It's been a while! Despite the radio silence I've been here the whole time, working away behind the scenes, and I finally have some exciting news to share! Once again, thanks so much for all of your support over the last few years, it’s been an incredible journey and one that I’m not done with yet!
Once again, thank you so much for your patience and excitement for Wing Haven. Progress has been steady and in April you’ll get your first glimpse of the game. 👀
So, if you still haven't wishlisted Wing Haven on Steam, make sure you do now to hear about all the news the second it drops! And also join our Discord server to get hyped with us all.
We're also looking for some Chillquarium pros and enthusiasts to come and help out with making Wing Haven as good as it can be! So if you want to get involved and play an early version of Wing Haven, make sure to sign up for playtests and we’ll be in touch in a few months time.
PLAYTEST SIGN UPS - https://forms.gle/aup1tzjabBZBkRaDA
The majority of my time recently has been spent working on bringing Chillquarium to mobile! As of today, the game is available for early access on Android, and pre-registration on iOS! Big shoutout to the folks at Snapbreak for their publishing support.
It’s been a huge amount of work getting a Chillquarium port running on mobile. Honestly, it has been a much bigger undertaking than what I initially realized. Godot is overall a really wonderful game engine, but its native support for mobile development is still getting there in a lot of ways. There have been a lot of tasks which seem simple that wound up taking weeks of banging my head against the computer.
But all of this effort has definitely been worthwhile! I've been testing the game on my phone lately -- it has been a long time since I've really played my own game -- and I have to say it's pretty fun! It has been nice to sort of rediscover that with some fresh perspective. I hope you all have as much fun getting to re-experience unlocking new fish and ripping packs as I have!
You can download the early access version of the game on the Google Play Store and Pre-Register on the Apple App Store right now!
Stay tuned for more updates as we gear up to properly launch!
After years of working as a solo dev, with so many different things in the works, I've finally decided it's time to bring someone on to help out. Please welcome Sophie to the community! You’ll see her lurking in the discord, replying to Steam reviews and forum posts and writing upcoming news posts to keep you up to date with all of the exciting things happening.
Happy fishing (and soon, birding!)
-Ben & Sophie
It turns out keeping real fish is super fun! It has become a minor obsession for me, I am already planning to set up a second tank next to this one. It's definitely a nice source of inspiration for future Chillquarium content as well ;)