Hooked (Online) by Becher

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made by Becher for Ludum Dare 52 (COMPO)

Hooked!

A game about a fisher robot that have to harvest fishes in an online lake.

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Post jam update

  • Small balancing on rare fish spawn chance (speeds up game progress)
  • Fix multiple requests when pulling the rod (game says “nothing bites” even when their caught a fish)

Ratings

Overall 230th 3.245⭐ 51🧑‍⚖️
Fun 245th 3.041⭐ 51🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 261th 2.958⭐ 50🧑‍⚖️
Theme 264th 3.143⭐ 51🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 168th 3.51⭐ 51🧑‍⚖️
Humor 123th 3.019⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Mood 200th 3.16⭐ 49🧑‍⚖️
Given 14🗳️ 13🗨️

Feedback

LuizGT
08. Jan 2023 · 21:07 UTC
After some minutes playing, the game removed all the players :(

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Medow
08. Jan 2023 · 21:13 UTC
I absolutely love the art style and I can't believe you got online multiplayer to work! Shame it's not finished, but what's there is very good. Well done!
🎤 Becher
08. Jan 2023 · 21:20 UTC
@luizgt yes my bad i needed to restart the server :/ Thanks for playing anyway
LuizGT
08. Jan 2023 · 21:23 UTC
@becher Don't worry! I will start again :D
LDJam user 315277
09. Jan 2023 · 12:22 UTC
There's a little bug. The game saays "nothing bites" even when I caught a fish. Congrats on the game!
VerttiXPertti
09. Jan 2023 · 12:31 UTC
The artwork is otherwise so great that the black void was a little offputting. Also I couldn't find any other fish than the first 3. I think the upgrades should be more fast-paced.
🎤 Becher
09. Jan 2023 · 12:50 UTC
@kossnocorp yes i know. I think it's a bug due to replication but i don't now why
LDJam user 258850
09. Jan 2023 · 14:27 UTC
I levelled up until stuff became too expensive haha ^^ didn't realise there was multiplayer until right before I stopped when someone joined lol that was a really nice surprise
Hoeleboele
09. Jan 2023 · 14:28 UTC
amazing game art. It Hooked me for sure. Hopefully you expand upon the idea looks great.
🎤 Becher
09. Jan 2023 · 14:31 UTC
@hoeleboele Yes i would like to expand the idea, i was a bit ambitious for this game... I barely did half of what I wanted to do...
owca
09. Jan 2023 · 15:48 UTC
I love the art style. I wish the fish catching mechanic was more challanging (e.g. like in Startdew Valley).
jk5000
09. Jan 2023 · 16:04 UTC
The game looks great and the idea is pretty fun. A bit more gameplay would have been great. But overall I liked the game.
maxflav
09. Jan 2023 · 17:56 UTC
I absolutely love the design of the robot fishermen! The game doesn't seem to work at the moment... I have $9999 but I can't do anything. Can't wait to see how it turns out when it's finished!
🎤 Becher
09. Jan 2023 · 22:05 UTC
@maxflav sorry my server has stopped for no reason. It's ok now
kenneth-dd
09. Jan 2023 · 22:14 UTC
wait it's a multiplayer!? nice job!

edit: it's not not useful.
LDJam user 297532
10. Jan 2023 · 13:55 UTC
Wow, the fact that you managed to add a functioning multiplayer feature is amazing!
🎤 Becher
10. Jan 2023 · 14:03 UTC
@no-whone @kenneth-dd Thanks! Even if like that it's not very useful ...
Tvorojok
10. Jan 2023 · 14:06 UTC
Good graphics! I love fishing and have caught almost all varieties of fish
Indronna
10. Jan 2023 · 14:25 UTC
Nice small prototype, sad that you didn't have the time to finish ^^
elFlashor
10. Jan 2023 · 14:47 UTC
Not so much of a game unfortunately since you couldn't finish, but cute! I hope you didn't spend all your time trying to make multiplayer work instead of fleshing out the gameplay? 😅
keip
10. Jan 2023 · 15:10 UTC
really cool game. The allusion to Viva La dirt Leauge made me laugh a lot. Very cool idea. Unfortunately I didn't find (catch) the Dilalin and Madoli, but I was very surprised at the value of the very large fish. It was fun. Good job
🎤 Becher
10. Jan 2023 · 15:40 UTC
@keip Thanks ! at least on guy has the reference :D
🎤 Becher
10. Jan 2023 · 15:46 UTC
@elflashor Yes maybe... But anyway I don't plan to add more "game" if you are talking about fishing mechanics.
But yes i would like to add more multiplayer mechanics, and some content around the core game. And more work on mood to make the activity of waiting more pleasant. This is closer to real fishing in my opinion. But maybe fishing isn't fun, at least not for everyone :D
Macibacsi56
10. Jan 2023 · 16:18 UTC
nice day for fishing ain't it? Hu Ha :D
chocoland.tv
10. Jan 2023 · 18:12 UTC
really nice game, great Work
OliverPohl
10. Jan 2023 · 18:21 UTC
Great game. Made my first million playing this ;)
Gonzo13
10. Jan 2023 · 19:38 UTC
Interesting way for theme implementation. Nice art!
omphh
10. Jan 2023 · 22:48 UTC
Nice game! Online multiplayer is crazy cool to implement, shame I didn't see any other fishers! Good job :)
Fromage
11. Jan 2023 · 01:09 UTC
Worked fine for me but I didn't get to see any other players unfortunately. Felt like the upgrades were pretty slow, and I was a bit disappointed the puddle didn't have cool secret fish, but everything worked and I liked the art style!
🎤 Becher
11. Jan 2023 · 08:34 UTC
@fromage there are one secret fish in puddle :D but it's rare. Thanks for your feedback. I need to increase the odds of rare fish spawning.
Adamwigs
12. Jan 2023 · 08:02 UTC
Good job, love a relaxing fishing game.
tetrapteryx
12. Jan 2023 · 13:40 UTC
The only one I couldn't find was the madoli. I love fishing games, and this one is really nice and chill! The one thing I really wanted was a meter to show how far my line was going to go. I upgraded the rod length too fast, and didn't have the strength to catch anything at the limit. Being able to judge when to let go to throw it closer would have been helpful.
🎤 Becher
12. Jan 2023 · 13:58 UTC
yes thank you @tetrapteryx :) a cast charge bar is one of my next feature ! a bar or a telegraph on floor/water where the line will finished. Don't know which one is better for now. :)
OminusGalaxy44
12. Jan 2023 · 14:16 UTC
The online multiplayer is awesome. Fun game!
🎤 Becher
12. Jan 2023 · 15:01 UTC
@ominusgalaxy44 ha ha thanks :) did you have the chance to see another player?
tetrapteryx
12. Jan 2023 · 15:45 UTC
@becher I really like the idea of indicating the distance on the water! It would be easier for the player that way than having to do the mental conversion between the bar and the max distance, so I think it depends on whether you want that to be more of a challenge.
OminusGalaxy44
12. Jan 2023 · 16:42 UTC
@becher yeah! i didn't see the (online) part in the title so i was really confused when i saw another fisher, but it was still a cool experience :)
Dustyroom
12. Jan 2023 · 17:03 UTC
Really cool character design!
JUMPirate
13. Jan 2023 · 04:13 UTC
I was attracted by the graphics, but it seems that there is a problem in the game. The character suddenly disappeared each time I played... Hope you can solving this bug in the future.
yellow
13. Jan 2023 · 10:13 UTC
Long ago I was like making a fishing game. I can play all afternoon. Well done!
🎤 Becher
13. Jan 2023 · 14:23 UTC
@jumpirate very strange, I don't know why you have this problem :/ probably a replication bug as usual but when the server disconnects the client, your character does not disappear. Can you tell me on which browser you play, and if you have a vpn (I don't know if that can have an impact...)?
TerranB
15. Jan 2023 · 01:13 UTC
Very nice! I like the art and its a simple fishing mechanic(which is my preference). I think I would have liked shop costs to be alittle lower as it started to feel like I was grinding to see what I could catch with the upgrades instead of just having the fun I had at the start. Great job!
DaivyIsHere
15. Jan 2023 · 08:52 UTC
Amazing little fishing game here! I like every aspect of it. But looks like you didn't have time to fully polish the game. But I think the overall looks is pretty great still. I also made online multiplayer games for this and the last LD. If you don't mind, I would like have a chat with you on discord. My discord is Daivy#9617
Cat Lab
26. Jan 2023 · 23:19 UTC
It's a really great start! It does take quite a while to rack up enough fish/money for the upgrades past a certain point, but it's the start of something that could be even better with time. Nice art, would love some sound to go with it, too!