I love the huge variety of creatures you can catch, kinda reminds me of Pokemon. The fishing does get old a bit quickly, but it's still relaxing. I hope you continue working on this, because it has a lot of potential!
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Spirit Fishing - Cozy GameJam 2026's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Art | #18 | 4.600 | 4.600 |
| Theme | #53 | 4.133 | 4.133 |
| Overall | #76 | 3.456 | 3.456 |
| Polish | #94 | 3.133 | 3.133 |
| Limitation | #97 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
| Gameplay | #101 | 2.933 | 2.933 |
| Audio | #112 | 2.933 | 2.933 |
Ranked from 16 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Very calm, relaxing experience! the faint calm music, the gorgeous autumn forest background, the fun fish designs, the occasional appearance of the spirit - it's all lovely!
A few things that occured while i was playing - i was able to fish even when standing next to the chest and when the bag was open, a few times i misclicked and accidentally started fishing. And when i tried fishing with my bag full the next fish i caught was just floating on top of the character, and it didn't go away after i tried selling some things to empty the space in the bag. It was the spirit fish, the translusent one, and it was actually kinda cute, like the fisher was carrying it's favorite fish with them!
Overall, i adore the atmosphere. Really makes you feel like it's a warm autumn afternoon :]
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Mushroom CurseGorgeous environment. The leaves periodically falling, combined with the calming music, made everything feel so peaceful. I could just sit there and enjoy the scenery. The fishing minigame was fun too, and I liked seeing the little spirits. Seems like you had a really strong foundation here, and I'd love to see what else you have in store for it. Really lovely little game.
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Werenaught Pumpkin StewThe fish art and scenery are so beautiful. The music kinda chill also. Nice game to chill and relax. I thought the spirits are going to steal the fishes but they just pet the player.
Not sure if you know, you can just spam spacebar during the minigame to collect the fish, i.e. there's no penalty for missing.
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Schrodinger's MooncakesI really like this game! Great work! Art of the fish collection is so cute
Thank for making this relaxing and cozy game :D
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Pumpkin Keepervery cute and relaxing. I really like the art, I think the lake newt is my favourite of the little guys i caught.
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BeWatched Pot!Hi, I've encountered a problem I kinda wanna address before giving my review. I'm not able to sell my fish even though I go to the leftmost box and press B. I have tried clicking and pressing every key on my keyboard. Can you tell me how to progress???
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Made with NostalgiaHi! Thank you for asking before reviewing! Means alot! Currently in the build it's less of a "open shop" and more that you can sell from. Your bag whenever you stand by the box.
So it should (unless it's a bug and there are sadly some) be enough to go up to the box -> open your bag with "B" -> beside each fish there should now be a moneybag icon that you can click (as long as you stand near the chest that will be highlighted) and get the money!
Sorry if it's a bit hard. If there was more time I planed to make a seperate ahop but ran out of time. 😅
But hope that helps and thank you for playing and caring enough to ask ❤️
Super cozy, I just kept releasing every fish I caught lol
I can see it be a banger idle/desktop pet-esk game, nice work!
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Porch DecorThank you for playing! A true fish friend I see! Which is totaly the real way to play the game (since you can't even do anything with the money LOL)
Thank you! Been wondering how I could change it in the future to be more fun to play so this made me think! Thank you! And thanks you for the work on the jam! Thanks for having me!
Very cozy fishing game with a beautiful art style! It was lovely and relaxing to play, and there’s plenty of potential to expand on it. Well done!
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Shy ScarecrowThe art is great, I love the style! Lots you could do with this if you continued :)
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