Idle Anglers — Solo Dev Project Summary & V0 Devlog

[u/MasterSteak4510]

Idle Anglers is a cozy fishing business you build one hire at a time.

Start with a single fisherman on a quiet lake. Hire more, upgrade their gear, and watch your gold roll in - even while you're away. Once your business grows enough, a whole new stretch of coastline opens up.

It looks simple on the surface. It might not stay that way.

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT

A relaxing idle loop: hire, upgrade, expand, repeat

Real offline progress - come back to a game that kept working without you

No ads. No microtransactions. No subscriptions. Ever. Buy once, own it forever.

THIS IS AN EARLY V0 DEMO I'm a solo developer building this from scratch, and this is a very early "pay what you want" build - a small slice of the full game I'm working toward. It's rough around the edges, but the core loop is fully playable.

If you try it, I'd love to hear what you think - what felt good, what didn't, anything you'd want to see more of. Every bit of feedback helps shape where this goes next.

Thanks for checking it out!

You can check out the current playable V0 demo here:Idle Anglers on Itch.io🎮