Hey,
Remember when, 20 days ago, I casually mentioned that About Fishing crossed 100,000 wishlists?
When I posted that I thought - yeah, this is it. I have all the wishlists I need! (Especially when I think about how three years ago, right before Arctic Eggs came out, that number was 12,000 and I was sweating about it)
Well. Someone has to hold my hand while I say this, but...
Since the demo went up, it's been downloaded 54,000 times.
Literally 54,000 of you decided to give this little game a shot. Thank you. For your time, your interest, and your support.
Looking at these numbers leaves me without the ability to speak, but this is nothing compared to reading the feedback from the Google Form that you kindly left. All the nice words, all the valuable feedback, all the suggestions. Wow, just wow. Thank you so much for your help 🙏
And by looking at how many people love the turtle, I'd like to announce my next game titled: "About Turtling."
You know what else happened? Someone made an Instagram reel and posted it with the caption. That reel did 3.1 million views.
That's the kind of thing I didn’t expect when we started cooking this thing with Angel Perez Guzman, Cameron Ginex, and Jonny Doobs. So, thank you - to the person who made that, and to everyone who's wishlisted, played the demo, or sent it to a friend who probably wasn't expecting a fishing game to unsettle them like that.
Now a few words about the amazing community we're all a part of. I want to give a shoutout to the people who make this place what it is - the ones who show up, contribute, and somehow always find a reason to be a part of it.
Take the trees. Some rando in a Steam News post asked you to share photos from your walks, and you just... did. No real reason, no prize, you just brought them.
(pic totally unrealated)
And then there are the artists. People who took actual time and actual talent and pointed it at this weird little fishing game, just because they wanted to.
So let's get into the fan art.
Credit (blame) for this section's name goes to girplejuice in the Discord. 🙌
Author: Ceggec (Discord)
Author: Leikaya
Author: BooG
Author: Rakki_Reis
Crossover I didn't know we needed
Author: Zacha (Discord)
Author: Konstantin49748
Author: ケー (Discord)
IYKYK
Author: Tizamira (Discord)
Author: Lina (Discord) Author: Felix (Discord)
Author: Berserk (Discord) Author: Dirty_Dave_42 (Discord)
Author: Tony Tran And last but not least, a piece that holds a special place in my heart
Want to end up in here next time? Discord's the place!
Or post it on X and tag me https://x.com/WaterMuseum_ so I can reach it.
stay hooked. ~ Kevin (The Water Museum)