Swarm - A game where you control a swarm of fish, telling them to swarm, or to scatter.
Controls - Up arrow: Scatter and avoid enemies. Down arrow: Swarm and attack enemies, or when no enemies are present, move downwards.
Enemies will kill your fish, but only at certain times. The swordfish when it is moving, the shark when its mouth is open, and the pufferfish when it is puffed up.
Playing through the game unlocks infinite mode, with a couple of hidden goodies.
If one of the versions doesn't work for you, try the other.
I had no problems running the game. Just had to make sure that the res order was extracted alongside the jar file. You can't run it from "within" the zip file.
I like the graphics a lot and you did a good job on the swarm movement. I think it looks very organic.
I needed a moment to realize what exactly I had to do and by the time I did, I only had so few fish left that I had trouble to get any lower. On my second try, once I figured it out, it was very easy to reach the floor though.
I run you game as java -jar Swarm-1.2-Universal-1200x675.jar on Linux, it's cool but there is no sound. Don't worry, I've listened to all the sounds in resources, they are great. Here is the terminal log: http://pastebin.com/UrNha4ay
This has an cool mood to it and an interesting mechanic. I wasn't sure when I was doing things right, but I suppose that may be the point with a swarm of fish attempting to survive.
I love flocking! (my first LD game was somewhat similar to this) I wish I could control where I go instead of being 'on rails' but otherwise really fun!
@Mcmahoniel, thanks :) @timtipgames, thanks for the feedback, and I'm very glad that it looked nice and natural. Btw, that's a really great score! @fiddenmar, glad it works, but it looks like the natives don't like the way I'm losing the music. Luckily it's running at all! :P @irwatts, thanks for the feedback :) I can understand that feeling, but if you're careful, there's a surprising amount you can do with the simple controls. @gironC, thanks :) @uvwar, I'll have to check that out. The 'rails' unfortunately are somewhat of an unavoidable result of the theme.
@batmanasb, Yeah, its hard to get the balance right, cause you want them to stick together, but you don't want them to pack into the middle, but thanks for the feedback :)
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I like the graphics a lot and you did a good job on the swarm movement. I think it looks very organic.
I needed a moment to realize what exactly I had to do and by the time I did, I only had so few fish left that I had trouble to get any lower.
On my second try, once I figured it out, it was very easy to reach the floor though.
Here are my stats:
https://gyazo.com/0bf6c627dfb0b3957d374bf2316ccc06
Good job, especially on the gfx!
Here is the terminal log: http://pastebin.com/UrNha4ay
@timtipgames, thanks for the feedback, and I'm very glad that it looked nice and natural. Btw, that's a really great score!
@fiddenmar, glad it works, but it looks like the natives don't like the way I'm losing the music. Luckily it's running at all! :P
@irwatts, thanks for the feedback :) I can understand that feeling, but if you're careful, there's a surprising amount you can do with the simple controls.
@gironC, thanks :)
@uvwar, I'll have to check that out. The 'rails' unfortunately are somewhat of an unavoidable result of the theme.
overall, I enjoyed this and had some pretty good fun, nice work :)