Pick your rod

• By text

  Closed for beta testing. Play from your phone by text message: bites arrive as texts; fight them by replying.

  How texting works →

• The Minnow, in your browser

  The game with pictures: the lake painted, the fish on the line, five buttons. Install it on your phone or computer and it buzzes when something bites.

  Play in browser →

• Text, in your browser

  The text adventure in a chat window. No phone number. Install it as an app for bite notifications.

  Play by text →

• On your desktop

  Wooden Minnow: a tiny always-on-top window by your clock, for Windows and Mac. Fish while you work.

  Get the desktop app →

• On WhatsApp

  The text adventure in a WhatsApp chat. Free, on the phone you already have, and bites arrive like any message.

  Play on WhatsApp →

• In Discord

  The text adventure as DMs with the bot. Free, and your fishing buddies are already on Discord.

  Play in Discord →

• In Slack

  Add H()LLOW LAKE to your workspace. Bites come as DMs with buttons, and coworkers can net your fish.

  Play in Slack →

• On a keychain

  The Wooden Minnow: a little wooden lure with a screen, five buttons and a buzz when something bites. A prototype for now.

  Meet the Minnow →

One game, everywhere

Your fish, coins and gear live with your account, not your device. To play the same game somewhere new:

• Phone, browser or SlackSend LINK where you already play. You get a code. Send LINK and the code from the new place within 10 minutes.
• Desktop app or keychainPick I already fish on its first screen. It shows a code. Send MINNOW and the code from where you already play.
• Where bites goEvery linked device plays the same game. Bites go to whichever one you used last.

By text

Closed for beta testing Texting is invite-only while we work out what it costs to run. Want to help test it? Ask Scott, however you know how to. Everything else is free and open: the Minnow, the chat and Slack.