Fish Eat Fish
ArcadeRead the sheet for Fish Eat FishThe rule fits in one sentence and the three-player keyboard split is the best part.
Fish, blocks, cats and zombies
Each game gets its own sheet: genre, controls, devices and how it plays, written before you open it on Poki.
See all gamesPulled from the wall, one sheet each
Six covers, laid out as prints. Pick one to read how it plays.
ArcadeFish Eat FishArcade · keyboard · up to three
PuzzleHexellentPuzzle · mouse hold and drop
AdventurePlonkyAdventure · keyboard · trap levels
SimulationCat PizzaSimulation · keys or joystick
AdventureSwordtailAdventure · keys or drag · two players
ActionTDS: Tower Destiny SurviveAction · click or tap · zombie wavesWhat we think of four of them
Short, plain opinions from the team on specific games.
— Bexil Nervinomad team
Hexellent
PuzzleRead the sheet for HexellentRewards stopping to think about where a stack lands, not how fast you drop it.
Plonky
AdventureRead the sheet for PlonkyThe floppy hero is the joke and the difficulty at once; patience beats speed.
Cat Pizza
SimulationRead the sheet for Cat PizzaA gentle routine of orders and cleaning that suits a short break.
Words that come up in these games
Short definitions of terms used across the game pages.
- Ragdoll physics
- A way of animating a character as a loose body that reacts to forces, so it flops and swings instead of following a fixed pose. Plonky's hero moves this way.
- Wave
- A group of enemies that arrives together, followed by a pause. Swordtail and TDS are both built around waves.
- Merge
- When matching pieces combine into one and clear. In Hexellent, matching colours merge, and one merge can trigger another.
- Local multiplayer
- Several people playing on the same device. Fish Eat Fish supports up to three on one keyboard.
- Management loop
- A repeating cycle of small jobs, such as take an order, bake, serve and clean, with earnings spent on growth. Cat Pizza works this way.
- Crafting
- Turning collected resources into items or upgrades. Swordtail uses it between waves.
Fish Eat Fish in close-up
Fish Eat Fish is the simplest rule on the wall: eat smaller fish, avoid bigger ones, and grow. Everything else follows from reading sizes in the water.
What makes it stand out is the keyboard. Three people can play at once, with WASD, the arrow keys, and U H J K or the mouse, so the other players become part of the water you have to read.
- Genre
- Arcade
- Players
- Up to three
- Controls
- WASD · arrows · U H J K or mouse
- Devices
- Desktop, phone, tablet