the burp is so they start small and cute and then get big and longer as you play. Just some fun ideas for the art!
The game is awesome, please add modifiers so we can still win nothing feels better than eating the sharks! I know she becomes more buoyant when she eats but does she slow down the more she eats and does she need time to digest?
There will be different modes for something like this! and yes she becomes more bouyant when her belly is bigger. You grow faster when you are more full and you digest over time
hey just downloaded your game if you want an extra bit of money to develop anything let me know god the game is addictive!!! can you prehaps make different playable species of mermaids more fish and bosses maybe ?
wow thanks a bunch! I appreciate the offer but the only assets I'm planning on adding will be for the power ups. We'll see if that changes in the future, we are focusing on a new project
The whirlpools have already been commented on, but I also wanted to add that maybe only the fish/eggs should be able to overlap. Like nothing would spawn over a whirlpool, including other whirlpools.
Also wanted to suggest that you put a slight hue or saturation shift on the different sizes of things to better differentiate. I am having trouble telling what size shark I am dealing with, and as such which ones I can eat.
I agree with the overlapping. For the shark I may make it so the warning isn't there if it is edible. At the same time I do like having to judge myself haha
The cyclones are especially cruel 😔 I keep getting stuck in a vertical row of them. Sometimes heart eggs spawn inside the cyclones & it's impossible to get them. Are Golden fish suppose to be very rare? I swear I see heart eggs way more, like it's an 8/1 ratio. Would also be nice if the golden fish didn't spawn at the bottom edge, as they're almost guaranteed to escape. Unintended exploit, potential mechanic, but if you hold both the left & right mouse button, you sinker down exceedingly faster when going forwards and/or backwards.
I am going to add a starting menu so the game doesn't immediately go into gameplay, and the hearts/gold fish will be made a priority when running into them :)
Just tried the full version and it's just a blast, a very fun score attack game akin to early 2010's mobile games, and I'm super satisfied with that purchase! I do see that there are some plans to update it, and I see that the tornado is going to be adjusted, which was really my only issue with it so far, however since updates are on the table, I figured I'd drop some ideas and features I'd absolutely love to see:
1. Make the Shark Woman (or enemy) Burp after eating you - She has a really great design and I like her quite a lot, to be honest with you most of the changes I would love to see are based around her. Though I noticed there is a great burp sound in the game already after getting those pink pearls, I thought it would be great to have her burp after eating you, even using that same sound if you wish as it is a good pick.
2. Playable Shark Woman - Looking at how her animations work and how her belly grows smaller after she eats you, I think she would be a great playable character as well. There are a few ideas that could be cool with this, such as her being an unlockable, or just unlocked off the start. If she were to be playable though, you could have the Mermaid as the threat instead, as a sort of role reversal, giving her the same treatment (Why I said "Or Enemy" on #1). I think below you mention other game modes being a possibility, this could be one if you wanted, I think it would be awesome to see her playable as well.
3. Unlockable or Available Cosmetics - one thing that this game would benefit greatly from is a choice of skins and possibly backgrounds, as a lot of earlier mobile games flourished because of these. I think having a few different skins in the game to choose from would spice things up a bit, and keep players striving for new high scores, as they would earn new skins based on the higher score they got. This could range from character skins and recolors, to even new Mermaids or even the Shark Woman as previously mentioned (Since this game is NSFW marked, the highest score should give like a nude skin or something, I think that could really get people wanting to play more), to music choices as I did hear multiple tracks in there, and maybe even new stage backgrounds, as I think that could look cool. These changes don't have to be too crazy, but I still think having a handful of these could do well for the game.
Overall none of these changes would be required to make this game great, as I think it's an extremely polished and clean experience that I'll definitely be enjoying for a long while, and I just wanted to say thank you for that. It would be really cool to see these changes, but they are absolutely not required, and are just there to maybe give some inspiration as to what I think could be cool to see. Thanks again for making this!
Wow I'm glad you love it, I also like the idea of playing as a shark and having costumes. I have plans on putting power ups but I don't know about different costumes
Had a lot of fun with this game, though I am quite awful at it. Was wondering though if at larger sizes, there would be the possibilities of devouring maybe swimmers or even boats in later installments!
1. Tornado - very awkward hitbox, also 2 unlucky tornados could trap you, especially then you become big. Don't mix them with sharks or limit to 1 on screen or something
2. Unpredictable shark sizes. In first I assumed once I ate one, I will eat them all, but next shark was bigger. Not a fan, but ok. In other runs I was able to outpaced their size, and saw smaller one after bigger one, a bit strange. Personally, I think shark size can be locked, but with different enemies after bigger sizes
Bugs & QoL
1. Easy to miss bonus if other edible unit nearby, because of "chew cooldown"
2. Golden fish could use more distinct graphics. At least bigger glow?
3. Sharks spawning while bonus on screen at bigger sizes
4. Shark can instakill you, if you are on the edge of the screen
5. Left - Right movement feels janky. Sometime one jump will bring you to the left edge, sometime tornado pushes you to right edge. Maybe even lock horizontal axis.
If you want to improve gameplay and feel, I can also recommend to look how similar games do this stuff. For example jetpack joyride.
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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You sure you uploaded the right version? I only see 1 type of fish, no power-ups at all, and the shark never leaves. Just a heads up :-)
Menu and pause are nice though, as well as removing the damn whirlpools.
At first I thought they might come later, but still no other fish, or power ups. Nothing! I manage to get +1000 points, but still no other fish. Just the small ones. I tried the demo version just to make sure the update didn't get mixed up with that one. The demo version only allows you to play just a little bit, because the shark follows you and eats you no matter what, even if you try to avoid it! Nice job on that one, so people will want to buy the full version.
I like the menu, but so far I only see one type of fish. The small ones. And yes, I paid for the full version, not demo.
Is the shark supposed to come all the time? And the whirl pools are gone, didn't like them in the first place x)
Should be fixed now, let me know :)
Your game is awesome. I saw a little bit of gameplay on YT and I was like Alright, I need to have this. As a kid who enjoyed those fish-eat-fish games and as an adult who thinks mermaids are swell, I've low-key been waiting for years upon years for a game like this be made. I hope more of these pop up in the future because this is such an easy concept not many people have been willing to entertain.
2 things:
Could you make it so pressing an arrow key or the spacebar works just like clicking does? The controls are very good on their own, but having this as an option would be super cool as well.
Do you plan to add to add any lore for at least the playable mermaid? I'd love to know her name and her story and how she looks like from the back and if there's another bracelet on her other arm... like a short a sweet bio would be pretty cool.
Yes, I intend on making the controls work the same no matter what button you press, same with touch screen. As for lore I am happy you like the characters, I love them and the detail AdjectiveNounCombo puts into them as well. I will think about implementing some subtle story telling :)
for some reason it does t work on iPhone :(
iPhone port coming in the future! Only available on PC and Android right now
ok thank you! I already paid for it but I’m willing to do it again when that comes out.
I don't think you'll need to pay again :)
Nope. Thank you!
I am with this guy, i really like being able to move around. If someone doesn't want to use it because it feels cheap then they can just not use it.
Maybe it'd be best if a power up gave you arrow keys for a limited time?
nice swimming skills 😎 thanks for the YouTube video!
You're welcome. I wanted to share your game, maybe this will help a bit.
Oh, and please keep the keyboard controls. They help sometimes to get unstuck from the whirlpools or swim after the golden fish/heart when you miss it.
I will be rebalancing the game to make up for the single button control such as getting out of the left side of the screen, but I want the game to be as equal as possible on all platforms for when unlocks become available. I will consider the difficulty of the special items :)
Ok, thanks! The only thing that bugs me is when you can't swim forward or backwards when you get stuck. Keep up the good work. I'll be happy to donate too for your time.
Any chance youll add a pause function at some point
This would also be great
Yes! I will be adding a pause menu as well as a title screen
Awesome! I cant wait
Nice job on updating so fast, I do quite like the game! The warning signs still appear for sharks even if they are too small to eat you though. They don't appear for the 'first attack' phase but for every subsequent pass they do.
Also, would it be possible to have a version of controls that doesn't use the mouse? I understand removing the additional 'down' input methods is a way to get rid of the 'faster descent' exploit, but I preferred being able to play entirely with four keys and not using the mouse.
Finally, a question: How many golden fish can you eat before belly size reaches its cap? When I manage to get more than 2 golden fish in a single run, it doesn't seem like the belly gets any bigger than it was after eating the 2nd golden fish.
I noticed the warning sign bug right after I published 😵💫. for controls, I will probably put in spacebar for the keyboard. No need for more than one key, this is a single button game :)
You can swim left, right and up currently with w, a and d keys
wow I forgot to remove that this is kinda embarrassing
please leave in moving left and right, I love it.
I believe 4 gold fish gets you to max capacity. I think there are 4 different visual belly states, the first 2 are available without any gold fish :) I'll have to check when I can
I really enjoy both versions of the game! Very proper and well done and I feel this has allot of potential! Please keep up with the updates.
I'd be happy to persue or donate for your time!
my only question is that will there be a possible peaceful game mode without the shark?¿
(I know the shark is a key element in the game but I enjoy the cruising element it'd oddly peaceful lol)
I am going to put in a sharkless mode yep :) as far as donations I will think of something to set up because that would help a ton!
Good job on the update mate, you rock.
Looking forward to the next ones :)
Thanks I am too!
Game is super fun to play, you're right about that! I'd absolutely love a small burp when the shark first eats you, and then maybe a deeper, wetter belch once you digest. No idea how hard that'd be to implement but the game over burp would be stellar ^-^
sounds good, I will probably implement something like this down the line :)
Hi! First of all, congrats for the game, its quite addictive! I have two main questions:
1. How can the people that have already bought the game know when a newer version is out, as well as from where to download it.
2. How do the gameplay exactly work? I get confused with the heart egg function, it increases your preys size limit, or your own size limit while growing? Which is the difference with the golden fish then? And how you grow exactly, just by getting points?
Thanks in advance and, again, congrats!
I'm happy you like it! The heart egg increases your max size so you can keep growing, and the gold fish increases your capacity so you can get more full and grow faster. As far as versions, I believe my devlog posts show up in your feed if you follow me :)
I think I am gonna shrink them a bit, good idea
Very fun, definitely would like a mode where you can win, I loved playing Fishy as a kid and becoming an unstoppable eating machine was great.
And having mentioned wanting to make more games, I'm very excited to see what you make next!
thanks a bunch! I will keep the victory idea in mind
Fantastic game! Are you still planning on adding different shark girls? I know Adjectivenouncombo did all the visual assets and I don't know how comfortable you are adding your own, but I'd definitely recommend more sounds! It would be great to have sounds for the full digestion sequence after the mermaid gets eaten, maybe a scream from on her, a burp from the shark...
Totally agree, having the digestion sound loop for a bit longer would be ace.
thanks for the feedback! I will consider sounds because I can find those easy myself
Very fun and addicting! I think a lot of people are already suggesting gameplay mechanics and I think that's great.
I like the burp sound effect but it would be fun to see a cute animation of her burping after eating a powerup--maybe she can put a hand on her chest and bubbles come out of her mouth with a satisfied expression. The stronger the power up the bigger the burp? Or maybe the larger she is the larger the burp is so they start small and cute and then get big and longer as you play. Just some fun ideas for the art!
thanks I'm glad you like it! I have a power up set up for burps similar to what you say. No special animation lined up for burps however
The game is awesome, please add modifiers so we can still win nothing feels better than eating the sharks! I know she becomes more buoyant when she eats but does she slow down the more she eats and does she need time to digest?
There will be different modes for something like this! and yes she becomes more bouyant when her belly is bigger. You grow faster when you are more full and you digest over time
Is there a size where you become uneatable? I reached 3700 and still can get devoured.
Yea i like the idea of becoming uneatable to, at the very least if it could be made as a modifier
The size is maxed at just below the biggest shark for this version
hey just downloaded your game if you want an extra bit of money to develop anything let me know god the game is addictive!!! can you prehaps make different playable species of mermaids more fish and bosses maybe ?
wow thanks a bunch! I appreciate the offer but the only assets I'm planning on adding will be for the power ups. We'll see if that changes in the future, we are focusing on a new project
Great game, really like the art.
The whirlpools have already been commented on, but I also wanted to add that maybe only the fish/eggs should be able to overlap. Like nothing would spawn over a whirlpool, including other whirlpools.
Also wanted to suggest that you put a slight hue or saturation shift on the different sizes of things to better differentiate. I am having trouble telling what size shark I am dealing with, and as such which ones I can eat.
I agree with the overlapping. For the shark I may make it so the warning isn't there if it is edible. At the same time I do like having to judge myself haha
You can thank Adjectivenouncombo for the great art!
The cyclones are especially cruel 😔 I keep getting stuck in a vertical row of them. Sometimes heart eggs spawn inside the cyclones & it's impossible to get them.
Are Golden fish suppose to be very rare? I swear I see heart eggs way more, like it's an 8/1 ratio. Would also be nice if the golden fish didn't spawn at the bottom edge, as they're almost guaranteed to escape.
Unintended exploit, potential mechanic, but if you hold both the left & right mouse button, you sinker down exceedingly faster when going forwards and/or backwards.
Thanks for the notice that exploit will definitely be taken out! And the eggs/gold fish will be adjusted
Hi, are the previous versions available as well?
Unfortunately not, but I will consider making them available from now on!
i think you should add something like menu/charcther list/cosmetic
also heart egg/golden fish should use different way to get so we can eat it while chewing
I am going to add a starting menu so the game doesn't immediately go into gameplay, and the hearts/gold fish will be made a priority when running into them :)
That's was good bro also I think you should fix tornado too sometime it spawn like cage lol
will i get future update if i pay it today?
Of course! All future updates are free for full game owners
I just bought the full version and its awesome! Keep up the good work. Cant wait for the future updates 🤟
Thanks a bunch!
Just tried the full version and it's just a blast, a very fun score attack game akin to early 2010's mobile games, and I'm super satisfied with that purchase! I do see that there are some plans to update it, and I see that the tornado is going to be adjusted, which was really my only issue with it so far, however since updates are on the table, I figured I'd drop some ideas and features I'd absolutely love to see:
1. Make the Shark Woman (or enemy) Burp after eating you - She has a really great design and I like her quite a lot, to be honest with you most of the changes I would love to see are based around her. Though I noticed there is a great burp sound in the game already after getting those pink pearls, I thought it would be great to have her burp after eating you, even using that same sound if you wish as it is a good pick.
2. Playable Shark Woman - Looking at how her animations work and how her belly grows smaller after she eats you, I think she would be a great playable character as well. There are a few ideas that could be cool with this, such as her being an unlockable, or just unlocked off the start. If she were to be playable though, you could have the Mermaid as the threat instead, as a sort of role reversal, giving her the same treatment (Why I said "Or Enemy" on #1). I think below you mention other game modes being a possibility, this could be one if you wanted, I think it would be awesome to see her playable as well.
3. Unlockable or Available Cosmetics - one thing that this game would benefit greatly from is a choice of skins and possibly backgrounds, as a lot of earlier mobile games flourished because of these. I think having a few different skins in the game to choose from would spice things up a bit, and keep players striving for new high scores, as they would earn new skins based on the higher score they got. This could range from character skins and recolors, to even new Mermaids or even the Shark Woman as previously mentioned (Since this game is NSFW marked, the highest score should give like a nude skin or something, I think that could really get people wanting to play more), to music choices as I did hear multiple tracks in there, and maybe even new stage backgrounds, as I think that could look cool. These changes don't have to be too crazy, but I still think having a handful of these could do well for the game.
Overall none of these changes would be required to make this game great, as I think it's an extremely polished and clean experience that I'll definitely be enjoying for a long while, and I just wanted to say thank you for that. It would be really cool to see these changes, but they are absolutely not required, and are just there to maybe give some inspiration as to what I think could be cool to see. Thanks again for making this!
Wow I'm glad you love it, I also like the idea of playing as a shark and having costumes. I have plans on putting power ups but I don't know about different costumes
I agree, having the shark burp after eating you would be the cherry on top.
I think I am going to add another burp sound for the shark, good idea
Had a lot of fun with this game, though I am quite awful at it. Was wondering though if at larger sizes, there would be the possibilities of devouring maybe swimmers or even boats in later installments!
I love that idea, but I'm not sure how much more assets I will be putting in this game, I have plans on moving onto different projects
Fair enough and hope all goes well with those plans! :D
Awesome game! Was playing non-stop for 3 hours :D
Feedback
1. Tornado - very awkward hitbox, also 2 unlucky tornados could trap you, especially then you become big. Don't mix them with sharks or limit to 1 on screen or something
2. Unpredictable shark sizes. In first I assumed once I ate one, I will eat them all, but next shark was bigger. Not a fan, but ok. In other runs I was able to outpaced their size, and saw smaller one after bigger one, a bit strange. Personally, I think shark size can be locked, but with different enemies after bigger sizes
Bugs & QoL
1. Easy to miss bonus if other edible unit nearby, because of "chew cooldown"
2. Golden fish could use more distinct graphics. At least bigger glow?
3. Sharks spawning while bonus on screen at bigger sizes
4. Shark can instakill you, if you are on the edge of the screen
5. Left - Right movement feels janky. Sometime one jump will bring you to the left edge, sometime tornado pushes you to right edge. Maybe even lock horizontal axis.
If you want to improve gameplay and feel, I can also recommend to look how similar games do this stuff. For example jetpack joyride.
Love you work!
I am definitely going to modify the tornadoes and the horizontal movement in the next update, and fix that instakill. Thanks for the feedback!
I was playing even more. So much, I got inspired to draw more or less a fan-art
It's a quick sketch of different character, because I am thinking about developing my own game, but I will not hide roots :D
Hope you don't mind!
I love it!
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!