Aqua Mama Drama

by aqua-mama

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.80

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.82

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.70

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.06

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.92

Audio★★★★★★★★★★1.43

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.38

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.60

HTML5 (web) https://aqua-mama.itch.io/aqua-mama-drama

Controls

- Move: W/A/S/D or Arrow Keys
- Jump: Space

Features Online Highscores

Compete against the world

Game Description

Get ready to take on the role of a courageous salmon in Aqua Mama Drama! As the spawning season approaches, it's up to you to deliver your precious eggs safely to the spawning grounds. But beware, the journey ahead is treacherous and full of obstacles that threaten to prevent you from reaching your destination.

Aqua Mama Drama is the ultimate delivery adventure for anyone who loves a good challenge. So put on your scales and get ready to swim against the current in this epic salmon journey!

We got covid and decided to spend our quarantine time in this game jam. We joined on the last day and we're brain fogged, please be nice! Have fun! :)

Comments20

PartySquadMember1 May 2023, 22:46

I feel like I'm doing so good then the landmines at the end get me. I played three times though, fun simple game. Good job.

Artatruc4 May 2023, 15:28

i had fun! good graphism and simple but fun mechanics, original take on the theme, i don't know if it's a problem on my end but no sound/music, anyways good job!

TechnoPorg11 May 2023, 01:06

I enjoyed this game! For only being made on the last day of the game jam, it's quite well done! There were a few small nitpicks I would make, though:

1. Physical keybinds. It really sucks for people who don't use QWERTY when you don't have them.

2. The river moved a bit slowly. I found myself getting pretty impatient by about 150 meters. If it scrolled at the same rate the salmon can swim, that would be great.

3. There was no audio. Even a generic water splashing loop would have added a lot to the game's immersion/mood.

Sorry if that sounds harsh. I'm trying to give constructive criticism, but I did genuinely like the game, and I don't want to make you feel bad. Awesome job!

drazil10011 May 2023, 02:53

Neat game! Was tricky figuring out how to not lose fish.

LDJam user 36272111 May 2023, 02:57

Pretty nice, however there is no support for azerty keyboards so its pretty hard to play.

TopperVideoGames11 May 2023, 04:14

I think you had a very clever mechanic in this game! It took a bit of time to get used to how the fish would die on the rocks and get stuck on the sides, though I learned the real trick was using the jump wisely to get the entire school of fish over every major obstacle. It looks really nice for just having one day to work on it, I would have liked to see what else could have been done with more time.

Good work!

LDJam user 27949711 May 2023, 04:30

Nice job! For whatever reason, the game really started to bog down after I had more than a couple fish in my school, so it ended up taking a while to complete, and near the end I started intentionally shedding fish to try to improve the framerate. Other than that, fun little game!

kaliuresis11 May 2023, 06:08

I really like the concept! It's fun seeing your swarm of fish grow. I didn't finish since the framerate got really bad, but if it were better optimized this would be quite fun.

Paulsams11 May 2023, 10:38

At first I thought I had to dodge everything, so I stood at the very bottom and just waited, huh). And then when I accidentally at one fish, I realized the meaning of the game. The idea is cool in general, because there are such choices as: dodge the stones so as to lose as little as possible, or at the same time eat more than you lose, etc.

philipprapp9511 May 2023, 10:41

Very nice game, I really liked the mechanic of getting more volume to eat other fish but at the same time increase the risk of hitting a rock. Also really cool that you designed the game in just one day, congrats. Hope you're well again :) Have a nice day

Likirus11 May 2023, 10:43

Very nice little game. The salmon look pretty cute. Unfortunately, the game gets very laggy very quickly. Did you use the canvas html5 drawing api or is this just html elements being moved? The former shouldn't lag at all, while manipulating the dom could explain the framerate issues.

Roroto Sic12 May 2023, 09:51

I did not understand when the game ends. I ran 200 meters and it seems to me that the end is not near.
otherwise it lacks a bit of music and noise. The graphics are good !

edit: i found the end at 250 meter!

Sebhulhu15 May 2023, 12:51

Cool idea :-) Definitely lacks sound - even simple sounds from sfxr would be sufficient for a bit of feedback.

StormCat15 May 2023, 13:36

Fun game! Simple but engaging game loop, and I liked how bouncy the fish looked.

jnaver15 May 2023, 13:51

The fact that they all die at the end of the game is oddly sad and poetic and funny. It's quite fun controlling a swarm this way with each of them a sightly different position and jumping at the same time.

ChuChuGeralt15 May 2023, 16:45

I really do love the idea of the game, and the "simple" mechanic was great to start the game right off.
With some music and a few soundeffects, the game would be even more fun.
Also, its always a good idea to give a "scoreboard", so people can compare their run to each other - at least i wanted to play it again and again just to be in the top 10 %!

SvenErik15 May 2023, 17:15

Lovely, fun, minimal. No struggle to get started, while some additional polish would be nice, it's a jam game you do what you can in time and what was done was really nice! Splendid work!

JulienLussiez18 May 2023, 18:09

It's fun to see you family growing ! Cool concept !

kanity19 May 2023, 11:34

I liked the game a lot, the graphics are very nice, fishies are cute, and gameplay is chill and easy. It's a bit sad to see all my fish dead in the end ^^' I delivered only 42 eggs on my first try :) On my second try I found that I can basically go over the lower back of the river (on the green part) completely and that changes the formation of my fish, not sure if that was intended =P The only thing I am a bit confused about is that I didn't hear any audio in the game, but it is shown in ratings? Is there supposed to be music/sound?

Oroshibu19 May 2023, 16:06

I love fish!!! Such a cute little game