User Guide

 

Welcome to The Last Fishing Trip!

The Last Fishing Trip is a 2D platforming adventure where you, an old fisherman, take on an onslaught of fish that have emerged from the water to the land! Walk… Hop… Fight… and GRAPPLE WITH A FISHING ROD on a fisherman’s quest to find inner peace through one Last Fishing Trip.  

 

Controls

• Left/Right [ A ] + [ D ]
• Jump [ Spacebar ]
• Attack [ H ] or [ LMB ]
• Grapple [ J ] or [RMB ] – only after grapple hook is found
• Pause [ E ]

*Note: If the player gets stuck in the wall (lol), reset to most recent checkpoint snail through the pause menu.

Features

Fishing rod grapple!

Find the grappling hook in the level to unlock more movement capabilities! Grapple to trees and other objects in the world to stimulate the youthful vigour of the tired old fisherman. Not only does grappling lead to a significant boost in the fisherman’s movement speed, but the colour of his wake also intensifies as more grapples are chained together!

Attack!

Use the fishing rod to attack the creatures from the depths! Destroying fish offers health rewards and is also satisfying as ever. Gone are the aspirations to catch em’ all! Use your three-hit combo to most effectively dispatch the fish enemies!

Walking Fish!

Jump over crabs, dodge chomping Piranhas, and time your attacks wisely to make sure you don’t end up getting hurt!

Hop!

With variable jump height, gravity scaling, coyote time, and wall jump mechanics, The Last Fishing Trip includes some of the staple movement components of any good platformer ;)

Platform!

Navigate your way through picturesque platforming sections and try not to get distracted by the lovely lighting… Stay away from bodies of water though, as pretty as they are, everybody knows fishermen are scared of the water!

Original Art and Music!

All art and music were created by Taylor Lewincamp - Kronkerd :)

 

Sources

SFX:

• Pop: Pop by Pixabay https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/pop-39222/
• Rod Swings
  • Swing 1: Whoosh Swoosh Swing Fishing Pole Dist Half Fienup 036 by David Fienup https://www.soundsnap.com/whoosh_swoosh_swing_fishing_pole_disthalf_fienup_036
  • Swing 2: Whoosh Swoosh Swing Fishing Pole DistHalf Fienup 035 https://www.soundsnap.com/whoosh_swoosh_swing_fishing_pole_disthalf_fienup_035
  • Swing 3: Whoosh Swoosh Swing Fishing Pole MedHalf slow Fienup 007 by David Fienup https://www.soundsnap.com/whoosh_swoosh_swing_fishing_pole_medhalf_slow_fienup_0...
• Rod Reel In: Fishing pole – reel spinning – reeling – small mechanical cranking – loopable 02 by Fusehive https://www.soundsnap.com/fishing_pole_reel_spinning_reeling_small_mechanical_cr...
• Food Sound:  Eating Sound effect by Pixabay https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/eating-sound-effect-36186/   
• Forest Ambience: Avala Trail Forest Nature by dbsound: https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/avala-trail-forest-nature-246779/
• Water Splash: Splash 4 by Pixabay https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/splash-4-46870/
• Enemy Sounds:
  • Enemy Death: Slime Splatter 1 by floraphonic https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/slime-splat-1-219248/
  • Enemy Hurt 1: Goopy Slime 4 by floraphonic https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/goopy-slime-4-219777/
  • Enemy Hurt 2: Slime Squish 4 by floraphonic https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/slime-squish-4-218568/

Font:

• Main Text Font: Minecraft by Craftron Gaming: https://www.dafont.com/craftron-gaming.d6128

 

AI

The Last Fishing Trip was coded with C# in Visual Studio Code with assistance from Github Co-Pilot. Co-Pilot was used to check errors in code and as an additional learning tool, by which It was asked to explain any in-line changes it made.

*This game was created over 8 weeks for KIT109 at The University of Tasmania, 2024 by Taylor Lewincamp*