Pondo Goes Fishing: press kit

A cozy pixel-art fishing adventure. As Pondo, land strange fish in short, gentle catches, bring the old village of Reedhollow back to life, and find out why the water has gone quiet, from home ponds to snowy fjords, deserts and far islands.

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Fact sheet

Title: Pondo Goes Fishing
Developer and publisher: Furkan Kesen (solo developer)
Based in: Hamburg, Germany
Genre: Cozy fishing adventure: fishing, exploration, village restoration, a gentle mystery
Release: Planned for 2027
Platforms: Steam for Windows, macOS and Linux (SteamOS). Free demo in the browser now
Price: Announced before release. The browser demo is free
Players: Single-player
Controls: Keyboard, mouse or controller
Languages: 15: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, Turkish, Arabic, Thai, Hindi, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Japanese and Korean
Engine: Godot Engine
Website: pondogoesfishing.com
Free demo: pondogoesfishing.com/play (about 15 minutes)
Steam: The store page opens soon
Contact: [email protected]

The story

Old Wren next door taught you to fish on the home dock. Now, in every region, one pond, bay or pool has gone grey and still, and nothing bites there. It started forty years ago, the year the old Three-Knot Line broke. Somewhere under the Millpond swims the Pondmother, a fish so big and so old that only a new Three-Knot Line can hold her. Find out what happened to the water, and wake it up again.

Features

A catch you feel in your hands. Every bite is a short catch of 10 to 20 seconds. Reel in, give line when the fish runs, and bend the rod back to turn it. Losing a fish costs nothing, and a gentler setting makes every catch calmer.
Strange fish with gifts. More than 160 fish, and many of them are a little bit magic. Glowing fish light up dark caves, sparking fish wake old machines. Carry one in your fish jar and see what it opens.
Bring Reedhollow back to life. Bring fish and coins to the village board and finish twelve projects, from a fish stall to a mill wheel and an inn. Each one brings a neighbour home.
A whole world of water. Lily ponds and willow creeks, snowy fjords, a desert oasis, mountain lakes, lantern-lit fens, far islands and an old copper forest.
Keepers and derbies. Twelve keepers, the old giants of their waters, and derbies against other anglers.
Side trips. Stone skipping, fair nights, message bottles, the Stillreed Reserve and odd jobs for the people you meet.
Gear, boats and an aquarium. Improve rods, reels, lines and hooks, fix the family rowboat, earn bigger boats and keep your favourite fish at home.
Play it your way. A gentler catch setting, three game speeds, keyboard, mouse or controller, and 15 languages in plain, simple words.

The regions

Larkwater: lily ponds, willow creeks, a market town and a busy harbour
Rimewater Fjords: snowy fishing villages and ice holes under the northern lights
Dunmere: a desert oasis town, a red canyon and salt flats
Skyreach Highlands: mountain lakes, hot springs and old river locks
Duskfen: lantern-lit stilt houses and misty channels
The Scattered Isles: coral rings, a blue hole and a lighthouse on a sunken reef
Copperwood: an old river town, a copper forest and the falls where the big run comes home