OPEN SEA DEEP SPEAR FISHING DELUXE by WhyNot
Go DEEP SPEAR FISHING like it was 1999! SUPER NO SOUND EDITION (sorry, doing any sound design wasn't our personal goal in this jam)

Catch fish, train your freediving skills to hold breath for longer and venture deeper into the ocean.

Wrestle fish in one-on-one tug-of-war combat.

| Link | https://nicolaigd.itch.io/open-sea-deep-spear-fishing-deluxe |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/48/open-sea-deep-spear-fishing-deluxe |
Ratings
| Overall | 1040th | 3.45⭐ | 32🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 1302th | 3.083⭐ | 32🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 571th | 3.517⭐ | 32🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 1262th | 3.367⭐ | 32🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 342th | 4.177⭐ | 33🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 709th | 2.929⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 934th | 3.483⭐ | 32🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 36🗳️ | 13🗨️ |
(Also I loved the ft. Dante Easter Egg at the main menu :D )
I had some trouble aiming the spear, maybe a crosshair or some kind of lock-on targeting would help?
The tug-of-war "surfing" mechanic feels amazing! Really cool!
1. The graphic is great. I love the model, it look chills and game-y.
2. The gameplay was... actually surprisingly good, after I figured out how to play. I love fishing games and this is a fresh air quite different even from other harpoon games.
What I think could be improved:
1. I had huge trouble understanding how to catch fish. I mean it just pull me around all the place, and me pressing buttons aren't reflected by anything on the screen, so I wasn't quite sure what to do to catch the fish. I think just one more animation (maybe a pulling back animation) or some notable effect (maybe sweating emote or struging emote) that appear immediately when I press Down would help me realize pressing down is what I must do to pull.
2. The game's introduction was a bit misleading. Before I could catch fish, I thought it was because I don't have enough O2, so I even tried to figure out how to "train my freediving skill" by staying underwater and go up, which didn't work obviously.
Those 2 are big issues I think, because I almost quited from frustration when I didn't know how to play.
Luckily someone in the comment mentioned you can increase lung capacity by catching fish, which helped me go back and focused on figuring out how to catch a fish. After I did, as I stated at top, it was surprisingly good gameplay. There are millions new things I could think of than can be integrated to expand this way of fishing further.
Finally. Not a "bad" thing, but more like a pity: the game could be greatly improved with some sparkly sound effect and visual effect. Like those arcade game or Mario-family games. I guess it was because of time constrain?
Mouse controls won't work well. Fortunately, you put gamepad support. Even with the joystick, controls could have been polished a bit more, a crosshair should helps. I spend a good time for catching the firsts fishes.
I suggest a high score for fish size.
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