Plank Cast
Tap to throw your net from a one-plank raft, pulling in floating debris that physically expands your floating island.
Tap to cast a net that grabs debris; collected planks and items snap onto your raft, growing the platform and unlocking bigger nets.
Tap to cast net forward, swipe to drift raft left/right.
Raft-building fishing survival — the plank-to-island growth loop from Sea Catcher.
Sea Catcher hit 30K Poki votes at 4.3 stars; the 'start tiny, grow visually' expansion loop is currently resonating.
The 'one plank + net → grow raft' premise is visually intuitive and proven: Sea Catcher sits at 4.3 stars on Poki with 31,087 votes, validating the core fantasy. However, Plank Cast's pitch is functionally identical to Sea Catcher, so it doesn't add a fresh twist.Sea Catcher description: 'start with nothing but a plank and a net…Toss your net to catch floating debris, build up your raft' — same mechanic, 4.3 stars, 31,087 votes ↗
Sea Catcher's 25.5K likes vs 5.6K dislikes (~82% positive) on Poki shows the growth loop resonates and is shareable as a short-session browser game, though Poki virality doesn't directly translate to mobile UA virality.25.5K likes / 5.6K dislikes, 31,087 total votes — strong but not breakout-tier engagement vs top Poki titles ↗
Two inputs (tap to cast, swipe to drift) with deterministic physics-based expansion is trivial to prototype and A/B test; essentially a reskin of a proven one-tap loop.Sea Catcher uses 'Click or tap to catch, WASD or arrows to move' — same minimal control scheme ↗
Tap-to-cast fishing/idle hybrids monetize cleanly via rewarded ads (revive, 2x catch, unlock bigger net) and interstitials between growth milestones; Poki tags Sea Catcher under Clicker/Idle/Fishing — proven ad formats for this loop.Categorized under Idle Games, Clicker Games, Fishing Games — standard rewarded-video + interstitials fit ↗
Almost no whitespace — Plank Cast is a near-1:1 clone of Sea Catcher (same plank, same net, same debris-raft growth), and the broader 'catch to expand raft' niche already includes Tiny Fishing, Pixel Fishing, Fishing World and 8+ Poki Fishing titles; competing on UA will be expensive.Sea Catcher literally describes the same loop; related games on the page include Fishing World, Pixel Fishing, Tiny Fishing, Idle Fishing Empire, Lucky Claw Machine ↗