Channel Flipper by Knipsch

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made by Knipsch for Ludum Dare 51 (COMPO)

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It's Shark Week, which, as we all know, means every show on television is about a shark. You are that shark. Can you survive the whims of an extremely indecisive channel flipper?

(Update, 10/5 - Fixed UI scaling issue affecting 4K monitors.)

Ratings

Overall 122th 3.696⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Fun 162th 3.5⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 43th 3.978⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Theme 21th 4.304⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 72th 4.022⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Audio 103th 3.614⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Humor 4th 4.413⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Mood 63th 3.804⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Given 12🗳️ 17🗨️

Feedback

LDJam user 278827
03. Oct 2022 · 01:46 UTC
Awesome entry!!! Such a unique and fun concept. The game also looked and sounded amazing, the music linked into each next track nicely
CrociDB
03. Oct 2022 · 12:57 UTC
I love the concept and the art style! The gamplay on the dinosaur one was a bit too clunky in my opinion, but overall it's a great entry! Good job!
ruthiepee
03. Oct 2022 · 18:57 UTC
I looove the concept of flipping channels. Really smart idea, though creating multiple mini games during a game jam can prove pretty challenging. The variety in the music and artwork is great. And the shark with the mechanical legs really made me laugh. I kept getting stuck on this one till I looked at your screenshots and realized that the buttons aren't rendering when I play it. Just wanted to let you know.

![2022-10-03 14_55_23-Channel Flipper by Liza — Mozilla Firefox.png](///raw/a45/1/z/50829.png)
🎤 Knipsch
03. Oct 2022 · 19:01 UTC
@ruthiepee Ah, shoot! The UI will only work at a resolution of 1280x720, and it's supposed to be locked to that, but it looks like it isn't in your case. I'll try to fix that soon :) Thanks for the heads up!
Deprecat
04. Oct 2022 · 02:38 UTC
This is hilarious and I would really love to see this polished into a short, unfolding style game. Just keep ramping up the absurdity as it goes. Good stuff
BridgeOnAStick
04. Oct 2022 · 13:22 UTC
This is really fun! I get the questions wrong every time, as with 10 seconds you don't really have the time to read all of the prompts. The reactions when I got one wrong did make me laugh though.
LDJam user 257946
06. Oct 2022 · 22:46 UTC
Funny Stuff! I love the dating sim aspect. I could see a very funny game dolphin dating sim where you play as a shark in disguise. It would be very, very funny. Nice job, @knipsch!
red-stake
07. Oct 2022 · 23:18 UTC
I'm so blown away that I've now played multiple games that did minigames, and handled them so well. That's crazy, being able to do all that in 48 hours is so impressive. I also loved the unique setup, and how all the minigames tied together, it made great use of theme.

Thanks for the good game, I enjoyed it!
oldcezar
21. Oct 2022 · 16:50 UTC
I love this game, so funny and filled with facts about sealife. My record is 105. Really interesting concept, and every channel made me laugh (if two fishes spawn on each other, they start to spin and speed up, lol). Awesome game!
p-r
21. Oct 2022 · 20:44 UTC
This game should've get way more ratings! Very well done
LDJam user 302720
21. Oct 2022 · 21:19 UTC
Haha! Very funny game!
LDJam user 262142
21. Oct 2022 · 21:30 UTC
Sharks. RUNNING. movement kinda slidey ngl but loved the rest:heart:
zimny11
21. Oct 2022 · 21:31 UTC
Awesome game! I love the whole crazy concept behind it :) I got to 95 points so not bad. That was fun to play. I just wish there was more levels!

Also, I think I know where is Nemo. In my belly ;)
Papabirb
21. Oct 2022 · 21:35 UTC
I love the running shark sprite and the little visual novel part! The movement in Jurassic Shark and All About Sharks didn't feel super good though, weirdly slide-y and like moving through molasses. But, fun to play! I found myself going through several loops just to get more exposure to the pretend to be a dolphin segments, the writing and characterization in them were delightful! I kept losing because I don't know enough about sharks and kept panic-clicking after skimming the options, lol.

I also wish the initial bootup showed the channel instructions like when it switches - I couldn't figure out how to move the first time All About Sharks was on.

All in all, good work!
LDJam user 236651
21. Oct 2022 · 21:40 UTC
Love the punny title and random shark/dolphin facts!
Madbarron
21. Oct 2022 · 21:51 UTC
Great game concept! I had a fun time and the name of the game is obviously pure gold. If it were me I would make the steering controls less weighty/floaty, but that's just a nitpick. Congrats on the excellent entry!