HELLO!
As some of you may know, over the past few months, I've been developing my first commercial game project. After 4ish years of honing my skills, I decided it was time to throw my hat in the ring and try to make something bigger than my previous jam games.
As of now, the plan is to release the steampage along with a small demo on Newgrounds sometime late May or early June, so I thought now was a better time than ever to start informing folks here about development and behind the scenes! These news posts will probs come out every 1-3 weeks, depending on how much I've got to say lol.
WHAT'S THE GAME ABOUT!?
FishPit is a Tower-Defense Platformer Roguelike where you make wonky forts in hopes of fending off the hordes of fish after the ocean has suddenly begun to drain. Why do the fish hate you? Why is the ocean fucking off? wishlist the game (once it's available) to find out!
The demo will include 9 blocks,10 enemies, 20 achievements, a handful of NPCs, and (hopefully) shopkeepers selling powerful trinkets that give passive abilities.
(Wip version of the selection screen)
The blocks in FishPit work similarly to the plant selection in PvZ. Some work better together, some don't. Some are great in the early game, some only shine in the late game. While the viable strategies will be somewhat bare in the demo, I plan on adding a ton more blocks and using player feedback to tweak things the best I can.
Interested in playtesting?
If the game sounds interesting to you and you'd like to get your hands on it sooner rather than later, you're in luck! I'm currently running a semi-private playtest for the game to get it into a good state before the demo comes out. Simply join the Discord server below and look for the playtest build in #announcements
If you'd like to see some gameplay, check out this lil video I made a while back showcasing some (the video is somewhat outdated, but still gets the point across).
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ppfonMBwOMA
Anyways, thanks for reading! I've never really done this sorta thing before, so let me know if there's anything you'd be interested in me discussing in the comments or the Discord server :)
