Jelly the Not-Fish

forty_sham

I previously discussed development of this game in the TIC-80 thread. Further discussion of the game (for the most part at least) will take place here.

Summary:

Jelly the Not-Fish is a game I started developing in 2023 sometime after learning about the TIC-80 editor. The game uses Lua, TIC-80's default programming language, and is licensed under the MIT license. The basic premise of the game, to move Jelly left and right to eat plankton and dodge bombs, is rather simple. However, as development of this game continues, I will build upon things in order to make the experience somewhat more complex and nuanced.

Availability:

TIC-80 website (Original and main place of play)
Codeberg (Repository containing current and past versions of the game, along with some additional things)
Newgrounds (official port)

Feedback:

I am open to feedback. Let me know your thoughts on the game so I can work off of your suggestions and criticism for future updates!

Modanung

I think the contrast of the background and Jelly's tentacles is too low. If the tentacles had the same colour as the bombs' fuse, they would stand out more.

forty_sham

Modanung Yeah, you're right. I'll have that tweaked for Jelly 1.3, which is otherwise almost ready for release.

ffaf

I have tried the highest difficulty levels and I don't think even Tetris freaks can handle that!

forty_sham

ffaf I don't think even Tetris freaks can handle that!

Now there's an interesting challenge idea.

forty_sham

Jelly 1.3 has released!

Here's a rundown of notable changes in this version:

Music has been added. I'm not entirely sure whether or not the current music is entirely fitting for the game's setting, but at the very least it's a starting point.
Option to toggle music has been added to the options menu. Additionally, in order to prevent issues with scrolling through items due to key sensitivity, a "cooldown" system has been added for each time the player scrolls up or down. This is also applied for toggling the options.
Per @Modanung's suggestion, Jelly's tentacles have been changed to resolve color contrast issues.
Below is a comparison between old and new tentacles:
1.2:

1.3:

1.2:

1.3:

As of this post, 1.3 has not yet been ported to Newgrounds, but hopefully it should be ported there soon enough.* I also haven't updated the changelog on Codeberg yet,** but 1.3 has been uploaded there.

Anyways, let me know what you think and I'll consider your input for future versions. I'm also still considering the suggestions that were given in the TIC-80 thread, such as Modanung's suggestion of adding new characters with special characteristics, as well as my own ideas such as new items (both helpful and harmful ones.) I can't say for sure when all of that will materialize in some form, but I do hope to experiment with them somewhere down the line.

Thanks for reading!

*UPDATE: 1.3 has now been ported to Newgrounds.
**UPDATE: 1.3 has now been documented in the Codeberg changelog.