Rumors say someone has spotted the legendary pond squid in a local pond...

CONTROLS:
Button X: Cast, Reel, Select
Button Z: Jump, Skip Text
Arrow Keys: Menu selection

CREDITS:
Noh_KindaGame, Art & some SFX
Gruber_Music: Music & most SFX

Made in 12 days for Fletchfest 2023

StatusReleased
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux, HTML5
Rating
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(21 total ratings)
AuthorNoh
GenreRole Playing
Made withPICO-8
Tags2D, Fishing, JRPG, PICO-8, Pixel Art, Short, Turn-based, Turn-Based Combat, weird

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amazing time!

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my dad simulator

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So cool

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Pond Squid Gameplay

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BANGER

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This game is sooo cute. Nice work

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lovely visuals! my only complaint is that there is a LOT of button mashing, it could probably do with less, at least for the actual fishing bit, as after a few battles, by the time i need to spam in the next fishy duel, i struggle to D:

that side though, i did quite enjoy it c:

Incredibly fun, all the SFX, music, and animation effects are spot on!

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The gap between the calm part of normal fishing, where you throw in the rod and wait for the fish to hook, and the shocking action battle part after you catch the fish was great!

Although the game took only 10 minutes to complete, it was a very enjoyable experience with a lot of different elements packed into it: the sense of exploration in the early battles, learning the controls, the new gimmick battles with new enemies, and the exciting final boss battle!

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I was not expecting such an involved defense mechanic but I adore it!

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Great concept! Thanks for the game, this was definitely not what I expected :D

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Wow what a game, even if this is short, this little time was a challenging time. I was so confused what this would be when I pressed X, then suddenly it became an RPG, that was so cool.

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really cool but i can't beat the dragonfly....

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Great little game! 

Fighting/fishing feels very satisfying, good job with inputs timing. Love the art and music.