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The background is a little busy and hard to look at, but other than that for the amount of time spent on it I think this was a great entry, nice work.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1107209,"author_name":"LDJam user 2331","author_uid":"2331","epoch":1728658818,"text":"Really cute survival game. :) IMO the dithering of the water background kind of clashed with the fish sprites---not that the dithering looks bad, but that the fish aren't comparably dithered to match. In contrast with the other comment, I actually liked the Z to float as it's often a natural jump button in Z\/X + arrows control schemes for 2D games. Having multiple options (e.g., allowing both Z and up) might be good to accommodate more preferences. :) Nice work for starting so far into the jam!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1109652,"author_name":"RoTob123","author_uid":"rotob123","epoch":1728749262,"text":"nice surviving game, but it would be nice to see from where the big fish would come out and to add hp system. :)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1109923,"author_name":"Samuli","author_uid":"samuli","epoch":1728759367,"text":"Cool little game. Really nice dither.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1115535,"author_name":"kumber","author_uid":"kumber","epoch":1729174528,"text":"@drinkycode @meep @samuli Yeah I liked the dithering too! I believe the clash effects is so noticeable because one of the colors is much darker than the other. I had no time to experiment then but I'm planning to fix it in a post-jam version. \nThanks for playing!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1115537,"author_name":"kumber","author_uid":"kumber","epoch":1729174787,"text":"@meep @karakv1s I felt that having to repeatedly press a button to float up would give the game a \"swim or sink\" feeling, but I agree, the option to use the UP button for this is definitely going to be included in the post-jam version!\n\nThanks for playing!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1115540,"author_name":"kumber","author_uid":"kumber","epoch":1729175117,"text":"@rotob123 why not? And maybe give the little fish some way to get revenge on the big fish :)\n\nThanks for playing!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1115552,"author_name":"ArmainAP","author_uid":"armainap","epoch":1729176827,"text":"There is always a bigger fish!\n\nI wish a bit you chose a different background. Not sure if my eyes are weird, but after staring a while to hurts adding to the challenge. :shark: ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1115558,"author_name":"kumber","author_uid":"kumber","epoch":1729177351,"text":"@armainap Your eyes are not weird, sorry for adding that to the challenge \ud83d\ude05\n\nThanks for playing!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1115564,"author_name":"ironhandMD","author_uid":"ironhandmd","epoch":1729177963,"text":"nice game! the mechanics is straightforward, and this has good replay value, keep it up!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1115566,"author_name":"kumber","author_uid":"kumber","epoch":1729178120,"text":"@ironhandmd Thanks for playing!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1115575,"author_name":"csLupius","author_uid":"cslupius","epoch":1729178801,"text":"Good entry\nGood graphics\nDifficulty is a bit high (controls didn't help me) :) Bigger fish come too fast without any warning. If you can figure a way to make it more fair this would be more fun\n","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1115682,"author_name":"LDJam user 174638","author_uid":"174638","epoch":1729191146,"text":"Nice entry, simple yet fun. I think having just few sounds when eating something or getting eaten would have improved it. I really liked the minimal art as well.\nCongratz for your entry :) ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1115799,"author_name":"Levi","author_uid":"levi","epoch":1729201204,"text":"Nice work. It reminded me of that indie arcade game Black Emperor, with the simple game mechanic pushed to the extreme. A sign of care in game design. Good job keeping your scope tight for the short time period. ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1116044,"author_name":"LDJam user 240296","author_uid":"240296","epoch":1729252529,"text":"Cool! It's great that you used the jam as an opportunity to learn something new, that's right. My respect! The game turned out to be funny and plays nicely, you can get stuck in it) The only thing is, the controls are not very intuitive. At first I didn't understand how to float up and several times at the beginning I lost because I was drowning. It would be nice to replace it with something more standard (WASD, arrows, etc.) or indicate the current controls in the game description. But still a very good game! :fish: ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1116053,"author_name":"Odronin","author_uid":"odronin","epoch":1729253800,"text":"It would seem that what could be simpler than not colliding with another fish in the ocean, but no, it is not simple :)\nTo encourage the player not to stand still, you can periodically aim the fish at the player's current point.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1117039,"author_name":"Pachino55","author_uid":"pachino55","epoch":1729387380,"text":"Cool game, a little bit weird to use the z key to go up, but once I got used to it, I had fun","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1117304,"author_name":"Weird Orb","author_uid":"weird-orb","epoch":1729434936,"text":"Those fish come out fast, I got spooked the first time! Nice work here, especially for just getting started with Godot. I wish you sank a little bit faster to allow for better mobility down as well as up, but still enjoyed it!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1117409,"author_name":"Dianavi","author_uid":"dianavi","epoch":1729445181,"text":"Why Z? Whyyyyy. Good game, by the way! Nice gameplay! I just don\u2019t know if the hover effect on the retry button is normal.\n\n[Capture d'\u00e9cran 2024-10-20 192129.png](\/\/\/raw\/44d\/f4\/z\/68fd7.png)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1118125,"author_name":"johnbrynte","author_uid":"johnbrynte","epoch":1729543357,"text":"Well, this was really scary! I think the dither effect added to the murky feeling and not having full control of the situation. Would be nice to be able to dodge if a fish comes charging at you. Maybe with a recharge timer. It would also be fun to collect some kind of power up to be able to get back on the nasty biters. :fish: ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1118359,"author_name":"LDJam user 243193","author_uid":"243193","epoch":1729589307,"text":"Nice feeding frenzy clone, except that you don't grow in this game. 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