Pufferfish Panic : Proliferating Pressure by Teanan

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made by Teanan for Ludum Dare 47 (JAM)

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Jean-jacques, the pufferfish, went to the ocean with a particular clown fish but got bored of it. So now he's coming back! And to not be lonely, he brought a few friends back with him! Help him reach its bowl and bring a lot of friends!

  1. Buy kitchen elements from the shop. :shopping_cart:
  2. Guide lost pufferfishs to their aquarium. :blowfish:
  3. Create the biggest pufferfish loop ! :tada:

Controls

You only need your mouse to play with our fishs :mousethreebutton:

  • Left click : Buy and place elements.
  • Right click : Cancel purchase / destroy already placed elements.
  • Mouse wheel : Rotate elements before placing them.

Screenshots

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You too, show us your perfect loop!

Ratings

Overall 77th 4.174⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Fun 31th 4.217⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 396th 3.696⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Theme 916th 3.522⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 497th 3.891⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Audio 219th 3.87⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Humor 151th 3.848⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Mood 506th 3.667⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Given 22🗳️ 18🗨️

Feedback

Kurt Roembke
06. Oct 2020 · 14:43 UTC
It reminds me of my childhood playing The Incredible Machine. Fun music and sound. I was playing with a laptop trackpad instead of mouse so spinning pieces was next to impossible. It would have been nice to have a keyboard option to spinning the pieces before placing them. Nice to see audio and language settings! Good work!
vsi-
06. Oct 2020 · 14:46 UTC
NICE GAME, LOVE PUFFERFISH)
gnx
06. Oct 2020 · 14:53 UTC
Really enjoyed this! The puffers are fun and zooming out the level is a cool way to do progression. Also lots of nice visuals detail (where can I get eggplant bathroom tiles?).
Adiwan
06. Oct 2020 · 14:57 UTC
That's the stuff. Chaos ever evolving and expanding.
It took me a while that objects can be rotated with the mouse wheel (I urge you to mention this more overtly because it's a critical part).
leggy
06. Oct 2020 · 14:59 UTC
damn catchy game! really nice. you should update description to say tha you can rotate elements. nice job!
Silvae
09. Oct 2020 · 23:11 UTC
Fantastic game. I ended up trying to funnel all my fish into one bowl for maximum chaos (and fun!).
Lisichka
10. Oct 2020 · 07:22 UTC
A fun game, and the music is good and the gameplay is cool. Only the HTML version is "slightly" lagged.
limbo
11. Oct 2020 · 09:12 UTC
Nice game, with cute, happy mood. It really could use some restart button (if someone like me is stuck at the begining and. has to refresh page to try again).
Salier
11. Oct 2020 · 11:22 UTC
@limbo We have handled a few cases with a very rare game over screen, so you shouldn't have been able to be stuck. What were the conditions for you to be blocked?

Edit: In the worst case, there is a pause menu on the escape key.
limbo
11. Oct 2020 · 11:32 UTC
I just suck in playing your game - I was abale to spend whole cash without putting any of the pufferfish in the the aquarium :)
Andrea Ancona
11. Oct 2020 · 13:26 UTC
I found this game very satisfying, one of the most played for me :)
exofrenon
11. Oct 2020 · 13:32 UTC
Quite possibly the best game I have played in this LD so far. Nicely designed (both mechanics and levels) and very clean graphics and user interface. The concept is very innovative on its own, even though I am not sure if it is completely novel (maybe other games like that exist out there?), and it is also not very relevant to the "stuck in a loop" theme. Props to the one with the idea of not having multiple small levels (as usual with these games), but having only one level that is expanded with more and more stuff.

Moving on to the minor stuff: there was a bug with the rotation of the objects on the HTML5 version (scrolling was waaay too sensitive, making it hard to rotate it as I wanted, also you should mention how you rotate somewhere), and I also think you should have a button or something to clean up all the fish that are stuck.
bassguitarbill
11. Oct 2020 · 13:47 UTC
![image_2020-10-11_094649.png](///raw/00b/e/z/39fce.png) Can't breathe from laughing too hard. You get perfect scores across the board, this is a masterpiece.
mediyaz
11. Oct 2020 · 13:56 UTC
Love it love it love it love it ![Screenshot 2020-10-11 145536.png](///raw/1db/11/z/39fcf.png)
humnyn
11. Oct 2020 · 15:13 UTC
This is easily the most fun game I've played this game jam, and I usually don't even find most of these games fun. Five stars in that regard... I sat there for a good while cackling as the game got progressively more broken. At some point I spawned a bunch of pufferfish at once and the whole game lagged so much that the audio kept going (broken) probably 30 seconds after I closed the tab. Horrifying, and so worth. I hope you get some more players, this is really good stuff. Thank you for your good work! :clap:

![pufferfish inferno.png](///raw/cda/32/z/39fe4.png)
GOD COLO
11. Oct 2020 · 17:26 UTC
EPIC CONCEPT! I love it! :fire: In terms of fun and gameplay, this game has a lot to offer! GREATO JOBU MY FRIEND! :smile:
Guardaro
11. Oct 2020 · 22:04 UTC
The year is 2021. The scientists tried to warn us, but we ignored them. I don't know how much time I have left. I hear them at the doors. The sky is gone; the trees are gone; the world is gone. All that remains is pufferfish.
Francesco
11. Oct 2020 · 22:22 UTC
Quite fun to try to optimise those pufferfish "supply chains" :D And the soundtrack reminded me of Brian Eno ! Not sure about the zooming out mechanism though. And what is the difference between the basic shelf and the one with a towel on it ?
Savvy Community
19. Oct 2020 · 16:31 UTC
hahahaaa that was amazing! Will definitely play again sometime! GG!