Pick a look and a name. You can change them later in Settings.
CHARACTER
NAMETAG
Click to continue
☀ Day 1 · 07:00
Sunny
OBJECTIVE
Catch your first fish
💰 100 Coins
Bait: Basic x10
Rod: Wooden Rod
EInteract
WASD MoveSHIFT SprintSPACE JumpE Interact1-2 HotbarCLICK PlaceI InventoryESC Menu
LOBBY ---- · 1 anglers
BITE!
Hold SPACE / Click to reel — keep the fish inside the zone!
CATCH
PROGRESS
TENSION
🏪 ISLAND SHOP
Trade fish for coin, stock up on bait, upgrade your gear.
🎒 INVENTORY
Select your active bait and review your catch.
BAIT
FISH
⏸ PAUSED
Take a breath. The tide will wait.
⚙ SETTINGS
Adjust to taste.
3–16 characters, letters and numbers only. Inappropriate names are blocked.
🌐 MULTIPLAYER
Host a lobby and share the code, or drop into someone else's island.
Run node server.js in the game folder, then open the address it prints. Friends on the same wifi can use the network address.
Share this code with friends so they can join you.
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ANGLERS (1/8)
🐞 REPORT A PROBLEM
Describe what went wrong. This copies a report to your clipboard — nothing is sent anywhere.
🎣 HOW TO PLAY
Everything an angler needs to know.
TOUCH CONTROLS
Left Touch and drag anywhere on the left half to walk — push to the edge to sprint.
Right Drag on the right half to look around.
⤒ Jump · E Interact and cast · RUN Sprint lock
REEL Hold during the catch minigame · 🎒 Inventory · ☰ Pause
MOVEMENT
W A S D Walk
SHIFT Sprint
SPACE Jump on land · swim upward in water
Mouse Look around (click the world to lock the camera)
Scroll Zoom camera
FISHING
Stand anywhere near the water — the shore, the rocks, the dock — and press E to cast.
Wait for the bobber to jerk and "BITE!" to appear, then press E fast.
Hold SPACE or Click to reel — keep the fish inside the green zone to fill PROGRESS before TENSION maxes out.
You can't cast while swimming, so climb out first.
ISLAND LIFE
Sell fish and buy bait/rods at the shop (press E near it).
Hotbar keys 1 rod and 2 lantern. With the lantern out, Click sets it down — up to 3 at once, and they light up after dark. Press E on one to pick it back up.
Pick your bait in the inventory (I).
Sit on a log by the campfire, or sleep in a bedroll at the old camp after dark to skip to morning.
Swim out from the beach or jump right off the dock — but watch the birds scatter if you run at them.
Rarer bait and better rods unlock rarer fish — some only bite at night.
Follow the OBJECTIVE panel (top-left) for your next goal.
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