Arbour by literallyjosh
A game where you catch fish and fetch water for a bed-bound house guest. Kind of a walking sim/fishing game. It was supposed to be more horrory than it turned out but I'm fairly happy with it.
Press Z to interact with stuff. Mash Z when fishing to reel the rod back in. This lets you recast if you need to as well.
Note: there's a bug where water sometimes displays as black for some reason and I have absolutely no idea why or how to fix it and I'm out of time. Sorry.




| Windows | https://joshperry.itch.io/arbour |
| Source code | https://github.com/josh-perry/arbour-ld41 |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/arbour |
Ratings
| Overall | 369th | 3.342⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 490th | 3.026⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 559th | 2.921⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 635th | 2.763⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 435th | 3.053⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 34th | 3.895⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 21🗳️ | 16🗨️ |
Thank you for making this. Good job! =)
A bit of explanation on how the fishing mechanics work would be helpful but in the end it was not that hard
Good job!
https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/hype-time
This is a fantastic entry. Where do I even begin? You manage to tell a story without using a wall of text. From the very beginning you are filled with a creeping feeling of hopelessness. But you carry on, until the very end. You gave just enough information for the player to keep wanting more, and piecing together bits to try to figure out what's going on. And you could not have done the ending better, after you die and the game closes, you are left there with a feeling of emptiness.
I genuinely enjoyed every moment of it. Great job!
(PS: I had a little bug where the fishing line got stuck in the bottom left corner of the screen and I could not move it anymore and had to restart the game)
I left my rating of your game, if you can leave your feedback in our game, Witch's Escape.
I hope you continue with the project.
https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/witchs-escape