Deep Space Fishing

Deep Space Fishing is a third-person, arcade flight-sim, fishing, role-playing game in which you take on the role of an unnamed fisherman in deep space, stuck under the thumb of the corporation that runs their space station home; working off an impossible debt this fisherman flies out every day, fishing for deep space megafauna that can provide food for the people of their home.  

The game sees the player take command of the “It Floats!”, a deep space fishing trawler. The fisherman uses an enormous harpoon to fish from the cargo deck of the ship, firing it out of the cargo bay doors. Once a “fish” (deep-space, eldritch beast from the dawn of time) is harpooned, the player is handed control of the ship and must navigate through asteroid fields, solar flares, scores of space krill and other spacey obstacles to keep tension on the line, tire the beast out, and reel in the days catch. 

This is a very early prototype of the idea, mostly nailing down how the core gameplay elements will feel for later versions and experimenting with a new 3D aesthetic using a "Gradient Texturing" method. The project was undertaken while working towards my Bachelors degree in Video Games Production.