Description

An updated, handcrafted game about fishing with guns, chainsaws & toasters.

Follow Billy as he tries to find redemption from his uncertain past. Chase your destiny on the high seas and embark on a heroic quest for gills and glory.

An all-new 3D Ridiculous Fishing built from the ground up by the original award-winning team, with new features:

+ Gorgeous 3D art

+ An all new Pro Fishing Tour endgame mode

+ Exclusive new content

+ Leaderboards

+ Total rewrite from the ground up

+ All new guest fish

+ BikBok™

Based on Vlambeer’s popular 2013 original, Ridiculous Fishing was lovingly handcrafted over the course of two years by Vlambeer (Super Crate Box, Nuclear Throne), Zach Gage (SpellTower, Knotwords, Good Sudoku, Really Bad Chess, Card of Darkness) and Greg Wohlwend (Threes, Hundreds, TumbleSeed), and remade in collaboration with KO_OP (GNOG, Winding Worlds).

Winner of the Apple Design Award 2013; Nominated for the 2011 Independent Games Festival Awards; Declared Most Important News Story 2011 by industry magazine Control International; Featured in The New York Times

Praise for the original *Ridiculous Fishing*:

"Ridiculous Fishing is such a complete package that it's an effortless recommendation." ~ Eli Hodapp (TouchArcade) - (5 / 5)

"Every aspect of the game, from the rewarding upgrade system to the unique graphics, displays an intricate craftsmanship we rarely see on the App Store." ~ Chris Reed (Slide2Play) - (4 / 4)

"Vlambeer's game is, as its title suggests, ridiculous. In its simple, gleeful rhythms of play, it's sublime, too." ~ EDGE - (9 / 10)

"One of the most mechanically satisfying experiences you'll ever find, and wrapped in a dazzlingly cool aesthetic." ~ Eli Cymet (Gamezebo) - (5 / 5)

"It makes the mass destruction of innocent sea life absolutely adorable." ~ Andrew Webster (The Verge)

"I've come to think of Ridiculous Fishing as the unofficial game of Wes Anderson's movie The Life Aquatic." ~ Rob Hearn (PocketGamer)

"Ridiculous Fishing is from an alternate iPhone gaming universe where Nintendo is the production quality standard and action is everything." ~ Robert Ashley (A Life Well Wasted)

"A rare pearl amidst the endless sardines of iOS games." ~ Chris Bateman (International Hobo)

"I'm hooked up to an IV and playing Ridiculous Fishing. One is medicine, the other is a painkiller." ~ Ben Kuchera (PA Report)

"Ridiculous Fishing is something very special." ~ exp. Magazine

What's New in Version 1.0.9

Hot on the heels of the Garbage Patch, we have a brand new update! Say hello to Fly Fishing!
- Buy your very own HELICOPTER to go Fly Fishing, and put your fishing skills to the test!
- NEW GUN ALERT! Aim in slow-mo with the Railgun and make fish skewers with a single shot!
- NEW ITEM! Use your new Periscope to check what's under water, before casting your hook!
- With Backpay in the Pro Fishing Tour, get some precious money back on the days you've missed!

Additional Changes:
- The "Sticky" Fish mod in Pro Fishing Tour will slime up your Hook
- "Catch Of The Day" Fish shows up with a big Crown
- New selection of daily modifiers in Pro Fishing Tour (4 max per day with at least 1 Climate mod) + compact flags display!
- Clearer, oiled up feedback on refuel from Oily Mcgee and Jelly Recycler

Bugs Squashed:
- Fixed the broken replacement of GameCenter friend fish with fake Bikbok friend fish in the Maelstrom
- Improved the City Of Gold sequence with reduced fish spawning around the COGF forms and fixed collision issues
- Fixed a variety of UI issues (Fish mods in the fishopedia, sorting of UI panels, missing localizations...)