Barracuda Bash

I really liked the artsyle. Characters look good and the special effects are nicely exaggerated. I wish you could see the character's health somewhere though.

I really like the characters. The sharks looked great. Some more variety would have been cool. The biggest thing I was missing was just some basic health bars. Even if it was just the player's health bar, it would give a much better sense of how well you're doing and raise the tension as your health goes down. Still, well done making simple and fun fighting game.

This felt incomplete, but what was there was very promising. Well-drawn art, a solid movepool for a jam entry that was well animated, and some great character design too.

I think this maybe needed a scoring system or something thrown in, even if not polished - I'm not sure if it was winnable or endless but I couldn't get beyond the first big shark in three attempts so I never found out if that was the final boss or just a new enemy class.

Good groundwork nonetheless, and this is definitely expandable!

Neat game! It's cool how each attack feels like it has its own 'purpose'. I also really like the player character's design and sprites. I wish there was more visual variation between the barracudas-- even something simple, like the different types being different colors. Right now, even though they do have some minor differences, it's hard to tell which one they are at a glance. Health meters would be cool-- especially for the player, but also for the enemies too. Overall, pretty well done for the 48 hours! Nice work!

I won! Maybe that's just me, but I didn't understand each key was a different attack until I saw people talking about kicks :D It's way easier with this attack ahah.

It's pretty short but it's nice having the different attacks. The flames before the enemies attacks were a nice touch too, but it's still pretty hard to react (even if there's no point in teleporting behind them instead of just kicking them in the face 😈)

Pretty cool setup, I like the variety of attacks and the dodge mechanic. The sharks are super intimidating looking.

There's a bit of a problem with dominant strategy, the kick attack has the greatest range and lets you safely stunlock every enemy from a distance, preventing any chance of being hit. I think if more enemies had super armor while attacking, or maybe if only one enemy gets stunned per kick, you could stop that and encourage a more mobile playstyle.

I think it would be cool if you could knock smaller enemies off the side of the island and into the water for an insta-KO!

Good feeling beat em up game, the dash/teleporting attack felt pretty satisfying.

Not a hard game to cheese by stacking up enemies and bouncing them back and forth with attacks. Overall, the C and X attacks were pretty heckin potent. Music certainly fit the tone of the game, it reminded me of old fighting game tracks.

Health bars and/or damage numbers would be a big plus, or just some visual display so that the player is informed. The C attack's animation felt much smoother than teleporting with A. I felt like teleportation kinda needed some feedback. My fighting game instinct is that some input buffer might've gone far to improve gamefeel beyond where it was at.

But yeah, fun and quick brawler that felt, looked, and sounded good~

Thanks for sharing your work~

As someone who has tried to make fighting games in the past and always failed miserably, I give you massive kudos for successfully creating one in 48 hours, with great graphics and exciting animations, no less. I like the variety of attacks, and the teleport is a nice addition. Good work!

I never thought I would see a full beat 'em Up in a gm48, yet here we are. It's absolutely impressive that you managed to make a three (four)? button fighting game-esque combat system in just 48 hours. The game could use some small touchup to enhance the experience though: for example, It would be nice if the game was able to run fullscreen, or if I was able to see my own health.

Bonus points for being one of the few people who have fulfilled the theme: 'Island' is not plural!

Yay managed to win!

What a fun fighting game. Wow those fish were super muscular. I felt the game feel was pretty fun. The kicks were very satisfying when they connected. I loved the appearance of the boss as well.

Music fit in well with the game.

I appreciate the difficulty was on the lower side too. Always best in a game jam that when your game balance is off, to be on the easier side rather than the harder side.

Kicks definitely felt great. And teleporting was fun too. The third attack felt kinda similar to the dash so not too sure if there's an advantage of one over the other as the attack let's you dash and do some damage.

Think the flavour is a lot of fun too and I enjoyed the player sprite. Nice work!

Well designed fighting game! You could pretty much spam certain moves and win, but I thought it was well put together and fun. Which is really hard to pull off in 48 hours.

This was what I tried to make but I couldn't pull off the artwork so I pivoted to something totally different. Really well done, the kick is a bit overpowered but it's fun to use. Awesome game.