Guppy

Art in motion. I'm too distracted contemplating the lovely design to survive long, but it doesn't matter, I feel inspired and content all the same.

Good game with good fish

This game's controls are likely to give someone carpal tunnel syndrome... while still dying .5 seconds after getting your first piece of food.

Artwork is great. But I was struggling to control my guppy; wish it was more than just left or right.

Ever played agar.io or a similar game before?
Well.. This game offers pretty much the same thing.. Except for few twists.

You can not eat other fish.. You can not grow larger. You just "collect" some insects that would grant you a point each.. For what you may ask? Well.. Probably for nothing. This is NOT a multiplayer game so you're not actually competing with anyone but yourself. There exists no leaderboard to even remotely compete.. Nothing.

The controls are uniquely good but it takes a lot of time to get used to.. Perhaps a lot more than average people would actually invest into this mini game.

Simple yet elegant

This was the most stressful experience of my life!!! I thought I would just be a cute flappy-tailed little guppy and then these big frickin' black fish come along and KILL ME!!! I screamed!!! Really loud!!! :( I'm so tense right now, I just wanted to swim around in circles and make friends with other fish!!! :'(

Relaxing fun, especially when you get good at swimming fast.
Controller support didn't work for me (Steam/Linux) but configured as keyboard instead.
For the price well worth a punt.

this game is revolutionary. it changed my life around 360 degrees when i bought this game for 5 payments of $69.99 under the bridge.

Guppy is a poetic game, which lets you control a fish by moving its tail left and right.

No other control is used; and every movement of the tail is propelling the fish in the direction of the movement. Used alternatively, left and right movements allow the fish to progress forward, or any way you so desire; by gauging how much of each movement to produce.

Both the left and right sticks can be used; but the game really shines when shoulder controls are used, epecially the analog ones. I am unsure as if the game is using them in an analog fashion (I think not), but using them feels most natural to me.

The premise of the game is simple: collect (eat) flies while avoiding to be eaten by the predator (the large black fishes), by escaping them and/or hiding under water lilies.

While simple, the game is surprisingly challenging, demanding agility, wits and audacity to succeed. And maybe a bit of learning too; as the movement logic, while somehow surprisingly natural, is also very original and definitely unconventional.

The art of the game has a raw but elegant touch. Playing with the original soundtrack; or better yet, with Debussy's Preludes, Nocturnes, or "suite Bergamasque"; fits really well.

Guppy is certainly not a game in which most of us will put hundreds or thouthands of hours, but it is definitely worth a buy and a try at its full price, if nothing but for its refreshing gameplay and originality.

refund that shit

Growing up throughout my life I knew that there was something different about myself compared to everyone else. I can remember back to the first day off school, everyone has to wear a costume. Some kids went as pirates, some as football players and some even went as those white armour guys from that Star Wars movie. Not me though, I went as a fish. I was the most glorious fish in the school and everyone was amazed at me for being that fish. That first day at the time was the best day of my life.

All the kids came too school in their uniforms that day, however I chose to stay with who I truly am and continued to wear that fish for the rest of primary school. High school was a bit different though, they wouldn’t allow me to wear that fish around. I kept begging and begging because it was who I was, I didn’t fit in being a human, I was more so a fish. We came to a compromise and they let me paint myself with scales too fit in. I also got gills put in either side of my neck too let me breathe like a fish.

Throughout my whole younger days, I have owned many fish, and have dreamt about joining them as part of their families. I watch in jealousy as I see them swimming around together enjoying each other’s company, struggling as I know I can’t be with them. I left out one very important detail from my story... I can’t swim.

For someone that wants to be a fish, struggling to swim is not very helpful. I thought it would come to me naturally since I am part fish, but it did not. I struggled with the thought in and out every day that I would never be able to join my scaly friends in the ponds or the tanks, until I saw the project thatninjadodo have been working on. Then my life changed...

Yesterday was one of the best days of my life, thanks to Guppy I can finally live my life as a fish with all its friends. The game is a perfect simulation of how a fish survives in a lake and has a very in depth hunger system. It is clever because it includes a score system along with the hunger system that allows you too determine how well you are doing.

It also has a very real combat system too, with bigger fish chasing you down until they defeat you, and you have to use your wits and knowledge too out manuever them just like in the Amnesia series.

This game has changed my life and any people that have had the same condition as myself in their life should pick this game up. I was lucky to get it on sale, but it is well worth the $3 price. Stay safe my fellow fishies, I’ll see you all in the pond.