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A jam submission

FishyphusView game page

Sisyphean fishing horror roguelite
Submitted by shiftBacktick — 3 days, 39 minutes before the deadline
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Fishyphus's itch.io page

Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Audio#24.1254.125
Innovation#44.1254.125
Overall#43.8133.813
Graphics#53.8753.875
polish#63.5003.500
Progress#73.7503.750
Fun#113.5003.500

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

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https://shiftbacktick.io/fishyphus.html

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

Wow awesome game! Really good example of minimalism & it feels really cohesive between the sound + the visuals + the colour gradients. 
Keyboard controls work well & feel smooth.

Some kind of ingame achievements would be great, both in-run and across runs. 

Minor suggestion, could there be a "dark mode" of the game, perhaps with the colors inverted? :')

Submitted(+1)

Very unique,beautiful,trance like experience.

I could only give 5 stars to everything.It is my honor to be able to participate in the same game jam as this game.

If i had any issues, it would be i have no idea what the reaper sounds cue are until a few games,and i have no idea how close the reaper to me is.

You should definitely publish this to steam.I would really like to see it on steam.

Developer(+1)

Thanks so much! I just wishlisted your game on Steam.

Developer(+1)

Thanks again for your suggestion to release this on Steam. I decided to follow through on that. Here’s the page. Very excited for yours too. Cheers!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2589110/Fishyphus/

Submitted

super rad!

in the meanwhile i am ready to delay my game if i havnt finish it ahaha,but as long as i live,then i will finish the game certainly

Developer(+1)

Delays happen and it’s okay. I’m also delaying my game by a few months, but the extra time will be worth it.

I noticed you’re in the Schmup Fest. Nice trailer. 😹 I hope it gets you some wishlists.

Submitted(+1)

since you releasing fishyphus,you should probably link the Periphery Synthetic store page on the fishyphus page and  help bring some traffic to there too

Developer(+1)

Great idea! I just linked those up. Apparently if you paste a Steam store page URL into your store description, it will automatically embed the widget. I’ll probably cross-promote on launch day too.

Submitted

This was unique and pretty awesome! I agree with the other commenter regarding centering text instead of bottom left.

Submitted(+1)

The neon particle water is very satisfying to watch! And the great sound help keep your attention.  Very unique and artistic fishing experience!  Might be cool the the text appeared in the middle of the screen with a cool effect of some kind.  Felt a bit odd just staring at the bottom left corner sometimes hehe.  Keep it up!  Please check out my metroidvania game when you have time :D

Developer

Thanks for the suggestion! The text was a last-minute addition to make the game fully playable while muted, like a closed-captioning system in your peripheral vision. However, I do like the thought to stylize it more. Maybe if it looked nicer, I’d actually like it in the center too. 🤘