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A jam submission

Buffer BuffetView game page

Help Buffer Fish grow by moving other fishes around
Submitted by Pixle Van Gogh — 8 hours, 41 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Fishiness(?)#724.2434.500
Visuals#1463.5363.750
Creativity#1873.4183.625
Overall#2163.1583.350
Audio#3022.3572.500
Fun#3672.2392.375

Ranked from 8 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Notes (optional)
Buffer has a mind of his own. He eat but he not understand what is safe to eat. Help Buffer he is a bit confused.

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Comments

Submitted

You game is lovely, it's look very nice. 

And the gameplay is a very clever idea. Congrats! 

Developer

Thank you for the feedback! :)

Submitted

I think its really cool the idea you cant control your main character, but instead the enemies and prey around you! I also love the visuals, they look really good!

I wish Buffer could take a few hits before dying, or maybe that the fish reel bar was a bit longer, but I had alot of fun playing! 🐡

Developer(+1)

Thank you for the feedback! :)

Submitted

Really neat concept how the main character is not directly controllable! I read a comment here that taught me I could also move big fish out of the way -- not just food. That was helpful but I still had a difficult time. Sometimes the hook didn't seem to respond, and there's one aspect that felt a bit unfair: your hook only starts to recharge if you deplete the whole bar first -- so if you have 40-50% left after hooking some food, you can't regain it until you use up the rest. I think that was often how I died, trying to hook a big fish out of the way but not having enough charge to the power.

Really cool concept and I like all the artwork for the fish! Nice work!

Developer

Thank you for feedback!

The reson it doesnt charge when you are not holding anything is because when I tried to do it for some reason it was breaking the charge. So i was like, eh its a feature now. Im sure it doesnt make the game too hard. Well I quess it did make the game quite hard xD

I hope you know that you can attack with right click or space? During the time bar thats down is emptying ANY fish you touch will die, even shark (doesnt work on Fishing net). So you can kill multiple fishes with one attack. Its slow to charge back up but might save your day. Also you dont get points from killing.

Maybe the reason its not always responsive is because its a browser versio? I didnt have issues even on browser but obviously doesnt mean others wont. Did you have a lot of tabs on or anything that might slow it down? Or what browse did you use? Maybe some work better?

Submitted

Very unique concept and fun! I also played on trackpad and it was HARD. 

Developer

Extra difficulty level for those who want challenge. Play with track pad.

Thanks for feedback! :)

Submitted

Fun and interesting concept - it's simple but surprisingly difficult! Sometimes the hook didnt pick up fish for me

Developer

Thank you for the feedback! :)

Submitted

Good game. Very well done, but I did have difficulty with the controls to an extent. (might be because i'm playing with a track pad instead of a mouse)

Developer

That might be the issue, I didnt test it on track pad but considering you need fast movement I would think its a bit hard. Thanks for the feedback! :)

Submitted

i very intersting game idea.
It took me far to long to get that i can move any fish, not only my food! 

nice graphics. i wish there was some more bit music :D

Developer

Glad you liked it and thank you for feedback! Sadly I didn't have time to make music beside short bit that plays at the start