Strandline
Welcome to the Strandline
A cozy game where you collect seashells along the strandlines of famous shelling beaches around the world! Listen to relaxing lo-fi music by omfgdude and TAD (opengameart.org) while collecting shells! Strandline is a top-down, single-screen, view of the beach - your goal is to collect all the seashells while the tides drift in-and-out, bringing in the possibility of rare shells! Can be played on Mobile or PC through browser! Or download the exe on Windows.
Features
- Four locations, based on real-world shelling locations around the world!
- Thirty-Nine hand-crafted shells, all created by me in Aseprite!
- Different levels contain different rarity shells. Find shells, get money, buy upgrades, and progress to levels with more valuable shells!
- No end! After you get all the shells, keep going to see if you can upgrade them all! Or see if you can reach the Money Overflow value: 9,223,372,036,854,775,807 + 1 gold
Strandline : Shoreline : especially : a shoreline above the present water level.
“Strandline.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strandline. Accessed 12 Sep. 2026.
Download
Install instructions
- Download the .zip file
- Extract the .zip somewhere, including both files together
- Run Strandline.exe
Development log
- Balance Changes and Descriptions Updates3 days ago
- After Release Fixes4 days ago
Comments
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I LOVE this game. I'm a huge fan of beachcombing in RL, so this scratches an itch. I love how the waves deposit new shells, and you can even lose one you are about to click if the wave is faster than you! I see lots of replay value in this and I'll be back. This is just what I was looking for.
That's amazing! I made this for the Game Jam in 2 weeks, but I get the feeling you found it in the wild? Lol. I see some potential in this game, would you be interested in updates should I decide to continue working on it?
The concept of introducing different shell types is a very creative approach to the theme Ocean. The gameplay on PC works well as an aim trainer. The waves delivering more shells is an interesting level of attention to detail. I also love how you added mobile support to the game, because I believe this game is more suited in that platform. I got to collect 3 shiny shells in my playthrough. Pretty proud that in my first swipe, I got a shiny. This game has a lot of potential as an incremental game, with a correct addition of narrative and an interactable "alive" npc. Items in the shop can be expanded as well, like increase sand clearing radius, click collection area radius, a pet that roams around to clear the sand or collect shells for you.
Thanks for the feedback! I actually had the plan to add an NPC (hermit crab that tries to steal shells), but it couldn't fit within the limited scope of 2-weeks. I actually agree, I think something here could be actually good, particularly for mobile!