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Fishing in the woods by KillRyusha

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made by KillRyusha for Ludum Dare 48 (JAM)

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Artboard 1.png The main character's settlement is boring, all elves are like elves. And elves-hunters, too, go hunting with their bows. He, as a young rebel, is extremely unhappy with this. He made a fishing rod out of his bow, ignoring the taunts from the stuck-up elves, he goes fishing for animals in the woods. It is up to you to see if he can realize his rebellion.

In the game you really have to go fishing in the woods. You will go farther and farther into the forest, meeting new animals and increasing your catch. The only thing that might get in your way is a broken fishing line. Artboard 1.png ~𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲 - launch a hook

~𝗔𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘀 - play in quick time event Gameplay.png 2021-04-27_01-39-28.png https://youtu.be/ZQqQJF9vyPY Version 1.5 fixed spawn rate, fixed pause bug, fixed bug with timer sound, changed arrow color, no afk fishing

Version 1.6 fixed animation bugs

Version 1.7 fixed hedgehog bug

Link https://killryusha.itch.io/fishing-in-the-woods
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/48/fishing-in-the-woods

Ratings

Overall 503th 3.771⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Fun 334th 3.771⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 543th 3.542⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1856th 2.375⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 509th 4.021⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Humor 396th 3.409⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Mood 422th 3.875⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Given 22🗳️ 27🗨️

Feedback

Nikolaj
27. Apr 2021 · 23:50 UTC
cute, the fishing mechanic, come key tapping mechanic was a bit confusing at first.. but a cute time waster
mathemagician
27. Apr 2021 · 23:57 UTC
Took a hot second for me to realize exactly what was happening with the gameplay, but it's very cute. The quick-time events feel very unforgiving.
seanarooni
28. Apr 2021 · 00:00 UTC
great twist on a fishing game! was a lesson in patience waiting to catch the right animal when i only had one or two cards left (it was always rabbit), but never frustrating and very rewarding to nail that skill shot hook to hit the right animal between two others. sounds and graphics were great. the guitar on the main menu was a nice touch!
Deruitda
28. Apr 2021 · 00:05 UTC
Love the art!
JeanBon
28. Apr 2021 · 00:09 UTC
What a cute and relaxing game. I love fishing games, for some reason that I do not quite completely understand myself, and it was a real pleasure playing this one. I never saw a fishing game with this mechanic, well done! :D
HerryFabien
28. Apr 2021 · 00:13 UTC
The art was really amazing the hook especially . The combination of gameplay was intersting and the sense of progression pretty nice.
Failing a key is way to punishing resulting in almost always a snapped hook. The spawn chance could be weighted toward the card you need to complete so as to not have to wait to long for the single animal you are missing.
Paul-Maxime
28. Apr 2021 · 00:24 UTC
I love it, very relaxing and challenging enough!

I would add a color to the arrows to make them easier to distinguish, like that:
![arrows.png](///raw/46e/d1/z/41075.png)
leorid
28. Apr 2021 · 01:41 UTC
A game I didn't expect here - while the first levels are ok, the third one is extremly frustrating simply because of the low spawn rate of the rats, so I sat back, watched the scene for a bunch of seconds until finally a rat came by, alone, so I can fish it - and then I lost the minigame because I was in a relaxed mood and just too slow and unfocused.
The graphics are nice, sound too, but I think those two things don't mix well. Relaxing vs stressful.
Still, bugfree and well executed. ^^
🎤 KillRyusha
28. Apr 2021 · 02:36 UTC
@leorid fixed system of animals spawn, thanks for feedback!
🎤 KillRyusha
28. Apr 2021 · 14:44 UTC
@paul-maxime thanks for feedback and really nice idea, we added colorful arrows)
Sodaro
28. Apr 2021 · 15:25 UTC
Cool game! At first I thought the longer QTE:s were a bit harsh if you messed up, but then I realized there was no level-based time limit, which made it more relaxing :smiley: The artstyle was great and the animals adorable!
n.robllits
28. Apr 2021 · 17:32 UTC
such a pretty project) and I still don't understand why I should avoid hedgehogs. they're super cute!
LDJam user 241448
28. Apr 2021 · 17:53 UTC
It's good, want to more trees))
pnikav
29. Apr 2021 · 09:31 UTC
Very interesting game mechanics, great graphics and sounds too! However, at the last level, there are a lot of wild boars that go slowly and prevent the rest of the animals from being collected :(

I hope you will add more creatures and levels in the future! I really stuck to your game for about ten minutes!
Nastya Safonova
29. Apr 2021 · 13:52 UTC
I really like elf's sly face haha I miss keys but it makes game more interesting and kinda challenging! You're cool :^)
1studio
30. Apr 2021 · 19:58 UTC
Nice graphics. I especially loved the background noises like the birds chirping. Overall an interesting concept.
LDJam user 223588
30. Apr 2021 · 20:15 UTC
Interesting game !
damagefilter
30. Apr 2021 · 20:28 UTC
This is a fun and rather polished little game. I love the combination of fishing and quicktime events.
Granted. I suck at quicktime events. But ye olde man managed them anyway. So that's great.

If I had to nitpick on something I'd say this:
The fishing mechanic could be expanded upon. The fact that I must avoid hedgehogs makes me think:
I'd love some more diversity in obstacles, actually. Perhaps dung beetles rolling their ... dung that you have to avoid.
Add do that an option to manually take the "hook out of the water" for some more control. Which would play together with avoiding the stuff I shouldn't be fishing.


@n-robllits You avoid hedgehogs _because_ they are cute :D
LDJam user 238552
30. Apr 2021 · 20:28 UTC
This game as a nice feel to it, promoted by the graphics and sound. It was a relaxing experience and fun too. I like the suggestion about possibly coloring the arrows as suggested above ^. Well done.