Direct and grow your swarm of procedurally animated Boids-like fish :fish: while eating food and weaving around predators. It starts frantic - you might only escape by the skin (scales*) of your teeth - but once you get into the rhythm of things, you can be immersed in a trance-like flow state.

Leaderboard :trophy:

Comment a screenshot of your personal best and I'll add you and your game when I can!

:first_place: 1st Place: @kyutipatuti with 25 and 21/25

:second_place: 2nd Place: @ategon with 25 and 7/25

Play their game here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/window-creatures

:third_place: 3rd Place: @bad-fetus with 24 and 13/24

Play their game here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/the-last-leukocyte

4th Place: Primm with 20 and 9/20

5th Place: @pious with 17 and 12/17

Play their game here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/wink-and-the-fae

6th Place: @rsheepdv with 17 and 8/17

Play their game here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/cat-tastrophe

7th Place: @ellaris with 17 and 6/17

Play their game here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/ladybird-samurai

8th Place: @maybeitsmir with 17 and 4/17

Play their game here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/rattalion

9th Place: @postfrog with 16 and 1/16

Play their game here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/planet-maxim

10th Place: @wendel-scardua with 15 and 12/15

Play their game here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/petri-plate-potpourri

11th Place (Tied): @madbarron with 14 and 13/14

Play their game here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/bee-bop

11th Place (Tied): @baconeta with 14 and 13/14

Play their game here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/deck-derby-sluglords-speedway

12th Place: @ex3d0 with 13 and 10/13

Play their game here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/tiny-paws

13th Place: My sister with 13 and 8/13

14th Place: @swaglazio with 13 and 7/13

Play their game here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/zib-zab-zoub

15th Place: @codeman1010 with 12 and 6/12

Play their game here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/kamamushi-no-samurai

16th Place: @rincs with 12 and 2/12

Play their game here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/fear-of-the-ungnome

The whole number part of your score is how many fish you gained in total (how many times the bar at the top of the screen empties out)

The fractional part of your score is how close you were to gaining another fish. Each round requires one more food than the last.

Controls:

Move the mouse to guide fish

Hold left mouse button to push fish

Press TAB to toggle fullscreen (on downloadable version)

Press ESC to quit (on downloadable version)

Credit to RomeoKaleikau, YinYangJake007, univlyon3, and gkillhour on freesound.org for sound effects. Please rate Audio based on the music alone!

Tools:

Python with Pygame for programming

Aseprite for non-procedural assets

Audacity for sound editing

LMMS for music