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Bearly Fishing

by psychedelia
co-authored: @alexandru-buhai, @donut-daria
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.61
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.63
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.77
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.98
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.93
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.99
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.72
Ever met a hungry bear? Me neither. Ever tried to slap fish midair? Me neither!

Well, I'm happy to be the bearer of good news: BEARLY FISHING is a game exactly for people like us!
The salmon is beary excited to get to the sea - now is the chance to sate your hunger. Place your bears and watch them do their barbearian fishing! Sea what I mean?

Are those puns getting unbearable? Well then stop reading and start playing!


Instructions

* Mouse - to choose and place towers.
* Esc - to get back to the menu.
Place the desired bear with


Team

Pawgrammer: Alexandru Buhai
Game Grizzliner and Bugbearer: Andrea Hubertová
Beartist: Daria Bolshikh
Tags: #bear, #fish, #fishing, #ld41, #minor-friendly, #pixel art, #tower defense
Tools: Unity

Comments40

slunkey
slunkey24 Apr 2018, 06:02
Haha this was great. I suppose the incompatible genres were more on the thematic than the game play. Love the art, music, the bear puns. This is a great entry. It wasn't clear to me on the first play through that the fish earned was what was allowing me to buy more bears.
malobil24 Apr 2018, 08:39
Funny game I spend some good time on it =)
Dekobii24 Apr 2018, 08:39
Better instruction would be nice. took a few plays to figure it out. Nice artwork, created a uniform experience. The music was a little too forceful and repetetive, felt a bit like a carnival. Overall a great game!
Teo SK
Teo SK24 Apr 2018, 08:39
Great game! Very nice atmosphere a fun to play, nice twist to the genre. Lovely art!
FireHawk24 Apr 2018, 08:40
I think, it's very creative ;) Beartist and etc. Also the graphics looks nice. I like your pixelated style.
Augunrik24 Apr 2018, 08:41
That title card is so awesome!
Saering
Saering24 Apr 2018, 08:41
Funny game! Took me a few seconds to get how to play it but I had fun! The visual and audio was cool :D
Carvster24 Apr 2018, 08:41
With a tagline of come slap a fish! who am I to resist?!

Funny concept, could have gone on longer got a little too easy after getting a few father bears, would have been nice to have had something to do while waiting for enough credit to by more bears!
GoldRanger
GoldRanger24 Apr 2018, 08:45
I love your artworks and you have a good game name!😂
If there can be some sound effect, that can definitely help players to get into the mood.
CliffordSix
CliffordSix24 Apr 2018, 08:49
I bearly made it through the first time. But now I've played it a few times and I love it. 10/10
donut_daria
donut_daria24 Apr 2018, 08:54
@GoldRanger thank you, we might have enjoyed ourselves a bit too much writing those bear puns!

@CliffordSix we're beary grateful for your feedback!
drikdrok
drikdrok24 Apr 2018, 08:58
I get this weird urge to go slap some fish...

For real tho, great game! I only wish there was an endless mode.

Solid entry :)!
tokkiseul24 Apr 2018, 08:59
Amazing graphics and concept!! I really had fun playing with those adorable bears and fish 😍
donut_daria
donut_daria24 Apr 2018, 09:00
@drikdrok tbh I would pay good money for a VR Fish Slapping Simulator! Thank you!
fox-in-sox24 Apr 2018, 10:44
Cool little game, I really enjoyed the russian feel. Because everyone knows all bears are russian, right? I liked the chosen color palette, but I would very much like to know the difference in the two bears. Is the difference only made by the power? Some attack animation of the sprites would also be nice, as it could be much more satisfying to kill those peskky fishes. Domination ending is 10/10!
Alexandru Buhai24 Apr 2018, 11:26
@fox-in-sox Thanks for the feedback! Of course all bears are Russian my comrade. The difference is made by the power, attack speed and range. The Fisherbear has higher range and power, but less attack speed, it's still worth the upgrade though. There are attack animation, maybe we didn't make them clear enough. Thanks a lot for playing!
MagicSpore24 Apr 2018, 17:59
Oh cool, nice art style and music))
mfric25 Apr 2018, 10:37
Nice and fun game. It's a pity that game it's too short.
Animaster
Animaster25 Apr 2018, 10:46
Game is pretty fun, but too short. Anyway, the fact that i'm russian myself make me feel like i'm home. Also my pet bear like game too.
Kirill Nepomnyaschiy
Kirill Nepomnyaschiy25 Apr 2018, 10:49
Loved the art, granted i just love bears but pixelart is really well done :D It's a bit short and easy but really nice take on standart TD.
Samuel Henderson25 Apr 2018, 10:57
great game and I loved the pixelated art style. It was fun to play but was a bit easy. Maybe add levels of difficulty in the future?
TIMOTHEUS-25
TIMOTHEUS-2525 Apr 2018, 11:11
This game reminded me why I actually love tower defense games so much, thanks man! Love the pixel art!
nander25 Apr 2018, 11:12
Fun game, but too easy. Also, it feels like the genre combination didn't add much to the game.
donut_daria
donut_daria25 Apr 2018, 11:18
@zak-zeddam-zakaria hi! what seems to be the problem?

@mfric we're glad you liked it! yeah, we wanted to add something more, but sadly the time was running out, so we had to settle for what we had

@animaster Хей, передавай привет медвежонку! :D

@Kirill-Nepomnyaschiy thank you for your feedback! we worked really hard on it!

@Samuel-Henderson we'll definitely consider adding some stuff! Thank you!

@TIMOTHEUS-25 heeyy, good to hear!
kyyninen
kyyninen25 Apr 2018, 12:50
Works great on tablet! Every element works together brilliantly, you guys managed to create a very focused experience without anything unnecessary. I especially loved the final fish domination so much I couldn't _bear_ to look away!
kovareka
kovareka25 Apr 2018, 16:43
It's a pity that the game is short. But I really love this game. ;)
arron-fowler
arron-fowler27 Apr 2018, 08:19
I liked it, it worked well. It would be interesting to expand it as I think there is potential.
LandoSystems
LandoSystems28 Apr 2018, 04:26
I dominated. Nice game, good art and gameplay. Great work!
Jin9310
Jin931030 Apr 2018, 09:21
VEry sweet entry. Just too shame that it is that short. Love whole mood of the game and especially the domination part!! :-D Great Job!

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