Extreme Fishing: Shark Bait Edition

co-authored: @oneeyedbanshee
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.05
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.02
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.16
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.58
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.73
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.50
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.94
We combined platforming and fishing.

![alt](https://youtu.be/qpyOEON30w0)

Controls
- W A S D to move
- E to start fishing

Description
You have to try line up your fishing rod over the fishing spots below and start fishing. If you successfully hit one then you have to press all the keys displayed in a limited time to catch a fish and get a higher score. Sometimes instead of a fishing spot appearing, a shark will! Don't get hit! Lose a life on hit. Lose all lives or fall into water is game over.!

Tools
Everything was made from scratch using the following:
C++
SFML
Visual Studio 2017
Spriter
Bosca Ceoil



*Updated video after with some stuff after the event ended:*

Comments17

Tim Lewis24 Apr 2018, 17:01
This was a really nice take on the theme guys, was difficult to master, but I had a lot of fun trying. Really good job and worthwhile playing for anyone else reading this!
AwesomeAlliterationAlliance
AwesomeAlliterationAlliance26 Apr 2018, 20:08
Sadly i cant run the game. "ucrtbased.dll not found".
You can tell me when you've fixed this, so i can play and rate your game. Cheers.
Articulated9
Articulated926 Apr 2018, 20:09
Hey! I got the following error while trying to start the game. Possibly a missing/misplaced file?
MaxKlimenok
MaxKlimenok26 Apr 2018, 20:14
Coolest shark animation! They really look spooky.
Game play is also fun, but I would like to see some sort of multi deck fishing ship, or a bridge instead of red bars.
stephen321author26 Apr 2018, 20:30
@articulated9 I've included the missing file and reuploaded (you can just download again). I think I know what the underlying issue is and hopefully I can fix it. Thanks for letting me know.
ExiA26 Apr 2018, 20:45
Smooth animations, good looking graphics overall. Music was nice, but I missed some sound effects. Good combination of fishing and platforming, well done!
Articulated9
Articulated926 Apr 2018, 21:01
@stephen321 Sorted! Working now :smiley:

Decent entry! I especially liked the sprites and the animation was very smooth. The two themes were present and worked well also.

Nice one! :smile:
Dragojt
Dragojt26 Apr 2018, 21:23
Although it's a bit frustrating it is a nice entry. The character animation is very funny. I just thought about sharknado when the giant shark attacks. It's hard to play but is very good, nice job :)
Balance686
Balance68626 Apr 2018, 21:27
Fun to play! The animation is fluid and everything is responsive. Nice take on the theme. The shark mouths flapping had me cracking up haha good job all!
Yirggzmb
Yirggzmb26 Apr 2018, 21:38
A very challenging game, but fun. Some of the fish spots last for absurdly short periods of time, meaning even if I'm already standing in the right spot I still can't get them. But other than that small frustration, I really enjoyed it. The animations are amusing and I had fun dodging sharks.
Atelier Duchu
Atelier Duchu26 Apr 2018, 22:04
respect for not using Unity/Gamemaker/randomEngineOfChoice
mrPenguin
mrPenguin26 Apr 2018, 22:16
OOOOOOh SFML!!!
I love your game, I usually make my games in SFML as well!
In this jam I made the one I have on this account as a joke, but you can check the one I made the first day in SFML (not my best creation, and dedicated not much time on it though) https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/christmas-tree, but maybe you can get smething interesting from the code if you are interested, and obv, we can share knowledges and expreiences if you want : D
AwesomeAlliterationAlliance
AwesomeAlliterationAlliance26 Apr 2018, 22:54
Yeah, It's working now! Had a fun time playing the game, altough it is very hard. The spawnrate feels a little bit off and the music is a bit repetitive. Besides that, nice Animation and fun idea. Respect for not using an Engine. :)
theamazingb27 Apr 2018, 01:17
Yea its working now. That shark animation is sweet. Next time you should include some sort of instructions. It took me a while to figure out I had to push the E button, and where I was supposed to cast. Great entry otherwise! Give ours a shot! https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/infinite-typer
tgiant
tgiant8 May 2018, 19:29
Nice game. I love the level of detail you did.
niterich
niterich9 May 2018, 03:17
My version of the game is super zoomed in and I don't know why. Any help?

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