Space Schooler

Hello, this is my entry for the Mini Jam 91 - UFO. (Also, my second published game ever~)

The objective of the game is to gather a school of space sharks,  making sure they survive by eating scap metal floating around in space. If you don't eat enough and let the hunger bar deplete, then one of your sharks will perish!

Controls:

• WASD or Directional Arrows to move the camera around
• The sharks follow the pointer, and will automatically eat scrap metal when they get close
• I think it's best played in fullscreen

Beware: as time passes the hunger bar will deplete faster!

It's a simple game, maybe a bit janky in its controls, but I like seeing the sharks move around. I was inspired by this video of Sebastian Lague about boids: I even considered adapting his code in 2D, before realising that it may be a little too much for a 3 day long jam ahah. I don't know if I will update this game - maybe if you have some suggestions I might consider them.

CREDITS

All these assets are free to use and under the Creative Commons Attribution License, except where specified. I thank all the authors, they are all high quality!

Sprites

• The hunger bar is made by adwitr.
• The backgrounds are made by Screaming Brain Studios.
• The metal crate is made by Just A Cookie.
• The sharks' sprites are made by whtdragon.

Sounds

• health_1 by zandernoriega.
• Experimental sequencer music by Clacksberg.
• metal clanks by rsellick; I have shortened it.
• 01679 troll groan by Robinhood76; this one is under the Attribution Noncommercial License.
• game over by Leszek_Szary.
• Some sounds from Brackey's 2D Mega Pack.

I made all the (hideous) programming by myself.