Esca - Ludum Dare 57
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Hey guys, this is my first solo game jam! I've always approached game dev as an artist, so I wanted to give a shot at doing the game design and programming too. So far, I've only managed to study Python (I started earlier this year!), so I'm currently confining myself to doing game projects in Pygame, for better or worse haha.
So far, I already learned so much about stuff like classes and particle systems, so I'm happy with the result no matter what-- but I hope to get some helpful feedback from you guys too ^^
(update: NEVERMIND THE FINAL SCORE IS COMPLETELY BROKEN OH GOD OH NO FU--)
You're a little anglerfish bait having the time of its life at the bottom of the ocean.
You only have one objective: go get fish!
Use the mouse to push yourself around. You can press escape to restart the game.
Game & art were done by me using Python and Pygame
You can find me at: *bsky.app/profile/bakuzen.bsky.social*
*youtube.com/watch?v=rJ6594ZCtQU*
The final game is a ZIP file with an executable called 'Esca.exe'. I didn't manage to get the game working in-browser, sorry for the inconvenience!
(Alternatively, you can download a ZIP with the source files too. You'll need the latest version of Python and Pygame through 'pip install pygame')
Note on AI-usage: All creative aspects of the game are -fully- designed by hand, including art, game design, logic and balancing. ChatGPT was used for problem-solving like errors with collision, especially since I have no prior game programming experience, and the output was edited as much as possible to make it my own (and I'll aim to become self-reliant from here on out!)
So far, I already learned so much about stuff like classes and particle systems, so I'm happy with the result no matter what-- but I hope to get some helpful feedback from you guys too ^^
(update: NEVERMIND THE FINAL SCORE IS COMPLETELY BROKEN OH GOD OH NO FU--)
SUMMARY
You're a little anglerfish bait having the time of its life at the bottom of the ocean.
You only have one objective: go get fish!
CONTROLS
Use the mouse to push yourself around. You can press escape to restart the game.
CREDITS
Game & art were done by me using Python and Pygame
You can find me at: *bsky.app/profile/bakuzen.bsky.social*
AUDIO TRACK
Big thanks to Cody O'Quinn for the main audio track. Check out their Youtube for more royalty-free music!*youtube.com/watch?v=rJ6594ZCtQU*
NOTES
The final game is a ZIP file with an executable called 'Esca.exe'. I didn't manage to get the game working in-browser, sorry for the inconvenience!
(Alternatively, you can download a ZIP with the source files too. You'll need the latest version of Python and Pygame through 'pip install pygame')
Note on AI-usage: All creative aspects of the game are -fully- designed by hand, including art, game design, logic and balancing. ChatGPT was used for problem-solving like errors with collision, especially since I have no prior game programming experience, and the output was edited as much as possible to make it my own (and I'll aim to become self-reliant from here on out!)