Super Speedo Simulator 2018

Really nicely made, love the title/banner btw. It was all pretty funny. The intro stuck out as well made too. The art was good and the music was nice and very fitting.

While the feel of the game overall felt very polished, the gameplay was a little too easy and simple once you know how to avoid the sharks, it's pretty much impossible to die and the game goes forever. So my suggestion would be to have an ending of some type or something that escalates the difficulty over time.

Good job on the entry, it was very cohesive and fit the theme well!

I didn't know how to avoid the sharks at first so I thought it was a hard game, once I realized I could just go to the shore if I being chased the game suddenly became way easier.

I really like the concept but it needs more polish design wise.

Funny game! I included it in my GM48: Countdown compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look. :) https://youtu.be/2kFo5aya1ME

Very nice game, kwis has summed up pretty well what I think.

One other thing though: the shark can feel VERY random, the two times I died were because like 4 shark spawned at once. I was trying to get some distance from the first before trying to save someone, but 3 other sharks came up from the other side of the drowning NPC, ate him, and me, because there was no time to change direction.

The first time that happened was after saving a few people (and feeding some sharks), but the second time was right at the start.

Oh and the "Super Freelance Lifeguard" idea would have been sooooo good ahah

Things that worked well: Nice art, especially during the cut-scenes and for the beach props. The music was good, nailed the surf rock theme. The theme was sufficient, nothing groundbreaking but that's alright!

Things that need work: I wished there was more incentive to go in the ocean and rescue people, I found that sitting on the beach and avoiding my responsibilities as a lifeguard had no consequences. The gameplay was quite repetitive as well, something to break up the loop of 'swim out, rescue, swim back, perform CPR' would have helped to engage the player more. Lastly I did have some collision/animation issues. If you walk diagonally into the corner of a beach prop, you get stuck, and if you walk onto the shoreline the player's sprite animation changes frames rapidly.

Overall, this was a decent entry! There were no major bugs, the audio and visuals were spot on, your beach scene was excellent. Next time around, I think giving the gameplay more attention would really make for a solid game. Good job!

Great little game! When swimming up there's a lot less time to react, maybe pan the view towards the direction the player is moving to compensate. Ties in with the theme perfectly, Had a lot of fun!

I really like how you brought together the setting with your art and music (as well as CPR)!

The gameplay was a little bland, although having to drop people to the sharks was pretty horrifying the first time I got chased :)

Maybe putting some other things in the water (like boats or buoys) that the player has to navigate around, and that build up as you go could increase the challenge over time.

• The font during gameplay is a bit too HQ, especially considering the sprites are low rez and rather simple. Which feels super weird because the exact opposite happens in the menu and cutscene, where the font is pixellised but the graphics are elaborated. :p Weird contrast
• The gameplay gets a bit bland after a bit

That said, design-wise the game is just fan-tas-tic! Especially the countdown! Keeping people from drowning is an interesting countdown on its own, but using the cpr as a countdown YOU control is just brilliant and is very coherent to the theme of your game! (I also love how you drag the person to transition phase). 10/10 on the countdown usage! Not only that, but the game also uses the environment for the game play (using people on your way for the sharks to eat or sacrificing the person you want to save, as well as having them counting as obstacles) Also, I love how the beach has no purpose BUT serves very well to immerse you in the game!

Overall, pretty sweet entry!