Reely Scary Fishing Game by thomz12

Something sinister lurks in the deep... and it's your task to catch it! :shark: Complete your altar (that's not a weird thing to do at all) and collect all the strange and dangerous monsters hiding in the water. Using nothing but your trusty fishing rod :fishingpoleand_fish:, can you collect them all? Oh, and did we mention you're a ghost? :ghost: How SPOOKY!

Put on your favorite scary audio book and start reeling in those fishes!!

Play the game in your browser here

How to play

Use your mouse to move your rod, and jank the 'fish' out of the water!

Gallery

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Contributors

Made with :heart: by Thom Zeilstra and Mathijs Koning.

Itch.io	https://royallyscrewed.itch.io/reely-scary-fishing-game
Github	https://github.com/thomz12/LD58
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/58/reely-scary-fishing-game

Ratings

Overall	346^th	3.579⭐	21🧑‍⚖️
Fun	501^th	3.184⭐	21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation	509^th	3.053⭐	21🧑‍⚖️
Theme	108^th	4.158⭐	21🧑‍⚖️
Graphics	175^th	4.158⭐	21🧑‍⚖️
Audio	332^th	3.333⭐	20🧑‍⚖️
Humor	203^th	3.472⭐	20🧑‍⚖️
Mood	283^th	3.737⭐	21🧑‍⚖️
Given		11🗳️	4🗨️

Feedback

Oxropy

07. Oct 2025 · 00:11 UTC

Nice Night for Fishing, ain't it

I collected them all 🎣

![Screenshot_20251007_020818.png](///raw/614/73/z/6e603.png)

LDJam user 260720

07. Oct 2025 · 19:38 UTC

Nice game! Simple but very well polished!

Bahonika

07. Oct 2025 · 19:44 UTC

Its kinda funny, i like it

Firebender

07. Oct 2025 · 19:48 UTC

That tool a while. Good take on the theme! It feels like Halloween already :tongue:
![Screenshot 2025-10-07 214512.png](///raw/b0d/1/z/6ebc1.png)

Keith Wang

07. Oct 2025 · 20:16 UTC

Simple but beatifully made game, love the pixelated filter and the fishing line.

dualithe

07. Oct 2025 · 23:16 UTC

![Screenshot 2025-10-08 011529.png](///raw/ed0/d4/z/6ece2.png)

Great game, could be turned into mobile game if you tweaked controls a bit, congrats!

Pimeko

09. Oct 2025 · 00:24 UTC

Really cute game, liked the wobbly effect of the fishing rod! Couldn't understand how to equip the hat and such but enjoyed the experience :)

LDJam user 243193

13. Oct 2025 · 08:25 UTC

Nice fishing game! Too bad it's really RNG dependent, otherwise it could be good game.
Still, I like the simplicity of fishing making it easy to fish. I'm surprised that it has powerups too.

surf croc

19. Oct 2025 · 21:06 UTC

I like the visuals! It would be cool if the upgrades were displayed somewhere (like the ghost wearing the witch hat for example).

boshlonavish

23. Oct 2025 · 14:07 UTC

Very fun and surprisingly addictive. I love the visuals and the halloween theme. Well done!

cassowary

24. Oct 2025 · 01:11 UTC

I really like the game-feel and the physics, it's very satisfying to FLING the fish out of the water and the mouse controls are super fun. I do wish there was a bit more going on rather than just getting lucky to get rarer fish as it got a bit repetitive after a while (maybe making catching the fish a little more difficult / involved somehow would be good). I'm also not sure that the low-resolution style with dynamic rotation always worked great, but the graphics themselves were very nice, especially the cute ghost and the various fish designs.

Skoufakis

24. Oct 2025 · 11:16 UTC

Took me 7:02 to catch them all. And I enjoyed every minute of it :D
The controls are super interesting for a fishing game. See it for the first time and it works really well.
Also the idle progress system is really nice.

And Monster Fishes, sick idea!

Ausstein

24. Oct 2025 · 17:35 UTC

![Screenshot 2025-10-24 193401.png](///raw/7a3/22/z/6f98b.png)

I had all but the last so quick then it took forever...

anyway such a gem to find in the danger zone, hope you make your 20 ratings