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I can answer your questions.

The cutscenes are representative of the game, game cutscenes do not need to be exactly like the gameplay, our artists worked very hard to make those cutscenes specifically 2D so that we could add variety.

''What do these walls mean?'' I do not understand this question, the walls are there to stop you from swimming outside the map and falling through the floor.

''Why are there barrels?'' This is a random obstacle choice as barrels are often associated with pirates and the ocean, they originally glowed green as to represent toxic waste barrels that get dumped into the ocean but this messed with the lighting a bit and almost looked like you were supposed to run into it.

''Why doesn't my fish turn 90 degrees when the game does?'' Because it is an intentional game feature to press 'A' and 'D' to move the fish at the right time to turn with the level, if this wasn't a feature the game would be more bland and easy, also there is a higher chance you could die even when your score is high which adds intensity to the game.

''Why does the fish explode?'' Because it's very funny.

The looping aspect is the circle of life, the cutscenes explain that you start as a bottom feeder eating parts of a dead tiger shark, then you get eaten and play as a barracuda, then get eaten again and play as a tiger shark, then when you inevitably die after getting as high a score as possible the final cutscene shows the dead shark falling to the bottom of the ocean and the game loops back to the bottom feeder fish coming to eat the dead tiger shark. That is how the game loops.

Hope this answered all of your questions.