Hollow Lake
A fishing adventure you play entirely by text message. Cast a line, go about your day, and get a text when something bites. Fight it, mount it, and find out what is really down there.
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Play in your browserThe same game, in a text-style window. No phone number needed. Browser progress stays in that browser and does not carry over to playing by text.
How it works
- Cast and walk awayBites come minutes to hours later, on your real clock. Dawn and dusk fish differently than noon.
- Fight it by textIt runs left, you pull right. Too tight and the line snaps. Too loose and it shakes the hook.
- Build a better rigSome fish will destroy you today. Better rods, reels and a boat change that.
- Call in a buddyBig ones need a friend with a net. Invite people with your code.
Biggest catches
The heaviest of each species. Anglers appear by their in-game name, never their number.
| Species | Weight | Catch | Angler | When |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ><((('> Pumpkinseed Sunfish |
0.3 lb | Medium, F the Old Dock |
Pooter | just now |
| Species | Weight | Catch | Angler | When |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ><((('> Pumpkinseed Sunfish |
0.3 lb | Medium, F the Old Dock |
Pooter | just now |
| Species | Weight | Catch | Angler | When |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ><((('> Pumpkinseed Sunfish |
0.3 lb | Medium, F the Old Dock |
Pooter | just now |
24 species nobody has landed yet.
Commands
Type them in any case. Sloppy is fine. Text COMMANDS in the game anytime.
Fishing
- CAST
- Cast your line. CAST POOL picks a spot.
- HOOK
- Set the hook when something bites. Be quick.
- LEFT / RIGHT
- Pull against a run. It goes left, you go right.
- SLACK
- Give it slack when it jumps.
- REEL
- Reel when it tires.
- DRAG 1-5
- Loose gives line, tight lands it faster. Free, any time.
- NET <name>
- Call a buddy to net a fish too big to lift.
- LIFT
- Try to lift a big one yourself. Risky.
Getting around
- LOOK
- Where you are, the paths, and the spots.
- GO <place>
- Walk to the Cove, River, Quarry or Shop.
- SPOTS
- The places to cast here, and what you know about each.
- EXAMINE <x>
- Look closer at a spot, a bait, or anything you carry.
- EXIT / BACK
- Leave the shop, or go back where you came from.
While you wait
- TWITCH
- Jiggle the line. Might draw a bite, might spook them.
- DIG / SEARCH / WADE
- Forage for worms, feathers, crayfish and odd things.
- CRAFT
- Make bait from what you find.
- CHUM
- Toss a chum ball to hurry a bite along.
- SKIP
- Skip a stone. Just for fun. Mostly.
- TALK
- Chat with whoever wanders by.
Gear and progress
- SHOP
- Marge sells bait. SHOP GEAR for rods, reels and boats.
- BUY <item>
- Spend your hard-won coins.
- BAIT <type>
- Switch bait.
- STATS / PERKS
- Your eleven stats and the perks they unlock.
- WALL / DEX
- Your trophies, and every species you have found.
- GEAR / BAG
- What you are using and carrying.
Friends
- FRIEND
- Get your invite code.
- JOIN <code>
- Become fishing buddies with whoever sent it.
- NET
- Answer a buddy who needs a hand.
Everything else
- DRIVE
- An hour of hands-free fishing. Do not text and drive.
- TIME <state>
- Set your time zone, so dawn is your dawn.
- LEADERBOARD OFF
- Keep your catches off this page.
- COMMANDS
- The list, in the game.
- HELP / STOP
- Get help, or stop all messages.
Hollow Lake is a game by Wick Creative Ltd.. No purchases, no prizes, and coins are worth exactly nothing outside the lake.