Hey there! This week has been a busy one, tying together a lot of loose ends and making the entire experience more cohesive. This is the culmination of all our work the past few months, so we hope you enjoy! 

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Changelog

Fishdex Visual Overhaul

> The fishdex is looking good! It’s easier to navigate with new filters, and you can easily see your fish’s ratings. We hope this makes fishing more enjoyable!

Boss Ratings

> Test your skills versus each boss with our new rating system! Ratings depend on time-spent and damage-taken. Post your best results in Discord!

Fishing Improvements

> Every fish in the game has been rebalanced to create a more intuitive difficulty curve. We’ve also introduced ‘Streaks’, which make higher-star fish more likely the more successful catches you get in a row!

New Art & Sounds

> Enjoy new SFX for Crude Crab and Swordmaster Swordfish, along with plenty of new sprites and assets throughout the game. Of course, there are still plenty of temporary assets.

Polish & Tuning

> As always, there are a handful of quality-of-life features added (such as level transitions) and tons of adjustments (with a particular focus on Crude Crab and Swordmaster Swordfish). 

The Bird!

> The Bird has flown into some new areas. Dialogue is still a W.I.P., but he’ll judge you wherever you go regardless!

Known Bugs

> Mini Minnow will jump in place on rare occasions. It is immune during this jump animation.

> The hook trajectory preview occasionally doesn’t disappear after releasing right-click. Clicking and releasing again should return it to normal. 

> In the tutorial, casting your line on the land behind the player instead of fishing may cause the player to get stuck in the chair animation. 

Feedback

As always, we want to hear from you! Please fill out our feedback form with your honest thoughts, and keep the bug report form handy in case you run into anything weird. Thanks as always!