Shrimp Tank Simulator by Harmadillo

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made by Harmadillo for Ludum Dare 56 (COMPO)

Grow your own shrimp for fun and profit.

Manage water pH and salinity to provide an environment suitable to your chosen shrimp species(color).

Shrimp are tiny creatures, you will need your trusty magnifying glass too monitor their condition.

Controls:

tab - pause menu

right click/m - magnifying glass

Manage things: screen1.JPG

Examine things: screen3.JPG

Buy things: screen2.JPG

That's it.

Ratings

Overall 266th 3.045⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Fun 286th 2.682⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 134th 3.5⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Theme 18th 4.295⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 243th 3.068⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Audio 218th 2.833⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Humor 251th 2.361⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Mood 247th 2.976⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Given 43🗳️ 19🗨️

Feedback

Kateryna
06. Oct 2024 · 21:17 UTC
The shrimpies are super cute. I managed to get the red and the blue ones to proliferate, but the green ones die very fast and I run out of money. I guess that's the underwater stones of the shrimp business ;)

I also really like the magnifying glass feature!
takhomasac
07. Oct 2024 · 05:06 UTC
great minds shrimp alike :shrimp: love the concept and zooming in on the little guys made it better! nice game :)
RPGWanderer
07. Oct 2024 · 21:50 UTC
![Screenshot 2024-10-07 234635.png](///raw/d49/e5/z/67074.png)

Ok, I think my tank is thriving, now !
I love small worlds and management simulation games !

What did you use to compose the music :) ?
🎤 Harmadillo
08. Oct 2024 · 17:17 UTC
@rpgwanderer I used Bosca Ceoil to do the music
Tad I Guess
08. Oct 2024 · 17:26 UTC
This is awesome I love the shrimp. Magnify was a great inclusion, very cool to zoom in on all of my little guys.
Game-mon
08. Oct 2024 · 17:33 UTC
Nice game with cool shop mechanics! Liked managing those tiny shrimps, keep it up!
Bloodfin
08. Oct 2024 · 17:35 UTC
Fun little management game, though a little hard to find get it out of balanced. Really like being able to zoom in and see the little friends smiling faces, Nice work!
dhim
08. Oct 2024 · 18:45 UTC
Nice simulator. I would have liked to know in advance the preferred ranges for each species and fiddle with the components to reach the goal rather than randomly adding stuff until the colors change in the right direction.
It didn't seem that the environment changed on its own. Water evaporation or the water needs to be cleaned would have been nice features.

Thank you for the experience.
Adrien Tremblay
10. Oct 2024 · 00:01 UTC
Nice relaxing game. Aquarium sims are so fun. I made an aquarium game too but didn't have time to make it realistic with pH and salinity level management. Good job! I played this for longer than I am willing to admit!
SdCorpse
10. Oct 2024 · 15:31 UTC
Music and concept are nice
Loig
11. Oct 2024 · 22:40 UTC
Very cute shrimps!
ruthiepee
13. Oct 2024 · 22:23 UTC
I had to click this one as soon as I saw the thumbnail. Love a sim game. These kinds of games are really hard to make on such a short deadline due to having to make lots of UI and balance the mechanics, but I think you did a great job. It's a fun challenge (albeit a hard one) to figure out the right balance to maintain the blue and green shrimps. The magnifying glass is a fun little bonus.
Sparks7007007
13. Oct 2024 · 23:24 UTC
I love the theme of this game! To make things a bit clearer, it might be helpful to add animations for dying and reproduction. That way, players can get a better visual sense of how the tank is doing and what’s happening with the creatures.
Lussard Studio
14. Oct 2024 · 13:12 UTC
The concept of the game is really original !
Was fun to try to manage everything in this cute simulator :smile:
island-jam-2-group-3
16. Oct 2024 · 19:56 UTC
The green ones die too soon for guessing the right ranges in time xD As already mentioned by others, there is not clear enough feedback for adjusting the ranges but other than that I liked your take on the theme. Congrats!
Thoastbot
23. Oct 2024 · 01:00 UTC
Finaly i found your game - saw some post you made and was looking forward to play this game :D I love it, its basically seamonkeys-online, great to relax :D