Skalesearch

Submission for the 2026 Kenney jam.

Search fish skeletons for scales to power up yours and survive a whole ocean turned against you that gets stronger, faster and more plentiful the stronger your scales get.

This is my second 'fish army' based project. Idk I don't even like fish, it's just the first thing that comes to mind.

Note: This is just a survival game. I initially planned to make a guardian boss fight but gave it up and left it there. It is just an impossible battle. So consider yourself victorious just if you survive till the timer goes out!

Controls:

• Arrow keys: Movement
• Space: Attack
• Control: Switch scale
• Z: Search skeleton
• Follow the X to find the bones
• Escape: Pause (The button without a label is the resume one, sorry, added it at the last moment!)

Music and sound credits go to:

Sean Phillips -www.seanphillipsmusic.co.uk

@cat2x (An itch.io user.)

@adonicipher (Also an itch.io user)

@CrowSilencer (I don't remember if he was on itch.io or somewhere else...)

TomMusic

https://tommusic.itch.io/

https://www.gamedevmarket.net/member/TomMusic/

tom.gamemusic@gmail.com

And some sound effects from Kenney.

Apologies if I missed any. Everything else is from Kenney (https://kenney.nl/assets)