Gift Fishing Challenge is a branded browser game where a festive elf goes ice-fishing for presents. Players tap to cast a candy-cane hook into a winter gift pond, drag to steer it into as many gifts as they can and reel them up, all in one 60-second run.
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Gift Fishing Challenge is a 60-second arcade game that runs in the browser. A festive elf is ice-fishing for presents, and the player's job is to cast a candy-cane hook into the winter gift pond and reel up as many gifts as possible. There are no lives and no levels, just one run against the clock.
Every cast is its own small puzzle. A fresh field of gifts is laid out in the pond for each one. The hook sinks to a set depth, marked by a dashed line, then reels back up by itself. The player steers it left and right to touch gifts, which dangle under the hook until it reaches the surface and the points are banked.
The hook holds 5 items. When it's full, it reels up straight away, so a full hook means a shorter cast and more casts. Gifts lean toward the side lanes while the hook drops down the middle, so players have to steer to fill it. Junk like an old boot, coal or a tin can costs 5 points and wastes a slot.
It's built for a portrait phone screen. On a computer, the same portrait game sits in the middle with branded panels on the left and right, which are decoration only.
Points are banked only when the hook reaches the surface. The total score never goes below 0, and every item scores once.
The controls take a tap and a drag to learn, and every cast asks players to choose where to steer.
Tap anywhere to cast, then hold and drag left or right and the hook follows your finger. If a player waits, the hook casts by itself after 2.2 seconds, and a four-step tutorial that can be skipped covers the basics.
The hook holds 5 items and reels up the moment it's full, so players weigh a quick, full hook against a deeper cast. Golden gifts worth +50 only appear in the deepest 45% of a cast, and a Perfect Haul of 5 gifts with no junk adds +25.
Gifts start in generous clusters of 2 to 3, then spread out. From 30 seconds, about 35% of them drift side to side and more featured and golden gifts appear. In the last 15 seconds the hook speeds up, about 40% of gifts drift and junk appears in about 30% of rows.
A 10 SECONDS banner shows, the timer pulses red and the screen edges glow red. A tick sounds every second, higher for the last 3, and the music speeds up.
Tap anywhere, or click on a computer. The candy-cane hook drops into the pond and sinks to the depth shown by a dashed line.
Hold and drag left or right, on the way down and back up. Touch gifts to hook up to 5, and steer around the junk.
The hook reels up by itself. Points are banked when it reaches the surface, and the next cast is ready at once. The run ends after 60 seconds.
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Play the gameThe game works as it is. Send your logo, brand colors and campaign message, and we'll share a proof for you to approve before anything goes live.
On a computer, the portrait game sits between branded panels on the left and right. Featured gifts are the 30-point purple star gifts, and the result screen has a Brand Fan badge for players who catch 3 or more. Tell us where your brand should show and we'll confirm what's possible.
After the run, players see a form for a name, an email and a consent tick. Its wording is placeholder text kept in the game's settings file, so your own consent wording and campaign copy can take its place.
The run is built from four 15-second phases, each with its own hook speed, cast depth, gift spread, drift and junk. Tell us about your crowd and how long each player should stay at the screen, and we'll confirm how far it can be tuned.
What you get with the branded fishing game.
A 60-second run, a tap to cast and a pond full of presents suit a few specific situations.
One 60-second run, no lives and no levels, so the next visitor gets a turn quickly. First-time players get a short tutorial they can skip, and Play Again goes straight to the countdown. See more QR code games for trade shows.
Guests cast with a tap or a click and steer with a finger or a mouse. The leaderboard ranks name and score and highlights the player's own row, so it's easy to see who's ahead. See more office Christmas party games.
After the run, players can enter a name and an email with a consent tick, or skip. Tell us where entries should go in your quote request. See our event lead generation games.
This is the live game. Cast a few times, steer for a golden gift and see how it feels before you ask for a quote.
On a phone, Play opens the game in its own full window so it fills your screen. The first time you play, a short four-step tutorial shows how to cast and steer. Your best score is saved on this device.
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Yes, both, and they come after the run, never before play. The result screen leads to a short form asking for a name, an email and a consent tick. Submit saves the score, and Skip goes to the leaderboard without saving. The leaderboard shows rank, name and score, highlights the player's own row, pages through automatically every 5 seconds and returns to the menu at the end. If saving fails, the score is kept on the device and the player can retry. The form wording in the demo is placeholder text, so a real campaign needs your own consent wording. Tell us where entries should go when you request a quote.
The run has four 15-second phases and no levels. The hook sinks at 430 units per second and reels up at 560 in the warm-up, then 470 and 600, then 510 and 650, and finally 610 and 770 in the last 15 seconds, measured on a pond 540 units wide. The cast depth grows from 1350 to 1750 units. Gifts start in clusters of 2 to 3, then spread out, and from 30 seconds about 35% of them drift side to side while more featured and golden gifts appear. In the last 15 seconds about 40% drift and junk shows up in about 30% of rows. In the final 10 seconds the timer pulses red and the music speeds up.
We work from your logo, colors and message and share a proof for you to approve before anything goes live. On a computer, the game sits between branded side panels, and the form wording is placeholder text kept in the game's settings file. Hook speeds, depths and gift behavior are set per 15-second phase. Tell us about your crowd, your message and how long each player should stay at the screen when you request a quote, and we'll confirm what can change.
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