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Gone Pondin'

By xhunterko

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Humor7682.19
Graphics7822.74
Audio8881.88
Mood8892.54
Innovation10132.39
Theme10223.10
Overall11142.52
Fun11232.23
Coolness141448

Comments

mrexcessive 2014-12-09 17:21

Hi there. Game runs okay but couldn't work out how to catch even one fish, they just seem to run away from bait hook. Shame no background sounds.

wertle 2014-12-09 23:59

I caught all 9 fish. I enjoyed the retro graphics a lot and how there wasn't a lot of flashy things going on. I'm really impatient, but I appreciate how the game does have a relaxing feel to it.

dunin 2014-12-10 06:41

do you know that sometimes we don't catch a fish but a frog, a tortle, a jellyfish... ???
(it made me laugh!)
The game is relaxing OR not challenging (with frenetic click, you can finish it quickly...)

tiago-ling 2014-12-10 16:58

Nice setting, the game would be a lot better with some bgm - i know it is hard to do that in the compo, my game also does not have any music, but your entry begs for a nice, relaxing tune.

Hard to catch a fish, as it is in real life. I tried to follow your tips but couldn't catch any of them - maybe you could make some of them dumber, bitting the bait more easily than others.

Overall a cool patience-based game, good job!

anissen 2014-12-10 21:04

Good idea but I found the fish very hard to catch. Also there didn't seem to be any way to win/lose the game - or maybe I just didn't find it. Nice graphics and I liked that the hook could be caught in stuff floating in the water

raiyumi 2014-12-10 21:39

I think it would've been better to make the "clickbox" on the fish a bit bigger so catching is easier. Keep it up!

adventureislands 2014-12-10 23:51

Hey, not bad. Short and simple, those fishes were pretty tricky, but managed to catch them all.

dkellycollins 2014-12-11 03:54

I think that game would benefit a lot if you added a timer as it would give players something to improve on each time they played the game. Solid game though.

knivel 2014-12-11 04:32

Hey, interesting controls for a fishing game. I eventually caught one fish, but it was a little frustrating trying to time things. Wasn't sure what the logs and lilypads were for, either. Anyway, it was nice and playable. Good job!

ulydevsecondgame 2014-12-11 05:40

Gotta catch 'em all !

crushenator 2014-12-11 05:42

This reminds me of that electric level in alleycat.

alendro 2014-12-11 06:02

Very relaxing. Couldn't catch any fish, but good job anyways :)

jonnyginger 2014-12-11 06:05

Couldn't catch a fish.

oh_andrej 2014-12-11 14:38

Took me quite a while to get the hang of it, but I do appreciate that the game requires more than just pointing and clicking. This makes it relaxing, but not boring and thus really well-suited as a small distraction.

mrshoestore 2014-12-11 15:10

seems like a nice little distraction game, but boy howdy did i have a tough time catching any fish

nuqu 2014-12-11 17:25

I really like the graphics! Its very calm, I wish there was a soundtrack, like a calm one for fishing :). I didnt get any fish :(, maybe too hard? Overall, I like it

dylanwolf 2014-12-12 00:13

The mechanics in this game were interesting. I like the way your bobber would get caught on debris but still attempt to follow your cursor like a real fishing line would. I also like the way you had to "lead" the to catch them (though it was frustrating that some fish would dart away even if I wasn't moving the mouse).

xhunterko 2014-12-14 06:43

Thank you all for the comments so far! I'm just glad that you don't utterly hate it! ^^

kimau 2014-12-14 17:22

I thought they were frogs till I caught one. Too much frustration for my liking but very nice one screen concept.