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Fish Quest by GoldenPalazzo

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made by GoldenPalazzo for Ludum Dare 48 (JAM)

Development is now halted (per 07/03/2024). A web browser build is available on itch.io

Important: lots of people are complaining about slow controls. I know, I'm sorry for the issue, but I couldn't think about a potential fix in time. Try to hold one direction for a lot of time when encountering a big bunch of fishes and then slow down.

Update 2: beginning from now, all subsequent bug fixes will be uploaded under the package "Fish Quest (Post-Ludum Dare Fixes)". If you want to play the Ludum Dare version, play and rate "Fish Quest (Ludum Dare 48)".

This is our first game jame we've ever attended to, we had to learn lots of things in these three days such as teamwork and organization. However, we are extremely happy about our result and we hope you'll enjoy this game as much as we enjoyed making it.

The theme was "Deeper and deeper". We wanted to interpret this theme differently but then we sticked to a more easy and basic concept by making a deep-sea exploration in the point-of-view of a fish escaping from the fisherman "Costipazione". The gameplay is simple: arrow keys or AD to move and avoid the fishes.

It may look like that the fishes are swimming backwards. That's an optical illusion that I (@GoldenPalazzo) couldn't fix in time.

The gameplay may be a little frustrating at first, but after you get the grip of the controls it becomes pretty enjoyable and after reaching 50-100 meters the game becomes pretty difficult and scary...

Good luck in you descent!

fish descent.png

Team organization - Development: @GoldenPalazzo and @Icronitar (Unity2D and VS Community 2019) - Art: @Th3re4l @Nik-5 and @L4p0K7cK (Aseprite, Photoshop CC 2020 and Premiere Pro 2020) - Music: @GeppyTheCat (Bosca Ceoil)

Link https://gamejolt.com/games/fishquestld48/610728
Better version (2024) https://goldenpalazzo.itch.io/fish-quest
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/48/fish-quest

Ratings

Overall 1714th 2.904⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1796th 2.481⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1896th 2.058⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Theme 554th 3.904⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1317th 3.288⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Audio 926th 3.18⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Humor 861th 2.729⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1656th 2.74⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Given 41🗳️ 16🗨️

Feedback

SamarthMP5002
27. Apr 2021 · 07:10 UTC
Cool Game, Nice Art!
heidelbert
27. Apr 2021 · 07:12 UTC
Wow this is a HARD game for me. My fish is so sloooow but I like the idea as it fits the theme very well. It's a bit like a vertical flappy bird!
welby
27. Apr 2021 · 07:17 UTC
This game is very hard. I don't think I can make it to 50 meters. I rly like the beginning though, where the fish jumps out of the boat and escapes. It is very funny. I also like the explosion that happens on death which is cool.
Voxel Forest
27. Apr 2021 · 07:18 UTC
Really nice game, I really liked the music! Tough, this is way too difficult! I couldn't even pass 20m...
dhim
27. Apr 2021 · 07:19 UTC
I can't move fast enough to avoid any fish! Neither with AD nor with the arrow keys! It does move a bit out of the way but very slowly and not very far ( I can't reach the wall for ex. )

is that a bug or intentionnal ?

Art is nice though. I'll come back if you @ me.
JustusPan
27. Apr 2021 · 07:21 UTC
Congratulations for the submission of your first game jam! This game is extremely hard for me so that 37 meters is my best result. I think it need a feature that allow <space> key to trigger going back home screen. By the way, the design of orange fish seems not reasonable, because it seems that 'go deeper' is more important than 'eat fish', sometimes it confused me. The music and art are cute! Good job!
Jacudibu
27. Apr 2021 · 07:22 UTC
My record is 25m, this game is pretty hard!
It would be great if there was a button to restart immediately, the starting animation is fun to watch at the first time but it just takes too long to watch every time to keep on trying... :D
iorena
27. Apr 2021 · 07:23 UTC
Very hard! Also would have liked to be able to restart the game immediately after dying, without going to the menu. The start menu was a bit bugged for me, space didn't start the game without clicking something else (not sure what, rolled over the whole keyboard) first. Solid concept though and nice artwork!
mrmedic
27. Apr 2021 · 07:26 UTC
Great adaptation of the theme, very nice art style. The runaway fish from the intro is my favorite. Well done!

I wish I could get further down. The controls feel a bit slow, wasn't very clear if my input is registered. I really want to see the real game starting at 50 meters, but the nasty non-orange fishes dart in from the sides without much chance to avoid. :(
pitivie
27. Apr 2021 · 07:46 UTC
Nice game, but really hard for me too
noskro
27. Apr 2021 · 07:53 UTC
As mentioned before the controlls are really slow. Does not feel like I have any control of the fish except of moving it right a (small) bit or left a (also small) bit.
Nik_5
27. Apr 2021 · 07:58 UTC
There is a surprise over 50 meters ;)
🎤 GoldenPalazzo
27. Apr 2021 · 08:09 UTC
@dhim I know it's a bit difficult. I'm kinda used to the controls since I played Ridiculous Fishing on Bluestacks Emulator (and the emulated controls were waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay worse than the original one). My PB on my game is like 73 or something like that, I suggest you to hold a direction for lots of time when encountering a bunch of fishes in order to keep a stable velocity and then slow down when getting past the obstacles
Doot
27. Apr 2021 · 08:34 UTC
Nice music, nice art!

As stated by others, controls are indeed very slow and make it incredibly hard to react in time.
I would love a way to restart quicker, without the animation. I went back to start menu every time, did I miss a way to restart faster?

Big congrats on your first game jam 💕
🎤 GoldenPalazzo
27. Apr 2021 · 21:46 UTC
@welby @voxel-forest @jacudibu @noskro @pitivie @mrmedic @heidelbert @doot @iorena @justuspan by asking in the feed I decided to make another package on GameJolt with updates targeted to fix the game (separated from the ones made in the 72 hours of the Jam). Don't re-rate my game, if you can just please let me know if I somehow found "working" workarounds :)
Doot
27. Apr 2021 · 22:10 UTC
yay, restart button and a bit more room to react! It makes the game a lot bette for me.
xxAtrain223
28. Apr 2021 · 00:03 UTC
Good game! Having your fish naturally swim back to the center on it's own makes it feal a little bit more organic to me.
Alchemic
28. Apr 2021 · 01:35 UTC
This is really difficult! I can't make it past around 30 or so.
Cinar
29. Apr 2021 · 18:07 UTC
Cool and simple game. I like that it is so fast paced. But I think too long starting animation for a such fast paced game. It is a hard game like others mention but i think this is a good feature. Controls might be more flexible but this is a ppersonal comment. Good job!!
666Savior
16. May 2021 · 20:56 UTC
One of my main complaints on this game is that it takes a while to start each run. Especially when you die instantly from hitting an enemy, i like to try to get back in quickly, and having to wait 10 seconds to have a fish jump out of a boat is a little momentum breaking. Its okay for the first run but subsequent runs should just let you back in quickly. Other than that this game is a nice challenge
etrealjunior
16. May 2021 · 20:58 UTC
Congratulations on your game, I know you have a lot of things to fix, but this is part of the process of a game jam, as you participate in more it will learn more and more to work with the established time and will have better and better results, keep studying and evolving that soon they will have good fruits of the work, if it is possible to give feedback on my game I will be grateful, a big hug.