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OVER/FISH by Farfin

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made by Farfin for LD29 (COMPO)
I'm going to take out my emotional issues on these fish. I'm going to unsustainably work out my troubles. Each fish I pull up is a weight off my mind.

but Ice fishing alone just doesn't seem right.

EDIT: it wasn't clear but You only control the side to side motion of the hook and it's speed. It moves up and down on it's own.
Web(Flash) http://daytonmckay.com/ld29
Source https://www.dropbox.com/sh/gzau65mv4vluhi0/SYWQujHYVT
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-29/?action=preview&uid=4268

Ratings

Coolness 71% 3
Overall 3.38 360
Audio 2.56 665
Fun 3.10 482
Graphics 3.83 177
Humor 2.83 320
Innovation 3.29 402
Mood 3.37 266
Theme 3.61 258

Feedback

CaptainKraft
28. Apr 2014 · 02:34 UTC
I was smiling the whole time. Your art is charming, the sounds work great, and the gameplay is clever. Two thumbs up
FuzzyWuzzie
28. Apr 2014 · 02:35 UTC
I LOVE the art in this! The gameplay is also unique yet simple! My only complaint is that it can be next to impossible to reel em' in sometimes!
Kara Jayde
28. Apr 2014 · 02:42 UTC
Very cute art and cool mechanics (a little difficult to control the hook though, had to spam up and left, which seems unintuitive). No bugs that I could see :) HOW DOES SHE SEE SO WELL UNDER THE ICE THO?
FrameMatt
28. Apr 2014 · 02:48 UTC
I really enjoyed this one. As CaptainKraft and FuzzyWuzzie said before, the art is great.
IAmSpencer
28. Apr 2014 · 03:02 UTC
This was really enjoyable. It was strangely relaxing haha. This would probably make a really fun mobile game where you tilt to move your hook. Anyways, great work :)
gikdew
28. Apr 2014 · 06:58 UTC
Omg, nice graphics!
TomCooper3D
28. Apr 2014 · 07:01 UTC
i didn't know i could swing left and right for a while but after that it was ez mode great job love the character
CustomPhase
28. Apr 2014 · 07:30 UTC
That was good, but its getting boring pretty quick. Have to have more things as you progress.
oal
28. Apr 2014 · 07:34 UTC
A simple game, but still very entertaining. Makes me happy!
saiato
28. Apr 2014 · 07:37 UTC
Very cute! It's really a lot of fun to play. You can subvert the speed of it falling by holding left or right and having the hook cling to the wall until you're ready to move it. Not sure if this is intentional.
PaperBlurt
28. Apr 2014 · 07:43 UTC
Therapy fishing?

Nice paintings...
Seraphic Media
28. Apr 2014 · 22:24 UTC
Nice game!
burquitlambadgers
29. Apr 2014 · 01:09 UTC
Tricky at first but cool once you get the hang of it. I first wanted music as well, but then realized that it feels much more lonely without it (which in this case, works well).
pinkmonkeyhead
29. Apr 2014 · 03:20 UTC
At first the controls felt really weird, but once I got used to it the game gets very challenging. good job!
lonewookie
29. Apr 2014 · 12:16 UTC
Very cute art! Also a very fun, simple, and charming game mechanic!
DarkEngineer
29. Apr 2014 · 15:46 UTC
Nice art and idea!
lajos
30. Apr 2014 · 00:43 UTC
Very nice art! Congrats!
Thorig
01. May 2014 · 08:56 UTC
Fun game to play.
xdegtyarev
01. May 2014 · 16:14 UTC
It's funny.
matthias_zarzecki
04. May 2014 · 17:26 UTC
Nice one!
Cake&Code
05. May 2014 · 09:31 UTC
Took me a second to read your rules and realize that moving up and down was not controlled by me. The gameplay is pretty clever, but aged a bit poorly once I was a few levels in. The art is amazing as always!
BadgerPriest
06. May 2014 · 07:51 UTC
33. Wow, that was both significantly more challenging and a lot more fun than I was expecting from a drop-the-hook fishing game. Very cool!