Dolphin Day Out
Play as a dolphin that just wanna have fun in the ocean.
Bump into fish!
Avoid the sharks and jellyfish!
Do aerial somersaults! - Jump over the boat!
Help MewMew the cat catch fish in her boat. - Land fish on top of the boat!
Score points for various achievements!
*This game has been designed to be difficult to master. Once you master the controls you will be able to perform some incredible moves!*
CONTROLS
| ACTION | KEY |
| Forward | W or UP |
| Rotate | A/D or LEFT/RIGHT |
| Backwards | S or DOWN |
| Shoot | SHIFT |
| Grab | / or Z (Hold. Contact dolphin nose to object. Release to shoot) |
| Dash | SPACE (Once every 3 seconds) |
HINTS
Hint - Bubbles will disable sharks temporarily and knock jellyfish away.
Hint #2 - There are actually two game modes.
Hint #3 - Hug the sea floor to cause sharks to miss you and hit the floor instead. Note that it has a chance of failure!
CREDITS
Exploration Music - Ocean Dusk by Jordan Ottesen https://jottesen.itch.io/loopable-video-game-music
Time Trial Music - Ludum Dare 30 Track 4 by Abstraction https://soundcloud.com/abstraction/sets/ludum-dare-challenge
Cloud GFX - https://latenightcoffe.itch.io/2d-pixel-art-semi-realistic-clouds
Featuring musical SFX from https://backgroundsounds.itch.io/100-game-sound-effects
Water splash SFX from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-sound-effects-download/water-splash...
Bubble pop SFX from https://www.fiftysounds.com/royalty-free-music/sfx-pop.html (fiftysounds)
Font - https://www.fontspace.com/cute-aurora-font-f46818 (611 Studio)
Font - https://www.fontspace.com/excluded-font-f43356 (Foyezes)
Code adapted from - https://github.com/johnnygossdev/tutorials/tree/master/floating-text (JohnnyGossdev)
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Development log
- There's a new creature!Feb 01, 2022
- More Post Jam version updates!Jan 30, 2022
- CTRL + W = browser tab closed! :(Jan 29, 2022
- Post Jam Version Released!Jan 28, 2022
Comments
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Soooo entertaining!!!! And sooo hard to control too 😂 When I succeeded to catch a shark in the boat, I was like "🤯" (nothing to do with the Jam, I come from https://tallbeard.itch.io/music-loop-bundle after using one of the sounds on the page 🎵)
Glad you're enjoying the game! Also how awesome are those tunes?
They're golden! 🤩
Controls took a while to get used to, but this was so much fun! Oh, to be a dolphin whirling through the water at breakneck speeds to intense, hyper music! There were some things in the menu I never figured out how to do (e.g., aerials). Also I just realized as I'm writing this, I completely missed the SHIFT control to shoot bubbles, oops! I gotta get better at reading descriptions. Never did figure out the second game mode. Wondering if it has to do with the fishing cat?
Hey! Thanks for including my game in your stream! Regarding aerials, you have to jump over the boat. I have just added this in the game description. Originally, to do aerials you just had to jump out of the water and land back in (like you tried) but I found it too easy (for me) while testing and added an additional condition. That was before I realised everyone else had troubles with the controls! haha. Regarding the second mode.... there's some instructions on the screen when the game ends. :)
Controls took a little bit to get use to but I love rushing up dolphin out of the water and doing flips. So much fun. Oh and I hate the sharks so much lol.
Thanks for the nice feedback. You're welcome on the sharks :)
the controls are weird the other sharks just come and yeet you out of existance!
but nice job with the game keep going! :D
Sharks can be tricky but it is possible to have all five chasing you while avoiding successfully! Thanks for playing!