Deep Line

How deep will you go?

Deep Line is a fishing game for Playdate, and it's all about the crank. Drop your hook off the side of the boat, watch it sink past the sunlit shallows into water so dark you can only see what your lantern touches, and crank every fish back to the surface by hand.

Every species fights its own way. Perch pull steady and honest. Mackerel dart in sudden bursts. Snappers thrash hard and then tire. Groupers dive for the bottom and refuse to leave. Keep your line out of the red or it snaps; let it go slack and the fish shakes loose. You'll learn to read a fish by its pull before you ever see it.

Features

• Crank-powered reeling with a tension gauge to manage on every catch
• 9 species across a 375m deep ocean, from minnows to the legendary oarfish
• A pitch-black abyss where only your hook lantern reveals what's near
• Sell your catch at the dock and upgrade your line, reel, spool, cooler and lantern
• A fish journal that records every species and your biggest specimen
• An adaptive soundtrack that sinks with you: the melody fades, a sonar drone rises, and the drums kick in when something bites

Controls

• Crank: reel in
• Ⓐ: cast / hold to hover in place
• D-pad left/right: steer the hook
• D-pad down: dive faster
• Crank docked? D-pad up reels in instead

Installing

1. Download DeepLine.pdx.zip
2. Go to play.date/account/sideload and upload the zip
3. On your Playdate, open Settings, then Games, and download Deep Line

It also runs in the Playdate Simulator from the Playdate SDK.