Ludum Dare #29compo

Oh S**T! A Shark!

by darkflamejam

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.97

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.85

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.24

Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.82

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.68

Audio★★★★★★★★★★1.94

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.88

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.64

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★61%

This entry was created whilst supervising students the of Southampton Solent University participating.

Approx 13 hours was used to make this, created using cocos2dx v2.1.5 (C++)

Goal
Keep at least half the swimmers alive for as long as possible by keeping the shark on the island.

Controls
You control the island! Not the shark... I seem to be good natured, maybe in the future I'll make you control the shark!

Android: Move the island by tilting the device

Windows: Use the arrow keys to simulate the accelerometer

Should have improved the controls and balancing.

Comments17

Greg27 Apr 2014, 19:32

Cool game, sometimes I can't get more than 1 keypress to be registered, but it's fun still

mess11028 Apr 2014, 09:22

cool game. next time can I play the shark?

GiveMeAllYourCats28 Apr 2014, 09:47

Funny that you chose to be the island instead of the shark for example, intresting concept.

madmaw28 Apr 2014, 10:14

Good use of the accelerometer on Android

Christophe28 Apr 2014, 10:33

Yep The island not the shark, I was wondering why the shark was not responding... I wanted to eat everybody !

Jools6428 Apr 2014, 13:50

Fun little game, good idea but could do with a few more game-play elements to keep it interesting. Good job!

NoorStudios28 Apr 2014, 17:16

Cool idea, response felt a little slow on android.

hexabeast28 Apr 2014, 20:56

The accelerometer control with Android is really fun!

GagaPete28 Apr 2014, 22:16

Simple but fun gameplay. Looking forward to the shark control thing, I'd love to play a 1on1 multiplayer match. :)

KevinWorkman29 Apr 2014, 03:44

Interesting idea, although it didn't have a lot of gameplay elements in it. I would check out an expanded version of this!

Zolkren29 Apr 2014, 17:06

Cool idea and a nice game.

Marcellus30 Apr 2014, 00:31

Cool game, I don't own an android thingy but it seems to be even funnier.

darkflamejamauthor30 Apr 2014, 14:12

Thanks for the feedback!
I hadn't thought about a 1on1 match or controlling the shark! I'll implement some of your requests and release on google play when things calm down (along with some proper artwork!).

Nichii30 Apr 2014, 14:18

It's a simple but a cool game.

Boodog30 Apr 2014, 14:28

Good job but a bit unresponsive

DarkMaster3 May 2014, 17:01

Nice idea! :D

tenpn6 May 2014, 07:16

Surprisingly fun game, moving a island underneath a shark...