Welcome to Pokémon Cast. A small game where you can fullfil all of your fishing dreams in the world of Pokémon. You take control of a silent Protagonist, "The Fisher", a young person fed up with the city life and their boring office job. Not far from their home, they find a small pond perfect for fishing. What Surprises are waiting to be fished out?
Credits
Code and Art by Startshow
Sprites by the Smogon Sprite Project
Hello there! I'm going back through the jam games and giving my feedback/thoughts, so here's my thoughts on Pokémon Cast!
A really solid idea, having a cozy fishing game set in the Pokémon world is really cool.
However, the lack of ambient sounds or cozy music, or any kind of movement on screen made the game honestly feel a little unsettling at time. Not to mention, how long the waiting times for some fish to bite sometimes really doesn't help with the unsettlingness.
The difficulty curve also seems to be a bit weird as I want to say the first three fish I got were Wailords which meant I got $300k immediately making me be able to buy everything, completely destroying any of the progression of the game.
Overall, a really cool idea that would be a really nice thing to pull up and play every once in a while if a bit of time is spent to try and hone up some of the polish problems with the ambience and if the difficulty is fixed. Congrats on releasing something for the jam and I look forward to see whatever you do in the future!