LD41 -Fishmup

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.00
Fun★★★★★★★★★★1.60
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.25
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.25
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.70
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.94
LD41 game work- Theme is Fishing + Shmup (side-scrolling shoot em up).
CONTROLS- Arrow keys to move, Z to shoot, go up to the blue line to reel in the catch.
Art by the lovely Balduranne. Made exclusively for this jam.
EDIT- This game is an incomplete prototype at best- as I ran out of time due to various reasons.
Things I wanted to get in but didn't have time to-
-More fish
-A scrolling level
-a better main menu
-Fix a bug where the fish cards didn't have sound when revealed.
-Fish shoot bullets.
-Boss fish
-"Reeling in" survival event for each fish.
-Music for the main game.

screenshot

Comments6

Tatazaki
Tatazakiauthor24 Apr 2018, 01:05
I did NOT get everything in I wanted to. :slight_frown:
piscythe24 Apr 2018, 02:40
I'm forced to agree on that count. This game feels basically incomplete. I showed up and shot a bunch of fish, which earned me points, and when I went to the top of the screen with or without a fish I would get a fish info page and no way to go back into the game except through the main menu. I'm not really sure what the point was.
Tatazaki
Tatazakiauthor24 Apr 2018, 03:04
The idea would have been to go down as deep as you can (there would have been a boss fish at the bottom, but I think I overshot my ability by a little bit, not a lot; just a little bit), get a fish, and come back up.
GiovanniBarrottu
GiovanniBarrottu24 Apr 2018, 03:06
I don't really understand the game. If I shoot a fish it dies, I can't catch it, and it just keeps coming across the screen while dead. If I don't shoot the fish, I can catch it, go to the top of the screen and then the game is over?
Rebecca Kremer
Rebecca Kremer26 Apr 2018, 05:06
Hope maybe you finish this, since the concept seems fun! :) I was just confused about why the fish disappeared even though I didn't shoot them? Also why is there a menu screen when you move up hehe.
Tatazaki
Tatazakiauthor26 Apr 2018, 17:59
@Rebecca Kremer thanks for the feedback! :heart:
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