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

❗2025/06/19 Update - We’ve released the demo for the full version of Scale the Depths! You can try it out now on our game’s Steam page!

09/05 Update - We are excited that you can now Wishlist the full game on Steam. We're actively planning improvements and new features that we can’t wait for you to experience. Stay tuned for more updates and thank you for your continued support!

08/27 Update - Thanks to everyone for the amazing feedback, we're so glad you all enjoyed the game! We loved working on this game so much that we are planning a new and improved version soon. Check out our website or follow Glass Gecko Games on Itch.io for updates and more!

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 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.