When the theme was first announced, my thoughts drifted to what we normally consider "villainous" creatures -- crocodiles, angler fish, sharks... after reading up a little on angler fish, I got the idea to make you "shake" your bioluminescent bacteria to hunt other fish.
*Move with WASD (angler fish are slow) *Take a bite with the spacebar *Shake your mouse to shake your bioluminescent bacteria and attract fish. *Shake too much and they'll see your ugly face and run away (watch for the exclamation point). *Fish above you are attracted to your light. Fish below you are repulsed. *Eat fish to get bigger. *Eat too big of a fish and you will explode. *Get big enough and you will rule the ocean forever.
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I'd hoped to do a giant squid boss fight at the end, but ran out of time. I was literally adding the game over state as time expired, so you may not be able to actually "beat" the game.
Great game, the "omnomnom" sound was funny, but got a little annoying after awhile. The lighting mechanic was great, the atmospheric sounds really helped a lot. Kinda needs something to verify that you've won. I like how as you slowly grow, you look more and more evil looking
Found the typo that was preventing people from hitting the "You Win" screen, but I'll wait until after voting to fix it. Put a png of that screen at the bottom of the page so people can see the epic took-me-30-seconds screen that they're missing.
Really good idea ! Too bad your fish swim with stiffness and backwards, i think that's killing all your effort on giving the impression to be an angler fish. Anyway, nice interpretation of the theme !
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Fun and addictive game. Nice work!
The lighting mechanic was great, the atmospheric sounds really helped a lot.
Kinda needs something to verify that you've won.
I like how as you slowly grow, you look more and more evil looking
Fantastic game mechanic. Simple, fun, and unique.