I've been seeing your game around here and I figured it was finally time to take a look myself!

Not gonna lie, I didn't pay attention to the screenshots or anything and didn't know what to expect, so when I went in-game and clicked and saw the change for the first time I burst into laugher! The abrupt transition to the hurricane state is just so good (as is all the art in this game) and the mechanics are simple.

The other comments have already covered any of the possible areas of improvement, so I won't really go into that, other than agreeing that the intent focus on the lifeguard takes away from the appreciation of the rest of the scene.

Great job!

Hey if you want to play and rate my silly game, that would be cool!

/jam/brackeys-12/rate/2973838

i really liked the art! at first i didn't know exactly what to do but when i figured it out it was a lot of fun. nice game :D

The main elements - the boat, the lighthouse, and the lifeguard - need to be communicated better.

It's also an unfortunate design flaw that we have to focus so closely on the lifeguard and cannot appreciate the great art of the game

Nice submission otherwise

Total Squid Games vibes! Well done!

I really like the colorful and humorous aesthetic. The premise of lively but unsuspecting vacationers on the beach being encroached by a large tsunami that swiftly hides itself when needed all because a small pink bad-omen boat across the sea is trying to reach to a lighthouse is well executed with the sudden shifts in soundtracks, saturation and value. The solid paint art style also lends itself well to both phases of the game that it's a bit of a shame that there's not enough room for attention on it when playing.

The real criticisms, however, aren't due tot he aesthetic, though, yet they unfortunately dampen the humorous tone of the game significantly. The floating objects in the sea are cute details when engulfed by the tsunami, but the sailing ship does confuse players by being closer and holding a stronger silhouette compared to the pink ship off to the horizon. Perhaps changing it into something else would prevent such confusion. As for the gameplay itself, it is quite unforgiving on either its time constraints or length of the lifeguard watching the sea. Both factors often robbed me from my rounds, and many did not feel like my fault. One or the other could be adjusted to be slightly forgiving, though the increased frequency of the lifeguard checking the sea in the end should be kept for amping up the tension and eventual catharsis.

For the first 5 minutes of playing I thought I was the boat in the foreground LOL I'm such an idiot. Anyway, I enjoyed playing! That lifeguard is a jerk. It was pretty sinister destroying the whole beach lol, I had fun >:)

Took me a couple of trys to understand how to play but after it's kind fun :) Well done, love the visuals

Really funny game. Though it's super tough and almost made me question whether it's even possible. Loved the audio and graphics.

Visually stunning and the quick shift between calm and storm is hilarious. The game is tough, but super fun once you get the hang of it just needs a better tutorial to explain the goal upfront!

Also try our card game! thx in advance

Nice simple red light/green light game with cute graphics and nice sounds

The game is built very nicely. It is fun to play as compared to other games and the transition is also amazing, keep it up.

Man, it is awesome haha very funny and fun game, transition between calm and storm is amazing, I loved it :D, transition of sounds and visuals, it was just so good, I was very near to hitting the shore but failed, but I might try again later :D

Here is my game if anyone wants to try

https://abdullahsevin.itch.io/allican

Good idea awesome graphics, bit tight on the time but I enjoyed it 🌊

It was a nice small game with awesome art! I managed to finish on my 3rd attempt! Feels like old flash games but with much better graphics.

love it, but like snake pointed below I struggled as well with the intiial objective and ended up losing the 10 or so attempts. I guess a bit more introduction can lower frustration and boost fun :) Fits the theme perfectly and the overall  piece is really nice!

Tsunami Simulator

1. Gorgeous art, everything is fantastic. The quick swap between sunny and storm is hilarious to see and i laughed at the impending doom wave travelling slowly to the beach

2. the controls feel responsive, i rarely felt like the mess up was on the games part but on my reaction speed

3. it took me three plays to realize i was the wave and not the boat, im dumb

4. the game is HARD, there is ZERO room for error with the added ticking clock. I could NOT beat this game although I tried for many many minutes. I kept getting way to many lifeguard head turns in the final 15 seconds, it felt impossible that this game was winnable at all. I thouht I was near perfect on two runs but still couldn't get there. Maybe you need to be that much faster when the lifeguard turns his head back around to beat this game

5. music and sound on the swap between calm/storm is nice

6. use of theme is great

Love the art and the music! It's a cool game because I think the control is simple, but it can still bring me a lot of fun!!!

Hee-ho. Super cute art

Great art, and the music - audio is very fit the game. Playing as the storm is innovative. The game is very polished, although I think a better turtorial which communicate the goal will help, I'm a bit lost at first cant figure out what to do, but after that everything is so fun. Love it <3