Starvin' Marvin: Existential Eatin'
A downloadable interesting experience for Windows
This is the game submission for the GMTK 2024 Jam.
Swim around and eat your friends in this existential game about ocean survival.
You play as a hungry clown fish trying to find your next meal. Thankfully, all your closest friends have gathered for a community swim around the reef. Eat fish smaller than you to grow in size; then keep eating more! Feel no remorse as those around you suffer the chompers.
Controls:
Move (Directional) - Mouse Pointer
Space (Hold) - Slow Down/Charge Boost
Space (Release) - Boost Forward
Eat - Auto upon colliding with another fish
Game Credits:
Sean Cunnington - Code, Producer
Maggie Carlson - Music, SFX
Kyle Chambers - Music
Thane Suen - 3D and Environment Art
Frank Sparling - 3D and Environment Art
Mel Cummings - Illustrator, Webpage Designer
We hope you enjoy! Thank you for playing!
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This game is really pretty and I love the dynamic music that changes as you grow larger.
Some things I liked:
1. There are 2 or 3 layers to the environment and skybox, meaning your play area is able to accommodate you at all sizes
2. The wavy animation on the fish is awesome! Reminds me a lot of Abzu
3. The music when you are large is hilariously epic sounding with the choir singing like you're freakin' Sephiroth
Couple of things that could help make it a bit easier to play:
1. Options for mouse acceleration and y-axis inversion. It's really sensitive by default with my mouse settings making it very hard to aim
2. I didn't think I could eat the puffer fish at the beginning because they were bigger than me. Maybe something that could be explained better in the description? Or indicated somehow in-game?
3. Charge meter and cooldown timer HUD/visuals for dash mechanic. Also maybe a little line showing the exact direction you are about to dash in so you can aim better (since you're about to commit to heading that direction for a while)
Screenshot of the size I got to :P