You play as Nessie, the famous monster of Loch Ness. You need to eat, but do not want to make your self known. Eat the fish, and avoid the flashes of the ever increasing photographers.
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Since I did not have more time I made this in total in about 9 hours, still quite happy with how it turned out.
NOTE: 1-sep: I fixed a bug where you could be hit immediately by an appearing photographer, this was obviously not intended behaviour, so I hope it is not against the rules nor spirit. Otherwise imagine you still can be hit.
This was an interesting take on the game snake. It was fun, but the audio got old after awhile and it was really hard to dodge the camera flashes for long before dying.
This is an interesting game, but I think it could be improved by having some sort of hunger meter. Now it feels like you can just sort of wait until the perfect moment. There isn't enough tension.
The graphical style and the haunting drone give this a really cool atmosphere!
The idea of the coloured beams is really cool too.
I felt that it was a bit too easy to curl up into a corner and hide, so I think something to increase the pace / tension would help -- a hunger meter (as TerraCottaFrog says) or maybe the inabilty to stay still, or maybe some of the beams could move around.
Pretty good, especially for only nine hours! Main thing I'd change is photographers not flashing as soon as they spawn, doesn't seem fair when you eat a fish and a photographer who wasn't there before immediately flashes you.
Also I have to disagree with your theming: Nessie's not a monster, she's just misunderstood!
Really nice idea and loving the style! Too easy to get randomly captured by flash that you don't know will appear. Blue flash killed me the moment it showed up, had no chance ;_;
Fun game with a neat mechanic. Quite like the dark mood of the artwork and audio as well (although the audio did get a bit grating). Wasn't quite clear what the end condition was as I seemed to survive a few hits before dying.
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The idea of the coloured beams is really cool too.
I felt that it was a bit too easy to curl up into a corner and hide, so I think something to increase the pace / tension would help -- a hunger meter (as TerraCottaFrog says) or maybe the inabilty to stay still, or maybe some of the beams could move around.
I agree with what everyone has said about just hiding in a bunch in the corner though.
Also I have to disagree with your theming: Nessie's not a monster, she's just misunderstood!
Good job!