Just fishing

Those were some big fish! Cute artstyle! For me it wasn't clear what the reeling/rotating really did, or the throwing. Felt like it didn't matter much what you did and still got the fish. But that's fine! Some sort of feedback would've been nice when reeling, knowing if you were close to getting the fish or just some sort of feeling that what you did did something. Even if it was just visuals.

Nice job! Haven't seen a game like this before here :)

A short and fun little game. Absolutely love the artstyle, I just wish we could see what the fish look like! Nice work!

A short little game, I wish the fish catching sound made me think of more pure things

Simple, but pretty sweet!

I think the artstyle fits very well! I wish we could see what the fish looked like once caught :)

Cute little idea! I like fishing games and it's cool to see what kinds of things you can catch. It would be nice if I could see the fish, and sometimes I was reeling in forever and felt like I was getting nowhere... maybe there could be an indicator to show progress?

It certainly was that, it was just fishing - it felt as though the prizes were randomised though? I don't know if there was any skill based in catching the fish or if there was a technique to getting a different variety, I would've also liked to have seen the fish I'd caught as they came out - but overall, you did the relaxing zen vibe nicely and it has a certain charm to its simple aesthetic, not bad :)

A charming, relaxing little time killer. Nice variety of fish, and I personally enjoyed that they are described, rather than shown; after all, aren't fishermen known to tell tall tales of the fish they've caught? :D

Fun to mess with for a few minutes. I caught some massive creatures. This stick man is some kind of superman and these fish are clearly eating too well.

I like the kinematic feel of physically spinning the reel to catch the fish. You could have just left it at mashing spacebar and called it a day, but adding that extra level of interaction makes this feel more like a game instead of a waiting simulator, and I appreciate that.

I also like that you can catch different kinds of fish. Maybe an extra thing to think about adding would be a fishing log documenting every species that you've caught?

You know, there is something charming about the scrappy stick figure man. You don't often see art that is scribbled like that inside a game.

Game is as described! Also, I went to immediately look up what brown catfish are normally sized because I think I caught an absolutely monster haha. I love that.

I found the first part of the fishing game chill. The holding space bar. I think the second portion where I had to reel it in felt less chill because it was pretty hectic. I wasn't sure if I was rotating it correctly so I think adding in a little feedback would work.

Sound wise I think the splashing was repetitive and varying it could add to a zen feel more.

Lots of neat ways to go with this!

1673, beat it.

This video game is about fishing.

You are correct. Just fishing. Not a bad entry for a game jam

Basically exactly as the title suggests. For what it is it works pretty well, the only thing I was unsure about was if my mouse was supposed to rotate clockwise or counter clockwise, turns out it was counter clockwise in my case. It took me a few goes to work that out and I ended up only throwing my hook out a little bit so I could reel the fish in quicker. It would of been cool to see the actual fish! Everything seems pretty solid here, overall a fun little time killer!

Does exactly what it says on the tin. I came, I saw, I fished.

Gameplay-wise, I found the reeling a bit confusing. I wasn't sure if I needed to circle clockwise or counter clockwise at first, so a more clear indicator would be helpful. While the increase in reeling for distance thrown is interesting, I'd like to know how much I need to reel and/or see some form of progress while reeling to know how far along I've gotten.

Thanks for sharing your work~