Welcome back to another update of my favorite game to code.
Even though I tank forever to come out with update.
I did just start a new job at the start of this year. I was not expecting it to drain my soul dry to the point I can't even work on anything outside. Hopefully it gets better but who knows.
This will slow game dev progress by some. So instead of by-monthly it might be tri-monthly.
As for the actual update, I didn't really add a whole lot, this is more of a small update. Mostly behind a behind the scenes update for me but I wanted to push this now since Easter is starting today and this update was inspired by Easter in general. This is the introduction to Egg Assembly. If you thought that buying the egg pieces was too simple of a task in Insaniaquarium, now its time to start actually assembling the eggs. *In a future update I will include the requirement you will need to hatch them. Which should create some fun unique little puzzles for each level.
There's going to be a new direction I'm pushing the art towards. I'm dropping the pixelated look for the game since I couldn't really convey to much with that art-style with what I was trying to do. Instead I'm going to try a canvas painted art style that can express a bit more. I might change it again but this will be what I want to be using moving forward. This new art style also fits with the Insaniaquarium Vibe, since they kinda do this style throughout the game. I see it most with the tank backgrounds. I plan to slowly transition some of the fish into the new style as well. I'm still figuring out how to animate them as a 2d sprite. Its kinda hard to explain but want to animate them as a flat fish that is animated in 3d. Kinda like Wii Play fishing mini game.
Anyways that's my rant about the current state of the game.
Here's the Update patch notes.
- Fixed diamond money value, it was way too much
- Fixed Guppy start hunger being to high.
- Dialogue box hides when esc menu is open'd
- Guppys now visably grow instead of instantly + sf
- Added other sound effects
- Added Egg puzzel as part of the main objective
- Added Pet Egg sprites for each pet
- Fixed Certain Guppies not aging when bought between certain tutorial sequences
- Added Egg Puzzel info into tutorial (1-1)
- Moved Enemy tutorial info into its own tutorial (1-2)
- Fixed guppy purchace transactions still going through even if spawnables max was reached
- Fixed tutorial text not gettting typed out on certain paused events
- Fixed tutorial text box sometimes not closing on esc menu interaction
- Sped up tutorial text, it felt to slow before.
- Fish food now displays how much it takes from you per spawn
If you have any questions or complaints just message me on discord or what ever. Discord link should be right below this message or in the store page. you never know with steam.