Sink or Swim

by wrexialmt

co-authored: @coltron, @loudeyes, @rainbowez

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.57

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.50

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.77

Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.04

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.72

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.50

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.69

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.56

Story

> The humans arrived late that evening, they wished each other a good night and conveniently ignored my imploring plight for food (fuck’em) and so I watched them march upstairs with my tail held high, their voices slowly subsiding to the silence of the night. I began contemplating the day when they will give me their full attention and bow down to me. However, I’m not alone; in the foggy mist of the room there is something; something that looks at me from time to time, a penetrating shine that pierces my eyes; It’s smell invigorates me and I loath for the day that I can get close to it and clasp it’s small silky body into my jaws, oh yes...It will be puuuuuuurfect...

> Tomorrow will a great day; human n03 is quite fond of it and I heard her say that she will be cleaning its home and putting it in the sink for the time being; I’ve been waiting for this day for far too long; but like my old man “Victorious” once said; patience…meow... I shall wait my time, hide in a place where no one will expect me; yes, a quiet place that no one will ever know….

Controls

- Purrrrrrresssss Left click on the faucet to add water.
- click around the sink that is submerged in water so that the fish goes to that point.

How to play

- Click and hold on the faucet/tap to add water to the sink.
- Click around the sink so that the fish moves to that point.
- Collect the worms for a surpppppppppppprise!

Screenshots

Credits

- @LoudEyes, 2D & UI
- @Coltron, Music & SFX
- @wrexialmt, Programming
- @rainbowez, A cat in a box

Notes from the humans...Meow

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Tools: Unity

Comments25

mcccclean13 Aug 2018, 08:15

Neat! It's so tense when the cat appears when there's a low water level, nicely done.

TOPHATs64_GAMEs13 Aug 2018, 08:20

Very cleaver idea! I like this game a lot!

Scott Purcival13 Aug 2018, 08:25

Great fun game! I loved the cats. The game finished before i stopped playing which is great, it means its fun!
Esp love that you thought of details like the full sink XD

Alisiena13 Aug 2018, 08:26

Very loveley game. Although I couldn't find out how to live longer. And took me a while to figure out it is click to move. Anyways, It would be an honor if you could rate my game: https://idevkidobc.itch.io/the-killer-blue-tiles

Jumpander13 Aug 2018, 08:43

That plottwist... :D

NNNIKKI13 Aug 2018, 08:50

The way you wrote the story made me think that I was trying to kill the fish and I was so confused when it died and I failed. Anyway, I'd also say that the water sound was a bit too annoying, and the graphics looked really bad. The have this this-is-my-first-ever-game style, u kno wat i mean?
Anyway, great game! I liked it.

Oneiros13 Aug 2018, 11:54

The concept of the game is very funny. It stands out from other games for me :)

anstabo13 Aug 2018, 11:55

The reading part was a bit too long i think, would have been nice to have pictures of the story (i know it's hard with the time constraint).
The fish is awesome really dig the style.
The cat boss fight appearance and the dramatic music was gold.

jka13 Aug 2018, 13:29

Good stuff, really nice artwork and audio. The overflowing sink is a nice detail. :grin:

Dsthedragon13 Aug 2018, 15:06

this was really awesome and the cat gave me a real jump scare the first it. the music and art well really good too

wrexialmtauthor13 Aug 2018, 18:23

Haha thanks all for the comments :D we love doing this and receiving any kind of feedback back!

@nnnikki can you please elaborate on the "this-is-my-first-ever-game style" if you're referring to the design/feel thanks so much that's right on point on what we were aiming for.

NNNIKKI13 Aug 2018, 18:26

I meant that, like it's the type of art you find in games such as "Elsa given zombie baby birth", flash games that are subjectively bad. Not really trying to say that the art is bad, just that I don't really like that type of art.

wrexialmtauthor13 Aug 2018, 18:38

Ahh fair enough I guess, if you don't like the art style that's a valid opinion :)

LoudEyes13 Aug 2018, 19:11

@nnnikki the art style was somewhat based on the idea of Happy Tree Friends - the juxtaposition of the colors/style being kid friendly and the blood/bones then later on.

wujood13 Aug 2018, 19:29

Best game i have seen so far! Simple but beautifully executed idea!

RED_IRON13 Aug 2018, 20:49

Fish lacks smoothness at the edge of the water, and so everything is very nice

mistersdevelopment14 Aug 2018, 02:25

That cat cracked me up! :thumbsup:

nenas14 Aug 2018, 11:20

Poor cat is not looking that healty :D It's a fun game and it takes a while until you understand how to beat it, I like that. I also like the sound effects.

S_Knight14 Aug 2018, 12:26

Loved the story intro and that the game fitted the theme really well, can't undersell how well it fit the theme, there some game entries where running out of space adds complications to other game mechanics but here its the core idea. Didn't really follow the idea behind the worms if I'm honest, some kind of scoring system would be nice. Good job.

AVAVT14 Aug 2018, 21:10

Hey there, the game is fun, but:
- Reading the introduction, I thought I *am* the cat.
- I don't know what the worm are for. I just keep eating them but what are they?
- I honestly don't know why I keep dying. I always die after the 2nd cat appearance. I have dodged every thing red on the screen but I just die, so I gave up.

wrexialmtauthor14 Aug 2018, 22:59

Hey thanks for the comment all :D

@avavt : ye we got the intro possibly from the wrong pov but it was kinda intended, lesson learnt i guess :D Worms are the food for the fish so it lives until the next cat attack :) and dying theres 4 ways : Hitting the edge when the water is overflowing, not enough water is still in the bowl, you touch the cat's face, you get hit by the cat's red attack. If you found anything else that's killing you feel free to send me a vid clip that must be a bug which im not aware of! And those are generally my fave kinds of bugs haha :D

Anna Petrova17 Aug 2018, 11:44

Very cool game! Nice art.

Roman Petrov29 Aug 2018, 12:21

I really liked the graphics, the introductory text was fun. Good match to the theme, I think. Nice little game!

Andrei94 Sep 2018, 18:29

Coool! Nice game :thumbsup: +++++

Jupiter_Hadley11 Sep 2018, 13:41

Neat concept! I included it in my compilation video series of the Ludum Dare 42 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look. :) https://youtu.be/tG45WDfIQds

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