lure

to have this level of tension and atmosphere with such a small footprint both in file size and game size is nothing short of impressive. id absolutely play a longer game with this exact vibe, if not premise. nice work. i hope the dev makes more games at some point.

It's too short to call it a waste of time; I think it's fine.

A simple kaidan with Evangelion cicadas in bg: lure ══════════════════════════════•⊱✦⊰•════════════════════════════ [table] [tr] [th]Criteria[/th] [th]Score[/th] [th]Commentary[/th] [/tr] [tr] [td]Cost-benefit[/td] [td]75/100[/td] [td] It's free and short, but I played two times to actually check for a different ending, maybe changing fishing positions? Well, no. That was disappointing. [/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Aesthetics[/td] [td]65/100[/td] [td]Unremarkable style; maybe the absence of the Old Man's face is a nice touch, or maybe just a limitation. [/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Performance[/td] [td]90/100[/td] [td]Very simple, so very light game; -10 for not running natively on Linux. [/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Soundscape[/td] [td]75/100[/td] [td] Good transitions from the road to shrine. The cicadas are nice; I'm still not sure if they're like a free audio used by many studios or something? It sounded like EVA cicadas, tho cicadas are cicadas. Also the cicadas DO NOT speak Japanese, in this game.[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Gameplay[/td] [td]65/100[/td] [td]It delivers a short audiovisual (not so much intereractable) story, so there's not much gameplay involved. I gues there's more walking, thinking and …

Nice and short with an uneasy atmosphere, dated visuals and a fun ending. 10/10, would fish again.

Absolute cinema. Definetely not a catfishing scheme. Got hooked on from the start. Fin' was definetely good. I couldn't come up with any more fish puns, sorry.

I platinumed this in just 5 minutes. I'm only answering to "The Platinum Hunter" from now on.