Hungry Whale by kumabotz

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made by kumabotz for LD 42 (JAM)

:ocean: Hungry Whale :whale2:

A story about a hungry whale and plastics. Let's reduce the usage of plastics starting today! :earth_americas:

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Ratings

Overall 780th 3.214⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Fun 842th 2.963⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 580th 3.185⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Theme 857th 3.161⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 869th 3.018⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Audio 374th 3.278⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Humor 523th 2.729⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Mood 695th 3.019⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Given 19🗳️ 16🗨️

Feedback

YuKey0
12. Aug 2018 · 20:42 UTC
Poor whale, but great take on the theme, fits reality kinda, sadly.

In the beginning I could not figure out where the food wen trough, but figured after a while that it was over what I tough was the mouth. Nice one c:
Alexander Tan
13. Aug 2018 · 07:04 UTC
I love the music man, great job. overall pretty fun
wujood
13. Aug 2018 · 21:00 UTC
Great idea to send a deeper message across ! I love it and i absolutly agree with your opinion on polution!
Kultisti
14. Aug 2018 · 07:18 UTC
Sfxs are so cool and the gameplay was fun! goodjob!
JimmyC
14. Aug 2018 · 07:21 UTC
Love the game,idea and the epic music!
Jamison
14. Aug 2018 · 07:27 UTC
gobbled garbo then died 10/10. I liked the simple mechanics, especially trying to catch the garbage right in your mouth. I was hoping I would spit out all the trash and go back to get more, but alas, the game is more realistic :(

I liked it.
meltobis
14. Aug 2018 · 07:28 UTC
I feel bad for the whale but it is what is happening and making in the real world and I think that making a game that gives a message and makes people think about it, it is a great idea! Good work!
Call_me_Nutty
14. Aug 2018 · 07:37 UTC
A simple and fun game with a sad overtone. I really liked the music and the eating sound effect. It gets oddly relaxing at one point just swimming around eating plastic, though this game needs some sort of a failure state so there is some sort of a challenge. But I can't lie, I actually kind of enjoyed the gameplay.
Skreed
14. Aug 2018 · 10:28 UTC
it's very sad for the whale bur fun mood even if a bit slow!
Ical
14. Aug 2018 · 13:32 UTC
The idea of the game is amazing.Although the operation is simple, but can bring a lot of fun
Joloujed
14. Aug 2018 · 18:24 UTC
Nice game, At the beginning coudnt tell if the objective was to eat the plastic or avoided it. I was a while avoiding it, Im curious does something happen if you avoided it long enough? Good game overall.
Bandygrass
15. Aug 2018 · 04:13 UTC
Haha, this one is so great. I love the theme tie-in and the execution. Those little falling plastic sprites are so cute. I wished the sprites were a little more clear; wasn't sure where my whale's mouth was or how to eat for a while, but once I figured it out a spent way too long scooping up plastic. :D
namnam
15. Aug 2018 · 09:22 UTC
Love the music and the colorful graphics, it make the entertaining even if what we do is awful ^^
Happy
15. Aug 2018 · 13:59 UTC
The gameplay is really basic and barebones but the music and sfx are really good. I'm supervised I haven't seen more games do this take on the theme.
fivenamefivesocks
17. Aug 2018 · 08:04 UTC
Nice interpretation of the theme, that great to send a message thought a game. Loved it, nice work !
Andrei9
21. Aug 2018 · 11:03 UTC
Nice game! cool :thumbsup:
Jakier
24. Aug 2018 · 11:20 UTC
Lacking some gameplay elements to make it fun, Hungry Whale seems to actually deal with the futility of the situation. Which I think is a really good design choice.
The cutesy graphics and music work for you, it's not an easy feat considering the topic.

A little more time in the over would make this into a powerful little game. Good work