This update adds a support for HTC Vive VR system. This makes Ice Lakes a really unique ice fishing experience on the home systems. Use Vive controller like a real fishing rod and roam around the beautifull landscapes like in the real life.
The game also experiences a revamp regarding the graphics and menus. All new features and content will also work in the standard version of the game except the VR specific ones.
The first new map in this update is Emperor's Garden. This introduces a completely new far eastern themed environment and is also a good place to fish smelt.
Another new maps is the Ice Lakes, which is a wilderness map with beautifull waterfalls and lots of small ponds and connecting rivers where you can fish in this diverse environment.
New fish species introduced in this update are smelt and a catfish black bullhead. Smelts are new type that can be caught from almost every map and they are found schooling little under the ice. Black bullheads on the other hand are more rare and can be found from little deeper.
Two new tournaments are introduced in this update, in which these new fish species and maps are put to the test. The first one concentrates on the far eastern theme and the second tournament is a series of quick competitions finally adding a shorter option for tournament players!
Other things
Finally there are of course bug fixes, gameplay balances. Also the multiplayer reward system has been adjusted so that the reward will scale depending on how many players there are playing on the server.
Coming next
In the next update we will introduce a fish fight mechanic that is currently in the testing. At first it might be only an option and can be turned on/off and we'll see how it goes since it is so drastic change to gameplay mechanics. More information about that later ;)