Whale of a time by jeffz

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made by jeffz for LD29 (JAM)
Had fun with the music and artwork but I ran out of time to make more gameplay after. which will probably go into a post-jam edition. Controls: click/tap where the whale should go Goal: be a whale. Loading time: Please wait on the black screen (Dropbox can be slow to serve the assets) -- I forgot to put in a loading status. Congrats to all who finished and thanks in advance for any feedback. I'll try to rate those who comment.

Ratings

Coolness 84% 2
Overall(Jam) 2.31 729
Audio(Jam) 2.66 522
Fun(Jam) 2.34 649
Graphics(Jam) 2.30 701
Humor(Jam) 2.58 362
Innovation(Jam) 2.19 702
Mood(Jam) 2.77 539
Theme(Jam) 2.93 485

Feedback

kivifreak
29. Apr 2014 · 08:52 UTC
Sadly the ship get's caught on the corner so i had to retry several times until i knew what i should do. Mood-Wise and Audio-Wise it is very good though.
KirbiKaka
29. Apr 2014 · 09:50 UTC
Oh is there a way to win the game? I just thought it was a little sandbox thing to play with. Anyways, I really like the art, the whale is pretty adorable :]

I had a lot of fun repeatedly clicking and making the whale fly above water, I even got him on top of a boat haha. Even if there's no goal, the game is pretty fun to play around with, especially with the sound effects.
Though it'd be nice to have a goal or something to do. If there was one and I missed it, maybe a bit more communication for those of us who don't get it?

Overall, it's a cute, fun, little game :]
Crowbeak
29. Apr 2014 · 09:50 UTC
The game isn't loading for me in either Firefox or Chrome. I'm on a Mac.
teambrookvale
29. Apr 2014 · 09:50 UTC
It took some to figure out what to do and still not sure what is the point. Mood is great
Tomski
29. Apr 2014 · 09:51 UTC
Great whale, shame you ran out of time!
Boltz Game Studios
29. Apr 2014 · 09:56 UTC
I like the whale sounds. :-)
Team Castor
29. Apr 2014 · 09:56 UTC
I am not sur to understand the goal :(. But I love the whales !
allurious
29. Apr 2014 · 14:34 UTC
The whale is the cutest thing ever. Sad to hear you ran out of time, but awesome you still submitted!
Ysty
29. Apr 2014 · 14:38 UTC
Weee, flying whale!
Oddly Shaped Pixels
29. Apr 2014 · 22:20 UTC
Cute game! You definitely have a good basis, just need to find some gameplay mechanics and it could be a great game!
kibertoad
29. Apr 2014 · 22:21 UTC
Bumping into ships was fun and the whale looks jolly. Cute little entry.
lasagnegames
29. Apr 2014 · 22:26 UTC
Being a whale on the moon has been quite an experience, thank you but... is there a goal?
gigitrix
29. Apr 2014 · 22:43 UTC
Interesting toy, and I like the sound/music!
GlowingSnail
30. Apr 2014 · 05:48 UTC
Not really a game, but grats for .. managing to make something.

I'm jealous of your tagline though. Can I borrow it?
Crowbeak
30. Apr 2014 · 13:17 UTC
I like being able to fly. I wish you had gotten more done on it, but it is highly entertaining.
pancakecity
30. Apr 2014 · 19:51 UTC
I liked the whale's sound effect :D
gre
30. Apr 2014 · 22:25 UTC
I'm not sure to get the goal of the game,
but I kinda like the graphics, the colors give a cool atmosphere, especially the moon! nice draw =) maybe graphics could be polished a bit more, e.g. more layers for the sea.
GlowingSnail
30. Apr 2014 · 23:44 UTC
<zwzsg> I got a ship stuck on the moon nose. Now what?
<jeffz> zwzsg: you've basically completed the game in its current incarnation
Dreii
01. May 2014 · 06:27 UTC
Whale, grate! Cool noises :)
GagaPete
01. May 2014 · 16:16 UTC
Nice start, not much of a game though. I had fun hanging on the boats. :)
Jupiter_Hadley
02. May 2014 · 03:33 UTC
Such a cute looking game! I included this game in part 7 of my Ludum Dare Compilation video series if you'd like to check it out :) http://youtu.be/Lm7qNa6SIqA
Linus Lindberg
02. May 2014 · 17:29 UTC
Ha, that whale is so cute! :D
I'd love to see a post compo version with more things to do! ;)
Nezzhil
03. May 2014 · 17:32 UTC
A bit confusing, seems like need an objective. Nice audio work.
FrozenCow
04. May 2014 · 18:40 UTC
Too bad you didn't got any gameplay elements in it, but it was great fun. I flew to the moon!
cr2crstudios
05. May 2014 · 05:00 UTC
I give large kudos for making a whale sim. :)
gmaker
05. May 2014 · 07:46 UTC
cool =)
Brian Stegmann
07. May 2014 · 01:07 UTC
THE MOON
rincewind_cz
08. May 2014 · 16:05 UTC
Flying whale crashed to the moon, and the ship was pushed into the black hole. :-)