Deep Catch

You have the bones of a fun little time killer here. I liked the physics of the caught fish, and how you could swing them like a wrecking ball to fight off the red sharks. What you really need now is an ending or a win condition other than "maxed out all the upgrades."

As a nodelike game this is very weak. The gameplay loop never changes throughout the lifespan of the whole upgrade tree (despite being tagged "active"). Nothing new is added except giving the player 1 more nets, which still doesn't change the gameplay. You're boring a majority of the players after 15 minutes of same gameplay.

Resource gain are too slow relative to the upgrades. In general, you should aim for 1 new upgrade per 1-1.5 run, 2 at worst. Before getting fish value upgrade this usually goes up to 3-4.

Some elements are not well integrated to the game at all. Why are sharks necessary when a few health upgrades make you able to face tank them throughout the whole run? Why are mines even there? At least you can make mines destroy sharks/fish or something?

Upgrades need more details on the actual parameters. Vague statements like "Multiply value of fish" is not helpful on deciding whether an upgrade is worth it. (Speaking of this: This node is actually "make fish worth more on each upgrade node". This is extremely unintuitive and convoluted, and nobody has done it in the past for this reason. Please just make it "fish value multiplier per fish resource".)

Odd game. Sum of all upgrades bring you from 4 fish a run to a full run of maybe 22 fish while never going a screen beyond a small white circle. Then the fish multiplier can increase value of the fish from 1 to 16, making it more valuable then the sum of all other upgrades.
Also, sending red fish into mines is the most fun part, but unrewarded

second health upgrade completely pointless. what we needed was the ability to catch more than 2 fish at a time.

still fun though.

add more. instead of upgrading the amount of fish, you should upgrade the level (different pond with a slightly different look, slightly more valuable fish, different music) <- all easily vibecoded in two seconds. that would also remove the need for the fish value upgrade. removing the two upgrades i've suggested gives you design headroom to add new more meaningful upgrades.

GG, add more features (You're doing great)

Fun game :) i first was like "wtf were the controls? ow yes, just drag them to the circle" XD lolz

As a nodelike game this is very weak. The gameplay loop never changes throughout the lifespan of the whole upgrade tree (despite being tagged "active"). Nothing new is added except giving the player 1 more nets, which still doesn't change the gameplay. You're boring a majority of the players after 15 minutes of same gameplay.

Resource gain are too slow relative to the upgrades. In general, you should aim for 1 new upgrade per 1-1.5 run, 2 at worst. Before getting fish value upgrade this usually goes up to 3-4.

Some elements are not well integrated to the game at all. Why are sharks necessary when a few health upgrades make you able to face tank them throughout the whole run? Why are mines even there? At least you can make mines destroy sharks/fish or something?

Upgrades need more details on the actual parameters. Vague statements like "Multiply value of fish" is not helpful on deciding whether an upgrade is worth it. (Speaking of this: This node is actually "make fish worth more on each upgrade node". This is extremely unintuitive and convoluted, and nobody has done it in the past for this reason. Please just make it "fish value multiplier per fish resource".)

Short but sweet.

really slow and the upgrades feel pretty much meaningless, not my cup of tea

A really fun game, i enjoy the upgrade system. There's something satisfying about being able to freely spend currency, instead of farming until you have the exact amount needed.