Koi
Direct and grow your swarm of procedurally animated Boids-like fish :fish: while eating food and weaving around predators. It starts frantic - you might only escape by the skin (scales*) of your teeth - but once you get into the rhythm of things, you can be immersed in a trance-like flow state.
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Comment a screenshot of your personal best and I'll *add you and your game* when I can!
:first_place: 1st Place: @kyutipatuti with 25 and 21/25
:second_place: 2nd Place: @ategon with 25 and 7/25
Play their game here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/window-creatures
:third_place: 3rd Place: @bad-fetus with 24 and 13/24
Play their game here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/the-last-leukocyte
4th Place: Primm with 20 and 9/20
5th Place: @pious with 17 and 12/17
Play their game here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/wink-and-the-fae
6th Place: @rsheepdv with 17 and 8/17
Play their game here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/cat-tastrophe
7th Place: @ellaris with 17 and 6/17
Play their game here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/ladybird-samurai
8th Place: @maybeitsmir with 17 and 4/17
Play their game here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/rattalion
9th Place: @postfrog with 16 and 1/16
Play their game here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/planet-maxim
10th Place: @wendel-scardua with 15 and 12/15
Play their game here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/petri-plate-potpourri
11th Place (Tied): @madbarron with 14 and 13/14
Play their game here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/bee-bop
11th Place (Tied): @baconeta with 14 and 13/14
Play their game here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/deck-derby-sluglords-speedway
12th Place: @ex3d0 with 13 and 10/13
Play their game here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/tiny-paws
13th Place: My sister with 13 and 8/13
14th Place: @swaglazio with 13 and 7/13
Play their game here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/zib-zab-zoub
15th Place: @codeman1010 with 12 and 6/12
Play their game here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/kamamushi-no-samurai
16th Place: @rincs with 12 and 2/12
Play their game here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/fear-of-the-ungnome
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The whole number part of your score is how many fish you gained in total (how many times the bar at the top of the screen empties out)
The fractional part of your score is how close you were to gaining another fish. Each round requires one more food than the last.
Move the mouse to guide fish
Hold left mouse button to push fish
Press TAB to toggle fullscreen (on downloadable version)
Press ESC to quit (on downloadable version)
Credit to Romeo_Kaleikau, Yin_Yang_Jake007, univ_lyon3, and gkillhour on freesound.org for sound effects. Please rate Audio based on the music alone!
*Python* with *Pygame* for programming
*Aseprite* for non-procedural assets
*Audacity* for sound editing
*LMMS* for music
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Leaderboard :trophy: ###
Comment a screenshot of your personal best and I'll *add you and your game* when I can!
:first_place: 1st Place: @kyutipatuti with 25 and 21/25
:second_place: 2nd Place: @ategon with 25 and 7/25
Play their game here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/window-creatures
:third_place: 3rd Place: @bad-fetus with 24 and 13/24
Play their game here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/the-last-leukocyte
4th Place: Primm with 20 and 9/20
5th Place: @pious with 17 and 12/17
Play their game here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/wink-and-the-fae
6th Place: @rsheepdv with 17 and 8/17
Play their game here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/cat-tastrophe
7th Place: @ellaris with 17 and 6/17
Play their game here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/ladybird-samurai
8th Place: @maybeitsmir with 17 and 4/17
Play their game here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/rattalion
9th Place: @postfrog with 16 and 1/16
Play their game here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/planet-maxim
10th Place: @wendel-scardua with 15 and 12/15
Play their game here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/petri-plate-potpourri
11th Place (Tied): @madbarron with 14 and 13/14
Play their game here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/bee-bop
11th Place (Tied): @baconeta with 14 and 13/14
Play their game here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/deck-derby-sluglords-speedway
12th Place: @ex3d0 with 13 and 10/13
Play their game here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/tiny-paws
13th Place: My sister with 13 and 8/13
14th Place: @swaglazio with 13 and 7/13
Play their game here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/zib-zab-zoub
15th Place: @codeman1010 with 12 and 6/12
Play their game here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/kamamushi-no-samurai
16th Place: @rincs with 12 and 2/12
Play their game here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/fear-of-the-ungnome
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The whole number part of your score is how many fish you gained in total (how many times the bar at the top of the screen empties out)
The fractional part of your score is how close you were to gaining another fish. Each round requires one more food than the last.
Controls:
Move the mouse to guide fish
Hold left mouse button to push fish
Press TAB to toggle fullscreen (on downloadable version)
Press ESC to quit (on downloadable version)
Credit to Romeo_Kaleikau, Yin_Yang_Jake007, univ_lyon3, and gkillhour on freesound.org for sound effects. Please rate Audio based on the music alone!
Tools:
*Python* with *Pygame* for programming
*Aseprite* for non-procedural assets
*Audacity* for sound editing
*LMMS* for music
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Genres: action
Comments42
I think the percentage points is a little hard to read in the score, but I figured out the meaning after a bit.
Nice jam!
Gorgeous game!
Feels great, the music is perfect, and I even love the logo! Great entry.
Tab did not go to full-screen for me. I'm on Windows 11 with an ultrawide monitor.
I loved it a lot, I have no feedback beyond that except incredible game loop feeling
Gud game!!
I think I did pretty decently right?
You gotta get WR on my game now :wink:
I need to stop playing for now because it is addicting 😅 Not only the game itself is good, but it's very quick to do "just one more" attempt... But alas I still need to play and rate more entries.
PS: I love that the logo shows the koi reaching for the food :)
PS. Managed to achieve your sisters score!
Ill reclaim my throne eventually
Also Wanted to ask if youre fine with me using gameplay from the game in this LDs score chasers tournament intermission video. (Would play in the breaks of the tournament on my stream). Last year for reference
The movement of the school of fish feels incredibly intuitive and natural and the difficulty curves up nicely. It took a bit of getting used to how the fish pushing worked but once I did it was extremely satisfying to use it to nab a bit of food or narrowly escape the predators. The only real complaint I have is it can be kind of hard to keep track of things if the fish go off screen but that's an extremely minor point.
All around a very solid entry, and a massive accomplishment that its your first!
Obligatory score pic: