From fd6eb5508c55947e2a84b086a831f6a6d7272c95 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: CRTkafa Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2026 16:32:34 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] Fishies 0.8.2 --- CHANGELOG.md | 1808 +++++--------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 151 insertions(+), 1657 deletions(-) diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md index 657691f..6529698 100644 --- a/CHANGELOG.md +++ b/CHANGELOG.md @@ -238,218 +238,161 @@ Fishies 0.6.0 is here. **We are still in Alpha**: things will keep changing, and Thank you for playing the Alpha. Found something odd? Report it from the game menu or in Discussions. -### 0.5.5 · Straight into the water - -2026-09-13 · [read on fishies.lol](https://fishies.lol/news/0.5.5) - -Play the moment you arrive, glass from top to bottom, gifts and a stash, new music, and Turkish that finally reads like Turkish. - -Fishies 0.5.5 is the biggest update since alpha began. **Here is what changed.** - -#### Play first, sign in later - -- Opening Fishies drops you straight into your own aquarium as a guest. No sign-in panel stands in the way. -- When you are ready, save your progress by linking Google, X or Apple. Signing out as a guest warns you first, so a tank is never lost by accident. -- Sign in with Apple now works on the web and in the desktop app. -- Opened Fishies inside Instagram, TikTok or Facebook? Sign-in now tells you to open it in your browser instead of failing quietly. Guest play works everywhere. -- Your first egg hatches in seconds, so you meet your fish right away. -- Choosing your keeper name is what opens chat, visits and Open Water. - -#### A new glass interface - -- The whole game moved into glass: a level ring up top, a tool dock along the bottom of the tank, and a simple menu. -- Shop, level-up, news and settings open as rooms in the same deep-blue glass, and fit a phone held either way. -- Coming back shows how long you were away and what happened, card by card. -- Explore lives in the dock, with keepers who are online right now up front. Long names no longer get cut off. -- Right-click puts down the tool in your hand without opening a menu underneath. -- The loading screen is a small reef of its own: fish dive in from above the water as the tank fills. -- Each new release greets you once with its notes when you come back. - -#### Your account - -- A proper account centre, on its own page and inside the game: your aquarium, sign-in methods, badges, notifications and language. -- You can permanently delete your account from there. -- Aquariums without a name show as their keeper's aquarium. - -#### Stash, gifts and the shop - -- A stash: buy now, place later. Fish and decorations both wait there. -- Gifts wait safely in the other keeper's stash, eggs included, so nothing starts hatching until they place it. A gift sent on a shaky connection arrives once. -- A cart in the shop: fill it and check out once. -- Pick the sand your tank sits on. - -#### Together - -- Open Water is open: swim out as one of your own fish, zoom in and out, and find everyone on the map. -- Visit a friend's aquarium and join it as a fish, and watch its keeper feed and level up live. -- Chat is always open, with a channel for the tank you are in, whispers from level 10, painted emotes, and a card when you tap someone's name. -- Aquariums show their followers and stars, and you can star the ones you love. -- Block and report keepers; reports are reviewed by hand. - -#### Fish, music and looks - -- Fish loosely shoal with their own kind, rush their food, and big schools keep their spacing. -- Hungry fish show it straight away, and fourteen species got a fresher look. -- New music: Kelp Lullaby is the main theme, Coral Crossing follows it, and the jukebox lets you pick which tracks take turns. -- A new mascot, a new tab icon, and a press kit page. - -#### Words and privacy - -- Fishies uses one simple word for each thing: aquarium, food, News. The English is shorter and clearer. -- The Turkish version has been rewritten to read naturally. -- No more cookie popup: page counts are kept on our own server, and nothing is tracked about you personally. -- The home page leads with one clear way in, and news and patch notes live on the blog, in your language when it has been written. - -### 0.5.0 · Waterline, clearer - -2026-09-09 · [read on fishies.lol](https://fishies.lol/news/0.5.0) - -The front door, Field Guide and journeys between them now feel more like one aquarium. - -#### One current from the shore to the reef - -Getting into Fishies used to mean a page snapping to another page. Now it moves like water: a school of fish crosses the screen through bubbles and shifting light, and the next place opens up underneath them. The landing reef keeps swimming the whole time you're deciding where to go. - -#### The Field Guide reads like a guide - -The Field Guide has been tightened around what you actually need while looking after a fish. Species now carry their own small icons, headings finally have room to breathe on a phone screen, and every fish gets a proper reference card · a portrait up top, the four care facts you reach for first, then the rest quietly tucked into one table underneath. - -Its visual history stays part of the guide, but it no longer sends you out to the project archive. A fish's earlier look belongs right there, in its own story. - -#### A smaller, calmer way in on a phone - -The landing menu now lives in one compact water-glass tray instead of spreading across the screen. Its three paths stay together, and language sits right next to the way into the aquarium instead of turning the whole thing into a stack of form fields. The landing scene runs edge to edge again, with no extra tank frame cutting the water in two. - -#### The release story is one story - -This update gathers the landing, the guide and the water-motion work into one chapter worth reading. That's how the journal will keep working: a real moment gets a full entry with a real Fishies scene, and the small repairs quietly ride along with whatever release comes next instead of asking for a page of their own. - -### 0.4.0 · The reef gets its colour back - -2026-09-08 · [read on fishies.lol](https://fishies.lol/news/0.4.0) - -A new reef art pass gives familiar fish quieter eyes, truer fins and more life in the water. - -#### Familiar fish, seen anew - -The reef has spent some quiet time changing its look. Nine familiar fish now carry richer colour, smaller reflective eyes, and fins that finally feel like they belong in the water with them. - -Look for the shy Sand Goby hugging the floor, the sharp little Slate Damsel cutting across the current, or the Emerald Wrasse slipping through the plants · three of the nine faces that got this treatment. The goal is simple: the aquarium should feel more alive even when you're just sitting there watching it. - -#### A guide that remembers - -A fish doesn't lose its past just because it grows into a new look. The [Field Guide](https://fishies.lol/wiki) now keeps every earlier picture right beside the current one, so you can look back whenever a species changes over time. - -#### The next layer of the reef - -This is the first full art pass, not the last. We're working through every fish, every decoration, and every corner of the aquarium in turn · and once that's done, we'll bring the same care to how the reef moves, sounds and feels in your hands. - -### 0.3.0 · A little world, made yours - -2026-09-08 · [read on fishies.lol](https://fishies.lol/news/0.3.0) - -Your aquarium has found its rhythm: a first fish to raise, a name to share, a guide to explore and more reason to come back. - -#### Start with one small life - -Every new aquarium now begins with a single gifted egg. Watch it hatch, learn its little needs, feed it by hand, and make its first few minutes count. Your first fish isn't one of a crowd anymore · it's yours. - -#### Leave your name on the glass - -Give your aquarium a name, pick your `@handle`, and share the address once you're ready. Friends can visit the exact water you're growing, browse the public reef, and stumble on other people's little worlds along the way. - -#### The reef remembers - -The Field Guide has a home of its own now. Read up on each fish, learn how long it takes to grow, and look back at the artwork that came before whenever a species gets a new look. - -#### A kinder way to be away - -Fishies can now remind you about the things that matter while you're gone, if you turn reminders on. They stay quiet while you're playing, and you decide which device gets to hear from your aquarium. - -#### Still growing, together - -Fishies is still Alpha. Everyone who joins during Alpha carries the Alpha keeper seal now; the people who were here before the first version number keep their Pre-alpha seal too. - -### 0.2.0 · Dive in - -2026-09-08 · [read on fishies.lol](https://fishies.lol/news/0.2.0) - -The front door is now a living reef with fish to meet, places to explore and a proper field guide. - -The front page no longer stands beside the aquarium. **It jumps straight into the water.** - -#### Take the little dive - -Slip below the surface, meet a fish, and wake up the preview reef. Drop a pellet, look closer, or pause the water whenever you like · it's a playground for visitors, so nothing you do there touches a keeper's real aquarium. - -#### Meet the whole shoal - -The new [field guide](https://fishies.lol/wiki) introduces every fish and decoration in the game so far. Find the speedy ones, the sleepy-looking ones, the fish that grow fast, and the ornaments still waiting for a spot on somebody's sand. - -#### Real tanks at the front door - -Public aquariums can now show up right on the front page. Pick one, visit a keeper, and see what their corner of the ocean looks like today. - -#### Phone sign-in behaves itself - -You can now correct a code, ask for another one once the timer runs out, or change your phone number without getting stuck. Closing the sign-in drawer also closes whatever attempt was left unfinished. - -There's more below the surface now. Go have a look. - -### 0.1.0 · Welcome to Alpha - -2026-09-07 · [read on fishies.lol](https://fishies.lol/news/0.1.0) - -Fishies has its first version number, and the aquarium is growing up. - -The aquarium has its first version number. **Hello, Fishies 0.1.0.** - -#### The Alpha badge is on - -Alpha means the paint is still wet: fish may pick up surprising new tricks, and some rules will change as the world grows around them. You can always check the current version next to the Fishies logo. - -#### Existing keepers can keep swimming - -If you already have an aquarium, it is exactly where you left it. Feed your fish, clean the glass, decorate the sand, and share your tank the way you always have. - -New aquariums are taking a short break while bigger systems get built underneath. Visitors can still explore the showcase reef and public tanks in the meantime. When the doors open again, the news bell will ring here first. - -#### A journal for every splash - -From this release onward, the moments worth gathering around get a place of their own in the Fishies journal · new places, seasonal surprises, and the small discoveries hiding under rocks. - -Thanks for being here for the first numbered splash. - -### Before the first splash - -2026-09-06 · [read on fishies.lol](https://fishies.lol/news/pre-alpha) - -The little aquarium that grew into Fishies. - -Before Fishies had a version number, it was a tiny aquarium with one big idea: **your fish should remember you, even after you close the tab.** - -#### A tank that keeps living - -Drop an egg into the water. Watch a baby fish hatch. Feed it, keep the glass clean, and come back later to see how much it has grown. Time keeps moving while you are away, so a visit tomorrow always looks a little different from today. - -#### Meet the first shoal - -Twelve fish moved into the reef. Some round and nosy, some quick and shiny, a few that would clearly rather hide behind a rock than say hello. They turn, wiggle their fins, chase down a pellet, and sometimes just stop to stare back at you. - -The Coral Clownfish came first. It became the little face of the aquarium, and it taught the rest of the shoal how to swim. - -#### Your corner of the ocean - -Every keeper gets an aquarium address of their own. Share it with a friend and they can watch your fish grow without moving, feeding or selling a thing. Your tank stays yours. - -There is music, too. _Reef Room_ drifts quietly behind the bubbles, pellets plop into the water, and coins chime softly when they land. - -This was the beginning: one tank, one baby fish, and a lot more hiding below the surface. - ## Patch notes +### 2026-10-06 + +**Keeper OS guide expanded** + +_Improved_ + +- The Keeper OS guide now explains the quick buttons, dock labels and graphics engine. + +**Fishies starts in landscape** + +_Improved_ + +- The game now always starts in landscape orientation. + +**Quick settings and sideways play on Android** + +_New_ + +- Keeper OS now has quick buttons for full screen, sound, your account and settings. +- On Android phones, your first tap opens the game in full screen and turns it sideways. + +**Smoother aquarium music** + +_Fixed_ + +- Viewing an aquarium card no longer restarts the music. +- Placing an egg no longer makes the music stutter or play twice at once. + +### 2026-10-03 + +**Open Water and aquarium syncing recover better** + +_Fixed_ + +- Open Water now pauses during a graphics interruption and resumes when drawing is restored. +- Aquarium updates reconnect reliably after a temporary service interruption. + +**Aquarium loading respects scene changes** + +_Fixed_ + +- Aquarium recovery and loading no longer disrupt a scene after you switch to another one. + +**Smoother play in slow fullscreen views** + +_Improved_ + +- When a fullscreen aquarium or Open Water runs slowly, Fishies now reduces drawing load to keep play responsive. + +### 2026-10-02 + +**Aquariums recover from graphics startup failures** + +_Fixed_ + +- Aquariums can now recover when graphics fail to start on supported devices. + +**Smoother aquarium rendering** + +_Improved_ + +- WebGL is now the default renderer, reducing shadow flicker and running more smoothly, while WebGPU remains available in Settings. + +**Smoother aquarium viewing** + +_Improved_ + +- When you zoom in or view a wide aquarium, fish outside your view no longer use drawing time. + +**Smoother busy aquariums** + +_Improved_ + +- Busy aquariums run smoother because the game does less work each frame. + +**Faster Studio and smoother shop lists** + +_Improved_ + +- The Aquarium Studio opens faster after the first time you open it. +- Long shop lists open more smoothly. + +**Painted icons across Fishies** + +_Improved_ + +- Icons across the game and site now use the game's painted artwork instead of plain line symbols. + +**31 new painted icons** + +_New_ + +- Thirty-one new painted icons join the game’s icon set. + +**Smoother tanks and a roomier Keeper OS** + +_New_ + +- You can choose WebGPU or WebGL in Settings Display if the game stutters on your device. + +_Improved_ + +- Account now opens directly in the Keeper OS, with a clear way back to your aquarium. +- The Keeper OS dock shows icons without labels, and you can turn labels on in Settings. +- Help tips on the fish card now fit on one line. +- The Keeper OS now fits comfortably on laptops and desktops using 125% or 150% scaling. +- For keepers, the site header now opens the Reef Journal, Updates and Community inside the Keeper OS. +- The game lowers its drawing resolution automatically when your device struggles to keep up. +- Updated Fishies 0.8.2 installers for Windows, macOS, Linux and Android are available to download. + +_Fixed_ + +- Fullscreen now runs smoothly again on large, high-resolution screens. +- The Community article now has an updated address, and the old address redirects to it. +- The aquarium switcher's Enlarge and new aquarium cards now fit inside the menu. +- A window that fails to load no longer takes the whole game down. + ### 2026-10-01 +**A smoother aquarium and new keeper tools** + +_New_ + +- The Keeper OS opens over your aquarium with one place for notifications and simpler Settings. +- A shield beside the water gauge shows how long your fish can stay well while you’re away, including with an auto-feeder. +- New keepers receive a filter, heater and Conditioning Box as gifts when they first become useful. +- A Next goal line suggests what to try next, and six quest chains guide your story up to level 100. +- A new Fishies UI page showcases the game’s buttons, icons and colours, and the video player has a warmer reef-toy look. +- Links in chat and Community can open the Reef Journal, an aquarium or a thread inside the game. + +_Improved_ + +- Panels now pop open from where you tap and slip away when closed, coins and XP fly to their counters and count up, tabs glide, and buttons squash when pressed. +- Panels and the shop open faster, and the aquarium stays smoother when your device is busy. +- The shop is easier to read on phones, its list scrolls in one column, and its filters say what they filter. +- Every species now shows its Stars and Care level, and every fish has a Grade from 0 to 100. +- Discussions is now Community, with clear categories, threads for updates and patch notes, a Markdown editor, author cards and richer link cards. +- Whispers now come from keepers you follow back, unless you switch Settings to allow whispers from everyone at level 10. +- The Reef Journal now covers every part of the game in every language and lists every keyboard shortcut. +- The Keeper OS fits phones held sideways, and Settings › Sound has a proper soundtrack list. +- The site’s FAQ now says Fishies is on the App Store for iPhone, iPad and Mac, and “See what’s coming” opens the Fishies roadmap. +- The site header’s Features link now takes you straight to Fishies on git.crt.fyi. + +_Fixed_ + +- Fish cards always fit on screen, with long details scrolling inside while the name and buttons stay in place. +- On sideways phones, the Conditioning Box stays clear of the water gauge so you can tap it to open its card. +- Aquarium link cards in Community always show an aquarium picture, and Community buttons have icons that match their actions. +- Chat messages and forum replies appear right away when the moderation model is unavailable. +- The loading screen now shows calm open water without fish swimming behind it. +- News, profiles and the forum no longer fail to load when the site is busy. +- Pages load less language data and open faster. + **Mythic multiplier set to 2.25×** _Improved_ @@ -2158,1452 +2101,3 @@ _New_ - Soundtrack videos now have thumbnails and descriptions so they look clearer on YouTube. - Each GitHub release now includes the installer for every platform. - -**More consistent names in chats and menus** - -_Improved_ - -- Fishies now uses one settled name for each term throughout the game. -- Turkish now says Açık Deniz consistently. -- Both languages now say aquarium instead of tank. - -**Itch downloads now get the friendly file** - -_Fixed_ - -- Itch downloads now provide the friendly file, not the patchable file. - -**Showcase logs now show source notes** - -_Improved_ - -- The showcase log now replaces the lane column. -- Rolling notes now say where they came from. - -**Fixed dark haze on sand beds** - -_Fixed_ - -- Removed the dark haze that could appear over the sand bed in the .dmg aquarium view. - -**Tools now show lanes and meters** - -_Improved_ - -- Every part in Tools now appears on its own lane and meter, including percussion hits. - -**Mac installer gets a sand bed** - -_Improved_ - -- The macOS installer window now has a sand bed behind the labels, making them readable. - -**App installer label fixed** - -_Fixed_ - -- The Applications label in the macOS .dmg installer now fits inside its plate. - -**Mac installer window is readable again** - -_Fixed_ - -- The macOS installer window is readable again. -- The .dmg icon labels can be read again. - -**Admin panel in the game menu** - -_New_ - -- Administrators can open the admin panel from the game menu. - -**Fish pair and lay eggs on their own** - -_New_ - -- Fish can now pair up and lay eggs on their own. -- Each fish card now shows when a fish can breed, how many clutches it has had, and where it came from. - -_Fixed_ - -- Administration pages now render correctly in the game's own typeface. - -**Showcase now feels cleaner** - -_Improved_ - -- Score tables stay pinned while you browse the showcase, so they are easier to keep in view. -- The showcase cover is bigger, giving it a fuller look. -- The showcase no longer shows the filename or strapline. - -**App Store listings now match each platform** - -_New_ - -- The website now opens the App Store listing that matches your platform. -- Review locking now follows the app version you are using, so updates are held for the right release. - -**Windows setup shows full install path** - -_Fixed_ - -- The Windows setup now shows the full install folder path in the install-folder field, so long paths are readable. - -**Play listing images fixed** - -_Fixed_ - -- Play listing images now stay within the listing card instead of spilling outside it. - -**Android app fills the screen** - -_Improved_ - -- The Android app now fills the whole screen without putting anything under the status bar. -- The Android app is leaner, so it should be a little lighter to install and run. - -**Desktop fullscreen works first time** - -_Fixed_ - -- The desktop app fullscreen button now works on the first press. -- The press kit now links to the soundtrack, which is free for anyone to use. - -**Guest visits no longer ring** - -_Fixed_ - -- Visits and follows from guest accounts no longer send you a notification. - -**Report bugs from the game** - -_New_ - -- You can now report a bug from the game menu. - -_Improved_ - -- The music panel now uses simpler wording. -- The press kit now uses plainer copy. - -**See room visitors and connect Discord** - -_New_ - -- You can now see exactly who visited your aquarium. -- You can now see who is in the room with you. -- You can now connect Discord from your account settings. - -_Improved_ - -- You can now pin the chat so messages stay visible instead of fading away. - -**Shop layout and sign-in fixes** - -_Fixed_ - -- The shop fills the window with two rows of cards again. -- Settings switches now show their real on or off state. -- Guests can sign in to an account they already have. - -**Report bugs from the contact page** - -_New_ - -- The contact page now has a Report a bug card that opens the public Fishies issue tracker. - -_Fixed_ - -- Store listing device frames no longer have their corners clipped. - -**Store screenshots fit device frames** - -_Improved_ - -- Store listing screenshots now sit properly inside the phone and tablet frames. - -### 2026-09-15 - -**Weekly reminder for care notifications** - -_New_ - -- If care reminders are off, you will get a weekly in-game reminder to turn them back on. - -**iOS apps no longer force store updates** - -_Fixed_ - -- Version-number-only iOS updates are no longer treated as required store updates, so installed apps can keep playing. - -**Fishies is now version 0.5.7** - -_New_ - -- Fishies is now version 0.5.7 across web, desktop, iOS, and Android. - -**Discussions gets a Fishies makeover** - -_New_ - -- Discussions now has a board that matches the rest of Fishies, with starter help topics and links to the Field Guide. -- Game Center is now included in the iPhone, iPad, and Mac app builds. - -_Improved_ - -- The next-level unlock list now keeps each unlock name whole beside its sprite. -- The Play as guest button now stays neatly inside the landing header pill. - -**Discord care reminders are easier to turn on** - -_Fixed_ - -- Discord care reminders can now be turned on from your account without needing the admin broadcast switch first. - -**Discord sign-in and connections** - -_New_ - -- You can now sign in with Discord. -- You can now connect Discord from Account, Connections. - -_Fixed_ - -- Release notes with dotted version numbers open again instead of showing a missing page. - -**Sell all adults of one fish type** - -_New_ - -- Right-clicking a fish can now sell every adult fish of that species from the net confirm list. - -**Level ring tooltip now names the L key** - -_Improved_ - -- Hovering the level ring on the HUD now shows the L key name, just like the dock's tool badges. - -**Hold still to open Inspect** - -_New_ - -- On a phone, holding your finger still on Inspect now opens the same fish, decoration, and water menu as a right-click. - -**Open the level room with L** - -_New_ - -- Press L to open the same level room you get from tapping the HUD ring. - -**HUD numbers now show glass tooltips** - -_Improved_ - -- Hovering XP, coins, tank count, growth, and food now shows the same glass-style tooltip as the rest of the HUD. - -**Fish now swim around decorations** - -_Improved_ - -- Idle fish now swim around the decorations you place in your aquarium instead of ignoring them. - -**Away recap now includes care updates** - -_Improved_ - -- Your away recap now includes hatches, lost fish, hunger, and dirty glass that happened while you were gone. - -**Visiting keepers now appear on the HUD** - -_New_ - -- The HUD now shows how many keepers are visiting your tank as fish. - -**Tank care now shows on the HUD** - -_Improved_ - -- The HUD now shows hungry fish, dirty glass, eggs, and grown fish next to your coins. - -**Away recap now includes visits and follows** - -_Improved_ - -- Your away recap now mentions keepers who visited your aquarium or started following you while you were away. - -**Follow care notices** - -_New_ - -- You now get a care notice when another keeper starts following you. - -**New care notices for key aquarium events** - -_New_ - -- Keepers now get a notice when an egg hatches. -- Keepers now get a notice when a fish is lost to hunger. -- Keepers now get a notice when someone visits their aquarium. - -**Decorations now need their own space** - -_Fixed_ - -- Decorations now need space on the sand, so they cannot overlap each other. -- Decorations can no longer be placed right up against the glass. - -**God rays now match shadows** - -_Fixed_ - -- Shafts of light in the tank now lean the same way as the fish shadows. - -**Visiting shows the host's algae** - -_Fixed_ - -- Visiting a friend's aquarium now shows the same glass algae on the glass that the host sees. - -**Hungry fish pause growing** - -_New_ - -- Hungry fish now stop growing until you feed them. - -_Improved_ - -- A long time without food now makes hungry fish look unwell. - -**Styled dropdowns across Fishies** - -_Improved_ - -- Dropdown menus across the site and game now use Fishies' own styled menu instead of the plain system list. - -**Phone apps, chat, and landscape fixes** - -_New_ - -- If you link a sign-in that already belongs to another aquarium in the phone or tablet app, you can now choose which aquarium to keep. - -_Improved_ - -- The Android and iPhone apps now hide keyboard shortcut badges and sign-in options that cannot be used there. -- Reef and Open Water chat is now reviewed before it appears to anyone else. -- Keepers now get care toasts for hunger, hatching, dirty glass, and survival even while they are in Open Water. - -_Fixed_ - -- The Windows installer and uninstaller header image is sharp again on high display scaling. -- The shop Buy buttons no longer get cut off when a phone is held sideways in the browser. -- Explore aquarium cards no longer overlap in landscape on phones. - -### 2026-09-14 - -**Website pages load again** - -_Fixed_ - -- Fixed an outage that stopped website pages from loading. - -**Shop fits more items on desktop** - -_Fixed_ - -- The shop now fits two rows of items on typical desktop screens. - -**Privacy and Terms open in-app** - -_New_ - -- Privacy Policy and Terms now open in an in-app viewer instead of a new tab. - -**Windows setup dive looks like water** - -_Improved_ - -- The Windows setup dive now looks more like real water and keeps plunging with the fish until the install finishes. - -**Safer fish selling** - -_Fixed_ - -- The fish menu no longer offers to sell every adult of a species in one go. - -**Windows setup goes underwater** - -_New_ - -- The Windows setup now dives deep into open water with fish plunging alongside you at every step. - -**Shop cart claim added** - -_New_ - -- You can now claim items from the shop cart. - -_Improved_ - -- Shop builds now finish much faster, so the site should feel quicker to load. - -**Shop and stash get safer controls** - -_New_ - -- iPhone players can now receive push notifications. - -_Improved_ - -- The shop remembers your last tab and page, and you can search and sort its items. -- Cart lines now show a quantity control so you can pick how many to add. -- Cart lines now tell you clearly when they are full. - -_Fixed_ - -- Selling from the stash now asks for confirmation first. -- The dock now warns you before your stash fills up and stops taking new purchases. - -**Fishies pages for missing errors** - -_New_ - -- Missing pages and server errors now show a Fishies-themed page instead of the default server message. - -_Improved_ - -- Error pages include a clear way to get back home. - -**Desktop sign-in now stays on track** - -_Fixed_ - -- Signing in from the desktop app now keeps the sign-in page open instead of dropping you into the game too early, including for Turkish browsers. - -**Privacy and Terms updated** - -_New_ - -- The Privacy and Terms pages now cover guest play. -- The Privacy and Terms pages now explain Apple sign-in. -- The Privacy and Terms pages now describe self-service account deletion. -- The Privacy and Terms pages now mention whispers and Discussions. -- The Privacy and Terms pages now include the desktop app. - -**Escape and Quit work again** - -_Fixed_ - -- Escape now closes windows and menus again in the desktop app. -- The options menu now has a Quit game button in the desktop app. - -**Smarter guides and smoother placing** - -_Improved_ - -- Guide search results now open above the page, species filters work again, table headers match the theme, and guide cards line up neatly. -- The Feed tool no longer has a Feed everyone button or shortcut, so feeding is hands-on again. -- Cleaning, feeding and netting keep the tool in your hand, and each click now plays its own faster wipe, shake or scoop animation. -- After placing a fish or decoration from the shop, right-click or Cancel takes you back to the same shop page you were on. -- Decorations can now be moved in one drag instead of needing a separate move step. -- On phones and tablets, the placement guide shows a larger Cancel button and hides the mouse right-click hint. -- Dragged room windows, chat, and the tutorial card reopen where you left them on the same device. -- The notification history can now be filtered by Care, Shop, Gifts, Social, and System. -- The net review now shows each fish by name, with its species underneath. -- Toasts and the Open Water swim-as picker now call your fish by name, with the species shown alongside. -- Dragged decorations stay in your hand until you let go, even when you move them straight across the tank. -- Fish released from the net now glide back into the water smoothly instead of snapping into place. -- Lumi and Noir now smile with the correct straight zigzag shape. - -**Desktop app sign-in and launcher updates** - -_Improved_ - -- The desktop launcher now shows which account you are signed in as, with options to switch account or sign out. -- The desktop app window now opens sized to fit the screen you use, from small laptops to ultrawide monitors. -- The opening logos now stay on screen a little longer, and a click skips only the Fishies logo. - -_Fixed_ - -- Signing in to the desktop app through your browser now completes correctly, and both screens tell you where the sign-in is up to. -- Privacy and Terms links in the desktop app now open in your browser, and the launcher shows them too. -- The alpha thank-you and release welcome cards no longer come back after reinstalling the app. -- The release notes card now fits neatly on phones. - -**Easier sign-in and chat shortcuts** - -_New_ - -- The site header now shows a Log in button. -- The play button now says Play as guest until you log in. - -_Fixed_ - -- Pressing T or Enter now opens chat instead of clicking the fish under your cursor. - -**Hide keyboard shortcut hints** - -_New_ - -- You can now turn off the keyboard shortcut hint badges on buttons in Settings. - -**Friends tab and Explore filters** - -_New_ - -- Explore now has a Friends tab that shows which friends are online. -- When you gift something, the game suggests your friends first. -- Explore now lets you filter aquariums by level, online now, and mutual follows. -- The desktop game now opens in fullscreen with a Lodos and Fishies splash screen. - -**Keyboard shortcuts you can rebind** - -_New_ - -- Press ? to open a shortcuts panel with a list of keyboard controls. -- You can rebind keyboard shortcuts to keys you prefer. -- Buttons now show their shortcut key on them. - -**Pinch to zoom your tank** - -_New_ - -- Pinch with two fingers to zoom in on your aquarium. -- Drag to pan around the home tank on touch screens. -- Double-tap the water to zoom back out. - -**Loading fish now swim properly** - -_New_ - -- Levels 17 to 100 now get one or two new species each. - -_Improved_ - -- The fish on the loading screen now swim with real fins and tails instead of sliding pictures. - -**Fish details use plain percentages** - -_Fixed_ - -- Fish details now show growth and food as plain percentages without progress bars. - -**Fish details now show all stats** - -_Improved_ - -- Fish details now always list growth, food, and sale value with percentages, even when a fish is full. - -**Fish buttons show proper text again** - -_Fixed_ - -- Fish buttons and labels now show their proper text again instead of placeholder keys. - -**Field Guide gets a new home** - -_New_ - -- The Field Guide now opens as a categorised catalogue so you can browse help by topic. -- You can now search the Field Guide to find the guide you need faster. -- Fifteen new guides have been added, covering the tutorial, coins, the Net, the shop and cart, gifts, Open Water, and more. - -**Full tanks swim more smoothly** - -_Improved_ - -- Fish in a full aquarium now spread out and swim past one another smoothly instead of bumping into each other and flipping left and right. - -**Fish now have names and sexes** - -_New_ - -- Every fish now has a name and a sex, shown on its card once it hatches. - -_Improved_ - -- You can rename any fish by tapping its name. - -**Dock icons and chat counts update** - -_Improved_ - -- The stash button in the dock now uses a painted chest icon that matches the rest of the toolbar. - -_Fixed_ - -- Feed hints and tooltips from the dock now appear in front of the chat box on wide screens. -- The chat header's players online count now includes you as soon as you join. - -**Net scoops feel smoother** - -_Fixed_ - -- The fish net now plays its full scoop animation before it finishes. -- The fish net now skips fish that are not fully grown and cannot be sold yet. -- Fish you let go from the net now fall back into the aquarium nose first instead of upside down. - -**Shop and tutorial text cleaned up** - -_Improved_ - -- The tutorial now says your fish is growing, and only says it is ready once it can be sold. - -_Fixed_ - -- The shop’s coin balance now looks the same and lines up on every tab. -- Selling a fish as a guest now tells you to sign in to earn coins. -- The coin icon beside the sell-bubbles setting no longer grows too large in Aquarium options. - -**App updates are smaller** - -_Improved_ - -- App updates on iOS and Android now download only what changed instead of the whole game. - -**Windows launcher now opens properly** - -_Fixed_ - -- The Atlas launcher now opens correctly on a first real Windows run on Windows. -- The launcher bundle and executable have both been updated so Windows players can start the app more reliably. - -**Tutorial fish grows up faster** - -_Fixed_ - -- The tutorial fish now grows up in five seconds, so there is no wait after it is ready. - -**Care notice taps stay reliable** - -_Fixed_ - -- Care notice taps now still work after the game reloads or remounts. -- Push notifications no longer keep unused target fields. - -**Care reminders now open the right task** - -_Improved_ - -- Tapping a care reminder now opens the hungry fish, new hatchling, or dirty glass it is about. -- You can turn on care reminders for this device with a single switch from the notification bell. - -**Stash Button and Net Fixes** - -_New_ - -- The stash now has its own button in the tool dock. - -_Improved_ - -- The shop navigation bar has been redesigned to feel tidier. - -_Fixed_ - -- Legendary fish can no longer be caught with the net. -- Caught fish now disappear from the tank until you sell them. -- Released fish now splash back into the tank from above. - -**Notifications now open and clear** - -_Improved_ - -- Notifications now take you to the fish, place, or message they are about when you tap them. -- You can clear notifications one by one, or clear the whole list at once. - -**Shop now fits phone screens** - -_Improved_ - -- The shop now fits phone screens better, including landscape view. -- You can swipe between shop pages and categories on touch or with a mouse. - -**Aquariums open safely after updates** - -_Fixed_ - -- Opening an aquarium right after an update no longer crashes the game. - -**Two legendary fish arrive** - -_New_ - -- Lumi and Noir have joined the aquarium as legendary fish for keepers who reach level 100. - -_Improved_ - -- Lumi and Noir come with their own charms, riffs, and sounds. -- Lumi and Noir have their own adult looks, rig setups, and thumbnails. - -**News cards now export correctly** - -_Fixed_ - -- The installed app export now includes the square news cards instead of leaving them out. - -**Public aquarium list no longer gets stuck** - -_Fixed_ - -- Fixed a rare issue where the public aquariums list on the homepage could stay stuck on “Finding a few public aquariums...” forever. - -**Shop scrolling now flows to the next category** - -_Improved_ - -- Scrolling or swiping in the shop now moves on to the next category after the last page instead of stopping there. -- The home page now shows Steam as Coming soon instead of Planned. - -**Sharper link preview pictures** - -_Improved_ - -- Link preview pictures now use full colour, so water and fish look smoother and more detailed. - -**Open Water plants stay on the seabed** - -_Fixed_ - -- Open Water no longer shows kelp hanging at the surface. -- Plants in Open Water now only grow from the seabed. - -**X and Google sign-in return to iPhone app** - -_Fixed_ - -- Signing in with X or Google now returns you to the iPhone app instead of leaving you stuck in the browser. - -**Feed button stays visible on wide screens** - -_Fixed_ - -- The chat composer no longer overlaps the tool dock’s Feed button on very wide or high-DPI screens. - -**Open Water plants now sit lower** - -_Fixed_ - -- Open Water surface-canopy kelp no longer pokes above the waterline. - -**Link previews are wide again** - -_Fixed_ - -- Fishies link previews now use one centre-safe wide card on shared pages instead of a square card in front of it. -- Link previews for fishies.lol stay easy to read even when WhatsApp shows them small. - -### 2026-09-13 - -**Tool dock icons are back** - -_Fixed_ - -- The tool dock no longer goes blank on phones, so its icons are visible again. - -**Better announcement previews** - -_Improved_ - -- Discord release announcements now include the full release card preview. -- WhatsApp link previews now use a proper square thumbnail instead of a cropped image. - -**Release welcome now shows 0.5.5** - -_Fixed_ - -- Returning keepers are greeted once with the 0.5.5 release notes instead of a phantom 0.6.0 message. - -**Egg menu stays clear of banners** - -_Fixed_ - -- The egg placement menu now stays above phone banners when you open it. -- Putting an egg down no longer shows the same toast message twice. - -**Browser sign-in now supports every method** - -_Fixed_ - -- The browser sign-in button in the desktop app now works for Google, Discord, X, Apple, and phone sign-in. - -**Drop favourite eggs into your tank** - -_New_ - -- Right-click the water to drop eggs of your favourite fish straight into the tank. - -**Desktop sign-in is one click** - -_Improved_ - -- Signing in to the desktop app now uses one click in your browser instead of showing a code to compare. - -**Aquarium panel redesign** - -_Improved_ - -- The aquarium panel has been redesigned with a clearer layout. -- Status, fish, and decorations are now grouped more clearly in the aquarium panel. - -**Desktop app sign-in is simpler** - -_Improved_ - -- Signing in to the desktop app now finishes with one click in your browser. -- You no longer need a separate provider sign-in when opening the desktop app. -- You no longer see the Open with Fishies prompt during desktop app sign-in. - -**Launcher labels its two versions** - -_Improved_ - -- The launcher now labels its two versions as the game build and the launcher, so they are easier to tell apart. - -**Choose the ready-to-sell bubble** - -_Improved_ - -- Fish no longer pop up a coin bubble when they are ready to sell unless you enable it in settings. - -**Sign in moved beside Guest Play** - -_Improved_ - -- In the desktop launcher, Sign in now sits right next to Play as guest. - -**Desktop app gets real window controls** - -_Improved_ - -- The desktop app now has a cleaner title bar. -- You can right-click the desktop app window to open a proper window menu. -- Full screen now works properly in the desktop app, and you can toggle it with F11. - -**Floating panes are easier to move** - -_New_ - -- Drag fish cards, tutorial panels, chat, and windows out of the way to make more room on screen. -- Tap a floating pane to bring it to the front. - -**Chat is easier to use on phones** - -_Fixed_ - -- New players no longer see the pre-alpha thank-you message. -- The egg placement hint is readable again when placing an egg. -- On phones, chat now tucks into a button next to the toolbar. - -**Phone chat now tucks away** - -_Fixed_ - -- On phones, chat now tucks into a button beside the toolbar, so it no longer covers the dock. - -**Fresh Fishies app icons** - -_New_ - -- Fishies now shows a fresh app icon on every device, rebuilt from the current mascot symbol. - -**Algae grows faster in busy tanks** - -_Improved_ - -- Busier aquariums now grow algae a little faster. - -**Shared aquarium pictures now space fish out** - -_Fixed_ - -- Aquarium share pictures now draw fish apart instead of placing them all on the same starting point. - -**Net scoops fish out with a splash** - -_New_ - -- The net now scoops a grown fish out of the water when you tap it, with a splash. - -_Improved_ - -- Busy aquariums now grow more algae in more places on the glass, so a packed tank looks like it needs a scrub. -- The food shaker now gives a few shakes and drops a single pellet at the end. - -**Friend fish are safe from nets** - -_Fixed_ - -- Your net can no longer catch a visiting friend's fish when they are visiting your aquarium as a fish. - -**Shared aquarium cards look right** - -_New_ - -- Fishies links now unfurl with their own title and a picture of the keeper's real aquarium when shared. - -**Friends' aquariums feel more live** - -_New_ - -- A friend's aquarium now shows their real coins and XP, and those numbers update live as they play. - -_Improved_ - -- Chat now sits at the bottom of the screen when you visit a friend's aquarium, just like in your own. -- Your fish now responds to taps instantly and swims at Open Water speed in a friend's aquarium. - -_Fixed_ - -- Decorations in someone else's aquarium no longer show a clickable pointer cursor when you hover over them. - -**Explore and tray icon fixes** - -_Fixed_ - -- Leaving the Explore list open no longer sends repeat requests for the same neighbor cards. -- The desktop app’s system tray icon now shows the monogram clearly instead of a blurry downscaled mascot. - -**Discussions and fish feel smoother** - -_New_ - -- A new Discussions area is now available from the site navigation, with its own feed, thread pages, and composer. -- Discussions now work in English and Turkish, with localized layouts and topic pages. -- You can reply and read discussion threads with safe markdown formatting. -- Moderators now have a discussion workspace for reviewing and suspending forum accounts. -- The desktop app now opens a launcher with news, your account, and one-click updates before you play. -- Push notifications now work for the iPhone, Android, and desktop apps. - -_Improved_ - -- The in-game news panel's full history link now opens the blog history properly. -- The shop now keeps the same layout when you switch tabs or change pages, and it no longer shows a scrollbar on shorter screens. -- Shop pages on phones now slide in from the side when you swipe between them. -- The game's toolbar and coin counter now fit narrow phone screens better. -- The loading screen fish now tumble nose-first instead of falling belly-up. -- Fish now swim in front of or behind each other instead of getting stuck together. -- Hungry fish now get to the food first. -- Cleaning now uses a bubbly sponge that wipes the glass, and feeding now uses a small food shaker. -- The aquarium's need bubbles and tool icons now use a brighter, friendlier style. - -_Fixed_ - -- The loading screen no longer shows its own scrollbar when the aquarium cannot open. -- Discussions now use the correct localized copy. -- Account erasure now removes discussion data too. - -**Bubbles use painted art** - -_Improved_ - -- Fish need bubbles now use the game's hand-painted icons. - -**Emotes got a fresh repaint** - -_Improved_ - -- The food, hello, music, question, and sleep emotes have all been repainted. -- The food emote now has a proper fish-food icon. - -**Fish card wording polished** - -_Improved_ - -- Fish card status lines now follow the no-em-dash copy style. - -**Fish needs are easier to read** - -_New_ - -- Fish now show a bubble for their most urgent need, like food, a clean tank, being ready to sell, or being about to hatch. - -_Improved_ - -- The fish card now says what each fish needs in plain words instead of confusing timers. - -**Unnamed aquariums can be saved** - -_Fixed_ - -- You can save an aquarium even if it does not have a name yet. - -**New keepers open their aquarium** - -_Fixed_ - -- New players no longer see “Could not open your aquarium” when their tank has no name yet. - -**Home page phone now shows sideways** - -_Fixed_ - -- The home page now shows the phone sideways, the same way Fishies is played. - -**Home page shows real game clips** - -_New_ - -- The home page now includes a reel of real game clips so you can see the aquarium, fish, and gameplay in action. -- The home page now has a clear platforms section that shows where Fishies can be played. - -**Gift from the shop grid** - -_Improved_ - -- The Gift button now opens the same fish and decoration grid you use to shop. -- The cart icon now looks like a basket instead of a chest. - -_Fixed_ - -- Clicking your own name in chat no longer sends you away from your own aquarium. - -**Mute setting is remembered** - -_Fixed_ - -- Muting the game is now remembered on this device. - -**Sign in stays inside the app** - -_Improved_ - -- Signing in from the installed app on iPhone and Android now stays inside the app instead of opening a popup. - -**Soundtrack tracks get final names** - -_Improved_ - -- The jukebox now shows the final soundtrack names: Home Tank, Visitors, Lights Out, Open Water, Window Shopping, and Deep End. - -**Chat moderation claims released** - -_New_ - -- A new way to claim chat moderation support is now available. - -**Aquarium room chat arrives** - -_New_ - -- Each aquarium now has its own room chat for the keeper and visitors. - -_Improved_ - -- Aquarium chat now shows the room name and message count for its keeper. - -_Fixed_ - -- Keepers can now clear their aquarium room chat when they need to start fresh. - -**Guest swimming is here** - -_New_ - -- You can now swim as a guest before creating an account or signing in. - -**Visiting fish now move around** - -_New_ - -- Visiting fish now swim around your aquarium while their keeper is visiting. -- A visiting keeper can tap to steer their own fish, and everyone sees the fish move in the same place. - -_Fixed_ - -- The desktop app now stops playing music when it is hidden in the tray. - -**iOS app aquarium now loads properly** - -_Fixed_ - -- The iOS app now loads aquarium art from its own host, so the aquarium starts properly instead of failing to appear. - -**Two new songs in the jukebox** - -_New_ - -- Two new soundtrack tracks, Shell Market and Lantern Deep, now play in the jukebox rotation. - -**Apps no longer say they’re out of date** - -_Fixed_ - -- The iOS and Android apps no longer wrongly report that they are out of date. - -**Patch notes get their own tab** - -_New_ - -- Patch notes now have their own tab on the blog. - -_Improved_ - -- The newest patch notes are pinned at the top of the blog. - -**iPhone app opens the aquarium** - -_Fixed_ - -- The iPhone app now opens the aquarium page directly instead of getting stuck in a redirect loop. - -**Apps open straight into your aquarium** - -_Fixed_ - -- The iOS and Android apps now open straight into your aquarium instead of the landing page. - -**Account Centre redesign** - -_Improved_ - -- The account centre has a clearer layout that makes it easier to find what you need. -- Guests now have a proper place to save their progress. - -**StrAight into the water** - -_New_ - -- The web and desktop app now let you sign in with Apple. -- The home page now shows Fishies as a little aquarium that plays through the game’s features, and the store links say Soon. -- The jukebox now includes Moonwater Waltz and Open Water, and all four soundtrack tracks are ticked on by default. -- The music now eases in gently when you arrive in your aquarium. -- The Windows installer and desktop app now use the new Fishies mascot icon. -- The Fishies installer and desktop app now show the same reef artwork you see in the game. -- The first egg now hatches in seconds, so you meet your fish right away. - -_Improved_ - -- Opening Fishies now drops you straight into your aquarium as a guest instead of showing a sign-in panel first. -- Your account now has its own page, and the game opens the same account centre. -- The account page now shows your earned badges. -- The loading screen’s fish now finish their dive before the aquarium opens, even on very fast loads. -- Large schools of the same fish now spread out instead of piling up on top of each other. -- The Windows installer now shows the same version number as the game. -- The installer window now shows the reef in the right place and sinks you down into the tank as setup continues. -- The site header now shows cleaner account menu styling, and guests are labeled Guest. -- Fishies now uses clearer, simpler wording across the site and game. -- The Turkish version of Fishies now reads more naturally. -- Kelp Lullaby is now the main music when you enter your aquarium, and Coral Crossing joins the soundtrack. - -_Fixed_ - -- The mobile apps now check that you are on a supported version before you play, and they show a retry button if they cannot check right away. -- The mobile apps no longer ask some players to update from the store when no update is needed. -- The Windows installer no longer shows the old scaffold version number. -- Unnamed aquariums now show as their keeper’s aquarium to visitors instead of using an English fallback. -- Sending the same gift on a shaky connection can no longer deliver it twice. - -### 2026-09-12 - -**Guest play and social visits** - -_New_ - -- You can now start playing instantly as a guest with Continue playing, without signing in first, and link your progress to a real account later. -- Choosing your keeper name now unlocks chat, visits and Open Water. -- You can now visit a friend's aquarium and join it as a fish, with up to three visitors swimming alongside them at once. -- The Android and iOS apps can now get web updates right away instead of waiting for a new store release. - -_Improved_ - -- The loading screen now shows a fuller reef with eighteen fish across ten species, and they swim into the tank from above as it fills. -- Open Water no longer shows a floor shadow under the kelp canopy, and the aquarium explorer list now fills its panel. -- The landing page aquarium now fills the whole screen on tall displays. -- The installed Android app now opens in landscape automatically. -- Room screens now keep their full height on phones in both portrait and landscape. -- The shop, level and collection screens now open as proper panels on upright phones. -- The fish details panel now stays on screen on phones instead of running off the bottom. -- The default tool is now labelled Normal, and it no longer shows its own dock button or label. -- Right-clicking to cancel an armed tool no longer also opens the fish or decor menu underneath it. -- Long usernames in Explore now wrap instead of getting cut off. -- The site favicon now uses a simple wordmark mark that is easier to spot among your tabs. - -_Fixed_ - -- Sign-in now warns you when it is opened from Instagram, TikTok, Facebook or similar in-app browsers instead of silently failing, while guest play still works. -- Discover no longer shows guest accounts' auto-generated names. -- One less popup appears when you enter the game, because the analytics consent popup is gone. - -### 2026-09-11 - -**Open Water, gifting, and a fuller tank** - -_New_ - -- Open Water is here in a closed pilot, with the Kelp Garden, a shared map, zoom, and your own fish swimming there. -- You can now chat in Open Water, block and report other keepers, and visit tanks from names in chat. -- You can send gifts to other keepers, with a confirm step before they go and a reveal when they arrive. -- Decorations and plants can now be bought into stash first and placed later, and gifts now wait safely in stash too. -- The shop now has a cart with a bulk discount, and you can gift directly from your own tank as well as while visiting someone else. -- The tank floor now has a cosmetic substrate picker with four floor styles to choose from. -- Chat now stays open with Here, Reef and Whisper channels, plus emoji and a profile card when you tap a name. -- The account centre now lets you link Google, X or Apple, and you can permanently delete your account there. -- The desktop app now has a one-click connect flow, and the site now has a proper Explore view for keepers who are online. - -_Improved_ - -- Fish now glance at nearby tankmates, and fish of the same kind loosely shoal together. -- The aquarium floor now has more depth, with decorations sitting smaller and hazier in the back and a sandy bed underneath. -- The loading screen now fills the tank with water as the game loads, and the game glides in when it is ready. -- The landing page showcase tank now has plants and decorations. -- The tutorial card now shows progress as five clear steps instead of a percentage bar. -- Aquariums now show followers, stars, and visitor counts under the name. -- The sign-in, settings, and follow button now use the same glass look as the rest of Fishies. -- The tab icon gets a little swim animation when the page loads. -- The game now shows how long you were away and what happened while you were gone. -- The phone layout keeps the header buttons at the edge and the menu fully on screen. -- The desktop and mobile sign-in flows are smoother, and the aquarium now loads correctly in the desktop app. -- The loading and sign-in screens on phones now lead to the right full-screen experience where the browser allows it. -- Running Tide is muted for now while a crackling issue is worked on. - -_Fixed_ - -- Dragging a decoration now shows a translucent ghost, so it is clear the move is not final until you let go. -- The header and docs pages no longer show stray white or glass patches. -- Fish now turn toward the closest pellet instead of chasing the one that landed first. -- Signing in on the desktop app now reaches the app properly for every sign-in method. -- Buying several items at checkout now completes correctly instead of getting stuck. -- A level-up with several unlocks no longer overlaps the row on the level screen. -- Open Water fish now swim forwards and glide smoothly, even on slower connections. -- Open Water chat now lines up with the emote bar, and blocking someone also hides their chat while you visit other tanks. -- Chat names and Open Water visit links now stay in your chosen language. -- The hunger badge now appears as soon as a fish is hungry, not only when the Feed tool is open. -- Visitors now see the owner's feeding and level-up moments live when they happen. -- The Turkish chat lane is now called Körfez throughout. - -### 2026-09-10 - -**Placement is instant now** - -_New_ - -- The tank panel now shows how much your decorations are slowing algae buildup. - -_Improved_ - -- Placing eggs, fish and decorations now feels instant, with the tank catching up right away. -- The loading screen no longer makes you wait for game art and sound to download again on every visit. -- The aquarium starts quieter, with music and effects turned down a little. -- Right-clicking a fish, a decoration, or open water now opens a quick action menu. -- Feeding, netting, cleaning and decorating each now use their own cursor badge. -- The landing page now opens straight into the aquarium behind the dive instead of switching to a different background. -- The first-visit intro on the landing page is shorter and smoother. -- The site now fades between full-page loads in browsers that support it, instead of flashing white. -- The landing page now stays at the top when you come back to it, and its scrolling feels smoother. -- The field guide can now search everything at once, and its front page highlights signing in, visiting, chat and notifications. -- Species and decorations in the field guide can now be sorted in table view. -- The field guide and landing pages got a visual refresh, including stronger header and footer styling. -- The landing page now shows a real play-now button and a clearer platform section. -- The aquarium interface now has a little bounce and a cleaner first-time menu intro. -- The sign-in screen now links the Terms and Privacy Policy, and the analytics banner explains that it uses cookies. -- The footer now gives the Enter the water button more visual weight. -- The species field guide now has search and growth-speed filters. -- Fish dossier cards now show status badges and pill stats at a glance. -- The contact page now uses the right fonts and the privacy and terms pages have cleaner spacing. - -_Fixed_ - -- Rapid-fire placement clicks are no longer dropped when you place things very quickly. -- The decoration info card now opens where you clicked instead of far above it. -- The entry animation now actually shows the fish swimming across the screen. -- The site now lines up public page text, headers and footers more cleanly on News, Privacy, Terms and Contact. -- The top of the tank panel no longer lets a fish info card cover the coin and level display. -- Old purple-styled interface pieces have been replaced across the explore panel, follow button and warning banners. -- The interface now scales correctly to your screen size again. -- The Banded Butterflyfish's eye now reads clearly instead of being swallowed by a dark marking. -- The sign-in panel now appears in fullscreen, and the phone number field is no longer collapsed. -- The page tide animation only appears when diving into or out of the aquarium, so normal browsing feels instant again. -- The aquarium's opening loading fish now swim the right way. -- The sign-in screen now keeps its layout from overlapping or collapsing on small and landscape phone screens. -- The mobile navigation menu no longer shows ragged gaps or see-through text. -- Sharing a Fishies link now shows a proper square preview card instead of a cropped wide one. -- The account panel now shows a friendly message instead of a raw TOOMANYREQUESTS error code when loading fails briefly. -- Fish of the same species now spread out through the tank instead of stacking into one band. -- The aquarium's light rays now point the right way, and fish turns are smoother. -- The landing header no longer gets clipped on wide windows. -- The landing page no longer flashes a blank background when switching languages or loading pages. -- The language switcher caret is now centered properly next to the flag and text. -- The footer columns now line up evenly, including the help column. - -### 2026-09-09 - -**Fishies gets a fullscreen mobile update** - -_New_ - -- Installed Fishies can now launch straight into fullscreen on supported devices. -- Mobile players can now open Fishies from deep links directly into the right screen. -- The in-game notification area has been rebuilt with stacked toasts, repeat merging, and a bell for missed messages. -- Fishies now supports English and Turkish across the aquarium, Field Guide, account screens, and notifications. -- The Fishies Discord bot is now online for welcomes and presence, with bot commands and help links available. - -_Improved_ - -- The mobile aquarium now fits fullscreen better on short landscape screens and compact touch layouts. -- Aquarium care tools now feel tangible when you use them. -- Landing and reef entrance transitions now feel smoother and faster. -- The landing page now shows the first frame more cleanly and keeps the tank frame tighter or removed where needed. -- Game panels and dialogs now open as centered modals on desktop, while mobile keeps touch-friendly drawers. -- Aquarium panels, options, and keyboard navigation are easier to use, and text fields keep copy and paste working. -- The loading bar and full game library now show clearer progress while Fishies prepares more content before play. -- Public site pages no longer spill sideways on narrow screens. -- The Fishies website now has a dedicated Contact page and clearer social links. -- The loading screen now appears a little faster. -- The site transitions keep the Fishies logo visible while pages change. -- The aquarium and shop now use the latest fish artwork and refreshed brand art. -- Fishies now keeps new announcements and care reminders aligned with the fish you actually see. - -_Fixed_ - -- The aquarium now pauses correctly when the native app goes into the background. -- The web fullscreen prompt no longer appears inside the native app. -- The showcase aquarium keeps its glass clear. -- The public demo no longer shows the alpha announcement. -- The landing page now uses the correct opening animation and style on mobile. -- New keepers can place their gifted starter egg again. -- The starter egg also stays placeable for fresh accounts instead of getting locked. -- Species cards in the Field Guide no longer let fish artwork overlap the text. -- Fish purchase and tutorial recovery now handle the first placed egg more safely. -- The shop and aquarium now preserve earned keeper rewards and sale bonuses when new fish are shown. -- Social links across the site now point to the correct destinations. -- The loading screen and transition artwork no longer cause repeated loading work on the home page and aquarium previews. -- In-game notification toasts no longer get stuck on screen, and repeated messages now merge together. - -### 2026-09-08 - -**Loading screen and reef updates** - -_New_ - -- A new loading screen redesign makes the wait feel more polished. -- The game now starts every aquarium with a placed starter egg. -- First hatch moments are now celebrated in the aquarium. -- Open Water is now the name of the playdate system. -- The field guide has become a proper wiki with a sidebar, separate article pages, and real content. -- A new Waterline quick menu makes it faster to reach common social actions. -- The app now has a native Android shell, and the game can open in native app mode. -- You can now set language and notification preferences, and the game remembers your locale choice. -- The shop, care controls, fish details, chat, timers, loading errors, level-ups, and return summaries now support more languages. -- Authored aquarium music now rotates in-game, and the jukebox has been localized. -- Aquarium chat now lives in the Waterline drawer. -- Players can now turn on safe care notifications for aquarium reminders. -- Fishies now has a TikTok community link on the site. -- The app installer and social previews now feature Fishies and your aquarium name more clearly. - -_Improved_ - -- Loading now feels quicker, especially on mobile. -- The sign-in prompt has been changed from a full-screen wall into a corner drawer. -- Fish details can now be opened from a compact in-tank cue. -- Decorations can be sold and moved, and they now stay anchored to the painted reef floor. -- The default aquarium backdrop has been cleared to give the reef a cleaner look. -- Aquarium controls, actions, shop text, timer text, return summaries, and level progression now read more naturally in the chosen language. -- Music transitions now crossfade more smoothly, including the end of authored cues and browser music. -- The quick menu has been simplified. -- Aquariums now open in inspect mode so viewing them feels smoother. -- The reef art pass has refreshed several fish looks, including the alpha badge fish. - -_Fixed_ - -- The first-feed timer no longer shows broken Infinity and NaN text. -- Toast popups now clear away more cleanly. -- Hunger cues no longer appear in the aquarium view. -- The toast and plaque overlays no longer collide with each other. -- Decoration placement now describes the tank floor correctly. -- Crossed level rewards now appear properly every time. -- Uncertain aquarium commands no longer block play. -- The social drawer now clears away correctly. -- Fishies no longer forget a member since date after sign-in. -- The social preview card now refreshes correctly. -- The live aquarium music now restores and keeps playing smoothly. -- Language flags in the menu now use the correct source artwork. - -### 2026-09-07 - -**Better loading, sharing, and chat** - -_New_ - -- You can now get Telegram notifications from Fishies if you link Telegram in your account. -- Fishies now has an app installer and native app listings for web, Android, and iOS discovery. -- The site now publishes a changelog and version number so players can see what changed in each release. -- The game now has a jukebox and a soundtrack page with piano-roll videos and an album cut. -- Players can now leave emotes, speech bubbles, and avatars as one shared spatial layer in the aquarium. -- You can now visit keepers by map travel and see sleeping avatars and notifications in the shared world. -- The shop now prices crafted items and shows a player marketplace for trading made things. -- Fishies now shows the wiki and game data pages for players who want to read more about the game. -- The landing page now includes separate news cards for each update instead of one shared site card. - -_Improved_ - -- The tank now fills the whole frame, and the old background no longer flashes through when you resize it. -- Loading screens now have real weight during boot and between tanks. -- The aquarium and website now use the real Coral Clownfish in brand art, and the site now has the favicon it was missing. -- The browser now plays the same piece the renderer makes, and Running Tide now has the tide it was missing. -- The shop sprites now sit neatly inside their tiles again. -- The landing page and news pages now scroll more naturally for readers. -- The browse and discovery pages now find keepers faster instead of scanning everyone every time. -- The changelog now stays focused on things players can actually see. -- The maintenance page now points to a real place instead of a broken one. - -_Fixed_ - -- The Ember Tang now displays correctly, and every species no longer has a fin floating in mid-air. -- The cleaning faucet now closes properly. -- Fishies no longer makes the whole shoal notice you in the same frame. -- Hunger, food, and what an empty plate costs now behave correctly. -- The game no longer restarts itself while loading. -- You can now sign out from the tank panel. -- The front door and closed-door states now work correctly, including on production. -- The game no longer takes over a visitor's aquarium when a new page opens. -- The tank view now stays in sync with real commands instead of racing ahead on its own. -- The game now keeps the tank updated after reconnecting instead of showing stale data. -- If a visited keeper has no tank, the game now says so clearly. -- A visitor now sees their own tank data instead of another keeper's cached tank. -- The game now rolls back optimistic changes when the server refuses them. -- You can now ban a live socket connection and the ban reaches it right away. -- Rate limits now follow the proxy's real IP instead of trusting a header that could lie. -- The ban hole that let linked sign-ins bypass moderation is now closed. -- Sign-up, sign-in, and consent checks no longer race each other and leave you in a bad state. -- The provisional handle privacy gap and the tutorial XP loophole are now closed. -- The game now refuses delayed replies for sessions that no longer exist. -- The socket now fails fast when networking is not ready, and revision sync is handled more safely. -- The release gate now checks readiness instead of only liveness. -- The game now blocks joins until the room is actually ready. -- The public directory no longer includes stray rig benchmark or scratch harness files. -- The app no longer silences the aquarium after a phone call. -- The mail announcement now only promises messages that were actually sent, and it shows the right sender details. -- The site card now has a file extension so edge caching works correctly. -- The landing page no longer hides the reader's scroll behind scenery. -- The teaser now renders much faster. -- The tank no longer loses the top of Running Tide when the shelf changes. - -### 2026-09-06 - -**A full aquarium launch** - -_New_ - -- A cinematic landing screen now introduces the game before sign-in. -- The aquarium now has a proper waterline, a visible base, and layered painted backgrounds. -- The shop now lets you stock a tank in one go and shows early-game options. -- Explore, search, and profile pages now surface more than the same few veteran keepers. -- The reef now has one shared room with moderation support. -- The aquarium now has its own music and interface voice. - -_Improved_ - -- The game UI and profile cards have been revamped to look more like Fishies. -- Tank cards now load from cacheable PNG links, and shared tank links now update by revision. -- The landing tank now shows visitors without turning into a game. -- The HUD now reacts when something changes, and level-ups now feel more rewarding. -- The net, reward display, coin art, feed tool, experience chip, and algae visuals have all been redrawn. -- Fish, babies, eggs, and decorations now have their own proper shapes, sizes, and animation styles. - -_Fixed_ - -- Feeding now costs nothing, so one feed no longer ends the game. -- The toolbar is clickable again, and the first-tank flow works to the end. -- The screen shown when the game cannot open now looks like the game. -- The HUD no longer lies about XP, and the profile card scrim now actually appears. -- The open water and sign-in routes now behave consistently, including on production. -- Local and production login, tank, and API flows were repaired so the game opens and plays correctly.