Narva the Narwhal by souperstrawer

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made by souperstrawer for Ludum Dare 48 (JAM)

Narva the Narwhal - Main Menu.png

Explore the deep oceans as Narva the Narwhal. Catch wild fish with your tusk and try to reach a high score!
You only have 100 seconds...

Controls:

Hold Left Mouse Button to swim forwards. Control direction by moving the mouse. You can turn faster if you are not moving forward - let go of LMB to maneuver better.

Our team created this game in only 48 hours. All auditory, visual and graphical assets made from scratch!

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P.S. Narva is a city in the East of Estonia, where Narva the Narwhal got its name.

Ratings

Given 6🗳️ 2🗨️

Feedback

TAIGHA
26. Apr 2021 · 15:31 UTC
Thank you for your game!

To be honest, I do not know what goal you are pursuing, perhaps this game should be dynamic, aggressive. But I got some relaxation by playing it and impaling other fish on the spike :-)

It has a pleasant visual and sound accompaniment. Not very responsive controls.

There is one critical bug - I got stuck in textures a couple of times. And the most important minus-there is no menu button or at least exit the game.
![bug.png](///raw/e32/b3/z/3d904.png)

PS
I didn't fully understand why the second fish that looks like me appears, because it just gets stuck in the texture and I can't interact with it.

PSS

I understand perfectly well that you did not manage to implement all of what was planned, so I will say that I liked the game as a whole. I wish you good luck in finalizing it!
You are a great fellow!
Zetre
27. Apr 2021 · 08:44 UTC
@taigha Thank you for playing our game! I was the sound designer and composer but would like to answer a few of your questions.

The goal was simply to impale as many fish as possible - to some people it's nerve-wracking, to some - relaxing like you mentioned.

The critical bug is still in the game because we could not find a solution in our team's timeframe of 48 hours. We do have a solution to it now but I'm not sure we're allowed to patch it?

The second "you" appearing is a fun bug that we decided to leave in as a surprise feature (previous jam theme: It's a feature, not a glitch!)

We had more features and plans for the game, alas we ran out of time.

Thanks!
Chrispy977
01. May 2021 · 05:40 UTC
The game was fine, but it was near impossible to kill any of the other fish.
The model seemed a bit stiff as well.
Fun take on the theme though.
general
14. May 2021 · 15:25 UTC
Wow! Really cool ocean depth game!
I recorded my play experience, hope, it will be helpful:
https://youtu.be/Y8ZdPqf9TUQ
Good luck!