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Release Date 1 July 2021
Release Type Freeware
Content Advisory None | None | None
Operating Systems Windows, Linux
Setting Other
Genre Other
Story Original
Play Length Non-Adventure Game
Language English
Graphics 800x600, 32-Bit Colour
Downloaded 330 All Time

About

Shoaly You Can't Be Serious! started life as a gamejam entry (available for free here) and was developed into a more complete game, with extra music tracks and SFX added, but more importantly lots of flexibility in how the game plays (difficulty - as in the number of sharks / nets / electric eels you face) and fish density (how quickly the fish populate) were incorporated. There is also an endless mode, the chance to just chill out and watch a virtual aquarium, and an extra enemy to deal with (jellyfish).
It's designed to be a challenging yet relaxing game - so while you will need quick reflexes, the two-player game gives you a combined score, if you want bragging rights that's up to you but the game doesn't assign a winner and loser! Part of the reason for this is that my youngest daughter was my chief play-tester. ;)

As you can see from the screenshots the game area can be quite serene or completely manic, it's completely up to you!

CaptainD Everything
A Landlord's Dream Brainstorming Help, SFX, Proofreading
A Sloth for Both Seasons Story, game design, voice acting, SFX, worst singing in history
AGS Cycles Everything
All Pigs Deserve to Burn in Hell Play Testing
Baldy's Adventure Play testing
Beyond Dream and Time Proofreading, Betatest
Beyond Eternity episode 1 Voice acting
BlindSweeper Everything
Blue Lobe Inc. voice acting
Captain Disaster and The Two Worlds of Riskara DEMO Story, coding, SFX
Captain Disaster in Death Has A Million Stomping Boots (Demo) Game Concept and Design, some graphics, testing, voice acting.
Captain Disaster in The Dark Side of the Moon Story, game design, graphics, animation, sound effects. voice acting
Captain Disaster in: Death Has A Million Stomping Boots Lead Designer, VA, SFX
Cave of Avarice Writing and additional testing
Clotilde Soffritti in: Never Buy a Used Spaceship Testing, proofreading
Clotilde Soffritti in: Never Double Park your Spaceship Testing
Colour Clash Everything
Columbus Lander Voice Acting and Testing
Conspiracy: Below-Zero Voice of Agent Malden
Daleks Coding, graphics, partly responsible for birth of 6 year-old daughter who provided the sound effects.
Draculator II: Byte of the Draculator writing
DSM: Are we alone? Ideas collaborator and Beta testing.
ELF: And soon the darkness... Beta testing.
Eternal Chrysalis Story, Puzzles, additional Graphics, Pink Socks
Fanbots Sound, Design, Voice Acting
Feria d'Arles Testing
Finger of suspicion Voices of Lord Fairfax and the Butler
Flow Problem Everything
Football Game Testing
Indy Bones: The Book Of The Gods Additional ideas and Beta test.
JACK Voice of Charles Davonport
Let's Cook: with Koala Tester
Lunar Lander Everything apart from music (freesfx.co.uk) and explosion sound effect (my young daughter)
M*A*S*H: Point n' Click adventure game Testing
Maelstrom Obscura: Case 1 Twins voices
Mr Bear Teaches English Voice acting
Neofeud Voice Acting
Number Rescue Design, scripting, graphics, sound, voice acting
Play It Again: An Improv Point & Click Adventure Voice-Acting & Dialogue
Red Hot Overdrive Sound FX editing and brave testing
Sharky's 3: The Heist Testing
Shoaly You Can't Be Serious! (MAGS version) Everything
SLEUTH Voice acting
Snow Problem Concept, coding, SFX
Sonic and friends in: Club House Additional ideas and Cartoon character will-writing service
Space Tunneler Coding, SFX, Graphics
Space Tunneler Deluxe design, coding, SFX, most graphics
SPHONX Story, Voice of Professor Nowicz, testing
Sphonx Tech Demo Story, Professor Nowicz\' Voice
Splinter Voices of the Tarks
Spot The Difference Design, Scripting, Graphics
The Hamresanden Chronicles II: The Black Prism Testing
The Ancient Art of Staying Alive Everything
The Cabin Testing
The Cat Lady Voice acting
The Cat Lady DEMO Voice actor
The Journey of Iesir Demo Writing and design
The Old Man and the Sea play testing
The Potion Master (MAGS version) Story / puzzles / sound design
The Rat Pack (Full version) Design, coding, voicing
The Rat Pack (MAGS version) Design, coding, SFX, testing
Thrymly disguised voice acting
Trails and Traces: The Tomb of Thomas Tew Voice Acting
Troll Song - Verse One - DEMO Story, Game Design, Voice Acting
Troll Song Verse One - Completely Stoned Story, Game Design, SFX, Voice Acting
Unexpected at the Rising Star SFX, Voice Starbuck + Deimos + Easter Egg
UNGA needs MUMBA dialogue editing, additional puzzle ideas, voice acting
Zid Journey (demo) Proofreading (English)

Awards & Reviews

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AGS Awards 2021 Nominee

AGS Awards 2021 Nominee

Best Non Adventure Game Created with AGS

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By CaptainD on 20 November 2023

This game is now permanently free (or PIYW).


By heltenjon on 24 February 2022

This is very fun in two-player mode!


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