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A jam submission

Arctic AnglerView game page

Ice Fishing in a Cozy World
Submitted by Null Jam Games (@nulljamgames), RanSio, M3t4lp0w3r, FatalPotatos, Mkilgore — 9 hours, 52 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Theme#24.5334.533
Gameplay#93.6673.667
Visuals#114.1334.133
Overall#143.5733.573
Audio#143.4003.400
Limitation#522.1332.133

Ranked from 15 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Submitted(+2)

I'm so glad I finally got the chance to try this out! I love that you took the time to create multiple quests to motivate the player to keep fishing, and I think your world is really sweet. Your character design is fantastic. 

I do wish there was a little bit more guidance to explore the small settlement and talk to the various inhabitants. I happened to wander over and talk to everyone, but it wasn't immediately clear to me that there were that many characters to talk to and it's easy to miss some of them entirely. 

I think your fishing mechanic is super interesting, one of the most involved I've seen. I found it a bit frustrating, since it seems like no matter what I do the line almost always snaps. I think that's just an issue of practice on my end though, and I think you did a good job of making the mechanic feel unique to this game. I plan on going back and spending more time with it. 

Great job to the team, this is a really polished experience and it's clear that there was a lot of love and work put into this! 

Developer

Thank you very much for giving the game a shot, glad you were able to get the chance to do so! We certainly do need a better onboarding / interaction guide as the player progresses through the game. 

Glad you found the fishing mechanic interesting, sorry it was frustrating as we definitely want to avoid that kind of feeling. I think it needs to be stated more clearly that releasing the line sometimes instead of pulling in drastically reduces the tension which prevents the line from snapping. 

Anyway, we appreciate you giving it a playthrough and the feedback!

Submitted(+2)

Fellow ice fishing game :)

The fishing mechanic here is so so fun, it took me a while to get an understanding of it but once I did it was so satisfying to catch fish. It really is super engaging, one of the best I've ever seen. I didn't have time to finish the whole game but it was so relaxing, pretty visuals, super cute characters and writing, nice music and sounds, plenty of quests to complete, what a great time!

I'll keep it downloaded and go back when I have time and complete it! Awesome work to the team!

Developer

Thank you kindly for checkout our game! Glad you had a good time and it's always nice to see a fellow fishing enjoyer. <3

Submitted(+2)

I've got a statue to my name and have done all the quests! Super fun time! I gotta say this probably one of the best fishing minigames I've seen in a game, if not the best, it's satisfying, simple, fun but not too easy, yet overtime you do understand it and get a little better. I really love the music, super pretty and very nice to listen too throughout the entire game, it never got old. All the character portraits are very cute and very nicely done, having the game laid out in quests was a good choice, it felt very rewarding to complete them. I'm just really impressed how you managed to make the game last a long time and not get boring, the minigame is just super well made, animations of the rod and sfx during it are also very nice. Just super well done, it was a nice relaxing time and despite all the games I've played with fishing, this manages to top all of those! Excellent work, I really enjoyed this!

Developer(+1)

Thank you very much for such a kind review, it really means a lot! We focused on trying to create a unique, engaging and fun fishing mechanic so it's good to hear it was received well! Glad you were able to complete the entire game and enjoy the experience, that's always what it's all about. <3

Submitted(+2)

Didn't finished it (got to the 3rd fishing rode, but still didn't have the patience to catch something legendary). Despite that, had a lot of fun! And graphics are just ADORABLE

Developer(+1)

We certainly need to balance the progression better! Thank you for checkout out our game, glad you had fun!

Submitted(+2)

Appreciated the fishing gameplay! had fun!

Developer(+1)

Thanks for checking it out, glad you enjoyed it! <3

Submitted(+2)

Loved the environment and it was really fun to play ^^

Developer(+1)

tyvm!

Submitted(+2)

It took time , but I was able to complete it.
Cute game with some progressing , and have a little ending. 3D visual is smooth and great.
Good job!

Developer

Someone actually beat it! We threw that in just to have an "ending" Nice someone got to see it. Thanks for playing!

Submitted(+3)

I know I said this in the discord server, but the art is SO adorable! You guys made a super solid game and I absolutely loved it. Well done team!

Developer

Hey thank you!

Submitted(+2)

Cute game!

Developer(+1)

Thank you for taking the time to play and comment on our game! Your game looks interesting and definitely on the list to check out as well this week.

(+2)

Love the idea of going ice fishing !

Developer

Thanks for checking out game!