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A jam submission

Primordial PondView game page

A fishing game about building the world
Submitted by eggwhites (@Ava_Eggwhites) — 12 hours, 37 minutes before the deadline
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This game was cute. I love fishing games

Visuals: 3/5 - I loved the gameplay page where you are fishing. I also appreciated the animations of everything as well. I wish that there were assets that were spring related.

Gameplay: 4/5 - The gameplay was simple and easy enough to understand. I appreciated that it was communicated clearly by just looking at the game. I also love collecting things so that was a neat surprise to see that I had an aquarium.

Music: 5/5 - I loved the music. It was very fitting.

Immersive: 3/5 - I wanted to know what I caught right after catching it but it would never tell me. I don't know if the sun is blocking the message or if that is a bug.

Originality/Style: 3/5 - I loved the concept and the style is cute. I hope that if there are future developments on this game.

Overall: 3/5

Developer

Thanks for playing :) the fish showing up in the message when you catch it was actually the last thing I was working on, but I was in the last 10 minutes of the jam so I had to upload it already XD

Submitted

Love the concept, and the style fits it well. Sort of storybook?

I did need to mess with my view settings a bit before playing, needing to zoom out a tad even in fullscreen. It seemed to be perfect at like 80% before clicking full-screen Also small bug, but it says "You caught a" but then cuts off when you catch a fish.

That said, these are both minor things, I still was able to jump to the aquarium to see what I caught and they all were the cutest fish. I hope to see more from you!

Developer

Thank you :) The screen sizing was something I wanted to do, but it got pushed back. I'll make options for different screen sizes soon :

Submitted

Nice, I caught the fish!

Developer

Yay :D thanks for playing

(+1)

I love the little aquarium! I included it in my Cozy Spring Jam 2023 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look!

Developer

Thank you so much, I watched the video, it's cool you left a fish for everyone else to discover on their own :)

Submitted(+1)

Relaxing and cozy :) I loved the aquarium feature especially! It would be nice to know what kind of fishes I've managed to catch when back at the aquarium page

Developer

Thanks for playing :D you're right I should put a list somewhere, there is a lot of empty space on that aquarium page. 

Submitted(+1)

You should be proud of this game! I always enjoy games where you can collect cute animals and it was fun watching my aquarium grow. I also liked the mechanics and artstyle. One critique is that I wanted the game dimensions to be a bit smaller but still keeping the fullscreen button in case you enjoy fullscreen games. Overall great work~

Developer

Thank you :D Yes, unfortunately the whole option menu got cut for the jam, but it will be back soon :)

Submitted(+1)

the fishing mechanic is so creative! but i wish there was a short explanation on how it worked - i was a bit lost at the beginning. i loved the music, i think it fit the atmosphere beautifully, and all the drawings were so cute!! especially the little person fishing in space

Developer

Thanks for playing :D I'll put in some little graphics to explain the fishing :)

Submitted

Being able to see all the fish you've caught afterwards in the aquarium was a great touch!

Developer(+1)

Thank you that was a fun thing to set up :) I want to make them swim more randomly eventually to make it look like a real aquarium

Submitted

Sitting on a cloud, and the movement even fits the music :) So cozy! Dreamy :) And very nice fish designs :)

Would have loved to see which fish I caught when I catch it and for the aquarium to show how many fish there are (maybe as greyed out shadows). Animating the fish in the aquarium separately would give them a more lively feel :)

Developer

Thank you for playing :) I do want to animate the fish seperately too

Submitted

I see that someone else made a fishing game haha! The approach you chose is interesting making it a timing based mini game !! The art is cute especially the fish.

Developer(+1)

Thank you I liked your mechanic too :)

Submitted

Love the aesthetics and the concept :)
I was a bit confused on the reeling at first. good job 

Developer

Thank you, I'll try adding little graphics to explain the reeling better :)

Submitted

Neat little game, I think there should be sfx when you eclipse the moon.

Developer

Thank you :) yeah that would be cool, some sort of success sound

Submitted (1 edit)

The mechanics was a bit confusing at first. But I love the soundtrack! The art is good too. Nice work.

Developer

Thank you, you too :D