Fishing Therapy by LDJam user 407354
Play FishingTherapy : https://dadidou.itch.io/fishingtherapy
A lovely space shooter with a little story about the Fischer family ! You are a psychoanalyst trying to understand people with your new therapy : fishing therapy !
Controls:
Movement : Arrows
Fire : Space
Switch Weapon : Enter
Laser : Tab
| Link | https://www.swisstransfer.com/d/be087db0-0ab5-4e52-84f4-3742a560faaf |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/57/fishing-therapy |
Ratings
| Given | 7🗳️ | 13🗨️ |
Personal case: I played using WASD because I don't have arrow keys so using enter to switch weapons was a bit awkward personally, but still playable!
Overall this was good fun; the wackiness of the story and setting was great. Awesome job!
The art is really cool and unique, there's a story to the characters and the boss fights are nice. Great job!
I can tell you put a lot of work into this, great job!
First Patient (Woman): Was a cool partying girl doing all sort of crazy stuff (were those pink things at the start b-plugs? lol or just earrings?). Then she married (dress / rings), had a few miscarriages (babies), has debt issues (bank buildings throwing stuff right?) and then finally gave birth to a baby, but the baby was taking up too much energy from her and she was missing all the pleasure that she had in youth which led to her current state of mind.
Second Patient (Man): Works as a cashier in a big supermarket, leading a life that feels redundant. He probably got hit one time by a horse in his youth or saw someone being kicked and since then has a phobia. Game doesn't give much more to go on here. I'm going to assume the woman he's into is someone on the side and he wants to be with her to spice up his life.
Third Patient (Boy): Something is imperfect in the Fischer family, there could be a divorce happening and with each parent dealing with their troubles the boy feels alienated and abandoned.
So if Doctor did anything right here: Woman & Man are going to realize that they have to make changes in their life and go out somewhere together as a family, work something out to reignite their marriage and give more attention to their little boy.
Well done! Only wish it had some music in there!
~Xp
Challenging, i cound't go to the end. but was still fun :)
As a new pro psychoanalyst , i think the patient is afraid of commitment (there is alot [a lot] of wedding rings !)