Ponding Experience by Carraka

Otherwise known as
Reverse Merperson Bug Shooter
You are a small archerfish in a small pond. Your cozy life consists of shooting flies and racing scavengers.
One day, you inexplicably grow a pair of legs. Now you can hike to the next pond over and talk to frogs! Team up with your tiny neighbors to take down the biggest baddest purplest fish!
Controls:
- WASD to move
- SPACE to speak to other creatures
- LEFT-CLICK to shoot bubbles (above water)/kick (below water)
- RIGHT-CLICK to drop beetle bombs
In the original build, there is a game-ending bug that forces you to the credits instead of allowing you to battle, so please check out the bugfix version for some sweet boss music and the full (still buggy) battle experience!
All art, music, SFX, writing, and voiceover (!!) completed in the most sleep-deprived 72 hours of my life for Ludum Dare 56.
We also recorded a bunch of voiceover that we didn't have time to implement, so definitely check out the post-jam version that includes a playable Day 3 and tells the secret story of why that big fish is just so damn aggressive.
Talk like a fish
Walk like a fish
AVOID other fish like a fish
Ratings
| Overall | 381th | 3.703⭐ | 34🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 239th | 3.758⭐ | 33🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 485th | 3.371⭐ | 33🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 357th | 3.9⭐ | 32🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 421th | 3.85⭐ | 32🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 19th | 4.317⭐ | 32🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 217th | 3.633⭐ | 32🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 214th | 3.933⭐ | 32🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 30🗳️ | 38🗨️ |
Anyways, it is really impressive to have full voice acting for a jam game! Overall a very nice package :grin:
Sadly even after several tries i couldn't get the big fish beaten :<
Thank you for submitting your game to the stream and here is my walkthrough :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmxeQZvGsdU
~XpMonster