Scale the Depths (Now on Steam!)
❗The game has a full release on Steam! If you enjoyed the game jam version of this game, check it out for more content!
2025/10/09 Update - And if you’d like to hang out, chat, drop a meme, or share your favourite weird deep-sea creatures, join our Discord!
https://discord.gg/UA2fvpdPar
09/04 Update - We made it to the Top 20 GMTK video, and we couldn’t have done it without all your incredible support, feedback, and enjoyment of our little fish game! We're more motivated than ever to turn this into a full game, packed with more features, fish, friends to feed, and plenty of fun for you to enjoy! Be sure to follow Glass Gecko Games on our socials and itch.io for updates. Thank you all for making this jam an amazing experience—we couldn’t have done it without you!
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This game was originally made for the 2024 GMTK Game Jam. You are a robot built to feed hungry aquatic "customers"! Scale the depths with your trusty fishing rod, then scale the depths again, but in the sense of scaling fish. It's best played in full-screen.
~=-------------CONTROLS------------=~
A / D Keys: Move left and right (player and fishing hook)
E Key: Interact
Mouse: Everything else
~=-----------HOW TO PLAY----------=~
1. Start at the far left and interact to start fishing. The fishing line will automatically descend; use A and D to control its direction. Ram a fish with the hook to deal damage to it, fishing it up after dealing enough.
2. Take your newly caught fish to the Scaling station, where you can scale your newly caught fish. Once you're done scaling a fish, press the button at the top right corner to finish!
3. Feed your cleaned fish to the hungry customer on the right, who will pay you after they're fully satiated.
4. Access the shop using the button in the top right corner to purchase upgrades for your knife, fishing line, and hook!
5. Repeat, until you finally SCALE THE DEPTHS!
~=-------------CREDITS------------=~
Chace Nielson (Kar2fast) - Programming
Emmanuel Omari-Osei (E-man248) - Programming
4n6u - Programming
Oluwatoni Osho - Programming, Sound, Music
Serpexnessie - Art
Pepocandii - Art
Gaul_Blatter - Music
Madog - QA
SharkyFerret - Special Thanks
~=-------------NOTES------------=~
This game was made as part of the GMTK Game Jam 2024, with the "Built to Scale" theme. In this game, you are a robot BUILT TO SCALE Fish and the Depths!
Made by Glass Gecko Games (Itch page)
During the jam, the executable download was broken, but the WebGL version was perfectly functional. Post-jam, a new .zip containing the working game executable was uploaded--There are no differences between this new version and the original WebGL version of the game.
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will mobile be supported?
will there be a Mac version?
cool game but i got softlocked which makes me sad
I'm hooked! I suggest to have next fish button when scraping scales, and I want to manage meat size to feed , may be drag and drop from stocks.
Cool gameplay loop, but a bit tough to know where the hitbox of the fish is compared to it's sprite, especially for the big ones, i was confused on if i hooked them or not. The different knives upgrade were really cool and it was satisfying to do it with the claymore. One issue i had that blocked my progression was that i coudln't feed the krakens anymore, pressing E with meat wasn't doing anything at all and it kept my blocked from getting more gold. I don't know where the issue came from, if i spammed E too much or if it's something else.
Besides that, it was a fun little experience!
omg how did i not notice the little among us in the shop menu when i first played lol~
loved this game, though my computer freaked out a bit when i got into de-scaling the fish that have more than 1000 scales but still functioned! good game
these all of them?
love this game but PLEASE can we upgrade the fish limit, i have too much money and more fish to find
my steak too juicy and my lobster too buttery type comment
No I have too much butter and no god damn lobster
Check out our game's full release on steam!
Hi, I like what you did for the game jam. I am looking for a programmer to work on a demo . Here is the hook: A Victorian fantasy tactical RPG set in a nation that has already lost the war. As an impoverished villager searching for work in the capital, you'll join a resistance fighting an empire determined to erase Almeria's animal-folk forever.
If that sparks your creativity, contact me at quentin.nvn@gmail.com
please don't self-promote on other people's game pages, it's rude
Such a cute game!
aaaah I'm not even scared of fish but something about the eyes on the bigger ones freak me out but maybe thats a me thing. the sunfish especially. (>_<;)
I had to stop playing
is there a hot key to go to scale next fish without using the UI?
ALso please auto-next when fully scaled. Thanks
Cute game.
Pls add more content tis game is so good
not even mobile friendly wow >:(
boo this guy
everything above the bluefin had my computer lagging cause of the ammount of scales:DD some optimisation is in store for u guys
Cutesy little game, wish there was more content :D
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caught the nightmare fish lolll, i lub him <333!! the game is so fun!!
i believe so?
that was really fun!!
(:
can you please please pleaseeee and more upgrades
Very fun game,I can't wait for the full game on steam to get published. Only thing I would like is to be able to change the control buttons,because I prefer using the arrows with my right hand for movement and the mouse with my left hand.Other than that 10/10,well done.
nice game, last blade upgrade bugged and the moon fish is making the game lag bc of number of scales, room for improvement but overall simple, fun and easy with decent progression.
Can you add a android download?
I'm genuinely getting ragebaited by the anchovies and the fish cap
I always love fishing games! I liked how bright the colors were. I liked the way the last "fish" took over the entire screen and trumped my Claymore! Great game!
someone make a mobile game version without your permission
Someone is using your game material and copying your game on a mobile game called "fish to feed" i have screenshots if you need them
Hey, some guys stole your game and put it on the play store. It's called scrape rush.
super cool game
good game, if i ever get a steam account i will try out the full version
I love the game!
This one of favorite indie games! I really like the idea I wish if there were more fish in the deep.
fun
cool,tho pretty short
A little gameplay, a smattering of critique ;)
the leviathan one is crazy and idk why i cant post imagine