Without a Paddle by namuol

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made by namuol for LD29 (COMPO)
Who needs a paddle when you have a spear?

WASD/Arrow Keys to move.
Mouse to aim/shoot.

Hold still to aim steady.

POST YOUR BEST SCORE (if you want)

Ratings

Coolness 54% 3
Overall 3.68 147
Audio 3.00 394
Fun 3.68 113
Graphics 3.10 608
Humor 3.29 149
Innovation 3.55 229
Mood 3.16 406
Theme 3.42 417

Feedback

Elforama
28. Apr 2014 · 03:38 UTC
For some reason the boat animation made me laugh. Good job with this game.
wespaugh
28. Apr 2014 · 18:45 UTC
Difficult game, but incredibly intuitive and the controls feel great.
TomBoogaart
29. Apr 2014 · 20:06 UTC
ha this game felt pretty smooth, i enjoyed throwing my spear at these sharksss
bazld
29. Apr 2014 · 20:08 UTC
Very nice game. Theres more to it than meets the eye, the control of the boat and spear are not the simple approach you might expect.
Osteoblast Labs
29. Apr 2014 · 20:33 UTC
this game is really hard! its done well though. nice work!
matt_j
29. Apr 2014 · 20:44 UTC
Simple and polished, well done. Love the punchy sound effects!
Jason Lay
29. Apr 2014 · 23:59 UTC
This game feels great. It was a joy to play! I speared three sharks at once!
MetanoKid
30. Apr 2014 · 00:02 UTC
It's got some nice graphics and sounds! The aiming mechanic gives it an awesome gameplay, and the spear gives it some extra points on humor!
LandoSystems
30. Apr 2014 · 00:02 UTC
19150. Super simple concept that was surprisingly addicting. Spearing 4 sharks at once was one of the most rewarding things I've done all night. Thanks!
Switchbreak
30. Apr 2014 · 00:38 UTC
Nice work! I got 4250. I love the way the boat moves clumsily, like a boat would.
josefnpat
30. Apr 2014 · 01:42 UTC
Nice job! Perhaps another spear or two! While the waves are nice, I don't know if they really can be use in lou (get it?) of music. Great job!
ix
30. Apr 2014 · 02:09 UTC
18700, thanks to a lucky spear of a stack of sharks. Great mechanics in here. The slosh-y aiming feels just about right.
Marcos Rodrigues
30. Apr 2014 · 04:45 UTC
Nice entry! The gameplay is solid, I really liked the way the crosshair wobble when you move, nice way to enforce strategy. It's addictive, though I'm not very good (my highscore for now is 8000).

Did you use any game engine?
🎤 namuol
30. Apr 2014 · 05:21 UTC
@Marcos Rodrigues: I used my own JS/HTML5 game framework called Combo. It's not released yet, and I plan on selling it.

If you're into JS gamedev, send me your email and I'll hook you up with a key for free when a beta is ready. :)
tomvert
30. Apr 2014 · 11:06 UTC
Good gameplay, making combo was really rewarding, I managed to make a shark/fish combo (wich could be rewarded differantly bu the way). Anyway keep it up :)
Aaants
30. Apr 2014 · 11:38 UTC
Simple, effective and fun! I liked the aiming/movement link up.
01010111
01. May 2014 · 18:21 UTC
Love this entry - the movement was really smooth, and the animation was goofy. Wish I could aim and shoot through fish though.
🎤 namuol
02. May 2014 · 02:49 UTC
@01010111 -- Not sure what you mean; you _can_ aim and shoot through fish. Do you mean hit all the ones in the line the spear follows?
🎤 namuol
03. May 2014 · 05:42 UTC
Just scored 300,000+ points. The secret was landing 2 10xShark spear combos, and another 9xShark combo... heh. The game's a little too "easy" to play indefinitely, actually. No real difficulty ramp-up. Maybe I'll do that for the post-compo version..
mrbungle
08. May 2014 · 12:21 UTC
Digging the simplistic graphical style and the animations are cool. The sense of everything wobbling about is a really nice touch.
littleball
08. May 2014 · 12:21 UTC
Sweet little game! Getting a double catch is so satisfying. I love the simple graphics too.
SimianLogic
11. May 2014 · 21:34 UTC
Feels very polished for such a short time. Love that your aim gets more and more erratic the further out from the boat you throw. Floating feels relaxing.
Jacic
17. May 2014 · 19:01 UTC
I loved how movement made my aim wobble across the whole screen. :p Great work.