BaitAndSwitch
DAY · DUSK · NIGHT · THE DEEP IS LISTENING
BAIT & SWITCH
Hide in the school. Steal the bait. Don't get switched.
ONLINE · HIDE-AND-HOOK · PARTY GAME · UP TO 6 PLAYERS
YOU ARE A FISH. DO NOT BE CHOSEN.
You are a cute alien fish hiding in a school of 150 lookalikes. Above you row the Hooded Anglers, a fishing cult that is very sincere about its work. Steal their bait, stay hidden, survive until dawn.
EVERY CATCH SWITCHES SIDES
There are no fixed teams. One player starts as an Angler. Every player fish that gets reeled in puts on the hood and fishes for its old friends. The cult grows, the school shrinks, and the last fish swimming wins.
BLEND IN! The school drifts at an easy pace. Dash or swim in straight lines and the Anglers will notice.
NIBBLE! Hold LMB beside a lure to steal it for points, and you grow. Every nibble twitches the line, but school fish nibble too.
TUG OF WAR! Hooked? Swim away to pull, rest when tired, dash to snap the line. Anglers reel while you rest and ease off when the line turns red.
TWO SIDES, ONE SEA
| 🐟 THE FISH | 🎣 THE ANGLERS |
| Hide among 150 school fish | Spot the fish that swim wrong |
| Steal bait to score and grow | Strike when the line twitches |
| Ink clouds hide you for a breath | Sonar pings outline suspects |
| Survive to dawn: +5 | Land a player: they join you |
NO LIMITS: THE LEVIATHAN
Eat enough bait and a fish stops being a fish. It becomes a LEVIATHAN with no size cap. Swim under a boat, hold LMB, and drag the Angler down into the dark.
"IT HUNGERS." The Deep has accepted your offering.
3 ROUNDS · DAY TO NIGHT · ~6 MINUTES
| DAY A music box over low strings Light rays, easy to read | DUSK The same tune, a semitone flat The sea turns amber | NIGHT A choir, a drone, far bells Something turns to look at you |
Before you dive, build your fish and your Angler at the Workbench. Drag eyes, fins, tails and oddities onto glowing marks; every part changes your stats. Each round the Deep craves a part, and landing or surviving with it earns bonus points.
HOW TO PLAY
AS A FISH
| Swim | [ W A S D ] |
| Nibble bait / Leviathan bite | [ HOLD LEFT CLICK ] |
| Dash (snaps the line in a tug) | [ SPACE ] |
| Ink cloud | [ E ] |
| Find yourself | [ HOLD TAB ] |
AS AN ANGLER
| Row the boat | [ A / D ] |
| Steer the hook | [ MOUSE ] |
| Strike / reel | [ LEFT CLICK ] |
| Rebait | [ RIGHT CLICK ] |
| Sonar ping · Mark a suspect | [ Q ] · [ MIDDLE CLICK ] |
| Rules · Pause | [ HOLD H ] · [ ESC ] |
The roster at top-left shows who is a fish and who is an Angler. Fish see fellow fish nametags; Anglers see boat nametags.
PLAY IN YOUR BROWSER: press Run game. A dedicated server wakes near you in about 30 to 60 seconds. Click once to begin; this unlocks the sound.
MULTIPLAYER: up to 6 players in one shared sea; bots fill empty seats. Share the page with friends and dive in together.
CREDITS
Game, design & direction: Soham Pawar
Netcode: Mirror & kcp2k (MIT) · Tweening: DOTween (Demigiant)
Fonts: Pirata One, Crimson Text (SIL OFL)
Music & sound: synthesized entirely from code; no samples
Hosting: dedicated servers on Edgegap · broker on Cloudflare Workers
AI disclosure: made with AI assistance (Anthropic Claude): most code, the server broker and the deploy scripts. 3D models were made by AI-written Blender scripts, and the music and sound effects by an AI-written synthesizer script. The studio intro video was generated with Kling AI. The game design and art direction are the developer's.
Made for Overpowered Studios Game Jam #1
Theme: NO LIMITS
PRAISE THE DEEP
Best played in fullscreen, with sound on.
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