Fishyphus

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Fishyphus is not a game. Games contain meaningful gamelike interaction and game loops, which are absent in this "art experience". Instead of being a game, Fishyphus is a software application that presents a poorly made art exhibition. While this is couched as a game, it's not really, it's a minimalist low effort art school dropout piece that claims to be "impressionist" which, I guess, goes hand in hand with dropping out of art school. Imagine going to art school and not understanding what impressionism is. Anyway this garbage exhibit is mildly interactive as you're supposed to imagine the dots on the screen are you "fishing". I wonder why this was a complete and utter failure? We get this non-game shovelware on Steam whenever your usual Starbucks barista/McDonalds frycook art school dropout finally gets a restraining order from the local art galleries so turns to Steam Direct to try get their art published somewhere so they can finally dream of moving out of their parents basement. It's true that games can be art... art is where the pinnacles of craftsmanship and quality meet vision and narrative to create an experience far greater than the sum of the parts. This isn't …

Fishing game for the blind. The graphics are written in braille. My fingers have never witnessed such a master piece.

There is nothing quite like Fishyphus. It's weird, and that gives it a strange charm. The synths are relaxing, and despite there actually being nothing relatively scary to fear, the unknown reaper still gets you a little anxious. It has some issues, but this is a pretty unique experience that is somewhat refreshing when most fishing-based games are way more different than this.

Fishyphus is the pinnacle of Fishyphus-like games.

Not recommended but Steam won't let me leave a negative review. I'd like to play a game based around these chill soundscape and sound effects. I LOVE the idea of combining that with a minimalist roguelike that subverts expectations and throws you in the deep end to figure it out the basics (i.e. the Kingdom Games). But there doesn't appear to be any such game here, at least using keyboard and mouse. A and D keys rotate the visuals, but the sound doesn't correspond -- a (pleasantly chill) synth loop just continuously pans from left to right, so clearly not any kind of spatial signal. I randomly clicked the mouse, causing other cool sounds, maybe a sensation of going deeper under water, but no visual feedback, until I was eventually told I caught a fish, and then I died with no warning. Dear developer, you're really on to something with the aesthetic -- please turn this into a game. Or if a controller is required then state that. Or if I'm being really stupid, include some kind of hint for the stupids like me.