Ludum Dare #56compo

Fish Thingy

by steffo

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.38

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.25

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.80

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.75

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.55

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.12

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.95

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.42

Didn't originally plan to partecipate, but since @zep was kind enough to give away some PICO-8 keys, I couldn't resist spending a few hours messing around with PICO-8 and figuring out how making games with it worked...

*Seems like PICO-8 is really fun!* :)

Don't really expect to score any good this time, but I still felt like sharing the game!

:information_source: About

Make sure your fish don't starve by feeding them mysterious green pellets!

:video_game: Controls

- ↑←↓→ - Move cursor
- X - Drop pellet

:camera_with_flash: Screenshot

Tags: #aquarium, #fish, #ocean

Genres: simulation

Tools: PICO-8

Comments14

BrotherBrody6 Oct 2024, 23:25

Cute game, took a second to realize that the "cool music" I was hearing was actually the sound of my fishies dying :upside_down:

Tad I Guess6 Oct 2024, 23:40

Made it 3 and a half minutes before all but one of my fish tragically passed away. A bunch of my fish swam off screen and so couldn't save them, but this was pretty neat! I like the fish!

BitLuderRb7804Fr7 Oct 2024, 06:01

Score: 884
Fun, but got a little tedious in the end.
Pico-8 is great fun, please try my game too.

shp8 Oct 2024, 16:11

Very solid for just a few hours like you say! The concept definitely works!

NoHopeOutThere9 Oct 2024, 20:17

It was fun until I realized the fish were dying and I couldn't manage to save them all because the speed of the circle the player moves is soooo slow. Fishies are very cute though and the game is nice and enjoyable. Plus, never heard of Pico-8 before, thanks for something new to learn!

Paroxysmal9 Oct 2024, 20:30

I got to where I only had to keep one fish alive. Enjoy seeing Pico8 games. Good entry

lsdlx9 Oct 2024, 20:33

Fun game to play on two players. Loved the sound when the fish dies!

DecrementedPalindrome9 Oct 2024, 20:39

It was an enjoyable few minutes playing with this 🙂
There's not a lot to it but it's more complete than most game jam games. It has a consistent theme and everything fits together.

thormoth16 Oct 2024, 01:46

Cool game, simple mechanics but quite enjoyable. Well done!