Gone Fishin' by cdunham

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made by cdunham for Ludum Dare 54 (JAM)

LudumDare54FishingSpot.png Enjoy some nice, relaxing fishing in this small game. You never know what you'll end up catching.

LudumDare54GoneFishin.png LudumDare54InventoryDrop.png

How to play:

Up/W and Down/S to move the boat forwards and backwards

Left/A and Right/D to rotate the boat

Space to interact with fishing spots on the water

When fishing, press space while the tick is over green spots to catch items

Drag items into your inventory after catching them LudumDare54-11.png

Edit: We're working on an update to fix some things that were mentioned about the game(ex. adding a score system and win condition and QOL for the inventory part)

Ratings

Overall 959th 3.083⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Fun 837th 3.097⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1059th 2.544⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1050th 2.757⭐ 37🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 919th 2.778⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Audio 479th 3.329⭐ 37🧑‍⚖️
Humor 612th 2.788⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Mood 648th 3.444⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Given 36🗳️ 51🗨️

Feedback

StvUP
03. Oct 2023 · 03:36 UTC
Thats a really nice and calm music, love the chill atmoshphere. Great work!
LDJam user 365791
03. Oct 2023 · 04:00 UTC
I, too, like the chill experience. My favorite is the look and smooth control of the boat.
🎤 cdunham
03. Oct 2023 · 07:25 UTC
@stvup Thanks, glad you liked it!
🎤 cdunham
03. Oct 2023 · 07:25 UTC
@thunnus Glad you enjoyed it!
Kitira
03. Oct 2023 · 08:23 UTC
Chill game! After a somewhat stressful LD final spurt, this was just the right game for me to play. :smiley: The fishes are really nicely drawn and the texts are funny! I also liked that the sound adjusted according to the difficulty of the fishing.

I also fished out all the trash, of course, and will dispose of it properly for a cleaner environment :smile:
![GoneFisching.png](///raw/84c/65/z/5f1d7.png)

Small improvement possibilities: The Sea Bass was only displayed to me once, the next times I fished it, the display was always empty and so I couldn't add anything to my inventory. Also, there is no end screen when the inventory is full? That would have been nice. But anyway, it was fun and chill to play it. :slight_smile:
Genroa
03. Oct 2023 · 08:32 UTC
Not sure it really fits the theme, since there's no incentive to have specific things in our inventory or actual gameplay based on having to handle a limited space. But a very charming game nonetheless! The fishing gameplay loop is...weirdly addictive. It's nothing deep, but it just works well enough to keep you interested at least a few minutes, wondering what the next catch will be. Some of these are quite hard to catch...! The music is nothing to write much about, but it fits the vibe the game is going for. This was cool to play.

Possible bug: the "sea bass" fish never appeared as a fish to drag into my inventory when I caught one. This happened every time I caught one.
🎤 cdunham
03. Oct 2023 · 23:21 UTC
@kitira Wow, you caught a lot! Hope you liked it! I would do an end game screen but I mostly just wanted players to enjoy at their own pace and finish when they wanted. I fixed the sea bass actually, thanks for noticing the bug.
🎤 cdunham
03. Oct 2023 · 23:23 UTC
@genroa If I had more time I would've made the inventory really small and let the player sell their catches and buy upgrades, but I wanted to make sure everything else worked in the game before then and it was too late by the end. I fixed the sea bass bug though, thanks for catching it!
addaellis
04. Oct 2023 · 04:43 UTC
Agreed with Thunnus, the boat was really smooth to control and a relaxing experience. Also, loved the fish-catching jokes XD.

Not sure if it's intentional, but I noticed that you can only get each block of green once per pass (although it's not punished if you do more so I assumed this was just to prevent spamming space.
Also! If you put something back into the water, it'll stay there and be available for pickup later on. (so we should clean out the water! ^_^)
GreenPig
04. Oct 2023 · 04:59 UTC
I would add some point system or something for the game to have an objective but otherwise very chill game, fishing spots are VERY hard to see, but liked the game altogether.
Porgiepie
04. Oct 2023 · 20:38 UTC
Music was really nice, a very chill game. Although a point system would be pretty cool :)
Rusya_Ink
04. Oct 2023 · 20:44 UTC
Yey, after screenshot of kitira, my goal was to catch omega crab and octopus. And I did it :)

Nice chill game, with some market and fishing gear progression it might just start shining. Nice job
Ahbee_Studio Nex-us
04. Oct 2023 · 20:50 UTC
A relaxing game with soothing music. The theme alignment is a bit unclear. I appreciate the gradual difficulty increase with the fish. It would be nice to have a way to deposit trash somewhere.
Raphiell
05. Oct 2023 · 02:26 UTC
"A rusty pipe covered in some kind of liquid' my guess would be water. Well done, relaxing little fish-em'up.
LDJam user 178793
05. Oct 2023 · 02:49 UTC
Nice game! Very chill. I think sometimes the meter would register a miss when it was a hit but overall it was nice. Played it for longer than I thought I would.
Logan_Core
05. Oct 2023 · 02:50 UTC
Nice chill experience!

![firefox_gtK1p8A8oU.png](///raw/7e8/a5/z/5fb2e.png)
RumiaObsessed
05. Oct 2023 · 04:26 UTC
Pretty chill game.
LDJam user 374809
05. Oct 2023 · 05:13 UTC
Nice chill game. Noticed I could mash space multiple times the green bar and instantly catch a fish sometimes, so I guess you can either play it chill or try to be fast.
🎤 cdunham
05. Oct 2023 · 10:35 UTC
@addaellis lol glad you liked my bad jokes. You can hit each spot more than once on each pass, yeah, but if 2 green parts overlap sometimes it messes things up a little
🎤 cdunham
05. Oct 2023 · 10:36 UTC
@greenpig I'm planning on doing a post Ludum Dare version with more things to catch, a score system, win condition, and different fishing icons depending on how rare the catch
🎤 cdunham
05. Oct 2023 · 10:37 UTC
@porgiepie I'll add a score system and some more stuff in a post Ludum Dare version :smile:
🎤 cdunham
05. Oct 2023 · 10:42 UTC
@rusya-ink Glad you caught them! I was planning on having the player sell their catches and buy stuff but it didn't make it into the jam version and would've made it less relaxing and calm, I feel.
🎤 cdunham
06. Oct 2023 · 09:31 UTC
@ahbee-studio-nex-us You can drag items you don't want out of the inventory and it'll trash them for you
🎤 cdunham
06. Oct 2023 · 09:32 UTC
@raphiell lol its a reference to another game actually, and is not just water
🎤 cdunham
06. Oct 2023 · 09:33 UTC
@nick-baggett Glad you liked it! There's a bug where if 2 green meters overlap it won't register as hitting. Wish I could fix it easily
🎤 cdunham
06. Oct 2023 · 09:33 UTC
@logan-core @rumiaobsessed @bergeronimo Thanks for playing! Hope you liked it!
kankje
06. Oct 2023 · 19:10 UTC
Relaxing and you're always curious what you will find! Is there a way to win the game? 😄
🎤 cdunham
06. Oct 2023 · 20:31 UTC
@kankje Not in the Ludum Dare version, no :sweat_smile: Hope you liked it though!
LDJam user 206001
09. Oct 2023 · 04:34 UTC
I fished up until a certain point, then I got sick. But it was a different idea. I think the inventory was too big for the tight space theme
soup and sandwich games
10. Oct 2023 · 08:29 UTC
Lovely little way to spend a morning! Had a lot of fun :)
freeworld
12. Oct 2023 · 05:48 UTC
Really cute and relaxing fishing game!
🎤 cdunham
12. Oct 2023 · 08:41 UTC
@lincolnsalles @soup-and-sandwich-games @freeworld Thanks for playing :smile:
MallyKM
12. Oct 2023 · 16:54 UTC
really cool little game, definitely has potential for a full-scale game!
🎤 cdunham
13. Oct 2023 · 05:03 UTC
@mallykm Glad you liked it, that means a lot :smile:
LDJam user 243193
15. Oct 2023 · 13:58 UTC
Nice fishing game! limited space is obvious constraint here. I've spent some time fishing until I couldn't fit anything in either trash space or in my inventory. There doesn't seem to be way to end the game here.
But nonetheless, I know how to play this game and how to avoid trash :wink:
🎤 cdunham
15. Oct 2023 · 20:30 UTC
@bloodbane Glad you liked it!
Japayne
15. Oct 2023 · 22:55 UTC
I enoyed the game and it's atmosphere. It would be cool if you could do something with catch too. Good job!
🎤 cdunham
16. Oct 2023 · 06:12 UTC
@japayne There was a plan for selling the catches but I didn't have enough time :sweat_smile: glad you liked it though!
Flying Dog Fish
16. Oct 2023 · 15:52 UTC
Nice chill game.


Whatever you leave in the water or put back in it doesn't disappear. If it gets filled you only get a message about catching a fish but no actual fish :smirk:
🎤 cdunham
17. Oct 2023 · 08:33 UTC
@flying-dog-fish Thanks for playing! I fixed some of that stuff and added more content in an update
LDJam user 375151
17. Oct 2023 · 12:12 UTC
Fun game! I liked the fishing mechanic. Only thing I felt that was missing was some sort of ending once you filled your boat. ![Screenshot 2023-10-17 at 7.10.39 AM.png](///raw/f69/b5/z/6061d.png)

Well done!
ScaryTreeGames
17. Oct 2023 · 12:12 UTC
It seems to me that if you make the graphics a little more pleasant, you will get a great relaxing fishing simulator :)
borjan1peovski
18. Oct 2023 · 20:29 UTC
Neat game!
A counter keeping track of how many of the fish you've caught like a progress or achievement bar would be something I would definitely add.
![fish.png](///raw/305/81/z/606c4.png)
🎤 cdunham
18. Oct 2023 · 22:56 UTC
@draekdude There's something like that if you catch one of each kind of fish. Thanks!
🎤 cdunham
18. Oct 2023 · 22:57 UTC
@scarytreegames Not sure what you mean by more pleasant...
🎤 cdunham
18. Oct 2023 · 22:57 UTC
@borjan1peovski That's a cool idea. Thanks for playing!
EgorMnc
20. Oct 2023 · 14:50 UTC
I really enjoyed the game; it's quite simple but has its unique twist. The gameplay is quite original, in my opinion. Keep it up. I won't mention all the shortcomings and bugs in the game as they have been described above