This is what I made!



http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=17552.0

Are you ready to shoot fish in space?

YES.

Updates:
v1.0.0 - feb 23rd 2011
upped bullet velocity
changed controls
added highlights to dead fish
dead fish flash before they disappear
changed win conditions: player with most money always wins
causing an extinction costs a player $100 per kill
extinction detection: player who most recently killed the extinct species gets the penalty
money hidden until the end of the round
stunned text when players are stunned
smoother end transition back to title
modified hud to hide extra info
modified ending stats screen
dead fish now attract to a near by player
fish now trickle in at the start instead of being dumped in all at once

DOWNLOAD LATEST BUILD

So I decided to try to do the versus theme at Global Game Jam, and this is what came out.  You are a fish hunter in deep space hunting rare fish for money that is paid to you by space sushi restaurants.  However, over harvesting the fish will result in an extinction.  The music is by the lovely Josh Whelchel.

CONTROLS
PLAYER 1:
WASD - moves
G - Shoots left
H - Shoots right

PLAYER 2:
ARROWS - moves
> - shoots left
? - shoots right

HOW TO PLAY
Shoot the fish to kill them.

Pick them up after their dead to cash them in.

Certain fish are worth a lot of money during the game, pay attention.

The player with the most money at the end wins.

However, if you are responsible for one of the fish species going extinct, you will be fined.

The fine is $100 per fish killed, payable to the intergalatic fish preserve society.

If a species goes extinct, the round will end.

If not, the round will end after 2 minutes of play.




 

I'm still making the ultimate decision on whether or not I'm going, but I'm leaning towards yes.  So count me in on the meeting ups.

Ohhh snaps YOU SHOULD GO.

They sure do.

YOU KNEW WHAT YOU WERE GETTING YOURSELF INTO, RENTON!  I WARNED YOU.

Blademasterbrobro.

I see that the compo ends the day before GDC starts.  We're going to have a lot of games to play this year.

Thanks for the compliments, guys!

Timelapse time!

I want to see you ANIMATE.

Ah, well then I shall put away my pitchfork.

For now.

I don't know about if they're required by LAW to do it, but... If you have a trademark, say "Photoshop" or "Google" then you have to actively protect it or risk losing it if it becomes common use.  Adobe strongly discourages people from using the word "photoshop" as a verb, such as "Sick bro, but I think it's photoshopped!"  See here (ctrl+f to Proper use of the Photoshop trademark).

Correct: The image was enhanced using Adobe® Photoshop® software.
Incorrect: The image was photoshopped.

So the doodle™ jump people want to trademark the word doodle™ and therefore they have to protect it against common use or risk losing it, however trademarking the word doodle™ is completely asinine and I direct hostile feelings toward Lima Sky regarding the aforementioned situation.

Their first jam overlaps GLOBAL GAME JAM  Nevermind apparently its a movie jam.  But this is pretty awesome.  More game jams!  I DEMAND IT.

Aquin 

that dodgeball game?

THAT DODGEBALL GAME?

It's Super Dodgeball.  Iceland.  One of my favorite games, EVER.  That mother fucker from Iceland throws the invisiball as his super and it's terrifying.

Can you still exploit it by killing your opponent and then killing yourself to reset the round instead of having to progress back to the center?

This really sucks.  Stuff like this has been happening for as long as I can remember, even in the early click community days.  There were people selling CDs of freeware games on ebay for a couple dollars a pop, and the only thing you could do is put some sort of message at the beginning of your game saying that if someone paid for it they were ripped off.  (Hence why bonesaw has a giant message in the beginning about being freeware.) But with game maker you can just decompile and change the game, which is a fear that lingered on the back of my mind when I started using game maker.

Hey guys, quick update.

I've been struggling with the flu these few days, I still haven't recovered fully, so I haven't been able to do any updates. Not to mention I haven't been able to connect to the forums these few days, I'm just getting some stupid MySQL error page. I'm writing this post on a friend's laptop.

Also, as I've been sick, I could't write my page, however, my good friend  Chest Rockwell has volunteered to write the 17th page for me, so I'll be posting that instead.

Jason, I'll forward your page shortly.

The comicompo curse comes in many shapes and forms.

An entire subforum?  Hmm, why not just a post tagging system similar to that of the devlog forum or the feedback forum.  You can have a tag for seeking critique, or a workshop thread, or just a art-dump thread.

EAGLE ONE, FOX THREE.

This thread is pretty fuckin' awesome. 

You're confusing the games with your wet dreams xerus.

Your sexy wet dreams.

I can see them

Or every competitive MvC2 match ever.

GET OUT OF MY HEAD