MASTERBAIT by Hyoga-3D

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made by Hyoga-3D for LD28 (JAM)
Runs better on Internet Explorer.

YouTube Gameplay - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOVWpJ0fR5o&feature=youtu.be

Help the fisherman to catch his food and not starve, but be careful because he has only a bait.

Initially, his line is short, so take only what it can handle. Look at the silhouette of the fish of the respective phase.

Fish have a hierarchy that can not be broken then to catch a bitter fish, you need to use a smaller bait, but not so small.

Beware of the fish with red eyes!
They are not good for eating and can spoil your lunch.

Just one more thing.
Take care not to break his line when it is red, to do this, relieve the tension giving rope to the fish.

To Move: use Arrows of the keyboard.
If you can, download the windows version, it has a better performance, and now go fishing!

Ratings

Coolness 71% 3
Overall(Jam) 3.41 130
Audio(Jam) 3.16 181
Fun(Jam) 3.08 193
Graphics(Jam) 4.03 97
Humor(Jam) 2.83 161
Innovation(Jam) 3.03 208
Mood(Jam) 2.92 252
Theme(Jam) 3.18 145

Feedback

okmmjyygv
16. Dec 2013 路 15:17 UTC
I think it'S creative. And love the graphic style.
TobiasNL
16. Dec 2013 路 16:08 UTC
Pretty cool, soathing water sounds are always a good thing :]
joppiesaus
16. Dec 2013 路 16:10 UTC
Creative, fun, and very, very good graphics! Super polished I think! Nice sounds, nice everything! Good job!
alvarop
16. Dec 2013 路 17:13 UTC
Very nice! It runs so slow on web though!
馃帳 Hyoga-3D
16. Dec 2013 路 17:28 UTC
It is true alvarop :/
Unfortunately it runs a little slow on some navigators, but on the Windows version it runs smooth, you can try it if you want, to see the mistery that lies beneath the sea :)
PEBKAC
16. Dec 2013 路 17:47 UTC
Looks great, and the gameplay certainly works. Theme's a bit of a stretch.
馃帳 Hyoga-3D
16. Dec 2013 路 18:08 UTC
@okmmjyygv thanks had a lot of work trying to make a simple and coloured visual, but keeping it appealing.

@TobiasNL Nice that you like the sound of water! Thanks :D!

@joppiesaus Yes we tried to polish the most we could, because in the past we had made some games don't giving the amount of attention to things like a help, to say to the player what he need to do and a menu too, so this time give proper attention to this kind of things.

@PEBKAC thanks, one of the things that we focused on this game was to make a gradual difficulty to it, so it starts easy and gets harder.
occash
16. Dec 2013 路 19:35 UTC
Super!
馃帳 Hyoga-3D
16. Dec 2013 路 22:03 UTC
Thanks @occash!
OriginalBigDan
16. Dec 2013 路 23:05 UTC
Best name ever.
I really like the 'evolving' bait twist! Maybe you could even do away with informing the player, the 'order' of attraction?

Great artwork too! You should be proud!
馃帳 Hyoga-3D
16. Dec 2013 路 23:17 UTC
thanks @OriginalBigDan.

Nice you liked the name :D
We thought about putting the silhouette of the next fish on the hud, but then we decided to just let this order on the select stage screen, Thanks once again.
Colapsydo
17. Dec 2013 路 13:52 UTC
It was amazing fishing a whale from my small boat :D
Nice job on the evolving background, and all the animals are great.
Mekuri
17. Dec 2013 路 17:05 UTC
Nice game. I liked the graphics as well as the audio.
The game is very well polished. Good job.
evilindiegames
17. Dec 2013 路 17:10 UTC
I like the art style!
skysthelimit
17. Dec 2013 路 17:19 UTC
Simple and fun. pretty innovative too. Amazing how far one bait can actually get you, fits the theme really well.

Only criticism is that the sound was a little off. would have been nice to have some sound cues for catching a fish, achieving goals etc. Also using the sound of running water doesn't really work for a game that is set underwater. Some music might have worked better.
BrothersT
17. Dec 2013 路 17:20 UTC
"thanks had a lot of work trying to make a simple and coloured visual, but keeping it appealing."

You mean copying the style of Vlambeer's Ridiculous Fishing verbatim? I wouldn't try to claim you came up with the style, especially when copying a game that's been notoriously ripped off in the past.

Gameplay is obviously influenced by ridiculous fishing but not too much, which is good! It's a nice twist on the formula, the line tension adds a lot to it. Well done guys!
馃帳 Hyoga-3D
17. Dec 2013 路 17:29 UTC
@Colapsydo that was the idea, fishing giant fishs in a little boat :D

@Mekuri Thanks, we tryed to polish the most we could.

@evilindiegames Thanks!

@skysthelimit yes everything is possible in games, even fishing a whale with a little bait :D
And yes, maybe we could have added some more feedback when acomplishing things, thanks for the tip.
馃帳 Hyoga-3D
17. Dec 2013 路 17:34 UTC
@BrothersT yes, you are right, it was our inspiration, their game it's a m谩ster piece and being compared it it's na honor
ThatGuy
17. Dec 2013 路 17:39 UTC
Clean graphics and fun gameplay. Great work!
Midnight Creators
17. Dec 2013 路 18:41 UTC
Good job! Liked the art, very harmonic! I just missed a music theme, water sounds are too much calm D: The gameplay works very well. Congrats!
local minimum
17. Dec 2013 路 20:01 UTC
Nice game. It took me a great while to get started though because the color change on the bait button was too subtle.
FrederickK
18. Dec 2013 路 02:55 UTC
I loved it!
Beatiful and simple!
My biggest complain is that, at least with the web version, the standalone I'll test later, as deep you go, the game becomes slower, and slower. Could play just up to the orca.
Other this technical problem, great job guys!
Congratz! :)
zkenshin
18. Dec 2013 路 17:27 UTC
Really liked the art. :)
Enneract
18. Dec 2013 路 23:20 UTC
Great game! I loved the graphics :)
Jgpicatoste
21. Dec 2013 路 11:57 UTC
Not that original, but it's polished and runs smoothly. Good job.
Lacutis
22. Dec 2013 路 03:33 UTC
Very creative! The graphics are nice and it used the theme very creatively.
michail
30. Dec 2013 路 15:08 UTC
Cool game with pretty graphics! Discovering new types of fish was very enjoyable, and the last one was really huge. However, I didn't manage to get this monster out.