Hello everyone,
As predicted there is no update to the build this week because we have been painting non stop and consequently this post will be somewhat shorter.
Oscar Fish Male, work in progress:
Oscar Fish Female, work in progress:
Good progress has been made with our pair of Oscars. They are not finished just yet. Some time this month before our update they will be revisited and finished with fresh eyes. At the moment the orange patterning looks a little like both fish were attacked by a jar of marmalade, their skin feels a little too smooth to my eyes and the black patterning on the male could be more widespread.
Fly:
This is one of the next food items that will be added. Insects are a plentiful source of nourishment to fish in the wild and much more interesting to look at. The fly will look a lot more dead when we add it to the game and It will come in 3 slightly comical death poses. This is probably the closest players will ever get to it because they are quite small but we added enough detail in the model and painting that from a distance it is recognisable as a fly. We painted it at a resolution of 1024x1024 but it will probably be scaled down to something like 256x256 or less when it is in the game.
More interesting foods are in the works and of course more fish will be painted in the coming week. I am still a little too intimidated to paint the boesemani rainbowfish so I will probably paint the discus fish instead. There are also more decorations being worked on. We are certainly bored of looking at the same rocks all the time and hopefully we will have something nice to show you in the coming weeks. We are also almost ready to show you all the first floating plants to be added to the game. If all goes to plan we can show that next week. Until then we wish you all a very good Saturday.
The Fishery Team