Inefishient

by jwfield

co-authored: @flashminer55

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.86

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.50

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.43

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.07

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.00

Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.57

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.00

Dodge the bullets and the fish! Or some of them at least. Defeat the Crab King to ensure peace in the dark ocean!
Made from scratch 48 hours in Java only using built in Java libraries.

Use W,A,S,D or the arrow keys to move and Space or X to shoot.

The 'charge' is your ammo, and fish with a '+5' can help you recharge
Healing fish are green, and can help you get health back

Aim the sub up to shoot up, middle to shoot in front, and down to shoot down (about 30 degrees respectively)
Be careful tho, as your own bullets can come back and hit you. Pretty inefishient isn't it ;D

Comments11

DecadeDecaf28 Apr 2021, 02:20

🦀

NuclearChair28 Apr 2021, 02:23

Fun game, really interesting that it's made completely in java! I found it really difficult to have enough energy to get through the game as the +5 fish hardly gave any back, and some of the red fish felt like they moved to fast to dodge.

nyanpierre28 Apr 2021, 02:32

nice game !

Foopy28 Apr 2021, 02:36

Overall fun game, limiting the aiming to 30 degrees up and down is quite a unique concept but I find it odd that your sub won't face the left side after pressing left.

jwfieldauthor28 Apr 2021, 15:45

@foopy thank you for the feedback! Yes that was something that I do regret a little bit, but my main thought process was that I wanted to make it easier to go down and to the right, and harder to go up and to the left (essentially, it’s easier to go deeper) I may update that in the future. But again thank you!

jwfieldauthor28 Apr 2021, 15:47

@nuclearchair thank you for your comments! I will keep that noted for my next game. Also, I’ve always been super inspired by Notch, and he usually made his games from scratch in Java as well, so that was why I chose it :D

jwfieldauthor28 Apr 2021, 15:48

@nyanpierre thank you! Glad you enjoyed it :)

DoctorTM28 Apr 2021, 23:48

Cute jam! What amazed me that you used pure java for this, why?! XD

jwfieldauthor29 Apr 2021, 00:47

@doctortm thank you and good question! Mostly Bc it’s just more fun and satisfying imo to create everything myself, and I just enjoy the process. I really need to learn some key engines and stuff, but the computer I have rn isn’t super duper powerful, so I just like using an IDE 🙃

BorderDestroyer1 May 2021, 21:33

This is a pretty good game that you got here, I was a wee bit surprised you used java to create it so kudos in that regard, super impressive. If I may make one criticism on the game, it's that the sound effects are a bit much, almost a bit too sharp, but that's really just a minor thing that I have to say about it. Everything else was legitimately super well made, including the graphics for it! Good job!

jwfieldauthor2 May 2021, 16:58

@borderdestroyer very much appreciated :), and I will take note of the sound comment