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Hooked (Online)

By becher

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall2303.2451
Fun2453.0451
Innovation2612.9550
Theme2643.1451
Graphics1683.5151
Humor1233.0129
Mood2003.1649

Comments

luizgt 2023-01-08 21:07

After some minutes playing, the game removed all the players :(

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medow 2023-01-08 21:13

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 2023-01-08 21:20

@luizgt yes my bad i needed to restart the server :/ Thanks for playing anyway

luizgt 2023-01-08 21:23

@becher Don't worry! I will start again :D

kossnocorp 2023-01-09 12:22

There's a little bug. The game saays "nothing bites" even when I caught a fish. Congrats on the game!

verttixpertti 2023-01-09 12:31

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 2023-01-09 12:50

@kossnocorp yes i know. I think it's a bug due to replication but i don't now why

rickylee 2023-01-09 14:27

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 2023-01-09 14:28

amazing game art. It Hooked me for sure. Hopefully you expand upon the idea looks great.

becher 2023-01-09 14:31

@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 2023-01-09 15:48

I love the art style. I wish the fish catching mechanic was more challanging (e.g. like in Startdew Valley).

jk5000 2023-01-09 16:04

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 2023-01-09 17:56

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 2023-01-09 22:05

@maxflav sorry my server has stopped for no reason. It's ok now

kenneth-dd 2023-01-09 22:14

wait it's a multiplayer!? nice job!

edit: it's not not useful.

no-whone 2023-01-10 13:55

Wow, the fact that you managed to add a functioning multiplayer feature is amazing!

becher 2023-01-10 14:03

@no-whone @kenneth-dd Thanks! Even if like that it's not very useful ...

tvorojok 2023-01-10 14:06

Good graphics! I love fishing and have caught almost all varieties of fish

indronna 2023-01-10 14:25

Nice small prototype, sad that you didn't have the time to finish ^^

elflashor 2023-01-10 14:47

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 2023-01-10 15:10

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 2023-01-10 15:40

@keip Thanks ! at least on guy has the reference :D

becher 2023-01-10 15:46

@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 2023-01-10 16:18

nice day for fishing ain't it? Hu Ha :D

chocoland-tv 2023-01-10 18:12

really nice game, great Work

oliverpohl 2023-01-10 18:21

Great game. Made my first million playing this ;)

gonzo13 2023-01-10 19:38

Interesting way for theme implementation. Nice art!

omphh 2023-01-10 22:48

Nice game! Online multiplayer is crazy cool to implement, shame I didn't see any other fishers! Good job :)

fromage 2023-01-11 01:09

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 2023-01-11 08:34

@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 2023-01-12 08:02

Good job, love a relaxing fishing game.

tetrapteryx 2023-01-12 13:40

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 2023-01-12 13:58

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 2023-01-12 14:16

The online multiplayer is awesome. Fun game!

becher 2023-01-12 15:01

@ominusgalaxy44 ha ha thanks :) did you have the chance to see another player?

tetrapteryx 2023-01-12 15:45

@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 2023-01-12 16:42

@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 2023-01-12 17:03

Really cool character design!

jumpirate 2023-01-13 04:13

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 2023-01-13 10:13

Long ago I was like making a fishing game. I can play all afternoon. Well done!

becher 2023-01-13 14:23

@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 2023-01-15 01:13

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 2023-01-15 08:52

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 2023-01-26 23:19

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!