Black Hole Fishing

Summer Update - What's new, and what's next?Hey, friends! I just wanted to share an update on Black Hole Fishing. It's been a little while (I got to learn about burnout 🙃), but I'm back and updating again. Here's what's new, and what's still coming:Do you hear that?Right before the game launched, Peter from BerryNote () reached out and offered to make us a custom, dynamic soundtrack for the game. He came through just in time, but I was swamped with launch day bugs and wasn't able to get things integrated right away. Well, the wait is over - the OST is in. This one features a lot more ambience and nature sounds, which works well compared to a more traditional set of songs. In case you prefer the original, there is a toggle in the settings menu to switch back and forth.Happy summer! Is it too late for spring cleaning?One other "launch day leftover" was the large pile of minor tweaks and fixes that didn't make it in the game right away. Our artist had given me more than 40 tasks to clean up - visual artifacts, UI weirdness, etc. I finally got started on this list, so the visual quality is a little better, and will continue to improve as we go.I also squashed a fair number of bugs, including a major one affecting auto-saves. In short, the game could get into a state where the backup auto-saves stopped working. This doesn't matter for 99% of players, but of course, when it matters (something happens to the main save), it matters a lot!Also fixed: fish lab cost displays were weird; using a color bomb was changing the visual size of the fish.Re-spec time!Finally, I added a small change to the Prestige screen. The "undo all" button now allows you to refund your spent gluons, meaning you can re-spec and try different upgrades. This is a part of a larger ongoing overhaul of the prestige screen. I want to reduce the need for rapid prestige spam. It's not the intended way to play, and most of the negative feedback I get comes from people who grind out gluons as fast as possible...

Changelog: Added FPS Limiter Added Bleach achievement to prevent confusion for new players (code is added, I will set up the actual achievement soon) Added more story beats on compression events Added 2 new animations for prestige and game won Fixed achievement triggering early Ensured that windowed mode always shows the window border Added custom fish names (and fixed hatchery name replication). Notes: This patch contains the first real additions to the game since launch, along with a few bug-fixes. This mostly appeared in the tutorial/story text and related animations. The ending is a little better, but I'm still playing with a few final elements. I have a small story beat planned at the ending isn't really foreshadowed, so I'm adding a few more small bits of text throughout the game to support it. I am close to done with the OST integration as well. Once these smaller changes are in, I'm going to start focusing more on the first major update. This will take some time (probably a month or two), so if you are interested in being involved, consider hopping on the Discord server for more frequent updates. I'm always looking for players who want to try out new builds before they go live. https://discord.gg/4S3mfzNenY TL:DR - If you enjoyed the game and are waiting for a big update before playing again, this isn't it. I'm working on something a bit more substantial that will be worth coming back to. If you're looking for an excuse to play the game again, there are a few new bits of text and animations to discover, but no major mechanical changes.

Thank you everyone for an amazing launch! (and for 250 reviews)!So, Black Hole Fishing is my first game ever. I feel like the launch week was a bit rough (lots of bugs and issues right away), but in general, I am still happy with how things went! We managed to hit 1,500 concurrent players (which is a bit crazy to me), and we are now past 250 Very Positive reviews. ːsteamhappyːI am continuing to work on the game full-time right now, so expect more updates in the coming weeks. I’m focusing on smaller updates at first, but I do have my first major post-launch update planned as well, which should dramatically extend the end-game. I have been dealing with a fair bit of burn-out (working nights and weekends with a newborn will do that to you), but I've been resting a bit more and am starting to recover. In general, I want to finish critical patches quickly (responding to critical feedback), and then I hope to slow down and set a more comfortable update cadence going forwards. With that said, I wanted to talk through the short and mid-term road-map a bit today. Overall, the game doesn’t offer enough onboarding, so a major focus for the few weeks will be on the tutorial system and tool-tips, along with the Codex itself.I have been working on a proper conclusion to the game (the "you win" end screen was rushed and is disappointing), but I want to ensure that the changes are good before releasing them, and I didn't want to delay a roadmap announcement any further. Expect another game update in the next few days with these changes.Also, there are now compatibility modes when you launch the game. If you can launch the game without issues, then you can safely ignore this. I added the option to address the "I am stuck on the boot screen" issue that some players were seeing.What's next:I won't put any concrete dates on the calendar quite yet since scope is hard to estimate, but in general expect the following soon (ideally within the next week):Updated game story and better ending...