Description

Inspired by the Link's Awakening fishing mini-game, this bit of arcady fun is meant to last 60 seconds a round. You can definitely catch all the fish in the allotment, but the question is how good is your time?

Controls: Menu (mouse) Fishing (Z/X on keyboard, A/B on gamepad) X(A) - hold to cast, hold to reel Z(B) - cut line to recast

Credits: Zen00 - Programming SuperiorCiderCan - Music/Effects Kira - Menu Programming

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Summary

Frantic Fishing! is a simple yet elegant fishing game with charming Gameboy-style graphics and engaging music that ramps up tension. Players appreciated the nostalgic Zelda-inspired art and the fun, frantic gameplay within the 60-second time limit. Some noted the limited variety of fish and minor control issues with keyboard/gamepad input. Overall, the game was well-received for its polish, style, and replayability despite some randomness in scoring.


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  • Jackaroo
    Lv. 9

    Very fun arcadey game. You captured the Link's Awakening style perfectly. I did manage to get 875 on my first attempt but I hadn't enabled leaderboards. After that it took me ages just to get anywhere close to that again. I ended up settling on 700. There's a lot of RNG involved but I did keep coming back for me trying to recreate that first attempt. I really like how the music begins to speed up too as things go on. Certainly makes it more frantic. Great entry.

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  • Ethan Wake
    Lv. 10

    The Gameboy-style sprites and background are great, and the music is on point (I love how much it ramps up in the last 30 seconds). The leaderboard is a great addition. Bonus points for gamepad support. Very fun!

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  • Jupiter Hadley
    Lv. 13

    Great graphics. I included it in my GM48: Sixty Seconds compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look. :) https://youtu.be/huP5ApnGTE0

  • Chris
    Patron

    The sprites look professional and captured the Gameboy color era Link's Awakening very well. This was a super enjoyable game to play because it was really well done but also nostalgic, great job

  • Veralos
    Lv. 38

    What a cute little game! It's pretty simple but very well executed. The graphics are beautiful - I love the zelda-esque sprites. The music and audio are very good, and I like how the music ramps up as the timer counts down. The fishing gameplay is fun and it's satisfying trying to get the best time possible.

    The only nitpick I have it that it seems to not let you use the keyboard controls if a gamepad is plugged in. I always keep mine plugged in, so it was a tad annoying not being able to use the keyboard.

    Dreamscape
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    Dreamscape

  • The Great Gatsby
    Lv. 9

    Got 550 points : ) cool, simple little game. well done

  • Anonymous
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    Anonymous

    4yrs ago
    • After a lot of button mashing and uncertainty I found out that I am actually not a fish and there’s a fisherman.
    • You press x to cast a line, and then to reel it in. You then hold x for longer when casting to throw the line further.
    • The art is really good!
    • I like the premise, it feels like a DS game
    • I won and my score went up to 500.
  • Tydecon Games
    Patron

    It was everything I was expecting, it was frantic and I went fishing! Cute music and nice gameplay, I would've liked to have seen more fish but it's about getting that balance right for a 60 second game I guess. Very zelda-inspired too, nice one! :)

  • Laxxia
    Lv. 4

    I was expecting more fish to show up, but honestly the three fish and the timeing score was a super interesting way to go about it, def some RNG in the final best score, but i think it was still super cool

  • 2102
    Patron

    This was a fun little game. Simple, yet elegant.

    Sixio
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    Sixio

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