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A jam submission

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Submission to GMTK Game Jam 2025
Submitted by JaidenTfs (@jaidentfs), bionicle564, Fredder, Julsketches, Tony — 3 minutes, 40 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Artwork#5364.2004.200
Narrative#7463.4503.450
Enjoyment#10183.7003.700
Creativity#18733.7503.750
Audio#28363.0003.000

Ranked from 20 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?
You are cursed to an Endless Generational Loop

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Comments

Submitted

Genius name and idea! I never thought of the fact that 'loop' backwards is 'pool'. I also really like the whole progression and that you can choose between different paths. The audio really fits the vibe, but sometimes the music is tonally unfitting, probrably due to some overlapping loops or layers.

Submitted

Very cute arts, and the overall audio is not bad. I love the autobattler genre, and this felt pretty fun to me.

The gameplay side is a bit unbalanced (understandable for a jam game), but also I was a bit confused why there are some choices that seem to be obviously better than the others (like a breeding choice that is all green). It takes away a bit from player having to make interesting decisions.

Submitted

The gameplay loop is pretty addictive, well done with that! I noticed that the fishes are generated randomly from a selection of body parts. You could also add a system to it that takes parts like fins and tails from parent fishes and evolves the child fish using those, I think it adds a lot to have a custom fish each time.

Submitted(+1)

Nice Job !! I just picked high attack and vampire and won

Submitted(+1)

Such a cute and beautiful game . It was really relaxing haha, well done ;)

Submitted(+1)

"Victory?" I need to know what happens next! Btw I really enjoyed it! Loved the art and the fish skins that changes! I felt really op with 3 vampire theets and 3 shields :D

(+1)

Art is nice, but a bit weird

Submitted(+2)

Neat idea and gorgeous art! A little random though, and easy to get stuck in a very long battle - but there's definite potential there. Well done!

Submitted(+1)

Love the wordplay and art! Good idea and execution.

Submitted(+2)

Great game. Endlessly swimming as a torment and telling bad jokes to other fish is totally my vibe. I loved the art and I think the idea is simple, yet engaging and I liked the twist with the fish. Only 2 suggestions: -
- would be great if you could see your current stats when mating with other fish.
- once I beat the wizard, I could not progress the game. I assume the loop was supposed to go on? Or am I just too stupid to continue?

anyways, I had fun with this, good work

Submitted(+3)

Wow, i really like the art and the relaxing music. Also the whole mating idea is quite unique to me.
Maybe there should always be a drawback so there is now obvious choice when mating and maybe you could add more information on what is on the path (mating partners and enemy's) 

Submitted(+2)

Cute game! It was pretty hard in general, I found that sometimes I deal very little damage to an enemy so I just sit there until they slowly beat me