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GDC 2015: 'Jelly Reef' Finally Combines Jellyfish, Sea Currents, and Roguelikes

TouchArcade: Game Oven's Jelly Reef, the last game they're making, was demoed to us at GDC 2015. This may seem quite different from something like Fingle [$1.99 (HD)], and that's because Bojan Endrovski, the team's main programmer, took point on designing the game from the original student version that was created. This is a roguelike-inspired game, where you create currents in the ocean to move a sea of jellyfish around, keeping them from harm from the other sea creatures.

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'Jelly Reef' is the Last Game from 'Fingle' Creators Game Oven

TouchArcade: Sad news to report today, as Game Oven Studios is shutting down in April. The creators of Fingle [$1.99 (HD)], Friendstrap [Free], Bounden [$2.99], and the upcoming Jelly Reef, which is still coming out, say that a conflict between being able to maintain their artistic freedom and needing to pay the bills is the reason for the shuttering. Adriaan de Jongh of the three-person studio says in a blog post that they are "at a point where we are in need of another vision for a beautiful game, but where we don’t have one, and don’t have the financial resources to find one and make one."

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Dive in Deep with Jelly Reef Later This Year

In Game Oven Studios’ Jelly Fish, these powers are bestowed upon players to help guide jellyfish to safety with the swipe of a player’s finger.

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