Fizzly

Fizzly is a fun, casual, vertical arcade game about a strange little bubble-shaped birdfish named Fizzly, who's floating in a cave full of bubbles and must rise to avoid falling into the orange lava below. Simple controls, a quirky cartoon style, and a tense pace round after round.

Fizzly
A round, yellow-and-green bubble-shaped birdfish with stripes, a pair of blue fins on each side, huge cartoon eyes, and tiny protruding teeth. Always a little scared, but terribly cute. He swims upward through the cave, while the lava bubbles below.

Gameplay
• Portrait vertical arcade game with a side-view
• Simple touch controls
• Menu screen with Start and Quit buttons
• Collect points for climbing upwards
• Collect cartoonish yellow-orange starfish for bonus points
• Protect your three lives (hearts) at the top
• Don't fall into the lava below
• Passed Away screen if you run out of lives
• Retry (⟳) or Exit (X) button on the Game Over screen

HUD during gameplay
• Three hearts in the upper-left corner — lives
• Score counter in the upper-right corner
• Bubble ambient — bubbles float upwards
• Starfish icon — collectible

What you'll find in the cave
• Red-brown vertical rock columns as a cave environment
• Blue bubbles at the top — where to aim
• Orange burning lava at the bottom — where you can't fall
• Yellow-orange Collect starfish for points
• Blue bubbles float in the atmosphere

Style
• Polished cartoonish 2D graphics with 3D lighting
• Bright blue bubble top + red-brown cave + fiery bottom
• A quirky, cute bubble-fish mascot
• A cozy, tense, quirky arcade aesthetic

Who will like it
• Fans of vertical arcades like Doodle Jump
• Fans of quirky cartoon characters
• Those who play in short sessions of one climb at a time
• Anyone who enjoys beating their own records

Fizzly — blue bubbles at the top, orange lava at the bottom, a cute quirky bubble in the middle. Just swim and don't fall.