Seal Fighter
In Seal Fighter you play as a bull elephant seal, fighting for territory, honour and of course, the ladies. The idea came from witnessing the real thing while watching David Attenborough’s ‘Frozen Planet’ series. Bull elephant seals fighting is simultaneously terrifying and hilarious and I thought it would be interesting to try and make a game about capturing that spectacle.
How it Evolved
It became more about the competition between friends and trying to bring people closer through the excitement of play. The physics add an element of randomness to the play that gives a new player the opportunity to pull off a big hit against a veteran and I think that balance of skill to luck is what gives the game it’s magic.
Inspiration
The game is somewhere between Street Fighter and QWOP and I want to pay tribute to those games through the art. The game features:
■ Local multiplayer for 2 players in the spirit of the fighting game epics (Street
Fighter, Mortal Combat etc.)
■ Wacky ‘realistic’ physics that have you bouncing off walls, breaking bones
and flying through the air.
■ Wiggle a stick to move and one button to bite, controls that make the game
easy to learn but hard to master.
■ Seal customisation
■ Zero gravity mode… in space…
