A game that once was

A long long time ago, Ben Linden made a game. You sit in a chair on the docks and you guide a bird to eat fish without drowning. The bird moves slow underwater. If you dive from way up high, the bird can go deeper under water. If you catch a lot of fish at once (a multi-fish combo), you can get bonus points. The more fish you catch in one go, the more points, and even more time.

# of fish12345678Bonus points05015040010002400560012800Bonus time005712182535

All of this is in the strategy guide by the chair on the docks. I don’t ever recall seeing this game working before though. I sit in the chair and go into mouse look mode as it instructs, but I never see or hear anything. It seems to have been abandoned. I’ve sent a message to ben linden, but I never get a response about it. I visited the game today and found that the docks are still missing.

The thing is, this game is sitting in a high-traffic welcome area on the waterhead sim. I’m really interested in seeing how this game works. Perhaps one day, we will be able to catch fish again.