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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Enjoyment | #3481 | 2.526 | 2.917 |
| Creativity | #3502 | 2.887 | 3.333 |
| Overall | #3785 | 2.622 | 3.028 |
| Presentation | #4175 | 2.454 | 2.833 |
Ranked from 12 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
It's a parody of a popular game "Cat goes fishing", but the roles of the cat and the fishes are reveresed, hence the title.
Did your team create the vast majority of the art during the 48 hours?
Yes
We created the vast majority of the art during the game jam
Did your team create the vast majority of the music during the 48 hours?
No
We used pre-existing audio
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Comments
Firstly, congrats on your first itch game!
I think this game is very fun to mess around with. It's fun throwing the rod out there and just getting a cat, getting coins, getting a stronger rod, etc.
I did struggle at first with the shop and resetting! I tend to skip text cause I'm lazy so I didn't read that you needed to press enter to open the shop - instead, I just clicked on my coins and coin total, which I feel would be more logical to open the shop with?
It also seems like resetting the rod doesn't reset the velocity, which makes it hard to grab again when resetting. Using the rod also took me a little while, since it's more like a slingshot.
Still though! It's a fun game to mess with, and I can definitely see ways to iterate on it. Reminds me of games like Learn To Fly, in a good way. I also very much like the little tooltips when you catch a cat (they did seem to no longer appear after a while, though), if more species were to be added it'd be a fun indirect way to learn more about other species of cats!
Funny game! I like the pixel style arts. Is there a goal? I couldn't buy any upgrades any more after a short time but i also didn't need any since i could throw through the whole level so I was just collecting more money.
Thanks! As for the goal- not really- the game was supposed to have a lot more cats and map sections, but I did not have time, unfortunately. Originally I wanted to make a list of all the cats, so the main goal would be completing that list. However, some mechanics took my way too long because of my lack of experience ^^; But thanks for trying out the game!
It's a cute and funny game. I didn't understand how to throw the hook at first until I read one of the comments below :). Nice work!
Yeah, the in-game instructions could've been better, but I'm glad you found the solution in the comments ^^; Thank you so much!
Creative concept. A little hard to throw the hook.
Thanks! And yeah, I already got a lot of feedback about the hook, so I will keep that in mind. Thank you for trying out the game!
While a few people had the idea of making a fishing game where you're the fish, the creative idea of having you being a catfish fishing for cats makes the game much more charming. The gameplay is a bit simple, and there isn't really an ending (both likely due to time constraints), but it's still very fun. The best part of the game is definitely the pixel art. Great game overall!
Thank you so much! I definitely struggled due to the time constrains since I made everything apart from the music- I really wanted to add more to the game T-T Very glad that you enjoyed it!
I love your art. This game so fun. I like it. More map and upgrades pls...
Thank you so much! I definitely want to add more features after the rating period ends- thanks!
Took a little bit to figure out how to throw the floater properly, but once I did it was quite a fun relaxing little game.
Yeah, I should have worded the instruction differently- but I'm glad you enjoyed it, thank you for playing ^^
The art was great, and so was the idea! I couldn't quite get the bobber to work how I wanted it to, but that's okay! I still appreciate the effort this took! :D
Hi, and thank you so much! I should have explained it better- you have to pull the bobber back in order in order to throw it (more like 'shoot' now that I think about it), kind of like a slingshot. But thank you very much for playing the game and leaving a comment! ^^
I love the art style it is really great choic
Thanks! I'm not an artist but I tried my best ^^