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PONDLINGS

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PONDLINGS playtest

by Cadan JW

Catch, Collect and Care for Pondlings with unique colour, pattern, size and nature combinations! Personalise your tank with animated backgrounds, floorings and objects. Unlock Pond-Passes in-game to gain access to exciting fishing locations, each with special new Pondling types to collect!

Anyone with a Steam account can join, and it's free.

Access
Instant
On playtest since
Aug 23, 2025
Planned release
To be announced
Developer
Cadan JW
Platforms
Windows
Players
Single-player
Languages
English

How to join the PONDLINGS playtest

  1. Open the game's Steam page with the Join playtest button. Sign in to Steam if it asks.
  2. Use the PONDLINGS playtest signup there. You're in straight away, with nothing to pay.
  3. The playtest shows up in your Steam library, ready to install and play.

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About PONDLINGS

Catch and collect Pondlings from ambient fishing vistas, with hundreds of exciting; pattern, colour, and personality combinations to collect, name and care for.

Collate and Decorate a Pondling-Tank that is truly your own! And share it with your friends on Steam!

Catch Pondlings in a variety of Unique, and Ambient Locations!

Collect Pondlings of hundreds of possible colour and personality combinations!

Decorate your tank with a huge variety of purchasable (with in-game coins) and unlockable backgrounds, flooring and decoration objects!

Care-for your Pondlings! By cleaning their tank, feeding, and interacting with them daily!

Unlock new Pond-Passes, for access to exciting, and peculiar fishing locations!

Share your carefully-considered tank with your friends on Steam!

(Notice: Not all features listed will be currently present in any/all demo releases at any given time.)

From the game's Steam page.