Depth before Decaf by sebbernery

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made by sebbernery for Ludum Dare 57 (COMPO)

A game about sharks, fishes and delicious drinks usually found in the deep sea.

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Use ZQSD / Arrows / WASD to move. Follow the tutorial to get some informations.

Made with : * Haxe * HaxeFlixel with ESpir (custom engine) * Inkscape * 1 bit Dragon * Nearly half a pound of decaf

Have fun !

Ratings

Overall 254th 3⭐ 20πŸ§‘β€βš–οΈ
Fun 238th 2.889⭐ 20πŸ§‘β€βš–οΈ
Innovation 202th 3.028⭐ 20πŸ§‘β€βš–οΈ
Theme 185th 3.389⭐ 20πŸ§‘β€βš–οΈ
Graphics 178th 3.306⭐ 20πŸ§‘β€βš–οΈ
Audio 170th 3.111⭐ 20πŸ§‘β€βš–οΈ
Humor 92th 3.139⭐ 20πŸ§‘β€βš–οΈ
Mood 251th 2.833⭐ 20πŸ§‘β€βš–οΈ
Given 11πŸ—³οΈ 15πŸ—¨οΈ

Feedback

OadT
07. Apr 2025 Β· 08:46 UTC
Very nice idea with the warning symbol showing when a shark is about to turn around! But because you only control the fishes indirectly, the timespan for the symbol is too short. Also I think the health of entities should be a bit more obvious. I noticed some tint, but because of the indirect and therefore slower input I think the feedback loop to the player should be spot on.
Kotolazer
08. Apr 2025 Β· 19:05 UTC
My fish flickered and disappeared very often in the game, but that didn't stop me from enjoying the game. Thank you!
Zatrit
08. Apr 2025 Β· 19:07 UTC
Fish revolution against shark oppression!
Kristijan
08. Apr 2025 Β· 19:10 UTC
Loved the original graphics! A health bar for the shark would've been a nice touch, though.
milano23
08. Apr 2025 Β· 19:16 UTC
Cool game. Big difference in shark quickness from level to level. ALso hard to organize fish when they keep disappearing. Everytime the cursor went behind something the fish around the cursor would dissapear. Fun game, looks great and soon good as well.
Pincushion
08. Apr 2025 Β· 19:36 UTC
That monocle-wearing shark cracks me up. Cute music. I like gathering a school of fish. The hover to join is novel and has potential. Requiring a number of fish to join adds nicely to the concept.

Killing the the sharks is really difficult. The fish move so slowly compared to the shark. I did manage to get to level 3 once. My fishies can team up on one shark, but two was way to hard.
kiv
11. Apr 2025 Β· 04:35 UTC
The game is really fun! And also the drawings are pretty. I enjoyed the game, thank you.
Rentem
14. Apr 2025 Β· 18:22 UTC
Fun game, i like the idea. Even though i wasn't able to kill the shark, that is on me however :see_no_evil:
I had it once, that all fishes startet flickering and sometime disapeared for seconds.
OldDog
17. Apr 2025 Β· 08:50 UTC
this game is so cool!!! and very great game idea,love this game so much,I really wish for more animation of those fishes~~It is hard to see if I attacked the shark~~
someone
19. Apr 2025 Β· 17:44 UTC
Neat idea. I like the control mechanism, and the number mechanic on the fish.
The shark health was not very clear. The fighting seemed a bit too random and the warning symbol didn't really help at all.
I actually missed what the goal was the first time round and was a bit confused as what to do after collecting all the fish.
It would have been nice if you could press the OK button with space or enter to avoid needing to use the mouse.