Fishermage - Wholesome Games Jam 2022
A downloadable game for Windows and macOS
The Fieldwork In Semisolid Habitats, or F.I.S.H, society has made a recent discovery: There are creatures living in semisolids, such as the ocean, swamps, and lava. That's crazy! How do they even breath down there? That's exactly what you, a humble science-mage is going to find out.
Take your magical rod of fishery out into the environment and collect some specimens to help us understand these fantastical creatures. Help fill out the aquarium and the Fishnomicon, a book filled with all the info on each species of fish you catch.
- Find fishing spots in different environments, such as the ocean, bog, and volcano!
- Name each species that you catch! Eureka!
- Collect fish to earn scientific credits to upgrade your equipment!
- Display all fish you catch in the aquarium so your collegues and the public can enjoy them!
- Fill out the Fishnomicon!
Controls
WASD - Move Player/Boat
Spacebar - Catch Fish / Deliver Fish
ESC - Quit Game (Immediate)
Credits:
Art and Programming - Kartik Kini
Programming - Eric Cook
NOTICE
This product was made for a game jam in 48 hours, and as a result, there may be some bugs, unbalanced gameplay, and incomplete features. There is currently no pausing, but your progress should save between sessions. Thank you for your understanding, and we hope you enjoy!
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I really like the combination of fishing and RPG. The dice mechanics were very cool. Keep it up!
I felt like playing a Final Fantasy game from PS1 world map with fishing! Some things to adress:
That said, I really liked the game, one of my favs of the jam gameplay wise, but also I need to adress that I don't see how the "community" theme is applicable here, but great work overall!
I LOVE IT
Cool game with a lot of very good ideas!
I really liked:
- the aquarium to display your catch with nice soothing music
- the fact that you can rename your fishes
- the sped up catch once you caught enough of one fish
The fishing battle system is well thought, and the overall game feels very good. It felt a bit too long / stretched out with the current content though.
Great job and thanks for the game 💌
Thanks for the feedback! We definitely did not have enough time to balance the content/economy, but we are hoping we get some time to revisit this eventually.