Really like art and presentation of course. The gameplay felt stale, but it can work great as part of a bigger experience.
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There's Always A Bigger Fish...'s itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Style | #846 | 3.949 | 3.949 |
| Overall | #1117 | 3.624 | 3.624 |
| Enjoyment | #1268 | 3.436 | 3.436 |
| Creativity | #1812 | 3.487 | 3.487 |
Ranked from 78 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?
The fish you catch are used as bait to catch bigger fish which are used as bait to catch bigger fish which are used as bait to catch bigger fish.
Development Time
48 hours
Comments
Loved the final score window, pretty addicting game, my only complaint is that you could make the current needed arrow a little more visible. Great entry!
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Scalable BuildingsReally fun and very creative interpretation of the theme! The scoring at the end using the scale is brilliant. Well done!
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LlamageddonLove the juice in this one! Nicely executed and fits the theme really well!
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Dragon Drive-Thru - Built to ScaleLove the gameplay and art, but really wished there were more SFX as you catch the fish! Having them in the fish weighing portion was nice, but feels less important compared to having SFX for the main gameplay loop.
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Electron CowboyI had fun catching fish, the tutorial was a bit fast and the game could use a couple more fish variants but over all was a fun quick game!
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The Beat'en PathI love the idea of getting bigger fish to get bigger fish as a theme. Really solid idea! Lovely charming game, well done!
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Brewing A GainI love this idea! Some extra fish sprites would make this game complete!
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Build to get scales.Such a neat idea for the theme. The UI feels so nice and polished!
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Little Dipper's Big AdventureReally addictive arcade game! The only game so far I played over and over again (I don't know how many times)
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MagnificentThose are some heavy fish! Great art style and fun gameplay. I finally made it past 2K after a few runs. Congrats!
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Mushroom WarriorsThis title shows what gameplay is about.
And the game discuss it deeper.
Thank you for making this!
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Shrink_Your_Border11952 ! I quickly found myself wanting to beat my record and I happily restarted several small games. Making a perfect combo to increase your multiplier is super satisfying and forces us to take a risk between playing fast and playing well. A very pretty pixel art, beautiful work for in only 48 hours! :)
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PlanetheriumVery fun game! I love the style as well; reminds me of Cat Goes Fishing! Great job!
Best was 3002!
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SCALAR DASH (2024)I needed bigger arrow keys on my keyboard for this. I like how once you weight the fish it reminds you... there's always a bigger fish!
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Big Bunny Little BunnyAhhh! What a beautiful and well done PICO-8 Game. Really enjoyed this.
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Once Upon A PicnicGreat to see a Pico-8 game! Looking at the other feedback, there’s not much else I would add but this is certainly a fun take on fishing that would be very welcome as a minigame in a full-release title. Nice job!
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Within The Forever DepthsLove the game and great execution!
I felt a bit disappointed that I couldn't keep using bigger fish each new day - on day 2 and day 3 I would have liked to start a bit deeper by default. Didn't really feel like I was making progress, at least not visually.
Neat gameplay loop though and loved the tutorial, it was super clear.
Well done!
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See You Tessellate-r, Alligator!
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