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A jam submission

Waiting for a BiteView game page

A chill fishing metroidvania with cute animals
Submitted by Alex โ˜•๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ โ€” 1 hour, 29 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Entertainment - how enjoyable is it?#14.1824.182
Creativity - how original is the idea?#14.0914.091
Presentation - how does it look/feel?#14.5454.545
Overall#14.2734.273

Ranked from 11 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Submitted

Lovely game, the graphics are very nice and having both the jump&run and the fishing part was entertaining. Thanks for a joyful time.

Jam HostSubmitted

I got this error when I tried to run the .love archive with love 11.4

Error: [string "(local tiles (require :src.tiles))..."]:188: /home/dave/Downloads/waiting-for-a-bite-0.2.0.love/assets/levels/main.json: Not a directory
stack traceback:
[love "boot.lua"]:345: in function <[love "boot.lua"]:341>
[C]: in function 'assert'
[string "(local tiles (require :src.tiles))..."]:188: in function '_19_'
[string "(local tiles (require :src.tiles))..."]:203: in function 'load'
[string "(local bump (require :lib.bump))..."]:39: in function 'switch-to'
[string "(local gamestate (require :lib.gamestate))..."]:35: in function 'load'
[love "callbacks.lua"]:136: in function <[love "callbacks.lua"]:135>
[C]: in function 'xpcall'
[love "boot.lua"]:361: in function <[love "boot.lua"]:348>
[C]: in function 'xpcall'

The web version ran pretty slow for me so I was hoping to try native.

Jam HostSubmitted

I ended up switching to an Ubuntu VM and using the AppImage.

Jam HostSubmitted

I'm a sucker for a fishing mini game! This one had good depth to it, no pun intended, though it took a bit of time to understand. Loved the graphics and characters. The timing on the double jumps felt more difficult than it should be. I had to retry the first double jump many times. Props for doing all the work to put a dialog system into a jam game. Well done!!

Developer(+1)

Looks like a fusing error :/ Try unzipping the .love file and running love directly in the extracted directory

Jam HostSubmitted(+1)

That worked great! Nice and smooth performance when run natively rather than in the browser.

Submitted(+1)

Very cute graphics and relaxing gameplay ๐Ÿ˜Š

Submitted(+1)

The art and lightning look really cool, and I loved the story as well :)

I was confused by the fishing minigame at first, but in the end I understood its mechanics (and started fishing in the air).

It is a very enjoyable game!

Submitted

Unbelievable amount of content for a game jam!

Submitted(+1)

I loved the atmosphere, and the little exploration you had to do to get to the right ponds. I did manage to finish it, and I like how the storytelling complements the cozy bot a little lonely aesthetic.

Submitted(+1)

I love this game! I got pecked!

Apparently you can fish mid-air too.

Developer

Fishing in mid air ๐Ÿ˜‚ secret bonus skills

Submitted(+1)

Excellent work! Really nice art and sound, impressed you got a dialogue system implemented as well. I didnโ€™t make it very far in the game, but I can tell that there might be a lot of depth to it.