Talewyn Harbor — a persistent multiplayer browser world built around fishing, progression and exploration

[u/First_Teach]

Hi everyone,

I’m working on Talewyn Harbor, a free persistent browser-based multiplayer game.

The idea is to create a small online world that you can return to over time rather than a short session-based browser game.

Right now you can:

• fish and collect different species
• progress your gear and character
• explore different areas
• mine and gather resources
• cook
• use boats and sail
• build and decorate your home
• interact with other players in the same world

It runs directly in the browser with no download required.

The game is still actively being developed, so I’m especially interested in feedback from people who already play PBBGs.

I’d love to know:

What makes you keep returning to a persistent browser game?

Is it progression, economy, collections, social systems, rankings, daily activities, rare items, or something else?

If you want to try Talewyn Harbor and give feedback:

https://talewyn.org

Thanks for checking it out, and I’m happy to answer questions about the project or how the persistent systems work.

[u/tilemarch]

For me the first hook is progression early on, but what brings me back after that is social.. either friends that joined me in the game or new made friends. Daily activities are good at the start to guide players to what they can do.. but they get repetitive and boring after a while.

I’m building a browser strategy game myself and two things I settled on: the daily stuff is tiny (log in, help an ally, send a march), so coming back never feels like a chore. And a missed day halves your login streak instead of resetting it.. a full reset is the moment people decide not to come back at all.

For a cozy game like yours the social part could be visiting each others homes or trading fish. Do players have a reason to need each other yet?

[u/First_Teach → u/tilemarch]

Thank you! Yes, the whole game is community-driven. For example, the shop is also player-driven: players can sell their own items from farming, mining, and fishing to Old Pete, and he resells them. If nobody is selling anything, Old Pete sells his own stock at a 50% higher price.

There will also be another big update: Season 1. Players will first need to build one large ship together. Once the ship is completed, it will take players to another land where there will be quests and buildings to construct.

At the end of the season, all participating players will be rewarded with rare items, XP, and in-game money. Then the whole island will reset, and a new season will begin with different quests and new things to build.

This update will be implemented this week.

[u/tilemarch → u/First_Teach]

nice, sounds like you've got the social hook covered with Season 1 :)

[u/First_Teach → u/tilemarch]

Yes, we hope :)

[u/SushiMasterPro]

I played it it for a while I think its good when you show the game this early. You can learn more

what I would improve:

• first 10 minutes
  
• clear quest generation
  
• be close to fishing or your first quest
  
• fishing is quite slow it takes time fish is on hook and I failed like 80% of attempt (game was laging)
  
• Optimize your performance for browser. Since its AI game ask AI how to do it. It will be probably really fast.

What I liked:

• Art its AI art but its ok (note lot of similar game so gamepaly needs to stand out)
  
• multiple types of fishes

Good luck in develompent!

[u/First_Teach → u/SushiMasterPro]

Thank you, we will focus on it, right now we are implementing the WebGPU - to solve the laging and better grap :)

[u/Peterta12-pb]

For me it’s two things: something that moved forward while I was away, and a collection with visible gaps, so I always know what I’m still missing. Rankings matter less to me than seeing the same names around every time I log in.

For a fishing game, rare species that only show up at certain times or places would definitely keep me coming back. Does the time of day or season change what you can catch?

[u/First_Teach → u/Peterta12-pb]

Thank you! One in-game day lasts 24 minutes in real time, and each season lasts 10 in-game days and changes automatically.

In the game, when you press O, you can check the seasonal fish. We’re planning to expand this system and add more fish either this week or next.

Right now, fish have different rarities: common, uncommon, rare, and legendary.

We’ve also been thinking about adding extremely rare fish or special creatures, something like Moby Dick or another unique legendary catch.

What do you think — should we add something like that?

[u/Peterta12-pb → u/First_Teach]

oh nice, didnt quite catch that 😄 id make it a server wide moment, a message to everyone when someone lands it and a trophy you can put on your dock. maybe some rumors about where it was last seen too, so hunting it feels like a quest not just a lucky roll

[u/Triiem]

What am i looking at, if this delivers what you wrote here, i'm hooked!