Help turtle gather treasure while avoiding spikey fish. Install
How to Play: Turtle moves where you tap on screen, or swipe to move it and tap to stop. Avoid the red fish. If you tap on a red fish it will swim towards the turtle.
Why: All my other games are abstract, wanted to try one with a theme.
Game Design: How to move a character, that took a bit of exploration, and how to make a safe spot. The spikey fish start appearing after a few treasures, then start moving after a few more. Finding a balance that was challenging yet possible was fun. The addition of moving fish by tapping them felt important to get past level 100 or so. The death sequence of all the fish bouncing, as if to laugh, while the one that got him grows to large... so fun.
Stories: The game looks so innocent, and it lulls you to sleep as you gather the first few treasures, then it gets harder and harder. Sometimes I consider showing the current score or level, but I like how simple it is, you can see the level based on how many fish there are. It could grow by maybe giving the turtle a crown, then gold rings, and adding bonus bubbles. I love simple games like this, where it is pointless, yet you can explore the random situations, and marvel in how many fish are visible.