fixed crash with bullet parent fixed crash with enemy targeting buffed void cauldron 0.25 -> 0.4 welcome to all the new players!! please leave a review if you're reading this - it helps a ton!
fixed crash with bullet parent
fixed crash with enemy targeting
buffed void cauldron 0.25 -> 0.4
welcome to all the new players!! please leave a review if you're reading this - it helps a ton!
added note in tutorial that towers of the same type can be placed ontop to be leveled up added note in tutorial that plots sometimes cost money instead of grant money
added note in tutorial that towers of the same type can be placed ontop to be leveled up
added note in tutorial that plots sometimes cost money instead of grant money
Hello! Firstly, thanks to everyone for playing the game! It's been super cool to see people enjoying it! I have heaps planned before I move on to other projects, and I'm dedicated to making fishTDX as good as it can be. What's planned So what's planned? Well, there definitely nee
Hello!
Firstly, thanks to everyone for playing the game! It's been super cool to see people enjoying it! I have heaps planned before I move on to other projects, and I'm dedicated to making fishTDX as good as it can be.
So what's planned?
Well, there definitely needs to be some big changes made to improve player experience. Fundamental changes that will vastly improve various different aspects of the game. The goal I have with these subsequent updates is to improve the following key areas.
Shop
Plots
Metaprogression
Gameplay
Optimisations
Content?
So that is heaps and heaps of stuff. Super exciting! They will all be part of fishTDX 2.0, a massive shift with better design decisions, and hopefully a smoother player experience with more strategy and more fun! I hope you're all as excited as I am!
However this is a lot of stuff to do. Some bullet-points will be quick 2-3 day things to fix, but others might take weeks or even months to overhaul to a point where I'm happy with it. I am currently enrolled in university, and I have a constant stream of work to do for that. Additionally, I work 12 hours a week at a part time role, and I tutor other students. I hardly have any time to even think about fishTDX, let alone dive into the codebase to implement a massive new feature.
What this means, is that the game's development will be paused (for major features) during the rest of this semester, which is about another 8-10 weeks depending on when my exams are. I will remain active on Discord to fix any bugs or balancing issues, but that'll be about it unfortunately.
But 8-10 weeks isn't that far away, and I'll start working on new stuff as soon as I get an opportunity to! My current priorities are the following:
It has definitely become clear to me that fishTDX may have been more suited for an Early Access release, considering the amount of massive features that have been added over time (and will continue to be added), but either way, the game will get even better over time.
Not all is lost though! I have written, and will soon begin editing a new video on my YouTube channel discussing bugTDX! Depending on how that video performs, I will then dive into the development of fishTDX!
Also we have hit 400 sales, which is super sick! Again, please leave a review if you haven't already! Massive thanks to PepperHead for playing the game on stream and providing some legendary feedback (which inspired many of these changes). And, thanks to you for reading.
Happy fishing! 🎣
a bunch of bugfixes reduced dna increase with sun and enhancements strong swing 1.2 -> 1.1 damage increase Dna lvl 3: 0.004 -> 0.003 devolution power lvl 4: 0.01 -> 0.004 devolution power cauldron 1 -> 0.25 enhancement
a bunch of bugfixes
reduced dna increase with sun and enhancements
strong swing
1.2 -> 1.1 damage increase
Dna
lvl 3: 0.004 -> 0.003 devolution power
lvl 4: 0.01 -> 0.004 devolution power
cauldron
1 -> 0.25 enhancement
New content! As this update was mainly focused on a major new feature (see more below...), the content is a little lighter than future updates will be. However there should be plenty to dig your teeth into! new affixes plague: give a tower plague (enemies create a poison explosio
As this update was mainly focused on a major new feature (see more below...), the content is a little lighter than future updates will be. However there should be plenty to dig your teeth into!
new affixes
plague: give a tower plague (enemies create a poison explosion on death)
extra pocket: tower has 2 extra affix slots
pepper: tower has a chance to sneeze
devoted: increase tower's immolate value
new elite
blazing: immune to slow damage
The most significant feature by far in this update is the new pack creator! You can now create new packs, duplicate existing packs, and edit your own custom packs.
These open up the game massively as you can create your own challenges, and discover new synergies between towers that don't share a pack. Plus, to celebrate this new feature, I'm going to add 1 user-made pack to the base game next update, so please join our Discord to share your creation and have your pack immortalised in fishTDX!
Be wary though, you can only create packs with towers you've used at some point, so make sure to try out as many towers and affixes as you can so you can use them in your packs! You can put any tower in any tier, there's no restrictions. You can even take inspiration from Tisajokt's pack 'overstimulated' and add duplicates of a tower so it appears more frequently in the shop!
I'd love to add workshop support sometime in the future, but until then you can share packs with each other by finding them in the game's save files located here: C:\Users[you]\AppData\Roaming\fishTDX
fixed crashes around plot creation tools
updated the way packs are stored to accommodate for duplicate names
fixed scrollbar in packs menu
fixed some affixes not applying an effect properly
fixed shattered ice crash
added immolate value to tower tab
moved a lot of stuff in packs around to make more sense and enable synergies
I know I said this update was going to be very health focused, but I wanted to get these custom packs out sooner rather than later. The next update will add some new achievements for those achievement-hunters, as well as some new funky towers and interesting effects!
On another note, we're almost at 20 reviews! Please leave a review if you haven't already - it goes such a long way and I love reading them. Massive thank you all for playing and happy fishing! 🎣
clarified normal effect fixed tooltips showing up if a word is found in another word (eg 'rent' in 'torrent') moved income recap to be centered in the screen
clarified normal effect
fixed tooltips showing up if a word is found in another word (eg 'rent' in 'torrent')
moved income recap to be centered in the screen
capped auction moved dna to a higher tier in super balanced pack fixed ball bullets scaling way too high with homing balls fixed merchant and stop sign crash clarified beach ball artifact fixed metropolis typo in description null cannon lvl 1: 4 -> 8 mult lvl 2: 6 -> 16 mul
capped auction
moved dna to a higher tier in super balanced pack
fixed ball bullets scaling way too high with homing balls
fixed merchant and stop sign crash
clarified beach ball artifact
fixed metropolis typo in description
null cannon
lvl 1: 4 -> 8 mult
lvl 2: 6 -> 16 mult
lvl 3: 9 -> 24 mult
lvl 4: 13 -> 30 mult
purifier
lvl 1: 1.3 -> 8 damage
lvl 2: 1.6 -> 16 damage
lvl 3: 2 -> 32 damage
lvl 4: 3 -> 50 damage
sanitiser
lvl 1: 2 -> 6 damage
lvl 2: 4 -> 12 damage
lvl 3: 6 -> 18 damage
lvl 4: 9 -> 28 damage
fixed ui on ultrawide display fixed towers not scaling properly on packs display fixed shattered ice crash moved stop sign down a tier nuclear plant radioactive dmg at level 4: 16 -> 20 fixed buggy behaviour in certain particle effects made 'escape' exit the pause menu optimis
fixed ui on ultrawide display
fixed towers not scaling properly on packs display
fixed shattered ice crash
moved stop sign down a tier
nuclear plant radioactive dmg at level 4: 16 -> 20
fixed buggy behaviour in certain particle effects
made 'escape' exit the pause menu
optimisations (these shouldn't impact gameplay)
made plots pre-draw themselves to cut down on draw calls
made aoe effects all refer to the same enemy loop
made tower targeting and update get calculated within the enemy update loop
New content! new plot Metropolis: all towers gain 1.5x damage but charge 10 rent new artifacts Free Parking: tower placed on top does not charge rent Parking Meter: all towers have 1.5x damage but charge an additional 10 rent Skyscraper: diagonal towers generate 1 hp per round ne
new plot
Metropolis: all towers gain 1.5x damage but charge 10 rent
new artifacts
Free Parking: tower placed on top does not charge rent
Parking Meter: all towers have 1.5x damage but charge an additional 10 rent
Skyscraper: diagonal towers generate 1 hp per round
new towers
Dark Lord: immolate adjacent towers for darkness
Holy Lord: immolate adjacent towers for lightness
new affix
Shattered Ice: adds shatter when freeze breaks
The packs page went through a much needed update. Each pack now has a 'plots pool' in addition to the tower pool that determines the possible plots that you can encounter using that plot. This reduces redundant plots confusing new players like the 'Beach' plot and 'Archipelago' plot. Check it out!
fixed money and lives text overlapping
fixed the '-' for the info tab being in the wrong position
hopefully fixed roll cost text overlapping
reworded DNA
added a setting to use right click for start wave to avoid accidentally clicking it
Thanks for playing (and reading this far!) The game has officially sold 300 sales! Super stoked that we hit this amazing milestone and I couldn't have done it without you all (duh lol). If you have issues please join our Discord or post something in the Discussions! If you haven't already, please leave a review too!
This was a bit smaller than I would've liked but I wanted to get the packs update out as fast as possible. The next update will be very 'health' oriented...
Happy fishing! 🎣
fixed crash when removing rooms incorrectly automatically puts back selected tower when you click 'start wave' fixed crash when enemy couldn't find next plot fixed filthy rich giving money instead of spending fixed solar converter giving infinite money with pocket sun fixed ultim
fixed crash when removing rooms incorrectly
automatically puts back selected tower when you click 'start wave'
fixed crash when enemy couldn't find next plot
fixed filthy rich giving money instead of spending
fixed solar converter giving infinite money with pocket sun
fixed ultimate victor achievement
added another debug log to try to fix 'ultimate victor' achievement fixed tower disappearing if holding it when start wave is pressed fixed mute not disabling underwater added setting 'health bar numbers'
added another debug log to try to fix 'ultimate victor' achievement
fixed tower disappearing if holding it when start wave is pressed
fixed mute not disabling underwater
added setting 'health bar numbers'
fixed scroll bar hovering randomly on *most* displays fixed wasd navigation mid-wave being scaled on game speed added collections tab to pause menu fixed not being able to select elites in collections tab (page 2 of fish) add effect if you place a tower on a plot that makes it st
fixed scroll bar hovering randomly on *most* displays
fixed wasd navigation mid-wave being scaled on game speed
added collections tab to pause menu
fixed not being able to select elites in collections tab (page 2 of fish)
add effect if you place a tower on a plot that makes it stronger
added a log to try to debug ultimate victor achievement
added an alternate, more legible, font that can be selected in settings
fixed a couple of crashes
Hi everyone! As of today, fishTDX has sold 100 copies! I know that might not seem like much, but it's 100 people who are playing my little creation! A massive thank you goes out to Olexa and Time to Grind for playing a few runs on their channels! Getting your game out there is in
Hi everyone!
As of today, fishTDX has sold 100 copies! I know that might not seem like much, but it's 100 people who are playing my little creation! A massive thank you goes out to Olexa and Time to Grind for playing a few runs on their channels! Getting your game out there is incredibly difficult, but content creators like them can change the life of a solo dev like me! Please please leave a review if you haven't already - I'm trying to reach 10 reviews so Steam shows the game to more people.
And so, what's next for fishTDX? Well, unlike bugTDX, I have no plans to stop updating the game anytime soon. fishTDX was designed from the ground up to be almost infinitely expandable with new packs, plots, and heaps of other content potential.
But first, I want to make sure the base game is as good as it can be. If you have had any issues at all with readability, un-intuitive wording, or any other potential QoL additions, please share them with me in the comments of this post (or join our amazing Discord!).
This will likely be an ongoing process but I want to make sure you all have an opportunity now to let me know if anythings bugging you so I can fix it for you!
Then comes the content. Unfortunately I have university over the next 12 weeks (ahhhhh) so I won't be able to release updates as fast as I'd like, but I promise they're coming and I'm always thinking about what could be cool to add!
I have this massive list of new towers, plots, affixes, enemies, elites, and packs that I'm going to slowly work through in a logical fashion. I imagine I'll release a substantial update every 2 months or so depending on how busy I am between doing uni work, creating a massive 'how I made this game' dev-log for my YouTube channel, and the size of the update planned.
I will continue to release patches as often as necessary to fix any issues that might arise.
If you have any cool ideas for content (towers affixes, etc.) please also leave that in the comments! I'll be sure to read through any suggestions!
And, as always, happy fishing! 🎣
capped enemy budget at wave 23 added error sound and red text when you can't afford a tower added red and green text when losing and gaining lives respectively fixed crash when using purity fixed bug that took you to negative money fixed achievement 'ultimate victor' not activati
capped enemy budget at wave 23
added error sound and red text when you can't afford a tower
added red and green text when losing and gaining lives respectively
fixed crash when using purity
fixed bug that took you to negative money
fixed achievement 'ultimate victor' not activating (doesn't backwards-check for achievements as this would make cheating super easy!)
whale hp: 24 -> 18
megaladon hp: 60 -> 30
steel fireworks
lvl 1: 2 -> 3 damage
lvl 2: 3.5 -> 4 damage
lvl 3: 5 -> 6 damage
lvl 4: 7.2 -> 9 damage
sludge gun
lvl 1: 0.2 -> 1 radioactive damage
lvl 2: 0.5 -> 2 radioactive damage
lvl 3: 0.8 -> 3 radioactive damage
lvl 4: 1 -> 4 radioactive damage
glass shard
lvl 2: 0.6 -> 0.7 damage
lvl 3: 0.8 -> 1.5 damage
lvl 4: 1 -> 3 damage
added borderless fullscreen to settings fixed crash when lightning inherited other effects fixed demo displaying all packs instead of only a few fixed angler fish alert not showing up in game filthy rich lvl 3: 1 -> 2 cost lvl 4: 2 -> 3 cost lvl 4: 0.07 -> 0.05 reload lv
added borderless fullscreen to settings
fixed crash when lightning inherited other effects
fixed demo displaying all packs instead of only a few
fixed angler fish alert not showing up in game
filthy rich
lvl 3: 1 -> 2 cost
lvl 4: 2 -> 3 cost
lvl 4: 0.07 -> 0.05 reload
lvl 4: 60 -> 70 damage
money bag
lvl 2: 4 -> 3 income
lvl 3: 6 -> 5 income
lvl 4: 12 -> 8 income
fixed crash when applying impact effects directly to enemies added functionality to stop sign fixed fridge not deactivating on void plot blazing flail lvl 1: 3 -> 8 damage lvl 1: 0.5 -> 2 burning damage lvl 2: 8 -> 13 damage lvl 2: 1 -> 4 burning damage lvl 3: 14 ->
fixed crash when applying impact effects directly to enemies
added functionality to stop sign
fixed fridge not deactivating on void plot
blazing flail
lvl 1: 3 -> 8 damage
lvl 1: 0.5 -> 2 burning damage
lvl 2: 8 -> 13 damage
lvl 2: 1 -> 4 burning damage
lvl 3: 14 -> 17 damage
lvl 3: 1.5 -> 7 burning damage
lvl 4: 19 -> 25 burning damage
lvl 4: 2 -> 12 burning damage
cluster mines
lvl 1: 3 -> 2 damage
lvl 2: 5 -> 4 damage
lvl 3: 7 -> 5 damage
lvl 4: 12 -> 8 damage
dagger
lvl 2: 5 -> 6 damage
lvl 3: 8 -> 9 damage
lvl 4: 12 -> damage
fireworks
lvl 1: 0.7 -> 1 damage
lvl 2: 1.3 -> 1.5 damage
lvl 3: 3 -> 3.5 damage
harpoon gun
lvl 4: 10 -> 14 mult
merchant
lvl 1: 0.2 -> 0.4 chance
lvl 2: 0.3 -> 0.5 chance
lvl 3: 0.4 -> 0.6 chance
lvl 4: 0.5 -> 0.7 chance
acid net
lvl 1: 0.2 -> 0.3 net durability
lvl 2: 1.4 -> 1.6 net duration
lvl 2: 0.3 -> 0.4 net durability
lvl 3: 1.9 -> 2.5 net duration
lvl 3: 0.3 -> 0.5 net durability
lvl 4: 2 -> 5 net duration
lvl 4: 0.4 -> 0.6 net durability
ceremonial daggers
lvl 1: 0.3 -> 0.8 damage
lvl 2: 0.3 -> 0.9 reload
lvl 2: 1.2 -> 1.8 damage
lvl 3: 0.2 -> 0.5 reload
lvl 3: 2.1 -> 3 damage
lvl 4: 0.15 -> 0.3 reload
lvl 4: 3.8 -> 4.3 damage
stop sign
lvl 1: 0.5 -> 2 slow duration
lvl 2: 0.7 -> 2.5 slow duration
lvl 3: 0.9 -> 3 slow duration
lvl 4: 1.2 -> 3.5 slow duration
added stuffed image fixed solar converter trying to generate income before it's placed fixed crash when bullet is created without a parent reset settings to force tutorial playthrough fixed saved game using incorrect pack sometimes changed shield elites ('all damage below 1/7 of
added stuffed image
fixed solar converter trying to generate income before it's placed
fixed crash when bullet is created without a parent
reset settings to force tutorial playthrough
fixed saved game using incorrect pack sometimes
changed shield elites ('all damage below 1/7 of max hp is greatly reduced') to be less beefy
esc now removes income recap for when it goes too low on the screen
fixed max difficulty not updating upon win
hoarder
lvl 1: 0.1 -> 0.3 mult
lvl 2: 0.15 -> 0.7 mult
lvl 3: 0.2 -> 1.4 mult
lvl 4: 0.3 -> 2.5
library
lvl 2: 14 -> 16 damage
lvl 3: 19 -> 25 damage
lvl 4: 28 -> 37 damage
made 'braap' achievement trigger if you're very close to 0 reload fixed toothpick not showing as stealth homing ball now adds 50% tightness instead of 10% baseball bat lvl 1: 2 -> 3 damage on hit lvl 2: 2.3 -> 3.5 damage on hit lvl 3: 2.6 -> 4 damage on hit lvl 4: 3 ->
made 'braap' achievement trigger if you're very close to 0 reload
fixed toothpick not showing as stealth
homing ball now adds 50% tightness instead of 10%
baseball bat
lvl 1: 2 -> 3 damage on hit
lvl 2: 2.3 -> 3.5 damage on hit
lvl 3: 2.6 -> 4 damage on hit
lvl 4: 3 -> 5 damage on hit
tennis racquet
lvl 1: 1.4 -> 1.7 damage on hit
lvl 2: 1.5 -> 2.3 damage on hit
lvl 3: 1.6 -> 2.5 damage on hit
lvl 4: 1.7 -> 2.8 damage on hit
stop sign
lvl 1: 4 -> 3 reload
lvl 2: 3.6 -> 2 reload
lvl 3: 3.2 -> 1.5 reload
lvl 4: 2.5 -> 0.5 reload
speed gun
lvl 4: 15 -> 7 damage
lvl 4: 16 -> 18 multiplier
sacrifice
lvl 2: 12 -> 14 gold gained
lvl 3: 17 -> 19 gold gained
lvl 4: 23 -> 30 gold gained
mine field
lvl 4: 40 -> 44 damage
glass ball machine
lvl 3: 9 -> 10 damage
lvl 4: 14 -> 16 damage
fireworks
lvl 1: 0.6 -> 0.7 damage
lvl 2: 1.1 -> 1.3 damage
lvl 3: 2.1 -> 3 damage
lvl 4: 3.5 -> 6 damage
campfire
lvl 1: 250 -> 300 range
lvl 2: 300 -> 350 range
lvl 3: 350 -> 400 range
lvl 4: 400 -> 450 range
fixed decay working incorrectly added 'mum' to credits made the sell bin a little smaller cluster mines: level 1: 7 -> 5 damage level 2: 12 -> 7 damage level 3: 18 -> 12 damage
fixed decay working incorrectly
added 'mum' to credits
made the sell bin a little smaller
cluster mines:
level 1: 7 -> 5 damage
level 2: 12 -> 7 damage
level 3: 18 -> 12 damage
fishTDX, the tower defense roguelike is finally out and you can play it right now! Massive thank you to everyone who helped out on the way - you made this possible! And, of course, a huge thank you to all future players. As a reminder of what the full game offers, here's a little
fishTDX, the tower defense roguelike is finally out and you can play it right now!
Massive thank you to everyone who helped out on the way - you made this possible! And, of course, a huge thank you to all future players. As a reminder of what the full game offers, here's a little recap:
80+ towers
35+ effects
30+ affixes
40+ artifacts
5+ elites
10 packs
achievements
& heaps more!!!!!
I don't know what you're still reading for?? The game is super cheap and provides hours and hours of replayability, and will challenge even the most experienced gamers.
If you're interested in how this game was actually made, subscribe to my YouTube where I've got an absolutely massive video coming out soon detailing my process, what engine I used, and how everyone can make a game!
And as always, happy fishing!