Instead of wishlisting its game, the developer of my favorite Next Fest demo wants you to play anyone else's: 'There are some genuinely great creators in this fest who deserve the attention'

Of the thousands of demos on offer during the current Next Fest, I've far and away been most fond of About Fishing, The Water Museum's downright Lynchian "fishing mystery game" of surrealist, psychological angling that's eerie, absurd, and endearing in equal measure. My tackle box has a conspiracy board inside it, the town church has a prison ward in the basement, and I can commune with caught fish to retrieve submerged clues from waterways.

It's magnificent, and it is entirely, precisely my shit. But despite it being the traditional goal of Next Fest participants, About Fishing developer The Water Museum doesn't seem particularly concerned about whether I wishlist the game or not.

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