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August 05, 2012
flee, fish, flee!
Flee, fish, flee! and try to collect all the diamonds in this puzzler by Craig Forrester and Jonathan Whiting. (when you get stuck press r to retry a level)
Actually, "fin" means final (or ending) in French AND means end in Spanish. Many French films end with the word "fin" so it is commonly mistaken to believe that the only language that uses it in this way is French. However, in the context of this game, either translation is correct given that the intention is to make a pun on the English word fin, referring to the structures that fish use to navigate through water (hence the background image of a fin at the end of the game). :)
Love the graphics, music, plot, and the very punny joke at the end!
*** stars
[Ok, I know I'm a little late here, but according to Google translate the word "end" means:
'Final' in Catalan, Galician, Portuguese, and Spanish; 'End' in Danish; 'Fino' in Esperanto; 'Fin' in French; 'Ende' in German; 'Endir' in Icelandic; 'Fine' in Italian; 'Finem' in Latin;
Cute game!
ReplyDeletefirst!!! ooh yah!
ReplyDeleteShort and sweet.
ReplyDeletecute...had a little trouble with those spiky monsters....had to quit because we have guests over.
ReplyDeletethanks for posting, bart!
Adorable game, just wish my brain could interpolate the octopus movement better. Thanks for sharing this one, Bart!
ReplyDeleteStuck and cannot restart the level??? Shit!!
ReplyDeleteI made it to level three and got stuck. I'm tired of starting that level over.
ReplyDeletevery nice. wish I could turn the sound off though
ReplyDelete>:( can't get passed the first level!
ReplyDeleteit said fin what do i do
ReplyDeleteNeat game. Short. The sponge and erratic octopus level is the last one.
ReplyDeleteFin means "the end" bummer
ReplyDeleteShort but nice! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteThe page doesn't load... am I the only one experiencing this?
ReplyDeleteTO THE ANONYMOUS ABOVE ME ^:IF YOU'RE ON THE SCREEN WITH THE TITLE JUST CLICK ON IT.
ReplyDeleteFun game. Hope they will write more levels. Thanks for posting it, Bart.
ReplyDeletedear anonymus helper - thanks, but i can't access the actual website. tried two different browsers now, doesn't work (load)...
ReplyDeleteFun. Once you learn that the octopus does not like to swim in seaweed, and sponges make nice blocks, it's not so bad!
ReplyDeletefin. lol!
ReplyDeleteFin for me, too!
ReplyDeleteIt's like they developed the tutorial levels and then said, ehh, good enough.
ReplyDeleteFin is latin, it means, "the end"... it's a pun. Obviously too sophisticated for some of you guys ;)
ReplyDeleteFin is not latin, it's french...-_-
ReplyDeleteGUYS! Fin is not latin or french, It's spanish! But it is a pun!
ReplyDeleteOk, it was a pun. I didn't get it. But you don't need to stress out like this.
ReplyDeleteGreat game Bart! I got to the second or third octopus level, will beat it sooner or later!
ReplyDeleteStuck on level 3. #challengeaccepted
ReplyDeleteActually, "fin" means final (or ending) in French AND means end in Spanish. Many French films end with the word "fin" so it is commonly mistaken to believe that the only language that uses it in this way is French. However, in the context of this game, either translation is correct given that the intention is to make a pun on the English word fin, referring to the structures that fish use to navigate through water (hence the background image of a fin at the end of the game). :)
ReplyDeleteI remember when people put effort into these games. Shortly afterwards, Jesus was born.
ReplyDeleteNote: that previous comment was a joke on time.
ReplyDeletehttp://translate.google.com/?hl=en&tab=wT#la/en/fin
ReplyDeletein case anyone cares... "fin" is latin according to google translate. I don't like to be told I'm wrong ;)
Amen google
ReplyDeleteLove the graphics, music, plot, and the very punny joke at the end!
ReplyDelete*** stars
[Ok, I know I'm a little late here, but according to Google translate the word "end" means:
'Final' in Catalan, Galician, Portuguese, and Spanish;
'End' in Danish;
'Fino' in Esperanto;
'Fin' in French;
'Ende' in German;
'Endir' in Icelandic;
'Fine' in Italian;
'Finem' in Latin;
(Hopefully that settles the argument:)]