Phat Fishes by tentacode
Phat Fishes is a game about fishes that are phat. It's in their genes (find more about Tetraodontidae in Wikipedia).
tl;dr
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It"s a couch multiplayer arena game up to 4 fishes. Just push the other fishes into dangerous stuff (the crabs, the mines and the deadly jellyfish) while avoiding the dangerous stuff yourself.
Controls
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Arrows to move your fish, action button to toggle bigger / smaller size. Bigger mean you can bounce other fishes a lot, it's also very slow but can be handy to slowdown / play defensive.
Player 1 : a/q, s, d, z/w, action : e
Player 2 : left, right, up, down arrows, action : right alt key
Player 3 : j, k, l, i, action : o
Player 4 : f, g, h, t, action : y
Pause : escape / tab
Default input can be remapped but the helper text in game will NOT be updated accordingly.
Gameplay
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Each player has three hearts, last player alive wins duh.
Scenario
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Four fishes from an underwater suburb fight for approval, only to find that in the end, only friendship prevails. THE END. MICHAEL BAY EXPLOSIONS.
Settings
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You can change the player names in the options, as well as toggle the music on / off. You can pause the game by pressing escape or tab.
About the theme
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Well, fishes can change their shape, but more importantly PHAT FISHES IS AN ANAGRAM FOR SHAPESHIFT!!!
Post mortem
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I was aiming for the compo so I did everything myself and by the compo rules but I was out of time so I'm submitting in the jam instead. Sources are availables on GitHub.
EDIT 1 : added windows build and updated the link to the mac build that was not public *facepalm*
EDIT 2 : added webgl specific build!
EDIT 3 : fixed wrong input on qwerty keyboard
tl;dr
#################
It"s a couch multiplayer arena game up to 4 fishes. Just push the other fishes into dangerous stuff (the crabs, the mines and the deadly jellyfish) while avoiding the dangerous stuff yourself.
Controls
#################
Arrows to move your fish, action button to toggle bigger / smaller size. Bigger mean you can bounce other fishes a lot, it's also very slow but can be handy to slowdown / play defensive.
Player 1 : a/q, s, d, z/w, action : e
Player 2 : left, right, up, down arrows, action : right alt key
Player 3 : j, k, l, i, action : o
Player 4 : f, g, h, t, action : y
Pause : escape / tab
Default input can be remapped but the helper text in game will NOT be updated accordingly.
Gameplay
#################
Each player has three hearts, last player alive wins duh.
Scenario
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Four fishes from an underwater suburb fight for approval, only to find that in the end, only friendship prevails. THE END. MICHAEL BAY EXPLOSIONS.
Settings
#################
You can change the player names in the options, as well as toggle the music on / off. You can pause the game by pressing escape or tab.
About the theme
#################
Well, fishes can change their shape, but more importantly PHAT FISHES IS AN ANAGRAM FOR SHAPESHIFT!!!
Post mortem
#################
I was aiming for the compo so I did everything myself and by the compo rules but I was out of time so I'm submitting in the jam instead. Sources are availables on GitHub.
EDIT 1 : added windows build and updated the link to the mac build that was not public *facepalm*
EDIT 2 : added webgl specific build!
EDIT 3 : fixed wrong input on qwerty keyboard
| Play Online! | https://tentacode.itch.io/phat-fishes |
| OS/X | https://tentacode.itch.io/phat-fishes |
| Windows | https://tentacode.itch.io/phat-fishes |
| Sources on Github | https://github.com/tentacode/PhatFishes |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-35/?action=preview&uid=60185 |
Ratings
| Coolness | 98% | 2 |
| Overall(Jam) | 3.36 | 424 |
| Audio(Jam) | 3.33 | 301 |
| Fun(Jam) | 3.54 | 199 |
| Graphics(Jam) | 3.63 | 370 |
| Humor(Jam) | 3.69 | 83 |
| Innovation(Jam) | 3.07 | 525 |
| Mood(Jam) | 3.26 | 419 |
| Theme(Jam) | 2.72 | 925 |
ragnarolis: just play with a friend or too and try to stay last alive, bounce them into ennemies (the jelly fish, the crabs and the mines)
leon: with the Mac / Windows build you should be able to customize inputs in the settings window that open before the game!
have fun :)
I updated the WebGL build, I'll rebuild mac and windows later.
Those Phat Fishes are getting five stars!
Unfortunately exactly now I don't have other friend to play it with me, but I had fun playing alone anyway!
I loved the humor on the game, and you did this all alone? Great job!
I didn't have someone to play with but I can imagine this being pretty fun when played together with someone.
Artwork was slick, sound is pretty suitable.
Great entry, good luck!
PS, thanks for the kind comments and for giving our Android build another shot!:) Glad it worked for you!
* Power ups, like heart or star
* Solo endless mode with more hazards (it's not vital but I think it's a good apetizer for wanting to play multi next)
* Small Tutorial (I know definitely how I can make it look cool)
* Mobile build, 4 players max on tablet, swipe and tap fishes
* Multi device multiplayer via IP (could be on mobile too, I kinda know how to do this)
If anyone got other suggestion I'm listening, also I'm on twitter if you want follow ups on the dev! @tentacode_
Good fun and would have wished to see it in the compo but things happen. Good work man!
"PHAT FISHES IS AN ANAGRAM FOR SHAPESHIFT!!!" I missed that! adding another star for it.
Also thanks to hpearson2, I didn't see the secret meaning of the name
The controls seemed a bit stiff but I suppose it simulates the watery environment (on the other had we play as fishes so we should be alble to move swiftly ;)
otherwise very nice graphics and audio.