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Still an egg. The first game in the pond will show up here.
rovaloc
cá rô+và+cá lóc
the perch and the snakehead
A small pond of indie games. Quick to start, easy to share, and made one at a time.
The games
Nothing has hatched yet
Every rovaloc game grows the way a fish does, from egg to adult. When a game moves to the next stage, its card here moves with it.
- TrứngEgg · an idea
- Cá bộtFry · a prototype
- Cá giốngFingerling · playtesting
- Cá lớnGrown · out now
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Still an egg. Nobody knows what kind of fish it will be.
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Still an egg. Check back when the water warms up.
The name
Why two fish?
Ask anyone who grew up near a rice field in Vietnam and they will know these two. Rô và lóc means "perch and snakehead". Say it fast and it sounds like a place to play.
Cá rô
Anabas testudineus · climbing perch
Small, spiny and stubborn. It gulps air at the surface and, after a heavy rain, can wriggle across wet ground from one pond to the next.
Rô games are quick bites: one good idea, a few minutes, play again.
Cá lóc
Channa striata · striped snakehead
Long, patient and a little fierce. It waits in the reeds, breathes air too, and ends up grilled in straw as cá lóc nướng trui at countryside feasts.
Lóc games go deeper: something to sink a whole evening into.