Great little game! Was great to see how you've combined the challenges of timing the attacks and catching the airborne fish. Well done on the meter, effects and expression change of the bear as well - they helped in setting the mood!

Great little game! I can imagine how many different mechanics, different fish, disturbing NPCs, environment effects and different maps can be added into it.

Played it a few times, was pretty fun trying to catch the fish. Great game!

This is the best implementation of fishing mechanics in any game ever. Usually they make you wait and then you have to balance some push and pull thing. But this game? Nah, bear gets right to it. Love it.

OOH this game is actually super fun! moving around and whacking the fish is quite satisfying. it has so much potential :D the art is also really really cute!!! really cute game. one of the more fun ones i've seen so far. good job!

really nice mechanics. you should add different types of fishes, water flow speed etc and republish after the rating ends.

interesting mechanic, I never thought of a fishing game from a bear's perspective. Great job!

As others have said, the fishing mechanic is unique and feels great to use. One thing is that in the web version, for me the UI is obscured unless you go into fullscreen (didn't realise there was score or a stomach meter at first)

I liked this. Until I read @connorwmackay comment I didn't know there was a score either. Everything made way more sense after that. The graphics are nice, the fishing mechanic is fun, and it kept me playing until the end, twice.

Good stuff :8ball:

Interesting twist on the fishing mechanics as others have said. Was super fun to launch some fish with a red hit. The eye expressions for the bear and the "Splash, Splash" fx were cute touches. Feels good and plays well, would like to see where you take it :D

Fun little game! The fishing mechanic is quite unique. It takes a while to get in to the groove but after that I was able to beat the game.

Nice work on this compo game!

Really cool fishing idea which was fast to get.

I like the simple graphics and the bear is really cute ^^. I got that I had to fill the stomach (may because in my own game starving is a thing) but thats may something which could have been highlighted more. Because I think not for everyone it is obvious that this has to be filled up / you loose if stomach is empty.

Besides that the only thing I really was missing is audio. That could give it a real relaxing vibe while fishing :-)

Overall a pretty cool game which fully met the theme.

Cool game. Would be great to have more feedback when the bear catches/eats the fish and perhaps have the fish bounce back when they leave the screen to give you more chances to catch them? Well done.

Requires some time to understand how to get a score, but small, simple and kinda fun game. It feels weird that most of the game is on the bottom of the window, it feels like I should scroll the browser lower because I am missing something.

Cute game! It would be cool if there were some bonus for hitting fish harder (or maybe there is but I didn't see?). In any case it seems worth it just to see them go flying off the screen :p I think this game would have really benefited from some sound. A nice sound effect when you hit the fish would be really satisfying (the game is called 'whap' after all :p) and some tranquil music would add a lot to the mood.

This was super cute! Would love to have seen some kind of eating animation to confirm that the bear ate the fish. also would like to see fish get launched at different velocities if you slap multiple at once, so you could try to line yourself up to catch one and then the other. Played until I was 100% full and beat it :smile:

Nice game. Loved how intuitive the entire thing was, you move a bit, click a bit and understand everything you need to know. Loved combining the movement with the reaction test to actually get the fish out of the water.

One thing I didn't like was that if you get more than one fish out of the water at the same time, they always gain the exact same height. Depending on how spread out they fall down, this can make collecting one of the fish impossible. Other than that, I didn't notice anything negative.

Cool concept and fun to play ! The bear fishing idea is really unique. Congrats

In a world of terrible fishing in video games this one really stands out. Great job!

Nice game, love the concept of bear harvesting fish. I didn't understand the mechanic at first (didn't realize I need to move and catch falling fish) so it would be better to add some instructions. Enjoyed the game a lot.

round bear gang! very enjoyable fishing game with a unique mechanic. great job!

Cute simple game! I liked the hit & catch loop a lot. It was quite easy to cheese by just spamming the mouse button, but that's just a minor complaint. Maybe the fish could move at different speeds or change their speed along the way or something like that. Or a longer cooldown for the wha. After all, even bears don't have infinite stamina! But overall well done!

A bit easy, but the game is fun and unique! Well done!

Nice work.

Not sure why but the left right A/D keys didn't move the bear for me (Edge Browser)?

Maybe getting the bear to wade and adding a wider river with fish lanes could add depth.

Nice little game!
Nice graphics. Missing music.
Good idea with the catching fish. The bear felt a bit too slow to me.
In a post jam version you could add some sfx, maybe some visuals that show that the bear ate the salmon.
One thing I did not like was that 4/5 of the screen is completely unused.

Nice little game! It is a Development Build though, and missed some music. Overall a nice relaxing game. Great job!

Very creative yet natural take on the theme!

Tiny and funny game. You made an entry without any pretention, but you made a solid project. The controls are smooth and work well as expected. The main gameplay is good enough - something for quiet kids. I would like to hear a little music. I reached the end without any difficulty. I notice that the hunger percentage goes low even after the game is ended. Not really important. I had fun playing. Thank you for this entry. Thank you for your comment about my own game. I wish you the best ++