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Hello, it's been awhile! We wanted to celebrate the one year birthday of Upstream with a few updates as well as a small surprise! Additions: Added a surprise birthday feature! Changes: Upgraded engine version from Godot 4.3 to Godot 4.6.1 This should (hopefully) add some performa
Changes: Changed the buttons focus highlight hue to increase pause menu navigation visiblity Bug Fixes: Fixed some missing detail tiles in the Beach area Fixed an issue where the quicksave confirmation on popup could lose focus while using controller Rotating the player should no
Bug Fixes: Fixed an issue which caused the Innumerable Obstacles Achievement to not trigger when a Hidden Area is the last Collectable Found. Known Issues: Certain area achievements triggering earlier than expected Unexpected game crash occurring while shifting focus using stream
Bug Fixes: Fixed an issue which allowed the endgame screen to be retriggered after completing the game. Known Issues: Certain area achievements triggering earlier than expected Unexpected game crash occurring while shifting focus using streaming software (if you encounter this is
Changes: Added French localization for Achievements (courtesy of UULaCrevette) Players can no longer access the leaderboard when running game in offline mode Pause menu now displays how many Salmon Sense particles you are missing per area Bug Fixes: Fixed an issue where saving an
Bug Fixes: Fixed an issue where autosave would cause end game logic to not work as intended Fixed an issue where the quicksave settings logic wasn't being handled correctly Known Issues: Saving and reloading game in certain scenarios in the Lake causes unexpected particle behavio
Changes: Removed auto disabling subtitles when narration is muted Adjusted some water body and waterfall connections to better align with player expectations Adjusted some water bodies in Lake area Hooks no longer respawn when the player is too close to their position Bug Fixes:
Changes: Slightly adjusted a few tiles in the middle of the Salmon Ladder to increase the chance of catching yourself from a fall Made the jump between the final Waterfall platform and the first moving platform in the Salmon Ladder not as far Game will now autosave every few seco
What's Upstream? Not much... Play as a salmon journeying home in this challenging physics based platformer using only two buttons! Remember that on a voyage through innumerable obstacles and constant danger, it is your reaction to adversity that determines your success. 🐟 Swim a
A small update this morning! Fixes: - Fixed a nasty issue primarily effecting PlayStation controllers that would prevent key-rebinding if any controller stick drift was present. - Fix the game icon to properly display in all locations
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We got a big list of changes here, many bug fixes and QoL changes for you all as we polish up the demo going into Next Fest this week. Changes: - The game timer now waits to start until the player enters a movement input or the fish is moved by an external force like a current. -
Some small fixes and changes today as well as one new feature! Additions: - Enabled Steam Cloud Saves Fixes: - Enabled Controller Navigation in the leaderboard - Fixed an issue causing the collision of the fish to be incorrect when loading a save with quicksave enabled. As always
Only one change in this week's hotfix! Fix: - Fixed a bug which could erase save files when opening the menu without starting a game. As always, please use the bug report feature on our website if you encounter any issues, and please be as detailed with your report as you can. Th
Just a few emergency fixes for this patch! Fixes: - Fixed a bug that could cause a soft lock when getting a new high score while playing with Steam in offline mode. - Moved game savedata from Upstream folder to a UpstreamDemo folder.
Hello Salmon! Here are all the changes for todays update! Additions/Improvements: - Added a new particle effect when you do a complete flip in the air! - Added sound effects to accompany narrator reaction lines. - Added a tooltip to explain Hold-to-Swim mode. - Added a new achiev
Hello All. We have another batch of changes here for you all. Additions: - Added a new progress bar to the UI to show you how far you are through the game. Fixes: - improved audio levels for some effects - remapped certain audio effects to the correct audio bus - fixed a crash ca
Hello all, we have couple small changes to the demo for you this morning. Additions: - improved the background effect in menus by adding a ripple on click - added Steam user specific game saves Fixes: - modified terrain and salmon collisions to prevent getting stuck - added more
Thank you so much for following along with the development of Upstream so far. We are so incredibly excited to share our first Official Demo build of the game! The demo features two areas out of the seven that will be present in the full game. It also features a fully functional
Thank you for following along with the development of Upstream! It’s been so fun to work on our first commercial project and see it slowly come to fruition. We’ve published a short playtest in the hopes of garnering some feedback on the gameplay. After playing it, please make sur