To make some money from an old man, you are asked to fish at the forbidden Shinto shrine.
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I caught a yellow fish
lure is a short "Japanese Horror Fishing" walking simulator developed by indie devs Blue Moon Games. I don't know too much about these guys as they're probably fresh in the game but they consist of Michael Fischetti and Jason Di Benedetto working as devs from Adelaide, Australia; and other than that they have a Twitter, (sorry it's X now, whoops) profile and I believe the game was a recommendation maybe from Horror Games Community? I don't remember, but basically it's a free game I got from somewhere basically, and because of this I decided to pick it up as I stream games for a friend once every week and after having completed Blue Stinger on Dreamcast I figured I wanted a couple of small and chill games. This is one of those small chill games.
The plot is simple: you're a homeless person who is hired by an old man to fish in the ponds surrounding a Shinto Shrine in exchange for free cash. What follows is a surprise jump scare, which is a cool little twist which I'm not interested in spoiling because it's such a short game that it's not even worth it. The gameplay literally consists of walking, being given a fishing rod and going back and forth a bit to this old man and talking to him; so basically it's just walking and pressing the interact button. The game to me to me personally feels like a small proof of concept, not of a larger game but of the talent of the developers who probably made this for a short indie jam or something (mid review edit: was made for SCREAM JAM 2021 but it was a missed deadline and as such they wanted to release it anyways). As such, it worked and gained my interest for something more expansive in this developer's future.
The graphical design is great, and the retro PS1-style aesthetic is one that I will ALWAYS simp for, and truth be told I'll stand here and say that personally I feel like this is one of the better examples of this that I've ever seen. I don't know how to explain it, but it's a very crunchy look that I just kind of enjoy, though I wish the old man had a LITTLE bit more detail in his character model. The sound design is minimalist, it's not really prevalent and there's no voice acting other than ambiance and such as far as I remember.
Overall thoughts, yeah it's good but a shortie; I could see Youtubers definitely getting a small kick out of this for content and again as a short proof of concept? I like what the developers are doing. If you want a game you could literally beat in five minutes or less, consider checking it out.
Blue Moon Games Promo Links:
https://twitter.com/bluemoon__games
https://bluemoongames.itch.io/
https://bluemoon.games/
https://www.youtube.com/@bluemoongames5667/videos
From Steam Reviews: https://steamcommunity.com/id/gamemast15r/recommended/
The plot is simple: you're a homeless person who is hired by an old man to fish in the ponds surrounding a Shinto Shrine in exchange for free cash. What follows is a surprise jump scare, which is a cool little twist which I'm not interested in spoiling because it's such a short game that it's not even worth it. The gameplay literally consists of walking, being given a fishing rod and going back and forth a bit to this old man and talking to him; so basically it's just walking and pressing the interact button. The game to me to me personally feels like a small proof of concept, not of a larger game but of the talent of the developers who probably made this for a short indie jam or something (mid review edit: was made for SCREAM JAM 2021 but it was a missed deadline and as such they wanted to release it anyways). As such, it worked and gained my interest for something more expansive in this developer's future.
The graphical design is great, and the retro PS1-style aesthetic is one that I will ALWAYS simp for, and truth be told I'll stand here and say that personally I feel like this is one of the better examples of this that I've ever seen. I don't know how to explain it, but it's a very crunchy look that I just kind of enjoy, though I wish the old man had a LITTLE bit more detail in his character model. The sound design is minimalist, it's not really prevalent and there's no voice acting other than ambiance and such as far as I remember.
Overall thoughts, yeah it's good but a shortie; I could see Youtubers definitely getting a small kick out of this for content and again as a short proof of concept? I like what the developers are doing. If you want a game you could literally beat in five minutes or less, consider checking it out.
Blue Moon Games Promo Links:
https://twitter.com/bluemoon__games
https://bluemoongames.itch.io/
https://bluemoon.games/
https://www.youtube.com/@bluemoongames5667/videos
From Steam Reviews: https://steamcommunity.com/id/gamemast15r/recommended/
The CRT screen filter was kind of dizzying and made the screen hard to look at. I can't even tell if I wish it was longer or not. Probably not. It didn't do enough unique stuff to make me yearn for it in particular. Some of my friends are making a game like this but better, it's called Wretched Depths, and if you're reading this, you should check it out.
Say the line fishjack!
Its time to reeeeeel you in!
Haha I love this little fella
Its time to reeeeeel you in!
Haha I love this little fella
You got me good there.