Shiny, happy people: Downstream Panic! screens swim ashore

Scheduled for a 2008 release, Atari‘s Downstream Panic! falls into the action-puzzler genre. The story goes that an enormous cyclone gone wild sucked out all the little fishies from the ocean. It then becomes your job (with various powers combined, no less – gooo, Planet!) to safely guide the fish back to their aquatic homes. Gameplay seems quite confusing, but thankfully, we now have our first batch of screens to oogle at and help you figure out the game mechanics. They’re looking bright and sunny, with visuals and level designs that remind us of LocoRoco and Worms.

The story goes that an enormous cyclone gone wild has sucked out all the little fishies from the ocean. It then becomes your job (with various powers combined, no less – gooo, Planet!) to safely guide the fish back to their aquatic homes. That’s the concept of Downstream Panic! from Atari.

Scheduled for a 2008 release, Downstream Panic! falls into the action-puzzler genre. The gameplay mechanics seem quite confusing – QJ.NET commenter UncertainGod previously expressed that “That is one bizzare sounding game” – but thankfully, we now have our first batch of screens to oogle at!

They’re looking bright and sunny, with visuals and level designs that remind us of LocoRoco and Worms. It’s no good just looking at the screenshots without clicking on them. Make sure you enlarge the thumbs!