Patch Notes 12th June

General

• Starting money is now 500G
• The tutorial starter tank is now a Small Tank instead of a Medium Tank
• Notification design updated with the new NinePatch style
• Merge conflict in UIDisplaySystem resolved
• Tiger Barbs now display the correct image again
• The tutorial can no longer be disabled

Notifications & Story

• Dorothy Harrison Questline
• Dorothy Harrison now visits your store at key milestones:
• After your first full day
• After purchasing a second tank
• After obtaining your first fish license
• After obtaining a breeding pair of your licensed species
• Dorothy now features a proper quest progression system guiding players

• Purchasing a second tank
• Obtaining a fish license
• Quest objectives are displayed as reminders whenever you enter the store
• Completed quests now show a checkmark before the next quest becomes available
• Longer Dorothy conversations are split into multiple pages with a Continue button
• Dorothy shares memories about her husband's shop before leaving when her message is closed
• Notifications
• Tank event notifications now appear on your first visit each day:
• Fish pregnancies
• Eggs laid
• Eggs hatched
• Fish deaths overnight
• Recurring notifications now automatically dismiss after 4 seconds
• Notifications are now displayed at the top-center of the screen
• First-time tutorial notifications retain their close button:
• First pregnancy
• First eggs laid
• First egg hatched
• Added a follow-up tip explaining baby fish growth and breeding grades
• Fish Overview and Trade Hub now display a one-time welcome message when first opened

Internet

• Fish Overview & Licensing
• Added the Fish Overview Panel
• Added the Fish License System
• Fish Overview Panel is accessible through the Fishes button
• Fish Overview displays:
• Fish information
• Breeding information
• Price trends
• Fish Store & Trade Hub
• Fish Species filter grouping improved
• Filter text is now centered
• Removed Epic and Legendary fish from the Fish Store
• Rare fish now appear with very limited availability
• Fish Store now displays both male and female fish sprites
• Trade Hub now offers fish you do not yet have licenses for
• Players cannot sell those fish until the appropriate license is obtained
• Out-of-stock cards are now visually more distinct
• Fish Overview fish ordering has been adjusted
• Tutorial Restrictions
• During the tutorial, only the required fish card can be opened
• Players can no longer purchase unintended fish and potentially softlock themselves during the tutorial

Tank

• Fish Management
• Fish names now correctly match fish gender
• Expanded the list of possible fish names
• Gender icons updated and corrected
• Fish List now displays gender-specific fish images
• Male and female fish sprites are displayed consistently across systems
• Babies now quicksell for the wholesaler price
• Quicksell has been disabled during the tutorial
• Feeding & Behavior
• Feeding fish is now more satisfying
• Feeding is no longer possible while the game is paused
• Feeding bar now changes color:
• Red → Yellow → Green
• Improved fish pathing when following falling food
• Fish species with a maximum group size of one now tolerate a single fish of the opposite gender to enable breeding
• UI & Interaction
• Clicking a different fish while the Details Panel is open now switches directly to that fish's information

• Details Panel now has click priority over the Autofeeder
• Autofeeder now highlights when hovered
• Fish and decorations highlight when hovered when interactable
• Tooltips now highlight the fish and icons they reference
• Fish Inventory now automatically closes when:
• Opening the Internet screen
• Dragging the final fish into a tank
• Money now updates live in the Tank Overview
• Fixed disabled cursor bug
• Tank Building
• Decorations and plants are now sorted by:
• Size
• Price (lowest to highest)
• Unaffordable items are always displayed at the bottom of the builder grid
• pH values now always match the configurator settings
• Visuals & Icons
• Updated gender icons
• Added new pen icon
• Added new temperature icon

Store

• Negotiation is now more challenging and nuanced
• Fish images are now gender-specific in:
• Tank previews
• Computer screens
• Customers can no longer be manipulated by repeatedly hovering over them
• Tutorial
• Removed the Quit Tutorial button from all tutorial steps
• Tutorial tooltips no longer appear behind the inventory
• Tutorial panel edges no longer stretch or squash
• Repositioned multiple tutorial panels
• Demo ending now triggers correctly through both completion paths
• Save slots are locked after reaching the demo ending to prevent reloading past the demo boundary

Bug Fixes

• Fixed disabled cursor issue
• Fixed Tiger Barb image display
• Fixed pH values not matching configurator settings
• Fixed Details Panel behavior when selecting another fish
• Fixed demo end screen progression and save-lock behavior
• Resolved UIDisplaySystem merge conflict