Fish Slapping Simulator 2021 by chriiis88

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made by chriiis88 for Ludum Dare 48 (COMPO)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KU3C-VH48g

Accompany famous worm explorer Walter Wormington on his trip to find treasure on the bottom of the ocean. Slapping a fish is worth 1 point, collecting the pearls dropped by fishes is worth 2 points.

Can you beat the highscore? Post a comment and let me know! Screenshot from 2021-04-26 17-29-15.png

:video_game: Controls

Dodge the fishes (WASD or right click - can be adjusted in the menu) or slap the living crap out of them (left click).

:tools: Tools

Made with Godot, Audacity and GIMP. All sounds and graphics by me. Yes, I really hit my face to produce the slapping sound...

Ratings

Overall 775th 2.94⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Fun 515th 3.231⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 567th 3⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Theme 715th 3.077⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 836th 2.442⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Audio 479th 3.077⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Humor 58th 3.827⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Given 35🗳️ 31🗨️

Feedback

LDJam user 235146
25. Apr 2021 · 20:14 UTC
Fun game, excellent idea
liammasters
25. Apr 2021 · 20:25 UTC
Hilarious concept, the fish art really adds to it. The meaty slap sound is sastisfying.
owca
25. Apr 2021 · 22:43 UTC
LOL :D Funny
William Corrin
26. Apr 2021 · 04:36 UTC
Very funny entry
NorthernDonut
26. Apr 2021 · 11:56 UTC
i am left clicking and nothing is happening i am just getting eaten by the fish regardless which is a shame, good concept tho
JudgeZedd
26. Apr 2021 · 14:48 UTC
I slapped some fish, and I don't regret it for a moment. Good job.
minibobbo
26. Apr 2021 · 14:50 UTC
This was funny. I have no idea how the slapping works (who is doing the slapping? The worm? How does he reach?) but it was a nice balance between avoidance and slapping.

I think the hitboxes are off for this kind of precision game. I was eaten by a fish that I swear was a few pixels away from me. Not a huge deal, but I think you could increase the size of the main character, make the main character's hitbot smaller than the graphic, and increase the hitbox of the pickups larger than the graphic to compensate for the smaller player hitbox. Then getting the items is a little easier (which is satisfying) and you can skirt your way past the fish without dying (which is also satisfying)

Nice work
Cary Stanley
26. Apr 2021 · 17:16 UTC
Fun and Silly entry :smile:

Like the slap sound!

Sometimes the small hit boxes made it hard to slap a quick moving fish
Knipsch
27. Apr 2021 · 00:32 UTC
Gameplay was simple, but effective and fun. I liked the slapping sound a lot. The art was pretty goofy, but fit the tone of the game quite well. I think my favorite part is that the cursor is a little hand that 'slaps' when you click.
Anna Karpova
27. Apr 2021 · 09:01 UTC
cutie little wormie:)) a little difficult for me but i really enjoyed this game, thanks, good job!)
FussenKuh
27. Apr 2021 · 22:32 UTC
I was going to comment on how satisfying the slap sounds. Then I read the rest of your description. Way to give up your face for the love of the game! Well done in creating an amusing, slapstick game in 48 hours!
DDesignDude
28. Apr 2021 · 05:17 UTC
Love the humor and hope you didn't slap yourself too hard when making your slap sound effect :)

It seems though that I can have Walter Wormington move offscreen and never be attacked by any fish there. Adding some boundaries to the game would pervent me and others from cheating. Overall a nice simple and funny game.
Eugenik
28. Apr 2021 · 15:25 UTC
Top 10 games! Good work!.
trieckaga
29. Apr 2021 · 21:37 UTC
I like the art style and fun concept of this entry, nice game
JoeDev
30. Apr 2021 · 21:17 UTC
This was very funny :joy: loved the slap sound effect and the idea of just slapping some fish around to protect a worm. Cute game and make me laugh!
LJFMX
01. May 2021 · 22:16 UTC
The slapping fish sound coupled with the 2 frame animation of hand slappage produces infinite LOL's. Great job!
frozenfire92
02. May 2021 · 15:08 UTC
Great compo entry! It was actually kind of fun and I could see this being a good time killer game. I got a score of 120
Srynetix
09. May 2021 · 17:53 UTC
Fun concept ! (and nice slap FX :wink:)
The game is a little difficult for me (I try to play with mouse only), a faster worm could help :)
I'm slapping every fish but it's hard to get the points :smile:
Good job !
blobo
12. May 2021 · 02:43 UTC
I had a lot of fun with this one! I like the fish slapping sound effect, ha! There really isn't much too the game, but for a game made within 48 hours, it gets the job done.

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