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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Does the game answer: what lies at the bottom of the trench? | #6 | 2.000 | 2.000 |
Ranked from 3 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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- This game was pretty fun! Kind of like a slow bullet hell, or maybe caught between this and more slow paced games like flOw. I wish it incorporated sound effects as feedback for the player- I feel games like this are more about audio than visuals. With some tuning, and more juicy feedback added to the game, it could become very addicting. I played for a while, got my score to terrible digits, but quit not because I lost, but because the game just wasn't becoming any more challenging. Nor was it terribly relaxing because of the pressure to keep the food bar from reaching zero. Personally, I wanted the game to become more fast paced, and reward me for doing well by spawning more enemies that move faster - ie, a typical progression in a bullet hell type game. But in this one, you eat the bullets to stay alive, instead of avoiding them, but only you can remove the bullets. If other creatures competed for the same food, that would make the game more challenging. Thanks for being part of Otter Jam!
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I like it! Very retro. Good fit with Jam theme- planktonic critter catching marine snow :) Needs a quit button. Thanks for Jamming!
Really cool little survival game! Heavy feels of old commodore games and music. I like how simple it is and its really responsive. I did have some difficulty at first trying to figure out how to get food since at first the white particles seemed like they were only raising my score. I did eventually realize that the timer was just ticking down so fast I didn't notice it go up for the couple of particles I had eaten. Really well done!