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Always A Bigger Fish by rantt

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made by rantt for LD34 (COMPO)
It's a fish eat fish world.
Eat the green fish to grow bigger, orange fish won't hurt you (and you can't eat them...yet) and red fish will kill you.

Controls:
W,A,S - move forward, turn left, turn right
arrow up, left, right - move forward, turn left, turn right

or use the pointer, click to move to that spot

Tools Used:
coding: vim/tmux and Phaser.js for my framework
graphics: Pixly, Pixen and Pixelmator
sfx: sfxr/bfxr
music: PixiTracker
Web http://divideby5.com/games/LD34
Source https://github.com/rantt/LD34
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-34/?action=preview&uid=41103

Ratings

Coolness 51% 3
Overall 3.28 446
Audio 3.09 278
Fun 3.68 131
Graphics 2.81 640
Humor 2.76 304
Innovation 2.50 820
Mood 2.97 468
Theme 3.97 272

Feedback

JamesMowery
14. Dec 2015 · 04:13 UTC
Nice work on your game! I like how you incorporated the "Growing" theme into this. I also liked the sound and such (although it seems to cut off and stop playing once you beat a level or two). Other than that, really good stuff. :)
danbolt
14. Dec 2015 · 04:40 UTC
I feel like the "fish eat fish now get bigger" games I played on Flash portals as a kid were slow and boring. This is much faster, quicker, and more interesting!

You get a GitHub star too. ;P
Elenesski
14. Dec 2015 · 05:12 UTC
Good job on the game. Felt like Osmos at times. Game had minor issues with screen edges. But still fun.
danieldsj
14. Dec 2015 · 05:18 UTC
Pretty good Osmos clone! Well done!
ThaRemo
14. Dec 2015 · 10:27 UTC
Nice game! I liked the simplicity, but it was a little short.
laFunk
14. Dec 2015 · 14:20 UTC
That Jaws theme remix! The way the fish swim is pretty humorous :) I didn't like how they seem to gather on the screen borders but it's a fun game. Cheers!
aamatniekss
14. Dec 2015 · 14:20 UTC
Super simple classic game, but it's fun! The fish colouring was a nice touch and helped understand which ones you can eat and which ones you can't eat. :)
Emkiusz
14. Dec 2015 · 15:01 UTC
Nice little game :D Too bad the music is so short :P
kailijan
14. Dec 2015 · 15:41 UTC
Great game! Really like it.
hexagore
14. Dec 2015 · 17:53 UTC
This is really effectively done. Took me a while to realise I could aim with the mouse though.. but once I did I had a lot of fun with this. Thanks.
timtipgames
14. Dec 2015 · 18:33 UTC
Not too exciting but well executed!
very fluid gameplay ;p
graceavery
14. Dec 2015 · 18:34 UTC
Nice fishy clone, the movement mostly works well and the mechanics seem well figured-out. Found the music sort of jarring, but fairly funky. Nice work!
pparke
14. Dec 2015 · 19:18 UTC
Good gameplay, levels increased in difficulty nicely and the control of the fish was solid and easy to pick up.
hcosta
15. Dec 2015 · 03:16 UTC
This is a nice balanced game covering the two themes, good job!
Erlend Aakre
15. Dec 2015 · 05:45 UTC
Good game, a bit short and some more variety would have been great
Xeke_Death
15. Dec 2015 · 06:40 UTC
Nice and smooth, I liked how the fish became edible as I got bigger, made evident by the colour change.
I died in the corners a few times thanks to the wrapping... Thought "I'm fine, I'm on the opposite side from the red fish", then I died...
psychonull
15. Dec 2015 · 14:04 UTC
Great game. Really fun to play. Nice grahipcs also. Good job!
Jan Peter (jpdev)
15. Dec 2015 · 21:19 UTC
Nice little growing game.
What I liked most is exactly what my own game is missing - you made levels. It starts easy and not with all mechanics at once.
In hindsight that's what I should have done with my sheep.
Drtizzle
16. Dec 2015 · 00:06 UTC
Nice job! I really like the responsiveness of the fish, and the music was really nice too (i love midi)! If you make the "world" a bit more alive (animation, physics?) it would be awesome!
LoneStranger
16. Dec 2015 · 02:19 UTC
Fun game. Well done. Loved the music and the sprites. Pointer controls made it a little difficult with the sides. Some of those bigger fish swam at me faster than I could get my bearings on a new level.
PeachTreeOath
17. Dec 2015 · 03:26 UTC
Haven't personally played a puzzle-feeding game, usually they're more sandboxxy so I like the change of pace.
Jakob37
19. Dec 2015 · 20:04 UTC
Nice and snappy game. Good awesome-per-second in this, I think the difficulty ramped well, and I liked the short levels. I thought it was mouse only (with mouse-pad) which was slightly awkward, but then I realized that I of course could play it with the keyboard. Could have been interesting with some harder levels at the end.

All in all. Well done, I enjoyed it :)
kepons
19. Dec 2015 · 20:21 UTC
Not exactly anything new, but it was quite fun and I liked the music.
ruerob
20. Dec 2015 · 16:53 UTC
Your game is really fun to play! Sadly a bit short! Well done!