Ålbål

Controls: WEDXZA /UILMNH, or clicking with mouse on the tile you want to go to. The goal of the game is to collect as many baby eels as possible.

You are an eel.  Rescue the leptocephalus (baby eels) in a sea of carnage!

How to play:  

Your score is the number of leptocephalus you rescue, and your life is your length. The game is over if your length < 3. 

• Stepping on fire lowers your length by 1
• Collecting stars raises your length by 1
• You cannot swim through rocks or sand
• A shark is trying to kill you. -1 length if you get bitten. Sharks cannot go through rocks
• Seagulls are also trying to kill you. -1 length if you get bitten. Seagulls are not blocked by rocks, but they die on fire. 

Credits

Programming:

Mattias Burman (pavenpaven)

Game design:

Chiminiio

Glassfishthing

Mattias Burman (pavenpaven)

Wet tent

Art:

Glassfishthing

Sound design:

Glassfishthing

Voice acting:

Glassfishthing (eels, shark) and Mattias Burman (seagulls)

Font by Daniel Linssen 

This game was made in Godot. 

https://godotengine.org/license/

Github link: https://github.com/pavenpaven/retro-jam-2026