Fish.zip

by buckle2000

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.00

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.13

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.48

Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.78

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.41

Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.21

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.41

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.57

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★66%

Zip and Unzip fish.

This is our first LD jam entry and first game made cooperatively.

Made in effectively 8 hours at maximum because we assignments from school.

How is this game related to "One room"?
1. There is only one room for each level's gameplay
2. There is only little room left on each level

Goal
Move to anywhere in the highlighted area.

Controls
Arrow keys/WSAD: MOVE
R: RESET

Code&SFX: buckle2000
Art: Sapphira (ldjam account)

Thoughts

love2d is not suitable for game jams. We will possibly use a feature-complete game engine next time.

Praise @Sapphira for the mavelous painting style!

If you know lua, making your own level should be easy!

Example below:
https://github.com/buckle2000/ld37/blob/master/raw/assets/level/2.lua

Comments26

burnedkirby13 Dec 2016, 09:54

Neat puzzler, got stuck on the 4th (or was it 3rd? the level that fills the entire screen) level. Neat mechanics around the gray fish squeezing together.

Palarus13 Dec 2016, 10:08

Really interesting puzzle mechanics, enjoyed both playing and exploring them. The graphics are charming and fit the gameplay perfectly!

Schrunkin13 Dec 2016, 10:33

Could not run the game even though i unzipped it twice and made sure I had LÖVE installed correctly :(

bodsey13 Dec 2016, 10:35

Nice job for a first entry! Plenty of room (!) for improvement of course, but still the core mechanic of squashing is an interesting novelty for a simple puzzle game like that

JK500013 Dec 2016, 10:38

A simple and great idea for a puzzle game.

erdiizgi13 Dec 2016, 10:45

Well, It seems uncompleted. I left to play after second play. It's not that it is boring, it is fun actually. But something is missing to keep the player. You should create this game with another game engine and this might be even better with touch screen.

Aldarion13 Dec 2016, 12:07

Fun little idea for a puzzle game. Works just fine. I liked it.

buckle2000author13 Dec 2016, 15:49

Maybe I will port it onto mobile platforms but first the graphics must be reworked.

buckle2000author13 Dec 2016, 15:51

@Schrunkin sorry I don't know why it's not working on your computer. I am pretty sure that the Windows binary does NOT require LÖVE installed.

Uliana Galich13 Dec 2016, 16:55

Mechanics and theme i liked a lot!

cxsquared13 Dec 2016, 17:36

Really interesting puzzle game. I really really enjoy this mechanic. This could turn into a really good mobile game.

Peringo14 Dec 2016, 11:04

The main puzzle mechanic is very unique and you could add a lot of different fish types to expand on it! I think it's really missing some music though, just feels a bit lifeless right now. The tutorial was a bit weird ( could have just been in a small level ), but for 8 hours the game is great!

qbicfeet14 Dec 2016, 12:53

Very nice, the fish-squeezing puzzle mechanic felt new and fresh and the levels got really elaborate really fast.

BlackBulletIV15 Dec 2016, 09:56

Interesting puzzle mechanic you've got here.

I'm intrigued that you say LOVE isn't good for game jams. It's definitely been my favourite for a number of years.

hlavik21115 Dec 2016, 15:17

I think this game is good it sis nice puzller and it must be hard to programm it.

madjackmcmad15 Dec 2016, 15:24

What a clever puzzle idea! I really enjoyed this. It's a shame you didn't get more time to put in more interesting pieces, but you certainly did a lot in a short amount of time. Great work.

Yvanor16 Dec 2016, 20:56

Fun little game, but quite complex at the same time. Nice job guys !

muriel17 Dec 2016, 17:34

Good game and clean mechanics, It is very challenging :) It would be nice to see a mobile version of this. Good job.

Henry19 Dec 2016, 03:12

Fantastic though it is very diffict to pass through. Nice job!

Ryusui22 Dec 2016, 04:56

First of all, I've used Love2D for the last eight Ludum Dare Game Jams and never had a problem with it. Be sure to check out my author page. ;)

As for this game, I like the gameplay mechanics, though I'll admit the actual puzzle-solving was a little hard to wrap my head around. I love the "squish two fish together" mechanic. XD

automatonvx28 Dec 2016, 12:21

nice puzzler, i like the core mechanic, just found it a bit hard, I didn't even get past the second level, I agree with others that it would probably work well on mobile, with a bit of polish I could imagine it being a pretty popular mobile game.

onyon28 Dec 2016, 14:55

Nice puzzle! Impressive as for 8 hours. The graphics aren't too great but that's understandable.

buckle2000author30 Dec 2016, 02:25

To Ryusui: love2d is too basic for a game jam unless you already have base code

Notester2 Jan 2017, 16:47

Heh, this game's mechanics are pretty cool, I don't think I've seen anything like them before. c:

yuigoto2 Jan 2017, 20:54

Really amazing concept for a puzzle, kinda got me stuck, wanting for more levels! Keep at it and don't stop! :)

Graphics look really nice and fun, audio sometimes made me feel annoyed, but is really nice! :)

Great work on this game!

ijzm3 Jan 2017, 00:05

A nice and simple little puzzle game from start to finish. Could use a little more levels and mechanics, but I'm very glad I gave it a try.

-TinyCastleGuy

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