The Fish that Figured it Out by Dean Goodson

The fish need to go to outer space. They figured it out.
This is an idle game, so players should expect it to take 40 minutes to complete!
Use different specialized fish to build the rocket ship to escape the planet and go to outer space. Will you be able to guide them there?
Left click is the only input.
All assets, SFX, and music were made during the game jam
(Made using Godot 4.3, Procreate, and Pro Tools)

| Web version | https://cheezegravy.itch.io/the-fish-that-figured-it-out |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/the-fish-that-figured-it-out |
Ratings
| Overall | 158th | 3.98⭐ | 53🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 259th | 3.725⭐ | 53🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 538th | 3.314⭐ | 53🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 188th | 4.11⭐ | 52🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 136th | 4.353⭐ | 53🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 91th | 3.99⭐ | 52🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 52🗳️ | 13🗨️ |
Yet I love the graphics and animations. Super cute, chill and fun to watch fish work.
(Otherwise, everything is perfect: the graphics, the sound design, the theme, the rocket, even the credits. Bravo!!!!!)
It's a bit slow, but the nice graphics and music make you relax.
However, my only horn fish seems to be stuck in the top right corner, which prevents me from progressing and I have to start over...
Sound is nice too, makes an atmosphere
At least to me
Had no problem of pacing and slowness of the game. It was more about the resources were not balanced. I stopped upgrading 1st and 3rd fishies after a while as I had excessive number or resources and I didn't need any more to finish the game. Other than that, great job!


This was the perfect game to play, just relaxing and nice and the the presentation is excellent feel too. It's/ pleasant to look at and cozy especially with the pastel color palette. The music was also great, subtle and it didn't get old even by the time I finished.
I really enjoy games with the simple gameplay loop of buying upgrades and slowly seeing things move more efficiently, it's very satisfying.
Great entry!
Cool game!
Your art and music is really cute and cozy. It really is coherent and help to create a nice cozy mood.
The gameplay was fine, however I do agree with other it was a real slog at the beginning before things start to ramp up. Maybe adding something else to do other than clicking the fish could help for the beginning, at least for people that doesn't feel like putting the game on the background.
I feel like this game could work really well as an Idlegame Wallpaper ahah
Congrats for this relaxing entry !
love the artstyle especially
This game is so charming. The little fish, the music, the way they zoom around when you click on the fish. The game seems to be tuned for a very long experience, which is quite unusual for a game jam, but works out very well for this as it encourages you just to let it run for a while in the background as your fish get their chores done. This is one of the projects that I think would also do well outside of the game jam environment. Great job.

That's it.
Great game again.

Mostly, though, this was just sooooooo chill, and I loved clicking the fishies to get em to move faster. That kept me engaged and made it even more fun than simply watching it happen! 🧡