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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Presentation | #91 | 4.364 | 4.364 |
| Originality | #428 | 3.864 | 3.864 |
| Overall | #431 | 3.682 | 3.682 |
| Fun | #939 | 3.273 | 3.273 |
Ranked from 44 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
In this game you try to keep your baby fishs calm and stop them from being eaten by sharks. As time passes more and more babies spawn and they get scared more easily, causing them to swim off. This makes you lose control about the situation and you're -> Out of Control.
Did your team create the art for this game during the 48 hour time slot?
No
We used pre-existing art
Did your team create the audio for this game during the 48 hour time slot?
No
We used pre-existing audio
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really beautiful artstyle and presentation. also, very cool concept, but kinda dark ending lol. overall, great job, just wish it was a little less laggy.
the graphics are so beautiful and relaxing to look at (until the sharks show up then panic starts haha)
nice job!
The game broke the presentation rating. Would give it a 10/5 stars if I could! I'm not so sure if I was playing it right but even when the sharks started getting crazy and I got sad that the my fishes are getting eaten, it felt satisfying to see them getting eaten? (I'm questioning why I said that)
Anyways, loved the game from start to finish!
the presentation of this game is simply top notch. it's short, it's beautiful, it does a great job at executing what it wants. i do agree with other commenters that the sharks are a bit too aggressive in the second half of the game (i didn't really feel overwhelmed so much as feeling that it was pointless to try and soothe the fish bc they're just dying instantly) but otherwise this is fantastic
Love bloom, love neon, my kids kept trying to get me killed but it was a fun spectacle watching them all get eaten! Fun times
rated on stream
Started out fun, and then it wasn't. Sharks spawning in right on top of stray fish was way too brutal
hey there,
thanks for your feedback. I agree that the sharks get a bit too aggressive at the end. Though it is somewhat related to the theme, towards the end you get more and more desperate and lose control of the situation. :)
Beautiful visuals and audio!! I'm mesmerized
Love the graphics and the audio! Very pretty game
Nice job! The graphics are absolutely stunning with the glowing fish and sharks, and I really liked the satisfying mechanic of keeping your fish alive. Well done! :D
The graphics are absolutely gorgeous! The gameplay feels a bit clunky, but it works well overall. And the music was sweet.
(My score was 3679, dunno if it's any good xD)
Good job!
Very nice to look at and nice gimmick to integrate the control key into the game. Fits the theme perfectly!
Wow, the game looks beautiful! I wish we had a few more options for protecting the babies, but I understand the time constraint.
WOW! I loved this, the are was beautiful and my when my first fish got eaten I was terrified. This was a great experience encapsulated by a game, I felt like I was playing through some thought piece about the futility of life or something, good work!
Absolutely gorgeous graphics. The "force" you experience when a red shark eats one of your small sharks creates a feel of sadness and responsibility. Extremely well executed!
Fantastic aesthetics! So many sharks ate my babies, but it was fun and chaotic at the end around a 4000 score
The art style is beautiful. Really liked it and the music complimented that.
Gameplay idea is neat, but it gets repetitive really fast. Sadly you ran out of time as i saw in the comments.
Great game. Having your childred devoured by a shark in front of you had never looked so pretty
Oh wow!
The art style is amazing. On my first playthrough it kind of went over my head (Beautiful, but don't know what I'm playing)
Once I read the help and understood however, it was very poignant to see one of your own fish get eaten by a shark because you could not soothe them in time. That conveyed the theme dramatically
It was just a bit bizarre to see all my fish get eaten no matter what I did at the end, especially since the "score" thing made me think I had some kind of impact at the end.
Overall very good
hey there, thanks for the feedback. :)
there were plans to make a "happy ending" but unfortunately we ran out of time...
as for the score, you get awareded points on an interval, depending on the amount of babies alive. so you do have an impact... at least score wise...
very beautiful art work. it's also tragic, yet relaxing. nice job.