Very interesting and generally well executed concept with a cool theme
Art looked great, bosses were very unique from one another (loved the serpents pull in attack, made the boss very unique and fun to dodge), although more movement from the bosses would've been nice, as a lot of the time the bosses are kinda just giant punching bags.
Overall, very fun and well executed game with a great theme! Great Job!

Really cool game, only that I was getting very laggy on browser so I had to play it minimize wich hurted the experience a bit, but I liked the mechanichs, the design and overall concept 

great game, watching these Lovecraftian abominations rising from the murky depths felt amazing and slaying them was very satisfying, almost killed the serpent but just couldnt, gj and nice use of the spin mechanic

artstyle very fitting and well made ! :) unfortunately i got a bit low fps in browser. im animal bias so you alrady get +1 for animal game xD thanx for sharing <3

The reel handle could have been more to the center of the screen and perhaps slightly easier to deal with, but I like the idea and the game is interesting!

Finally, A game that can help me combat my Thalassophobia. The gameplay loop was very well implemented, having to constantly catch fish while avoiding Lovecraftian monstrosities from the deep sea, it's like part fishing sim and part shooter. Cool atmosphere, nice sprites and fun gameplay!

Cool vibe and take on the theme. I found the 'reeling' really difficult but that's probably a skill issue lol

hi  Stellar Abyss Games 

i want to say that your game idea art are super cool control was bit hard but i can handle you fit the theme and that nice good for you i will rate you i will be happy if you played my game and rate me good luck

link = https://itch.io/jam/boss-rush-jam-2025/rate/3292181

yours mystery killer

The web version didn't work for me but I played the downloaded version. I saw the game during swags stream, and I really wanted to try it myself. Very fun game-play - you definitely did a nice job ! The only downside was for me the reeling in the bottom right corner, since I have 2 monitors my mouse went off screen every second and it was harder then the actual bosses haha.

Was able to defeat the third boss! I liked how the theme was used in the fishing mechanic and also like the boss sfx and the art (especially the glowing eyes).

But I think the fishing can be improved if the center of the reel changes to the mouse’s position every time the player clicks? So the player doesn’t have to aim their mouse. Also another small improvement might be to have sfx for reeling up and reeling down? Sometimes I’m focused on dodging and can’t really tell if my mouse is off centered and I’m not moving the reel at all.

Still think its a neat game with a nice fishing mechanic though!

Aiming is really difficult to my point, the harpoon rotate too fast. I liked the fishing minigames, it woke up my tryharding side xD. Also good AD. 

The art is absolutely phenomenal, and the monsters are all sufficiently creepy. I didn't really like the fishing minigame, but it was partially due to skill issue. The combat was great once I got into the hang of it, the only thing I found a bit odd was that it shoots on mouse release instead of click. Only other recommendation would be to allow restarting from the boss you died on since I suck and died on my first attempt of the siren. I'm being overly critical though, I really enjoyed this one, and the polish is insane. Great work!