Comments on: Friday Flash Fish Fun

Friday Flash Fish Fun

leapfrog — Fri, 25 Jul 2003 12:42:49 -0800

Fishy is a simple, relaxing, hypnotic, zen-like, and infuriating game. Control your fish with the arrows. Eat fish smaller than you. Avoid fish larger than you. The more you eat, the more you grow.

By: leapfrog

leapfrog — Fri, 25 Jul 2003 12:51:14 -0800

Brought to you by the same people who made Defend your Castle. The music gets annoying, so use the mute button.

By: grabbingsand

grabbingsand — Fri, 25 Jul 2003 13:18:25 -0800

Yikes. The more you click, the more they pop-up...

By: mathowie

mathowie — Fri, 25 Jul 2003 13:19:20 -0800

damn, I can't get more than 600.

By: jcruelty

jcruelty — Fri, 25 Jul 2003 13:20:38 -0800

i ate everything and completed destroyed the pond ecosystem! i don't know if that's some kind of metaphor or what.

By: Busithoth

Busithoth — Fri, 25 Jul 2003 13:24:05 -0800

ha. did bad. did alright. 3rd time, played too long to still go to lunch. oh well. reminded me of that great song by Threebrain, fishy

By: riffola

riffola — Fri, 25 Jul 2003 13:24:25 -0800

I hate this game, I keep nicking the fins of the bigger fishes. I am going to have to get fishfucker to play for me.

By: leapfrog

leapfrog — Fri, 25 Jul 2003 13:26:12 -0800

Mathowie, the key is to take a laid-back approach. Do not attempt to swim around the big fish to get at the little fish. Just let the little fish come, and have patience. The wise man knows when the best action is no action at all.

By: techgnollogic

techgnollogic — Fri, 25 Jul 2003 13:27:14 -0800

The FSFITG (Flinging Stick Figures Into The Ground) genre could use a little work.

By: leapfrog

leapfrog — Fri, 25 Jul 2003 13:28:26 -0800

Also, don't try to eat anything bigger than you.

By: jmackin

jmackin — Fri, 25 Jul 2003 13:40:36 -0800

it's fun when you get to the point where you're the biggest fish in the sea. Then you can just park your gills anywhere you want while doing work in other windows. When you return you too may have destroyed the ecosystem (a great ending message)

By: techgnollogic

techgnollogic — Fri, 25 Jul 2003 13:46:07 -0800

juggling the stick figure dudes should count for more points

By: Wood

Wood — Fri, 25 Jul 2003 13:47:20 -0800

Unfortunately it's not working on my box here, so I'll try when I get home. I just wanted to say "Metafilter: it's more addictive then smoking."

By: leapfrog

leapfrog — Fri, 25 Jul 2003 13:52:16 -0800

Defend your Castle gets to a point, also, where you can "just park your gills". I had a game there with 800 archers, 200 wizards, and 150 repairmen, and the game basically just plays itself. It's a challenge getting there, though. There are three basic phases: smash smash smash, convert convert convert, and "lay back and let the archers go to work".

By: jonson

jonson — Fri, 25 Jul 2003 14:11:37 -0800

I kept mis-judging whether or not I was technically bigger than another fish. By the time I found out I wasn't, it was too late.

By: RylandDotNet

RylandDotNet — Fri, 25 Jul 2003 14:23:42 -0800

When in doubt, don't try it, I've found. A fish that's the same size as you is effectively bigger than you.

By: jonson

jonson — Fri, 25 Jul 2003 14:31:04 -0800

It seems to apply for me in real life too, coincidentally.

By: Orb

Orb — Fri, 25 Jul 2003 14:36:07 -0800

In combination with the new vibrating, executive chair I acquired last night, I can see me wasting this rest of this afternoon. And yes ... this chair ... it vibrates. :D

By: ginz

ginz — Fri, 25 Jul 2003 14:47:07 -0800

I can't believe no one has mentioned pike yet. Or are these goldfish?

By: silusGROK

silusGROK — Fri, 25 Jul 2003 15:00:08 -0800

It's not too bad... but nothing I've played beats SnowCraft. (For the uninitiated: you are the red guys... click and hold down over chosen red guy until his snow ball is armed, release and fire at green guy... first blow, dizzy; second blow, down; third blow, out.

By: sixdifferentways

sixdifferentways — Fri, 25 Jul 2003 15:08:32 -0800

I scored about 1500, but my fishy doesn't seem to grow bigger very fast at all. Looks like the strategy is defencive. Stay fairly still and avoid the big fish, don't try to swim after smaller fish that aren't in easy range. The most addictive Flash game I've played lately is Seconds of Madness. You move through a tunnel riding a type of floating skateboard, manoeuvring yourself and the tunnel 360 degrees with the arrow keys. Cool graphics, too.

By: fenriq

fenriq — Fri, 25 Jul 2003 15:32:04 -0800

I like Fishy, its not too taxing and provides a nice break from working. But now I've got a few more games to go and play with. Don't you just love Fridays?

By: rorycberger

rorycberger — Fri, 25 Jul 2003 15:32:11 -0800

re: defend your castle anybody know how to save your game? there is a "load game" option on the main menu, but never an option to save during the game. also, I got up to almost 200,000 points, then I somehow lost all of my converted men, what happened?

By: linux

linux — Fri, 25 Jul 2003 15:46:21 -0800

I think the game should think you've destroyed the pond ecosystem when all you see is a great big eye.

By: Stauf

Stauf — Fri, 25 Jul 2003 15:49:11 -0800

rory, there shold be a save option after each level... I think on the bottom left.

By: FormlessOne

FormlessOne — Fri, 25 Jul 2003 15:58:57 -0800

As much as I love these semi-mindless diversions (they are indeed fun on a Friday), the popup hell that goes with them is painful, especially at work.

By: leapfrog

leapfrog — Fri, 25 Jul 2003 16:25:01 -0800

Rory- for each new level, all the men you have are assessed an "upkeep" fee. If you don't have enough funds left at the beginning of the round (after you're done shopping) you lose all the men you can't afford. See the faq.

By: riffola

riffola — Fri, 25 Jul 2003 17:33:59 -0800

I finally finished the damn game. I don't like how both in this one and Defend Your Castle, as you progress it gets easier.

By: aeschenkarnos

aeschenkarnos — Fri, 25 Jul 2003 18:11:03 -0800

Saveable link.

By: aeschenkarnos

aeschenkarnos — Fri, 25 Jul 2003 18:21:10 -0800

I gotta learn to program these things. Anyone know a good introductory Flash programming tutorial site?

By: rudyfink

rudyfink — Fri, 25 Jul 2003 18:57:58 -0800

It's kinda amusing for a bit right before you "destroy the pond ecosystem". Just keep hitting up and down and get big++.

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