Lo-Fish

This is a simple, semi-idle collection game where you create sequences of patterns to attract different fish, inspired by lo-fi beats and one-touch games.

Made by Cari Watterton & Scott Simpson, with material help from Adriaan Scheepers, music tracks from FASSounds and audio assets from Kenny's Game Assets and freesound.org. This game was made for GMTK Game Jam 2025, as such please be kind to the bugs! 🪲

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Input Methods:

Mouse is required to play, but the game can be played with a single click. Casting lure can also be done with any button.

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How To Play:

• Click anywhere or press any button to cast your line.  
• The fishing loop activates each lure and a fish may bite at the end of the loop. 
• The catch indicator at the top of the loop tells you the bite chance for the pattern.
• Open your tackle box to select and place lures.
• Your logbook stores all the fish you catch, and record any surprises along the way!
• You can activate auto fish to reduce time pressure, and Press the ? button to refer to instructions.

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Accessibility Information:

🖐️ Mobility:

• Playable with Mouse-only, one click only.
• No holds, simultaneous inputs or double taps.
• The main mechanic is a QTE (reeling in a fish after a bite), but is completely removable through the Auto-Fish feature.
• Reeling in a fish is also low-precision, click anywhere on the screen or tap any button to reel in. 

👀 Visual:

• Colour-blind accessible by design (no reliance on colour).
• Good contrast visuals throughout.
• Clear, sans-serif font for all core text.
• Audio feedback, including for core mechanics.

🦻 Audio:

• Completely playable without audio.
• Music volume adjustable in-game at any time.
• No dialogue by default.

🧠 Cognitive:

• Low reading required.
• No maths.
• Fishing log provides references at any time.
• Low-pressure.
• Time limits are avoidable through the Auto-Fish feature.

💚 Content & Mental Health:

The game is designed to be a relaxing experience, and you can turn off the music to play to your own sounds if you prefer. 

The special fish designs and fish descriptions are written with whimsical intent. While the game is about fishing, there is no animal violence and the ‘collection’ of fish is open-ended.

⚠️ Mild Spoilers on Special Fish ⚠️

In the interest of transparency, some fish designs include sharks (including a jaws reference) and monsters (ghostly fish, nessie). Only one special fish is an explicit food reference (battered haddock and chips). 

Known Issues

The game should save after each fish, but maybe catch an extra to be sure if you find something special! Experience doesn’t save or load, but we ran out of time during the jam to make proper rewards for levelling up so this doesn’t affect the experience.

There is a bug where some combinations may show 1%! This is a lie (they are 0%)  except for 🪝hook (blue),  🐟lure (pink), and 🟢bobber (green). 👀