This was a fun fishing game!

The theme was nicely integrated (maybe it could’ve gone a bit deeper, but it worked well as is), and the mechanics felt smooth and thought out. The “smushify” part wasn’t immediately clear—I didn’t realize it worked automatically—but once I figured it out, it was fine. The animation to smush was cool also :-).

Nice variety in fish types and their characteristics, and the different fishing rods added a good sense of progression. It really kept me playing, wanting to unlock new rods and discover what else the game had to offer.

The pixel art looked good and cohesive. The SFX and audio matched the overall vibe perfectly🎵

If I had to give any tips for even more fun, maybe you could add items or abilities based on the fish you catch—like bombs you can drop, a dash move, or ink to hide from fish and move more freely. Just ideas—but honestly, the game already feels complete and has a strong core game loop.

Really fun to play and a solid, well-made entry for our jam. Keep it up! 🐟🔥

Absolutely loved the pixel art—especially the variety of fish, they’re super well-designed and fun to look at! The concept of using fish as a resource is really creative and fits the theme well. Gameplay is enjoyable, though I think the fishing mechanic could feel a bit smoother—sometimes fish appear too suddenly when casting. Still, a really charming and unique entry. Great job!

This was a great game. Art and animations are very well done and the sound track was really relaxing to hunt for fish by. My one major suggestion would be to add a better explanation as to how to smushify. I found out by accident by making one last random check of the window that you smushify by checking the window to see if one of your fish is in the slots. (Possibly edit the instructions to say something like "Check your Smushify window every time you catch a new kind of fish to see if you have the right combo for a rod upgrade.")

Remember to eat your fish kids, it's good for your stats :)

The progressive disclosure in this game is phenomenal!  For the obstacles, I tried stacking my items to make it easier, but it took too many items to gamble on one throw (and for those to be my least successful catches). I was better off without them, until the game forces you to use it (kracken, electric eel). The environmental progression is awesome, some of the fishes movement is unique (I like the dolphin in particular, SCREW the fish with the yellow hard hat that one can TAKE A HIKE). Art's good, Music good, I wish nemo was catchable, and this game's sense of progression, again, is amazing. I will say though- with everything being a resource, I would have liked to see more of the theme- say, if every part of the fish were a resource too (so catching 1 fish would give you sometimes more than 1 item, say catching an angler fish would give you the sharp teeth as an item, along with the bioluminescent light to see in darker areas of the ocean, and raw fish meat to feed to the fisher or sum). That way, I feel the theme would be more apparent- but man, this is pretty cool.

Nice game !! Enjoyed it 

Beautifully done! There’s a great variety of fish and some really interesting smushing combinations!
While playing, you’re constantly anticipating something epic just around the corner.
Respect!

Really cool game, i love and complete it x3, great idea you get here, a really cool concept and great design and mechanic, excelent game x3