Main gameplay elements

Dominate the food chain

Make your way to the top of the oceanic food chain, starting out as a small fish in a big ocean.

The ocean is full of dangers, be it larger fish, huge monsters or even humans. It is up to you to not only survive, but to make it to the very top, becoming the ultimate apex of the food chain.

As you get enough food, you will grow to a new scale, allowing you to hunt larger prey, but also attract larger predators.

To help you make your way to the top, there are several upgrades to unlock.

Hidden upgrades

Hidden upgrades will be unlocked as you play the game, and depends on what you engage with.

Taking a lot of hits?

Maybe you will unlock an armored shell to help you deal with the damage.

Chasing fish all over the ocean?

Perhaps some adaptations will allow you to swim faster?

Upgrade tree

Every time you reach a new scale, you will get to choose an upgrade from the upgrade tree. Some upgrades require you to have unlocked other upgrades first, and you cannot unlock all at once.

Found a bug?

Please describe it, using the comment function here on Itch. The more information, the better. Ideally, if you could, describe how to replicate the bug.

Performance

Having performance issues? This game might not run well on low end systems. I have only been able to test it on my own computers, and that of friends (who own mid to high end computers).

It might help to avoid full screen, if you experience frame drops.

I have tried to balance gameplay, assets and graphics with performance in mind. There is little I can do, at my current level of programming experience, to significantly improve performance, without removing parts of the game.

About Middledirt

Hi. I am a part time indie game developer from Norway. I typically make all the assets (3D models and UI), and write the code myself, which is why it takes a lot of time for me to make even small games. 

However, I do enjoy the process and would love to do this professionally at some point.

If you want to support me

If you would like to support me, you could do it in the following ways:

1. Share my game with friends, or on your social media.
2. Providing feedback (using the comment function), constructive criticism is always welcome!
3. If you have the money and really want to, you could donate here on Itch. I might make a Patreon or SubscribeStar account in the future, if my projects start attracting enough people.