I've been coding for awhile, not made too many games. The two for the Flappy Jam in my profile, a LONG time ago. A couple side projects that never went far.
For this one I just got started with Love2d.
That's good that you have experience making games, I have a couple of criticisms and I'm leaving out art because I know art is hard even for me. I know that you're game is in the early stages and it's a great time to add things. I think you should add;
- Sound effects
- Harder Progression (Game get's harder the further you go i.e. faster/more obstacles)
- Maybe a shop if you can
- Character Selection
Like I said I know the you're game is in the starting stage's now, my advice is to get the core mechanics down first then start adding extra little things and polish the game. I don't have any criticisms as the game is in it's early stages but I would love to be updated some time soon, good work keep at it!
Great suggestions, appreciate that. For some reason it's so tempting to submit now even though there's so much time left. I'm going to resist and try to keep improving it.
I'm using assets from a licence free game on GitHub. I haven't created a single piece or art, I've always neglected that skill, which limits my games quite a bit. I'd love to have other fish options but I can't draw them :/
But I do want to make the water seem more like water, rather than a flat background. Thanks for the suggestions, and the pixel art in your game is actually really good, I like it.
Appreciate it. Here's the latest:
It's 3 energy to escape hooks
1 Energy to boost forward
Eat 1 worm = 1 Energy
Sometimes you have to intentionally get hooked, and use energy to get away. So it's important to eat worms and keep it above 3 minimum.
Distance & Worms Eaten determine your rank at the end.
Wow I can see that it has improved a lot since you showed the first teaser, I wasn't sure what you were gonna do at first but now seeing it, it's awesome. Do the spears kill you instantly? I really think you should make the game get faster the further you go, if you do implement this I feel like progression will be harder and there for keeping the player wanting to play, also if it's too hard maybe hardness levels would be good too. Other than that I can't wait until you're game is done and everyone can play it!