Tide & Tackle 🎣

The fish are biting, the sun is out, and somewhere down there a crowned koi is refusing to speak to commoners. Grab your rod.

Tide & Tackle is a cozy 3D fishing roguelite about the perfect cast, the careful reel, and the slow satisfaction of building an aquarium worth showing off. Every trip out is a fresh, procedurally-generated route — and every fish is a little tug-of-war you can win or lose.

🐟 The catch is all in the wrist

No bar-filling, no menus. When a fish bites, you fight it right there in the water:

• Hold to reel it in — but keep an eye on your line tension.
• Ease off when it thrashes, or the line snaps and it's gone.
• Yank at the right moment as it tires to gain ground.
• Cast farther to reach deeper water — rarer, stronger fish, but a much tougher fight.

Read the fish, manage the tension, land the catch. Easy to grasp, surprisingly tense to master.

🗺️ Every run is a new route

Set sail from the dock and chart your own path through calm shallows, coral reefs, stormy seas, and the deep. Between catches you'll pick 1 of 3 upgrade cards — lucky bobbers, gentle reels, double hooks, bubble shields and more — stacking them into a build that's yours for the run.

👑 …and at the end of the line, a legend

Every expedition ends with a multi-phase showdown against King Splash, the titanic monarch of all wet things. He wears a tiny crown. He is not happy to see you.

🏪 Sell, stock, and build your empire

Your haul isn't just a high score:

• Sell your fish at the dock market for coins.
• Or stock them in your aquarium, where they swim around and earn passive income — even while you're away.
• Reinvest in permanent upgrades: a sturdier rod, a faster reel, a bigger boat, better bait, and more tanks.

Cash now, or a thriving aquarium later? Every fish is a tiny decision.

✨ Features

• Skill-based, in-world fishing — the fish and the line are right there in front of you
• Procedurally generated roguelite runs across four biomes
• 15 stackable upgrade cards
• A persistent meta-economy: market, aquarium passive income, and permanent upgrades
• A growing codex of quirky fish to discover (each with, frankly, too much personality)
• A legendary multi-phase boss
• Bright, handmade low-poly visuals — no paid assets, built from scratch in Godot

🕹️ Controls

• Mouse — aim
• Left click — cast / set the hook
• Hold left click — reel (release to ease tension)
• Space — yank
• WASD — move the boat
• Esc — leave the spot