Hello everyone,
It has been a little while since we have done an update post. I took a little break in January because I completely knackered myself getting the last update finished and on steam. Then I got Covid again in early February so I was not at my best for around two and a half weeks. Though since January I have spent much time researching, planning and testing things for the future of the game which I think will be quite beneficial for future updates.
As you might have been able to tell from the thumbnail for this post, we are finally adding shrimps to the game. Red Cherry Shrimps to be precise. More shrimps will be added as the year goes on.
We are aiming to get the next update onto steam towards the end of March and shrimps will be a part of that update for sure. The paint job on this little fellow is not finished yet but it is good enough to show so you can all get an idea of our progress. These shrimps are pretty small. They grow to a size which is a little bit bigger than a cardinal tetra so you wont see them as closeup as in these pictures unless you zoom the camera way into them during gameplay.
In the next few weeks we are going to be working on the animation which is certainly going to be tricky because there are a lot of legs to animate as well as the antennae. I am looking forward to animating the front limbs especially for the eating animation. I will post an update showing this animation in the coming weeks.
A lot of time will also need to be spent refining how they navigate around the aquarium. They crawl around and swim which is especially tricky because it uses two navigational techniques but I have written some code prototypes which show a lot of promise.
This is a new decoration that will be added in the next update. I think it is quite sweet and I can imagine it looking good in an aquarium with lots of plants and mysterious lighting.
We will keep you updated with the shrimp progress in the coming weeks so keep an eye out for that. This is the year for adding a lot of promised things into the game.
We wish you all a wonderful weekend.
The Fishery Team