If I had a nickel for every time I found a rhythm game on this jam... You know the rest.
Gameplay is quite unorthodox for a rhythm game. Normally you press your keyboard like DDR, but when you're close to reeling in the fish (as indicated on the bottom) you mash A to finish the deal. For some fish you have to do it more than once. While unique gameplay is always a plus this comes with an issue where you miss out on the rest of the music.
Mash input for the reel-in phase of the Bass-off could have been more clear. Not everyone reads the instruction manual. I kept losing to the first fish without really knowing why and turns out I had to mash when that big A appears on the screen. I thought I had to time the press when the circle closes in.
The lack of transition between scenes and phases kinda makes everything feel abrupt. I ended up missing parts of the note because there's no downtime for when the mashing phase ends and you're sent back to the ddr phase. Also ended up missing the last piece of dialogue because I was still mashing A after catching the King Bass (I think that's what it's called)...
Very awesome, quite the eye-catching entry for sure!