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Aphotic Aquatic by qqcs

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made by qqcs for Ludum Dare 46 (JAM)

letter-0.png Congratulations on your internship with world renowned marine biology institute, Aphotic Aquatic! It's time to learn about an astounding array of deep sea fish and aquatic mammals at a state of the art institution. Or, it would be, if everyone's office fish didn't need babysitting.

goldie.gif angel.gif

Embark on a memory game wherein you try to remember how to take care of your coworkers' fish, featuring gameplay mechanics inspired by:

Indefinite: Interrogation - Memory, Story, Choices by Brandon Li.

Coding (and audio) by: qqcs

Art assets by: Briibot Twitter

Works* on desktop and mobile.

EDIT[04-20-22:23] : Removed an unused import

Youtube https://qcs.itch.io/aphotic-aquatic
Youtube https://github.com/austinvuong/ld46-Aphotic-Aquatic
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/aphotic-aquatic

Ratings

Overall 1099th 3.548⭐ 54🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1113th 3.373⭐ 53🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 804th 3.49⭐ 53🧑‍⚖️
Theme 504th 4⭐ 53🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 964th 3.804⭐ 53🧑‍⚖️
Audio 1475th 2.602⭐ 51🧑‍⚖️
Humor 388th 3.622⭐ 51🧑‍⚖️
Mood 919th 3.551⭐ 51🧑‍⚖️
Given 68🗳️ 69🗨️

Feedback

Euix
21. Apr 2020 · 02:42 UTC
The repetitiveness of the dialog choices on the interim screens where you receive new fish to care for is undesirable, but the memory matching is surprisingly fun, and I like the little splashes of humor. I was able to get to 16.
causalpigeon
21. Apr 2020 · 02:53 UTC
I love the dialogue it really entertaining. The art is my favorite part of the game this some of the best art i've seen in my life i love how it feels the way the colours blend the shapes its beautiful. Ill be looking back on this for inspiration in the future.
Cinsynate
21. Apr 2020 · 02:58 UTC
Cute game! You did a good job and I love the pixel art, they're some good feesh
peterfiftyfour
21. Apr 2020 · 03:00 UTC
I love this one! It's so stressful I ended up picking the same food/music for a lot of the choices. Ended up getting to 53. Love the creepy vibes actually reminds me of Annihilation the book/movie with the whole biological aspect. :D
Myles McCoy
21. Apr 2020 · 03:02 UTC
The dialogue and descent into madness was really fun! Could have used some music near the end to really sell the cosmic horror. I got to 60 on my first run!!
Anyway nice visuals, repetitive but honestly solid gameplay. I had fun.
DrewG8
21. Apr 2020 · 03:05 UTC
I love this! The concept and the art are both great. I wish my memory were good enough to find out what happens next. Its a bit hard to remember what I imagined versus what I envisioned.
Floxnu
21. Apr 2020 · 03:07 UTC
Really enjoyed the art. The memory matching can get a bit repetitive but the strange horror elements kept me playing to see how weird it would get.
elq
21. Apr 2020 · 03:21 UTC
Nice visuals and atmosphere. Liked how the place changed after time to more horror theme. Great job!
Hansoul
21. Apr 2020 · 03:43 UTC
Quite a cute little game! It's a nice themed take on the memory game. It got pretty hard as it went on as you had to answer faster.
yeo_niki
21. Apr 2020 · 03:46 UTC
The atmosphere was excellent and I was so down to see how the story would unfurl, but my memory failed me :( I like how you could pick the same choices for multiple fish, but that could trip you up too if you're not paying attention.
acgaudette
21. Apr 2020 · 03:59 UTC
big fan of this game, small and tight concept done well. great art and persistence too! and fun progression.
giving little boosts to the global timer depending on how fast you make correct choices might be a fun lite mechanic addition
Sean Park
21. Apr 2020 · 03:59 UTC
I provided around 112 times, and even when the loop stopped expanding I kept playing cause the sense of unease felt so real! Super tight and fun game, love the deadpan dialogue choice in between the memorization loop. Pixel art is also pleasing. Wow. I want more!!! Only downside is the generic looking buttons.
JoelLoki
21. Apr 2020 · 08:24 UTC
Provided till 47! The game is pretty interesting, I love the graphics in this game and the moment the beta came, I got a little spooked, and when the wall crashed, I was sold. The memory game is definitely awesome, perhaps it could have more variation with pictures too really amazing work!
randdir
21. Apr 2020 · 10:07 UTC
Intersting entry team. graphics are nice but should be improve for the UI. Keep it up !
X-c
21. Apr 2020 · 10:28 UTC
Really great artwork and interesting cute game) Great work! Cant restart for some reason)
Zyro_
21. Apr 2020 · 11:26 UTC
Awesome idea and pretty well executed, I loved the unexpected progression and artwork, some music would have been great.
Cannocchiale
21. Apr 2020 · 11:29 UTC
This game is addicting! absolutely loved it!!!!
GOD COLO
21. Apr 2020 · 11:34 UTC
Even more pixel art xD
victor_reiner
21. Apr 2020 · 11:34 UTC
I have fish and this game is totally realistic. They die with nothing. Very beautiful visually
alphazeba
21. Apr 2020 · 16:46 UTC
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~ I M A G I N E D I S S O N A N C E ~

very good game :)
I liked to give everyone I could chicken nuggets.
dummydojo
22. Apr 2020 · 04:19 UTC
Took me a while to understand what was going on. Interesting and simple concept. Graphics were great. For what you were going for, it seems to work.
Gideonnf
22. Apr 2020 · 05:11 UTC
Hi! I saw your recommendation and came to check your game as well. Its great! Pretty unique gameplay. The dialogue options could be more but I think its really good for a game jam. The art is really nice.
unityyyy
22. Apr 2020 · 11:00 UTC
Started chill, and descended into a stressful horror game :D. The art was really well made and I liked the atmosphere a lot!
Pandanym
22. Apr 2020 · 18:40 UTC
I guess I'm a fish sitter now ! I love these types of game because my memory isn't that great and it feels like a useful challenge for my brain haha. Thank you for your entry !
Sinamon
23. Apr 2020 · 00:06 UTC
Interesting idea. Well done!
OrdiNeu
23. Apr 2020 · 01:56 UTC
Aww, fired after 125 times. This was a great difficulty curve, well done!
Apace
23. Apr 2020 · 12:35 UTC
Visually very nice looking game. Also the gameplay is super fun, but at the end it becomes really stressful! (Not in a bad way though, enjoyed it thoroughly)
Nice entry :)
kkrac
23. Apr 2020 · 19:21 UTC
nice graphics.
Dane Tesla
24. Apr 2020 · 23:58 UTC
a fun entry! i was expecting just feeding fish but the weird stuff that started happening really got me into it. amazing one! if i were to change anything, i'd add some better font to it maybe (to the buttons) but it was nice and challenging :D a great one!
Javier Diez
27. Apr 2020 · 13:31 UTC
Very original entry, love it!
Vesper
27. Apr 2020 · 20:36 UTC
Nice little memory game with some surprisingly creepy undertones. I enjoyed it!
Aurel300
28. Apr 2020 · 20:20 UTC
I really enjoyed this! Got to 137 :tada:

The sudden turn into eldritch emotion-feeding monsters was very nice. I appreciated how us/the intern just reacted the same as to everything else. It also made me wonder if there would be any more. For more evil difficulty maybe you could ask about e.g. "food for Goldie" and mix in answers to "music for Goldie".
szupinek
03. May 2020 · 11:55 UTC
Suprising one! Solid pixel art and sound effects. I really like that this game is based on really simple mechanism, making it pretty enjoyable. Also my appreciations for putting a little story line in it. Overall really solid entry.
Daniil Tcyvakin
08. May 2020 · 21:11 UTC
cool graphycs, and nice idea! move on!
lilkrit
08. May 2020 · 21:12 UTC
Cool idea for the game play. Basically making a memory game but with a clever disguise?
JordyForNow
10. May 2020 · 20:00 UTC
This was such a good game I really enjoyed playing it, the graphics were verry impressive and for a simple concept it was verry accilerating. Great job!
danthegreat
12. May 2020 · 19:08 UTC
Clever idea and fun to play. It's great how the difficulty ratchets up as time goes on. Nice job on the text and on the sound effect of food dropping into water.
Jordgubben
12. May 2020 · 19:22 UTC
Last review for this LD. This was different. And I like it. It's probably something you can use to train your short term memory. Did I say I like it? Any way, what was I doing?

In shot: Good job!