Welcome to Odell Lake! Here, fish do fish things, and we get to learn what these fish things are. Play as a fish and learn how to survive as best you can. In this entry, we play as the Blueback Salmon and the Chub.
Welcome to Odell Lake, an educational game that takes place in the real Odell Lake in Oregon. You play as a fish and you have to survive by knowing what your fish likes, what your fish doesn't like, and what fish to run away from. Watch out for the ospreys and the otters! They'll want to eat you, too.
At the start of the game, you can get information about the game. From there, you can either go exploring or play for points. "Go exploring" allows you to play as a fish and get comfortable with the controls while also figuring out what to do as the fish you're playing as. "Play for points" is the arcade mode where you have to make the best move with the current fish you're playing as to get as many points as possible.
Regardless of which mode you play, you always have five commands. E lets you eat (or attempt to eat) what you're encountering. C lets you chase away what you're encountering. I lets you ignore what you're encountering, effectively doing nothing. S is the shallow escape, which lets you escape through the upper part of the screen. D is the deep escape, which lets you escape through the lower part of the screen.
The Osprey and Otter must always be avoided with a Deep Escape. Confronting either with any fish will result in a game over. If you're deep in the water like the Mackinaw Trout, you can ignore and neither will see/get you, but I usually use Deep Escape on principle.
In "Go exploring," holding Control and then pressing ? will allow you to get information on your current fish and what you're encountering.
Blueback Salmon
The Blueback Salmon is usually on the shallow elevation of the screen. The only food it likes is plankton, and it doesn't eat any other fish. As a matter of fact, it is the only fish in the lake that eats plankton. If the other fish is a bigger fish, like a Dolly Varden or a Mackinaw Trout, you'll want to run away from it.
Eat: Plankton
Ignore: Algae, Bottom Organisms, Insects, Chub, Rainbow Trout, White Fish
Deep Escape: Dolly Varden, Osprey, Otter
Shallow Escape: Mackinaw Trout
Chase Away: none
Chub
The lake chub (known here as just a chub) is a pretty small fish that is usually caught for sport despite its size. It is usually in the shallow depths and is also used as bait for the Mackinaw Trout, and the Mackinaw Trout seems to like it. It is the only fish in the lake that eats algae, but it also eats insects, and it doesn't mess with any other fish. Most fish ignore the chub, but the Dolly Varden and Mackinaw Trout will eat it.
Eat: Algae, Insects
Ignore: Bottom Organisms, Plankton, Blueback Salmon, Rainbow Trout, Whitefish
Deep Escape: Dolly Varden, Osprey, Otter
Shallow Escape: Mackinaw Trout
Chase Away: none
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