{"author_link":"\/author\/tentacode\/","author_name":"tentacode","author_uid":"60185","comments":[{"author_name":"ragnarolis","author_uid":"51086","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 2:50pm","epoch":1461077100,"text":"Nice game. I couldn't quite figure out what I was supposed to do. Loved the graphics though"},{"author_name":"Leon M\u00f6hring","author_uid":"63620","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 2:52pm","epoch":1461077220,"text":"the controls didnt really work with my keyboard layout, but nice to see a small local multiplayer game and the endscreen is very funny (:"},{"author_name":"tentacode","author_uid":"60185","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 2:56pm","epoch":1461077460,"text":"thanks for your feedbacks :)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>ragnarolis: just play with a friend or too and try to stay last alive, bounce them into ennemies (the jelly fish, the crabs and the mines)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>leon: with the Mac \/ Windows build you should be able to customize inputs in the settings window that open before the game!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>have fun :)"},{"author_name":"Dasginger","author_uid":"40793","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 3:18pm","epoch":1461078780,"text":"In the web build, W seems to move fish 1 down rather than up? I played 3 player with my brother and ganged up on fish one anyway. Hilarious game, really good job!"},{"author_name":"tentacode","author_uid":"60185","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 3:58pm","epoch":1461081180,"text":"Thanks Dasginger, I'll look into it :) I did not test extensively on qwerty, I have an azerty myself :)"},{"author_name":"tentacode","author_uid":"60185","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 4:06pm","epoch":1461081660,"text":"You were absolutely right Dasginger :o *facepalm*\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I updated the WebGL build, I'll rebuild mac and windows later."},{"author_name":"ployer","author_uid":"56657","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 5:09pm","epoch":1461085440,"text":"nice game, great art. well done"},{"author_name":"Arvydas","author_uid":"84596","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 5:12pm","epoch":1461085620,"text":"Really phat!"},{"author_name":"Elemental Zeal Games Studios","author_uid":"12839","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 5:13pm","epoch":1461085680,"text":"Cute graphics!"},{"author_name":"WeaverDeveloper","author_uid":"90781","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 5:59pm","epoch":1461088440,"text":"Pretty good, though I didn't have anyone around to play against, though it looks like it would be a lot of fun. Even enjoyed just avoiding stuff on my own. Solid graphics and a good amount of polish."},{"author_name":"TomPugh1112","author_uid":"89037","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 7:18pm","epoch":1461093180,"text":"Reminded me of starwharl, it's the type of game you'd have fun playing on the sofa with friends"},{"author_name":"teamross","author_uid":"65203","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 7:22pm","epoch":1461093420,"text":"wow! This is so funny! I've spent like 15 games playing with my boyfriend and we want more! Good job! Keep going!"},{"author_name":"tentacode","author_uid":"60185","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 7:28pm","epoch":1461093780,"text":"aha thanks all, that's exactly what I had in mind, means a lot :D"},{"author_name":"psychonull","author_uid":"31386","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 9:09pm","epoch":1461099840,"text":"Audio and Graphics are awesome!, I don't have here someone to play with right now but I did try it out using both hands, the &quot;winner - turn down for what&quot; is so funny haha. I cannot see the theme though"},{"author_name":"sndr","author_uid":"90735","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 9:32pm","epoch":1461101220,"text":"Omg, I simply love this game! I love this pixel art style! Plus those thug life endings are just hilarious and really get the two players in the mood for another round!\r<br\/>Those Phat Fishes are getting five stars!"},{"author_name":"tentacode","author_uid":"60185","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 9:33pm","epoch":1461101280,"text":"the theme is explained in the description above :) thanks for playing!"},{"author_name":"geekguy100","author_uid":"76055","time":"Apr 19, 2016 @ 9:34pm","epoch":1461101340,"text":"Really nice graphics and menu! A single player mode would be nice, but I think it makes a great party game."},{"author_name":"kestrelgames","author_uid":"92262","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 6:28am","epoch":1461133380,"text":"It's really cute! I had to find someone to play with me, haha. The kind of game that leads to real-life violence... I like how you can be fat\/small even on the results screen. BTW, thanks for letting us know about the android issue -- I've been told just tapping or double-tapping on the pluto planet tear will get you into the game :) Sorry about that!"},{"author_name":"tentacode","author_uid":"60185","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 9:17am","epoch":1461143520,"text":"Thanks ! I retried your game and it was awesome !"},{"author_name":"WitchBoys","author_uid":"20316","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 10:56am","epoch":1461149460,"text":"Nice game ! I enjoyed the humour and the graphic!"},{"author_name":"Pestel Crew","author_uid":"47507","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 11:33am","epoch":1461151680,"text":"Ima boop you :) Cute!"},{"author_name":"pixelpotions","author_uid":"63064","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 12:58pm","epoch":1461156780,"text":"First thing first: I laughed hard playing this game!\r<br\/>Unfortunately exactly now I don't have other friend to play it with me, but I had fun playing alone anyway!\r<br\/>I loved the humor on the game, and you did this all alone? Great job!"},{"author_name":"tentacode","author_uid":"60185","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 1:06pm","epoch":1461157260,"text":"I might add a solo mode in future versions if this is asked for :D"},{"author_name":"CasualCat","author_uid":"91982","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 2:54pm","epoch":1461163740,"text":"The art is so cute and its very well polished! amount keys in the instructions was confusing but I basically just use wasd and arrow keys just fine for two players. The controls are weird and confusing at first, but actually work suprisingly well."},{"author_name":"esayitch","author_uid":"16000","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 2:57pm","epoch":1461163920,"text":"Liked the humorous air the game had, especially the end-game sequence (GTFO! GTFO! xD)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>I didn't have someone to play with but I can imagine this being pretty fun when played together with someone.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Artwork was slick, sound is pretty suitable.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Great entry, good luck!"},{"author_name":"sharrackor","author_uid":"92033","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 4:20pm","epoch":1461168900,"text":"A clear in-game tutorial would be nice, but good besides that!"},{"author_name":"kestrelgames","author_uid":"92262","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 5:26pm","epoch":1461172860,"text":"Maybe you don't need solo mode as much as online multiplayer:) i'd love to kill more of my friends haha :) Mobile release??! :)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>PS, thanks for the kind comments and for giving our Android build another shot!:) Glad it worked for you!"},{"author_name":"tentacode","author_uid":"60185","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 5:29pm","epoch":1461173040,"text":"Yep, I'm starting to think about the next stage for the game (which is really cool!), here is some things I though :\r<br\/>\r<br\/>* Power ups, like heart or star\r<br\/>* Solo endless mode with more hazards (it's not vital but I think it's a good apetizer for wanting to play multi next)\r<br\/>* Small Tutorial (I know definitely how I can make it look cool)\r<br\/>* Mobile build, 4 players max on tablet, swipe and tap fishes \r<br\/>* Multi device multiplayer via IP (could be on mobile too, I kinda know how to do this)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>If anyone got other suggestion I'm listening, also I'm on twitter if you want follow ups on the dev! @tentacode_"},{"author_name":"tentacode","author_uid":"60185","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 5:31pm","epoch":1461173160,"text":"Also a better UI for settings and a little bit of polishing here and there of course."},{"author_name":"hpearson2","author_uid":"64684","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 8:29pm","epoch":1461183840,"text":"*Played single player.\r<br\/>Good fun and would have wished to see it in the compo but things happen. Good work man!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>&quot;PHAT FISHES IS AN ANAGRAM FOR SHAPESHIFT!!!&quot; I missed that! adding another star for it."},{"author_name":"tentacode","author_uid":"60185","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 8:37pm","epoch":1461184320,"text":"hehe thanks hpearson2 :)"},{"author_name":"tentacode","author_uid":"60185","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 8:38pm","epoch":1461184380,"text":"if it were not for that anagram there would not have been a game at all, I was so out of idea and nearly was going to drop out the ludumdare that I tried an anagram website and it's where I got the idea :D"},{"author_name":"Allthebees","author_uid":"64473","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 8:59pm","epoch":1461185640,"text":"Played it with a friend we had a lot of fun and funny too! We found that the movement was a bit clunky at times, especially when you didn't want to fly into the crabs!"},{"author_name":"Nexus64","author_uid":"60199","time":"Apr 20, 2016 @ 10:23pm","epoch":1461190680,"text":"Very funny game. It's almost a complete game. Congratulations \r<br\/>Also thanks to hpearson2, I didn't see the secret meaning of the name"},{"author_name":"TeamScripta","author_uid":"91554","time":"Apr 23, 2016 @ 5:12pm","epoch":1461431220,"text":"This game combines so many good elements!  The art is so cute and the audio is great! It's multiplayer and it's fun!"},{"author_name":"local minimum","author_uid":"24765","time":"Apr 24, 2016 @ 1:47pm","epoch":1461505320,"text":"I played against myself, which probably takes away a lot of the game-part of the game, but it felt like a couch multiplayer game. It was a bit odd (but I guess necessary for push-game play) that the turning was so hard yet one just bounced on the walls. Maybe it would have felt more natural if one warped around the sides and have a surface on the top?"},{"author_name":"Foxarya","author_uid":"9464","time":"Apr 24, 2016 @ 8:58pm","epoch":1461531180,"text":"Love the jellyfish!"},{"author_name":"Pietro Ferrantelli","author_uid":"30677","time":"Apr 25, 2016 @ 12:30am","epoch":1461543900,"text":"Asked my two little brothers to play with me and we played about 10 times. We enjoyed it a lot, I especially love how you can learn to be good in this game, that proves the skill matters which is a great quality for confrontation games. The pixel art is also pretty eye-candy (nice character design especially) and there is a lot of funny details. Nice to see local multiplayer in Ludum Dare."},{"author_name":"axoona","author_uid":"56919","time":"Apr 25, 2016 @ 7:59pm","epoch":1461614040,"text":"cool multiplayer game, unfortunately I didn't have anyone around so I was playing just myself against a non moving fish and I lost the first match...\r<br\/>The controls seemed a bit stiff but I suppose it simulates the watery environment (on the other had we play as fishes so we should be alble to move swiftly ;)\r<br\/>otherwise very nice graphics and audio."},{"author_name":"tentacode","author_uid":"60185","time":"Apr 26, 2016 @ 8:29am","epoch":1461659040,"text":"Yeah, I admit physic is a bit &quot;rigid&quot; I plan on making a smoother control when you are the &quot;small fish&quot; :)"},{"author_name":"fatsopanda","author_uid":"90520","time":"Apr 26, 2016 @ 7:51pm","epoch":1461699960,"text":"A cute local multiplayer game! :)"},{"author_name":"orukinawa","author_uid":"34628","time":"Apr 27, 2016 @ 4:22pm","epoch":1461773820,"text":"Had a blast playing it. I really liked how the controls felt. My only suggestion would be to make the collision between fishes push each other away more."},{"author_name":"themadknights","author_uid":"64533","time":"May 8, 2016 @ 12:53pm","epoch":1462711680,"text":"Hahahaha, adorable arena game. I enjoyed it a lot"},{"author_name":"themadknights","author_uid":"64533","time":"May 8, 2016 @ 12:57pm","epoch":1462711920,"text":"Funny game with cool graphics :). I couldn't figure out the used of the theme until I read it XD"},{"author_name":"tentacode","author_uid":"60185","time":"May 10, 2016 @ 7:36am","epoch":1462865460,"text":"Looks like not a lot of people guessed the theme right :D thanks for all the reviews folks, follow me on twitter @tentacode_ or itch.io for the next more polished versions"}],"images":["ld35\/60185-2a74fd452343f4df30d762ea14e6660d.jpg","ld35\/60185-eeb5393b9d7634af2f432273c2b4e82f.jpg","ld35\/60185-2355ebf2f047784e53680646f1623081.jpg","ld35\/60185-72be42f8a7bd5b98c7a385b06d3a3dfd.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/tentacode.itch.io\/phat-fishes","text":"Play Online!"},{"url":"https:\/\/tentacode.itch.io\/phat-fishes","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"https:\/\/tentacode.itch.io\/phat-fishes","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/tentacode\/PhatFishes","text":"Sources on Github"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"3956","g_author":"60185","g_event":"LD35","g_eventkey":"33","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"3986","g_title":"Phat Fishes","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"424","g_commentcount":"45","g_site2_node_id":"0","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":[],"node":null,"orig_images":["http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/542293\/60185-shot0-1461071331.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/542293\/60185-shot1-1461029225.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/542293\/60185-shot2-1461029225.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/542293\/60185-shot3-1461584958.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Phat Fishes is a game about fishes that are phat. It's in their genes (find more about Tetraodontidae in Wikipedia).\r\n\r\ntl;dr\r\n#################\r\nIt\"s a couch multiplayer arena game up to 4 fishes. Just push the other fishes into dangerous stuff (the crabs, the mines and the deadly jellyfish) while avoiding the dangerous stuff yourself.\r\n\r\nControls\r\n#################\r\nArrows to move your fish, action button to toggle bigger \/ smaller size. Bigger mean you can bounce other fishes a lot, it's also very slow but can be handy to slowdown \/ play defensive.\r\n\r\nPlayer 1 : a\/q, s, d, z\/w, action : e\r\nPlayer 2 : left, right, up, down arrows, action : right alt key\r\nPlayer 3 : j, k, l, i,  action : o\r\nPlayer 4 : f, g, h, t, action : y\r\nPause : escape \/ tab\r\n\r\nDefault input can be remapped but the helper text in game will NOT be updated accordingly.\r\n\r\nGameplay\r\n#################\r\nEach player has three hearts, last player alive wins duh.\r\n\r\nScenario\r\n#################\r\nFour fishes from an underwater suburb fight for approval, only to find that in the end, only friendship prevails. THE END. MICHAEL BAY EXPLOSIONS.\r\n\r\nSettings\r\n#################\r\nYou can change the player names in the options, as well as toggle the music on \/ off. You can pause the game by pressing escape or tab.\r\n\r\nAbout the theme\r\n#################\r\nWell, fishes can change their shape, but more importantly PHAT FISHES IS AN ANAGRAM FOR SHAPESHIFT!!!\r\n\r\nPost mortem\r\n#################\r\nI was aiming for the compo so I did everything myself and by the compo rules but I was out of time so I'm submitting in the jam instead. Sources are availables on GitHub.\r\n\r\nEDIT 1 : added windows build and updated the link to the mac build that was not public *facepalm*\r\nEDIT 2 : added webgl specific build!\r\nEDIT 3 : fixed wrong input on qwerty keyboard","title":"Phat Fishes"}