The Sole Secret : An Age of Anglers Adventure

A Sole Secret: An Age of Anglers Adventure, is my attempt adding an adventure component to my fishing game I  started designing during the Fishblade Jam.   
Inspired the theme "Someone is hiding something" for the Portland Indie Game Squad Table Top Jam 2023!

The Premise

You are an Angler! A part time warrior, part time exorcist, with a full time passion marine biology and fishing .  Having just completed your final tests, and trials you are now fully licensed Angler.  Your first official assignment has you traveling deep into the heart of an overgrowth forest to the region known as Venrock Lakes. This trio of massive lakes is a home to some extremely rare fish only found in those waters.  At the request of Ol’ Jim, you will be assisting him catching, and cataloging said rare fish!  Keep on your toes, such a remote region is not without its own secrets and dangers!

The Devlog

This was what I envisioned for the theme, as you adventured through area catching fish, you would encounter many a  person "with something to hide.". However game dev can be challenging no matter what medium the game takes.  Typing up my initial rules for fishing and fighting, took far more engery than I thought it would.  Then came my next challenge of setting up my game from testing and tweaking, and I thought to myself. "I could probably prototype faster if I found some form of digital solution."  An attractive thought as work  took much more energy than normal during the jam. I ended up playing  playing around on Playingcard.io and setting up digital version of my play mat for the game! By the time that was done, well, the jam was just about over... So yeah.  A little glimpse into my development for this. So with the lack of adventure, what did I end up putting together?! Well read on down

What is here!

Instructions: 

There a instructions how to reel in the fish, fight, and banish the entity possession the fish!

Arcade Mode:

No plot, no nothing! Start at the bottom of the size chart, and take on larger fishes with each victory!

Playmat:

Has all the information to keep track of during a fishing encounter!

PlayingCard.io Import File:

The .pcio file is used to import a virtual table top to use if you don't have the phyiscal materials handy! To use it follow these instructions!

1. Go to https://playingcards.io/games/

2. Click on any of the existing game templates to create a new private room. It doesn't matter what you choose, we are going to overwrite the room in a moment anyway.

3. On the teal colored right hand bar, click the tool box icon.  This brings up a pop up to edit the elements of the table.

4. Select "Room Options", and scroll down to the "Import/Export Room" option.

5. Click "Import From File" and select the .pcio file, and click "open".

6. Wham, now you have a virtual version of the playmat ready to go!

*Important notes*

After clicking the "Reset" button, click on the "20" button on the deck of cards, and select shuffle! The "Reset" will not shuffle the cards, it only puts back in the deck!

This is simply a virtual tabletop! All the rules,  and mechanics you have  keep track of  yourself! 

Like the adventure itself, work on this game is

TO BE CONTINUED...