# Changelog What changed in [Fishies](https://fishies.lol), newest first. Release posts and patch notes, exactly as they were published on [the blog](https://fishies.lol/news). ## Releases ### 0.8.0 · Gold and diamond fish, heaters and new back walls 2026-09-30 · [read on fishies.lol](https://fishies.lol/news/0.8.0) Fishies is now on the App Store and draws with a new graphics engine, WebGPU. Fishies 0.8 (Alpha) makes quality something you raise over days, adds colours and generations to breeding, a receipt for every sale, water temperature and heaters, six themes with their own back walls and fish that swim in 3D. Fishies 0.8 is about the fish themselves: how well you look after them, what they pass on to their young and the water they live in. **We are still in Alpha**, and every update is shaped by the keepers playing it. #### Now on the App Store - Get Fishies on the App Store for iPhone and iPad. - It is on the Mac App Store too, next to the direct download. The Mac update arrives as soon as Apple approves it. - You can still play on Google Play, Windows, Linux and in your browser. One account, so your aquarium follows you on every device. The phone apps stay in landscape. #### A new graphics engine: WebGPU - Fishies now draws with WebGPU, the newest graphics technology in browsers, wherever your browser or device offers it. - Everywhere else it switches to WebGL on its own. The picture is identical on both, so nothing changes for you, except that the game is now built on what comes next. #### Quality you raise over days - A fish's quality now grows with steady care. Each meal counts for the time since the last one, so gold comes from days of good feeding, not a burst of clicks. - Fish you already have keep their tier. New fish start plain and grow into theirs. - Conditioning now lives in the Conditioning Box: a small box that hangs on the aquarium glass, free, one in every aquarium. Tap it, pick a fish (the list shows each fish's fee and the tier it will reach) and the fish rests inside for 48 hours, then comes out one quality tier higher. Never past gold, once per fish, for half its plain sale value. The fish card no longer carries a Condition button; it just shows the time left. - Gold and diamond fish shimmer in the tank, so you can spot them at a glance. #### Breeding, colours and generations - A pair lays a clutch of one to three eggs, and they hatch in 12 hours. - Two gold parents have a chance of a diamond baby, and diamond parents can go further still. - Bred fish come in six colours, from Sand and Kelp to the rare Coral, and the fish card shows which generation a fish belongs to. #### A receipt for every sale - Tap a fish's sale value to open its receipt: species value, level bonus, quality, colour, age, generation and health, each on its own line, with the total at the bottom. #### Water temperature and heaters - Every species has a comfortable temperature range. Outside it, a fish grows more slowly and can't reach gold, but it is never harmed. - Every aquarium gets a free Glass Heater, set for the fish already living there. The Titanium Heater (level 30) and the Controller Heater (level 50) reach further and hold the water steadier. - Filters and heaters now hang on the glass like real gear, and the water line reads plainly: "Clear water for up to 21 fish · 12 in the aquarium". - The equipment panel fits short, wide screens without scrolling. #### Themes with their own back walls - Six themes change the water behind your fish, each with a back wall you can recognise at a glance: Lagoon, Shipwreck, Sunken Ruins, Ice Shelf, Volcanic Vents and Gallery. Clear Water stays the default, Lagoon is free and the rest open up as you play. - Rooms around the aquarium are optional. Every aquarium starts with no room, and the Pet Shop Counter, The Study, the Garden Shed and the Penthouse wait in the shop's Aquarium tab, next to the themes. #### Rarity, ready for what comes next - Items now have a rarity ladder: Common, Fine, Rare, Pristine and Mythic, shown as a coloured tag on a stash tile. The first things you can make or find will be the first to carry one. #### Fish that swim in 3D - Fish swim toward and away from the glass and move with more purpose. A full aquarium spreads across its whole width, height and depth, and nobody sinks into the sand any more. - Mouths are back, now sitting exactly where they belong, and fins meet the body cleanly when a fish swims toward you. #### More to see and do - Open Water has depth now: a hazy far reef, light shafts, shimmering sand and drifting marine snow, and other keepers' fish swim at different depths. - Room chat appears as speech bubbles over the aquarium, chat settings sit behind a gear, and visits are tidier: chat inside the glass, the visitor bar on the floor below. - Fish details and equipment are clear cards: bars for growth, food and health, tiles for quality, colour and temperature. Hover or tap the filter, heater or feeder in the tank to open its own card. - The Coral Neighbourhood is easier to read: every home shows its keeper's name and a card with Visit and Follow. Friends rows and the Map's Friends page have Follow buttons too, and they work instantly. - Swimming is smoother: fish no longer tremble when they brush past each other or on high-refresh screens. #### Also new since 0.7.5 - The shop is now one place for everything you buy or place, your stash included, and a big painted Map in the corner opens the ocean map, from your aquarium, out in Open Water and when you visit someone. - Fishies now speaks Thai, our thirteenth language. - Auto-feeders can be filled with pellets or brine shrimp, and feeders now unlock at levels 22, 34 and 48. - You get a reminder before a filter needs a service or a feeder runs dry. - A small dot next to a keeper's name in chat shows they're out swimming in Open Water. - The ocean map has been repainted: calmer, clearer and easier to read. - The Field Guide has new pages on water temperature, rooms and themes, item rarity and conditioning, and now covers filters, feeders, water quality, the pleco and the Shipwreck. - On Android phones with an older system browser, the top bar, tutorial card and loading screen now draw correctly. Thank you for playing the Alpha. If something feels off, tell us from the game menu or in Discussions. ### 0.7.5 · 61 new fish, filters and water quality 2026-09-25 · [read on fishies.lol](https://fishies.lol/news/0.7.5) Fishies 0.7.5 (Alpha) brings 61 new fish up to level 99, redrawn fish art and rewritten descriptions, 58 new decorations and plants, and water to look after, with a free filter for every keeper. Fishies 0.7.5 is our biggest content update so far. **We are still in Alpha**, and the aquarium keeps growing with you. #### 61 new fish, all the way to level 99 - A new species unlocks at every level from 39 to 99: tarpon, dolphinfish, cobia, powder blue tangs, a butterflyfish with a tweezer snout and many more. - Every fish has been carefully redrawn. Eyes, fins and gills sit exactly where they belong at every angle, babies included, and each new species looks like its real animal. - Every Field Guide description has been rewritten, each with one true fact worth remembering. #### Water to look after - Aquariums now have water quality. The water and its plants clean themselves up to a point; past that, cloudy water slows growth and caps the quality your fish can reach. - A filter keeps more fish in clear water. Every keeper gets a Sponge Filter for free, and the Power and Canister Filters unlock as you level up. Service the cartridge now and then. - Auto-feeders feed hungry fish while you are away. Refills are free, and feeding by hand is still what earns XP. - Meet the Bristlenose Pleco, from level 6: a small armoured catfish that grazes the glass, so algae builds up more slowly while it is grown and fed. One per aquarium. #### 58 new decorations and plants - Twenty-eight new pieces unlock every few levels all the way to level 100. - Thirty more fill out the early levels and round off the lagoon, shipwreck, ruins, ice, volcanic and gallery collections. #### More ocean to explore - The Explore map is now a painted ocean map. - Open Water has a second place: the Shipwreck. Swim there from the map, or straight across from the Kelp Garden. - The Coral Neighbourhood shows other keepers' aquariums on their own plots, one click from a visit. #### Smaller touches - Levelling up has a new screen: a bigger celebration, everything you unlocked at a glance and a single Continue button. - Cards in the shop's Aquarium Works tab show your own aquarium, and the tab now holds filters and feeders too. - Your stash no longer has a limit, and blocking someone keeps them out of your follows, gifts, visits and Discussions. - The press kit at fishies.lol/press has new logos, wallpapers, screenshots and a collage of every fish. Thank you for playing the Alpha. If something feels off, tell us from the game menu or in Discussions. ### 0.7.1 · Made for phones 2026-09-24 · [read on fishies.lol](https://fishies.lol/news/0.7.1) Fishies 0.7.1 (Alpha) lets you start as a guest in the iPhone and Android apps, plays full screen on Android and makes the first run fit a phone held sideways. Fishies 0.7.1 is a smaller update about one thing: playing on a phone. **We are still in Alpha**. #### Start playing straight away - The iPhone and Android apps open straight into your own aquarium as a guest. You can link Google, Apple, X or a phone number later and keep everything. - Android now plays full screen, without the status bar and the gesture bar taking part of the tank. #### A first run that fits a phone held sideways - The tutorial card sits in a corner instead of covering the water, and the fish card no longer hides under it. - The shop's buy buttons, the level-up screen and the notices all fit on a short screen. - Instructions say tap on a touch screen, in every language. - Leveling up during the tutorial waits until you have finished your first steps. #### Clearer everywhere - The level-up screen shows your new level once, and names a new title only when you earn one. - Loading tips read in full, and the newest update has a line of its own. - Guests see the experience their sales and achievements really pay. - Achievements now pay their coin rewards to signed-in keepers. Thank you for playing and for telling us what feels off. ### 0.7.0 · More aquariums, clearer care 2026-09-21 · [read on fishies.lol](https://fishies.lol/news/0.7.0) Fishies 0.7.0 (Alpha) brings more aquariums, an in-game Field Guide, clearer care and Remedy guidance, positional sound, smoother arranging and twelve languages. Fishies 0.7.0 is here. **We are still in Alpha**: the game will keep changing as we learn from how you play. #### More room to grow - Keep several aquariums and expand their capacity as your collection grows. - Open the Field Guide without leaving the game. - Moving fish and decorations between the stash, Arrange and the shop is clearer and quicker. #### Care you can read - Fish bubbles and fullness feedback explain what needs attention. - Remedy gives clearer guidance when a fish needs help. - Care alerts are easier to notice without crowding the aquarium. #### An aquarium you can hear - Fish and aquarium sounds now come from where the action happens. - Alerts sit more naturally alongside the water, music and the rest of the tank. #### Smoother everywhere - Fishies now speaks twelve languages, with Italian and Polish joining the aquarium. - The game, shop and aquarium interface received a broad reliability and performance pass. - On macOS, closing the main window no longer leaves you stranded: reopen it from the Window menu. Thank you for playing the Alpha. If something feels wrong, report it from the game menu or in Discussions. ### 0.6.0 · Quests, a living aquarium and ten languages 2026-09-18 · [read on fishies.lol](https://fishies.lol/news/0.6.0) Fishies 0.6.0 (Alpha): a quest storyline, achievements, fish that breed and need real care, 19 new species, ten languages and apps that keep themselves up to date. Fishies 0.6.0 is here. **We are still in Alpha**: things will keep changing, and what you tell us shapes where they go. #### Quests and achievements - Quests are now one story that starts with your first egg. Each quest in progress is an icon on the left of your aquarium; click it for its story, its steps and its reward. - A finished quest pays its coins and XP by itself and joins your history. Fold the rail away whenever you like. - 38 achievements to earn, each with its own painted medallion. Track up to three of them beside your quests. #### A living aquarium - Fish have names, are female or male, and pair up to lay eggs on their own. - Health is real now: hunger wears it down, a sick fish shows it, and a fish left hungry too long is lost. - Three foods: Flake is free forever, Pellet keeps a fish fed twice as long, and Brine shrimp three times as long while giving back health. The picker shows what a meal really costs. - Good care raises a fish's quality, and a better fish sells for more. - Fish swim around your decorations, rush their food, and tell you what they need with little bubbles. #### 19 new species - 36 species now, from the Mandarin and the Lionfish to Lumi and Noir, two legendary fish for keepers who reach level 100. - Every fish has one simple name. #### Tools that feel good - The net scoops a grown fish out with a splash, and Review the catch lists everything before anything is sold. - A bubbly sponge for the glass, a little food shaker, and tools that stay in your hand. - Press ? for keyboard shortcuts and rebind any key. Pinch to zoom on a phone. - Coming back tells you what happened while you were away: hatches, hunger, visitors and new followers. #### Together - Discussions, our own community board, with a profile for every keeper. - Every aquarium has its own room chat, Explore has a Friends tab, and visiting fish swim around your aquarium. - Sign in with Google, X, Apple, Discord, Steam or your phone. #### Everywhere, in your language - Fishies speaks ten languages: English, Turkish, German, French, Latin American Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, Korean and Simplified Chinese. - The desktop app opens a launcher with news, your account and one-click updates, and every desktop app now keeps itself up to date. - Notifications on iPhone, Android and desktop. - The Field Guide has a new home with categories, search and videos of the real game in your language. #### Music - Six soundtrack pieces take turns in the jukebox: Home Tank, Visitors, Lights Out, Open Water, Window Shopping and Deep End. The soundtrack is free for anyone to use. Thank you for playing the Alpha. Found something odd? Report it from the game menu or in Discussions. ## 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_ - The Mythic multiplier is now 2.25×. **A wider aquarium and easier switching** _New_ - At level 25, keepers can spend 200,000 coins to expand an aquarium into a two-screen panoramic tank with room for 30 fish and 60 decorations, then pan across it. - A new aquarium button beside the Map opens a switcher where keepers can change aquariums, customize them and preview the next one. - The Aquarium Studio now shows what your aquarium is wearing in each slot before you try anything on. - Aquariums now have addresses at fishies.lol/@name, and old links forward to the new address. _Improved_ - Aquarium previews in the shop appear right away, and theme cards show each theme's own back wall. - Studio cards now show each theme and floor as they will look in the aquarium. - The Map opens at full size and fills in smoothly instead of jumping as keepers load. _Fixed_ - The aquarium enlargement offer keeps its picture within short screens. - On narrow phones, the Studio checkout wraps neatly and the total fits beside its sum. - Aquarium preview cards no longer show pan arrows or a scrolling strip. - Opening the aquarium switcher no longer leaves the corner buttons or dock over it, and the aquarium fits on screen. **Clearer image and aquarium loading** _New_ - Embedded aquariums now show a Fishies progress bar while they load. _Improved_ - Pictures across Fishies now appear only after they have fully loaded, with a Fishies spinner shown while you wait. **Smoother aquarium visits** _Improved_ - Visiting another aquarium or returning home no longer shows a loading screen. _Fixed_ - Plants and decorations now stand on the sand with only their bases buried. ### 2026-09-30 **Home Sweet Home achievement fix** _Fixed_ - Keepers who completed the tutorial before achievement tracking was added now receive the Home Sweet Home achievement. **A tidier aquarium visit view** _Improved_ - The map, chat and follow bar now line up neatly when you visit an aquarium, without covering the tank's equipment. **Find Fishies in the app stores** _New_ - The release page and Fishies homepage now link to the App Store for iPhone, iPad and Mac, and to Google Play. **Explore Fishies on Git** _New_ - Explore public mirrors of the game's text, catalogue data and soundtrack, or embed an aquarium from git.crt.fyi/PlayFishies. **Meet the Aquarium Studio** _New_ - The Aquarium shop tab is now the Aquarium Studio, where you can try themes, rooms, floors and equipment on your aquarium in a live preview, then buy your picks together. - The Field Guide now has an Aquarium Studio article in 13 languages. _Improved_ - My Aquarium has been rebuilt to bring your aquarium’s status, setup, visitor settings, aquariums and Settings together, with a way to change into the Studio. - The Studio now fits phone landscape and narrow screens, and its tray explains when an item cannot be applied. _Fixed_ - Studio tray prices and lock reasons, readout figures and slot names are no longer cut off. - The phone’s compare button now uses an icon, and the Conditioning Box card shows its full sentence. - A locked aquarium’s picture keeps its colour, and a failed card picture gets one retry. **Desktop app updates to 0.8.1** _Improved_ - The desktop app now updates itself to version 0.8.1 the next time it starts. **A much smaller app download** _Improved_ - The Fishies apps now download at a much smaller size, and the first update arrives faster. **Claim the desktop app** _New_ - You can now claim the Fishies desktop app. **Eight new aquarium floors** _New_ - You can buy White Sand, Golden Sand, Fine Gravel, Crushed Coral, Rainbow Gravel, Mossy Soil, Lapis Lazuli and Pearl Pebbles with coins, then switch between floors you own from the tank panel or shop. _Fixed_ - Locked floor cards now show their level labels without clipping on phones in landscape. - Floor cards in level-up unlocks now keep their height. **Scrollbar clears the window buttons** _Fixed_ - In the desktop app, the scrollbar now starts below the window bar instead of running beside the close button. **A clearer account menu for guests** _Fixed_ - Guests now see one account button in the site header instead of two look-alike buttons, with Log in first in its menu. **A smoother level-up screen** _Improved_ - The level-up screen waits for your sale to finish and shows a jump of several levels once, instead of interrupting what you’re doing. - Browse all your level-up unlocks with arrows, keys, the mouse wheel, or a swipe, with unlocks grouped by level. **Tap your home on the Map** _Fixed_ - On the Map, tapping your home itself now takes you there, not just its name tag. **Clearer legendary fish netting message** _Fixed_ - When you net a legendary fish, the message now says it is never sold instead of saying it will be ready in less than a minute. ### 2026-09-29 **Fishies 0.8.0 installers updated** _Improved_ - Updated Fishies 0.8.0 installers are available for Windows, macOS, Linux and Android. **A new way to condition your fish** _New_ - Every aquarium now has a free Conditioning Box: choose a fish, then collect it 48 hours later one quality tier higher. - The 0.8 trailer now plays directly on its blog post in a Fishies-themed video player. _Improved_ - The game uses WebGPU in browsers that support it and automatically switches to WebGL when they do not. _Fixed_ - Sign in with Apple on Mac now opens in front of the game, including in full screen. ### 2026-09-28 **Android screens now lay out properly** _Fixed_ - On older Android WebViews, the top bar, first-tank guide and loading screen now lay out properly instead of piling into one corner. **Fishies 0.8.0 installers are ready** _Improved_ - Updated Fishies 0.8.0 installers are available for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android. **A smoother aquarium and a deeper Open Water** _New_ - Open Water now has a hazy distant reef, light shafts, sand caustics, drifting particles and fish shadows. - Chat messages in aquariums now appear as speech bubbles. _Improved_ - Coral Neighbourhood homes now show each keeper’s name and status, with a larger card beside each home and Follow controls on homes and the Friends page. - Chat settings are now behind a gear, and the aquarium visit bar has a tidier two-level layout. - Fish details and the water gauge now use clear bars, chips and per-item cards, and hovering over the filter, heater or feeder shows its own card. - The iPhone, iPad and Android apps now always open in landscape. - Fishies’ App Store link now appears on the landing page and in app update screens. - On Mac, the website now points to the Mac App Store first, with the DMG download one tap away. _Fixed_ - Fish now swim smoothly without trembling, even when brushing past tankmates or playing on high-refresh screens. - On sideways Android phones, the aquarium now fills the screen right up to the camera cutout. - When saving a guest aquarium with an Apple ID that already has one, Apple is asked only once before you choose which aquarium to keep. **Open any keeper’s profile card** _New_ - Tap any keeper’s fish or name, including your own, to open their profile card. ### 2026-09-27 **Visit aquariums from the Map again** _Fixed_ - Visiting other aquariums works again in the desktop and mobile apps, with the Coral Neighbourhood on the Map as the place to find them. **Fishies 0.7.6: heaters, themes and a bigger ocean** _New_ - Items you make or find can now have a rarity from common to mythic, shown as a coloured tag in your stash. - Aquariums now have water temperature, and heaters help keep reef, lagoon and cool-water fish comfortable. - Choose a room for your aquarium and fill it with one of six themed waters, each with its own back wall. - Bred fish can have six different colours and carry lineage and generation details. - The Shop now brings together things to buy or place, including your stash, and a corner Map opens the ocean map. - A downloads page now lists every installer with its checksum, and bug reports and feature requests go to the Fishies Discord. _Improved_ - Fish quality now grows with steady care over time, and each fish's sale price shows a breakdown of everything that makes it up. - The Map is also available in Open Water and in other keepers' aquariums, so you can travel to another place or go home. - The highest item rarity is now called Efsanevi in Turkish. - The equipment panel fits short screens, and the waterline and equipment gauge are easier to see. _Fixed_ - Filters and heaters now hang on the aquarium glass, with heaters clipped to the side just above the sand. ### 2026-09-26 **Open Water status and aquarium reminders** _New_ - A dot beside a keeper’s name in chat shows when they are swimming in Open Water. - Your aquarium warns you before the filter needs service or the auto-feeder runs out of food. _Fixed_ - A fish’s pectoral fins now meet its body cleanly when it swims toward you. **New feeder options and a more natural aquarium** _New_ - The guide now explains filters, feeders, water quality, the pleco and the Shipwreck. _Improved_ - Auto-feeders can now be filled with pellets or brine shrimp, and feeders unlock at levels 22, 34 and 48. - Fish now swim in 3D, moving toward and away from the glass with more purpose. - The Thai game and guide now cover auto-feeder food, water quality, filters and extra aquariums. _Fixed_ - Fish faces are cleaner, with smooth, round snouts and painted mouths correctly placed on their heads. - Fish glide around one another without sinking into the sand. - Fish in a full aquarium now spread across its width, height and depth instead of crowding into one spot. **Fishies is now available in Thai** _New_ - Fishies is now available in Thai. **Filters and feeders stay on screen** _Fixed_ - Buying filters and feeders works again, and they stay visible on screen. **A fresh look for the ocean map** _Improved_ - The ocean map has a calmer, less cluttered look that matches the glossy decor and shared landmark style. **Aquarium Works shop layout fixed** _Fixed_ - Equipment cards and aquarium previews in Aquarium Works now display correctly. **4K and 8K Press Kit Downloads** _Improved_ - The press kit now offers downloads in 4K and 8K. **Correct Turkish name for the Bristlenose Pleco** _Fixed_ - The Bristlenose Pleco's Turkish name now correctly reads Vantuzbalığı. ### 2026-09-25 **61 new fish and aquarium care gear** _New_ - Sixty-one new fish unlock between levels 39 and 99, completing the roster through level 100. - Thirty new decorations and plants fill out aquarium levels 2 to 40 and complete the lagoon, shipwreck, ruins, ice, volcanic and gallery collections. - Aquariums now show water quality on a gauge, and you can use filters to keep water clear and auto-feeders to feed fish while you are away. - The Bristlenose Pleco is a new fish that grazes on the glass and slows algae growth while well fed. _Improved_ - Fish art has been redrawn with cleaner, more varied shapes and better-placed mouths, eyes and fins, and each of the newest fish looks more like its real-life counterpart. - Every fish now has a more accurate, distinctive description. - Every keeper gets a free Sponge Filter, and auto-feeders hold twice as many meals. _Fixed_ - Baby fish's gills and mouths stay clear of their eyes, and fins stay attached at every angle and age. - Lumi's painted smile is back. **New Open Water places and level-up celebration** _New_ - The Explore map now uses a painted ocean map, and the Coral Neighbourhood homes sit on their own plots. - A new Open Water place, the Shipwreck, can be reached from the ocean map or from the Kelp Garden. - Twenty-eight new decorations and plants unlock every few levels up to level 100. _Improved_ - Shop, aquarium, Explore, launcher, and sign-in windows now use more even spacing. - Aquarium Works cards now show your own aquarium instead of a placeholder. - The level-up screen now shows a bigger celebration with everything you unlocked and one Continue button. - Turkish text now uses clearer, more natural wording. _Fixed_ - Saving a guest aquarium with an Apple ID that already has an aquarium now asks you to approve Apple only once. - The Coral Neighbourhood's open plots and nearby sea details now read more clearly. ### 2026-09-24 **Save guest progress with Apple ID** _Fixed_ - On iPhone and Mac, saving a guest account to an Apple ID that already has an aquarium now shows the choice instead of hanging. **Achievement rewards now unlock properly** _Fixed_ - Second Aquarium and One More Won't Hurt now register correctly on Play Games and Game Center, so their rewards unlock on every platform. **Your aquarium now fills the launcher** _New_ - The desktop launcher now shows your own aquarium swimming behind it. **Desktop sign-in prompts fixed** _Fixed_ - The desktop app now tells Apple users to sign in with Apple instead of Google when saving progress. - The desktop app now tells desktop players to continue in their browser instead of pointing to X. - The guest sign-out prompt now shows the correct hand-off wording for desktop players. **App starts even if updates fail** _Fixed_ - If the app cannot check for an update when it starts, it now opens the version already on your device instead of stopping you at the loading screen. - The startup message now tells you whether the problem was your connection, storage, or the server. **Smaller, roomier interface** _Improved_ - The whole interface is drawn smaller on computers and phones, so your aquarium has more room. **Shop header and tabs are back** _Fixed_ - The shop's title, tabs, and search now appear again on some older Android phones. **Sharper fish on high-resolution screens** _Improved_ - Fish are painted at twice the density so they look sharper on high-resolution screens. - Fish outlines, eyes and fins now stay crisp instead of looking blurry on high-resolution screens. **App bundles now update store builds** _Improved_ - Over-the-air app updates now also reach the 0.7.1 native store builds. **Feeding messages are clearer** _Fixed_ - Feeding now tells you when you cannot afford Pellet or Brine shrimp. - Feeding now tells you when a fish ate flake instead. **Sideways phone screens fit better** _Fixed_ - The menu, shop, and placement guide now fit on phones held sideways, so nothing is cut off or covered. **New Aquarium shop tab and fairer prices** _New_ - The shop now has an Aquarium tab for your second and third aquariums and new floors. - You now earn XP when you place a fish. _Improved_ - Fish cards now show what they really sell for at your level. **Guest play and Apple sign-in on Mac** _New_ - You can now start playing as a guest in the Mac app. - You can now sign in with Apple directly inside the Mac app. **Aquarium preview shows the full tank again** _Fixed_ - The aquarium preview in the launcher now shows your whole tank again instead of a cropped corner. **Open Water map and reef visits** _New_ - The Open Water map now takes you straight to a place when you click a destination. - A new reef neighbourhood shows other keepers' aquariums you can visit in one click. **Blocking and stash limits improved** _Improved_ - Your stash no longer fills up, so you can keep collecting without running out of space. - Blocking someone now keeps them out of your follows, gifts, visits, and Discussions. **Much smaller first app download** _Improved_ - The phone and desktop apps now download a much smaller first update, so a new install gets into the game far sooner. **Fish sale value now shows quality bonus** _Improved_ - Fish cards now show how much their quality adds to their sale price. - The tutorial now opens the fish it recommends instead of starting somewhere else. **Fishies is better on phones** _New_ - You can now start the apps as a guest without signing in first. _Improved_ - Android now opens Fishies in full screen. - The first-run experience now fits a phone held sideways. **Tap wording and level-up timing fixed** _Improved_ - On phones and tablets, the instructions now say tap instead of click. _Fixed_ - Level-up now waits for the first-run card to finish before it appears. **Guest play on phones** _New_ - You can now start playing on iPhone and Android without signing in first. _Improved_ - Android now opens the game in full screen. **Loading tips are easier to read** _Improved_ - Loading screen tips now show in full on phones. - The newest update on the loading screen now appears on its own line. ### 2026-09-23 **Achievement coins now pay correctly** _Fixed_ - Signed-in keepers now receive their coin rewards when they complete achievements. - A new keeper can now play the first run on a phone held sideways without the tutorial, shop, or level-up screens covering the tank. **Cleaner level-up screen** _Fixed_ - The level-up screen now shows your new level once instead of repeating it several times. - The level-up screen now focuses on what you unlocked at the new level. **Clearer first-aquarium finish** _Improved_ - New players now finish the first aquarium tutorial with a clear next step into the shop instead of seeing an empty tank. **Starter tutorial no longer blocks your fish** _Fixed_ - The first-aquarium tutorial no longer offers to sell your first fish before you have fed it. - The tutorial card no longer covers the fish you are looking at. **Chat no longer covers Feed** _Fixed_ - The chat no longer covers the Feed button on laptops or phones. **Smoother aquarium resizing** _Improved_ - Aquarium resizing now updates before the next frame is drawn, so the tank should feel smoother when the window changes size. **Mobile fullscreen now starts on tap** _Fixed_ - Fullscreen play now starts right away when you tap it on supported mobile browsers. **Fish care and tool use are clearer** _Improved_ - Fish care and selling now stay separate, so it is clearer what action you are taking. - If you tap an active tool again, you can put it away. **Quieter aquarium audio, clearer fish details** _Improved_ - Fish details are easier to read. - Aquarium sound now stays quiet when you leave the window. **Smoother landing screen loading** _Improved_ - The landing screen now waits for the floor texture before showing, so it appears more complete when it loads. - The first frame on the landing screen now looks sharper right away. **Front page loads faster** _Improved_ - The aquarium’s front page now shows up sooner, and the latest news loads in after the hero area. ### 2026-09-22 **Faster reef loading** _Improved_ - Fishies now loads the landing page with less data at the start, so the reef appears sooner. **Simpler aquarium loading** _Improved_ - Fishies now opens directly into a single loading screen before your aquarium loads. **Smoother landing and loading** _Improved_ - The landing page has been polished so the first thing you see feels cleaner and more welcoming. - The loading screen now shows a better first frame, so the game starts up looking smoother. **Gentler starting sound mix** _Improved_ - Sound effects and interface cues now start at a gentler volume. - Your saved sound settings still stay the same. ### 2026-09-21 **Fish names now match the shop** _Improved_ - In-game help and the Field Guide now call each fish by the same display name the shop uses, in every language. **Faster game updates** _Improved_ - Game updates now fetch only the artwork and audio files that changed, so you no longer re-download all 22 MB after every deploy. **Quieter sale sounds** _Fixed_ - The cash register sound on sales is no longer so loud. - Sound effects now start at a lower default volume. **Field guide pages load correctly** _Fixed_ - The field guide no longer crashes with a loading error on species, decoration, and mechanics pages. - Browser evidence now appears for the level 35 to 38 fish in the field guide. **Open Water now stays on one server** _Improved_ - The game now double-checks that only one server owns the Open Water world at a time. **Fish names read naturally again** _Fixed_ - Species names are no longer forced into two words, so fish names read correctly in every language. **Sombre loss cue and dirtier glass** _New_ - A fish loss now plays a sombre sound when the away summary reports it. - A fish loss now plays a sombre sound when you collect the fish with the net. _Fixed_ - Dirty glass now stays dirty until you clean it, even if fish or decorations change. **Care alerts open the right aquarium** _Fixed_ - Care alerts now open the exact aquarium that needs attention. **Natural fish names are back** _Improved_ - Fish names now use their full natural species names in every supported language. **Four new reef species arrive** _New_ - Four new reef species have drifted into the reef at levels 35 to 38. - You can now discover Dartfish and Tilefish, along with two other new reef species. **Loading tank shows download progress** _Improved_ - Slow connections now keep downloading instead of timing out on the loading tank. - The loading tank now shows live file progress and megabyte progress while the game downloads. **Faster game updates** _Improved_ - Game updates now download only the art and audio that changed instead of the whole library again. **More public aquariums on the front page** _Fixed_ - Unnamed reefs now stay on the front page instead of disappearing. - Public aquariums now appear more reliably on the landing page. **Public aquariums load right away** _Improved_ - Public aquariums now appear right away on the front page instead of waiting to load later. - The front page now shows public aquariums more consistently when you open the site. **Updated Fishies installers** _New_ - The 0.7.0 installers for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android are now available on the CDN. ### 2026-09-20 **Smoother play and safer reconnects** _Improved_ - Aquarium switching, purchasing and fish transfers now speak your selected language. - Aquarium ambience now starts fully on first load, including bubbles and filter hum. - Tank sounds now come from where each splash, bite and tool action happens. - Fishies now responds faster to care and sales. - The aquarium now rests behind the rotate-device screen until your phone returns to landscape. - Open Water now rests behind the rotate-device screen while keeping your live room ready. _Fixed_ - Newsletter confirmation requests now stay reliable through mail delays and server restarts. - Aquarium visits now resync safely after connection interruptions. - Aquarium visits now settle cleanly through rapid connection changes. - Aquariums now recover the newest state after connection bursts. - Signed-in aquarium visits now reconnect without losing account protections. - Reef chat now keeps block protections intact through brief service interruptions. - Open Water now recovers cleanly when your live connection is replaced. - Reef and room chat now recover messages reliably from the moment a connection opens. - Ill fish now appear consistently in reminders, return summaries and aquarium alerts. - Open Water chat retries now return the original message without a false cooldown error. - Reef chat now stays live from sign-in through aquarium loading and visits. - Open Water turns now stay smooth even when a movement frame is lost. - Public pages now recover promptly when the aquarium service stalls. - Localised RSS feeds now show Fishies news in the language they declare. - Username availability checks now stay aligned with the name you are typing. - Explore searches now keep pagination aligned with the active query and recover from stalled requests. - Profile cards stay accurate across deployments, and long-running chat sessions remain stable. - Open Water membership checks now recover cleanly from slow connections. - Discussions topics and keeper profiles no longer disappear during brief service interruptions. - News stories and their share cards no longer disappear during brief service interruptions. - Already-earned achievements now sync reliably when you connect a platform account. - Shared aquarium previews now stay available when upstream data is malformed. - Chat messages now become retryable instead of disappearing when a connection stalls. - News, patch notes and the home page now stay available through more service errors. - Keeper profile links now stay available through malformed service responses. - News feeds no longer appear empty during brief service interruptions. - Shared aquarium cards now retry cleanly instead of showing an empty tank during service interruptions. - Fishies can now be reopened from the Window menu or Dock after closing its macOS window. **Icon buttons now fill their space** _Improved_ - Icon buttons now draw at the full size of the space they occupy. **Icon buttons are now just icons** _Improved_ - Icon-only controls across the game now show just the icon, with no plate drawn around them. **Shop basket icons updated** _Improved_ - In the shop, adding something to your basket now uses a different icon from opening your basket. **Arrange gets its own dock icon** _Improved_ - Arrange now has its own icon in the dock, so it no longer uses Decorate's coral. **Aquarium offers show correctly** _Fixed_ - The Fish Market now shows the aquarium offer you came for instead of stacking the extra aquarium at the top of two panels. - The second aquarium offer now appears only after you can buy it. **Cleaner fish care and visit sounds** _Improved_ - A fish weakened by a dirty tank now asks for medicine instead of food. - You now hear a sound when another keeper visits your reef. **Aquarium gets a water bed sound** _New_ - The aquarium now has a quiet water bed sound. _Improved_ - Lumi and Noir now play their zoomed-in sounds through the aquarium's own sound system. **New alert sounds for fish events** _New_ - Fish now make a sound when they get hungry or fall ill, even if you are not looking right at them. - New alert voices have been added for hunger, illness, passing away, visitors, gifts and quests. **Dock labels use the game’s typeface** _Improved_ - The tool names under the tank now use the game’s own typeface. **Guide starts open, shop prices stay visible** _Fixed_ - The Field Guide now opens with page 9 already showing. - On very short screens, the shop still shows what each fish sells for. **Hunger bubbles now take turns** _Improved_ - In a full tank, hunger bubbles now take turns so a hungry fish is easier to spot instead of being lost in a wall of bubbles. **Danger warnings now show the countdown** _Fixed_ - Fish close to death now say so, no matter what is causing the danger. - The illness ring now counts down as the time runs out. **Move plants back to your stash** _New_ - You can take a decoration or plant out of your tank and put it back into your stash without selling it. **Fullness now counts separately** _Improved_ - Fish fullness is now a separate reading from health, so it no longer copies a fish’s condition. - Fullness now decreases smoothly all the way down to empty instead of jumping. **Need bubbles now work on tap** _Improved_ - Tapping a fish’s need bubble now gives them the requested item, such as food, medicine, the sponge, or the net. **Buy extra aquariums** _New_ - Keepers past level 25 can buy a second and third aquarium from the shop. **Glass-cleaning reminder stays visible** _Fixed_ - In tanks with a legendary fish, the reminder to clean the glass no longer disappears. **Your stash is easier to scan** _Improved_ - The stash now shows everything you own in a tile grid, with larger pictures that are easier to recognise at a glance. **Feed row now shows Remedy clearly** _Improved_ - The feed row now separates Remedy from the regular foods. - Remedy now shows its coin cost in the feed row. - Remedy is now greyed out for fish that are already well. **Better tank sounds and care alerts** _New_ - Sick fish now ask for their Remedy above their head. - The options menu now shows Sound and Fullscreen as switches. - The jukebox now appears alongside News and Settings. _Improved_ - Tank sounds now come from the place they happen, so underwater audio feels more natural. - Alerts now step the music back so you can hear them more clearly. - The interface now has its own volume setting. _Fixed_ - Feeding no longer swallows its own sounds. - Dirty tanks now make fish ill at the right time, not later. **Guide button shortened** _Improved_ - The Guide button in the tool bar now reads Guide instead of a longer label. - The Guide button now has a painted icon. ### 2026-09-19 **Guide icon gets a painted look** _Improved_ - The Guide icon now has a painted style that matches the rest of the interface icons. **Field Guide opens in-game** _New_ - The Fishies Field Guide now opens as an in-game book. - It shows discovered catalogues, contextual cards, real game media, and full articles. _Improved_ - The aquarium now fits wide screens up to 21:9. **Cleaner fish sounds** _Improved_ - Feeding, eating, and splashing now each have their own cleaner sound. - Fish sounds have softer transients and no ringing tail. - The crackly reverb has been toned down so the audio feels smoother. **The aquarium sounds alive again** _New_ - Coins now ring when you sell fish. _Improved_ - Feeding, bites, and splashes now sound richer and much louder. - The aquarium is properly audible again. _Fixed_ - Refusals and faults now make a sound. **Android app now supports landscape lock** _Improved_ - The Android app now supports landscape lock. - The Play Store build now receives bundled content updates like the iOS app. **Atlas Board view and English interface** _New_ - Atlas now has a Board view with Planned, In progress, Done, and Tested columns. - Atlas now includes two new work marks for tracking progress. _Improved_ - The Atlas interface is now in English. - The last Turkish owner quote in Atlas is now shown in English. **Section names added above short strip tabs** _Improved_ - Short sections now show their name in a tag above the section strip when there is not enough room for the label inside the tab. **Aquarium preview shows the full tank** _Fixed_ - The launcher’s aquarium preview now shows the whole tank in miniature instead of only part of it. **Extra aquarium in the shop** _New_ - An extra aquarium is now available in the shop for players at level 25 and above. **Aquariums now grow with you** _New_ - Aquariums now start with room for 8 fish. - From level 4 to level 24, each aquarium gains one extra fish slot per level. **Quality page updated for Remedy** _Improved_ - The wiki’s Quality page now describes the Remedy the way it works in the game. **Remedy hint now explains the capsule** _Fixed_ - When Remedy is selected, the hint under the food choices now explains that only fish below full health will eat it. **Remedy comes to the Feed tool** _New_ - Remedy now appears in the Feed tool's food picker. - Dropping a Remedy capsule makes any fish below full health swim over, eat it, and regain 20% health. **Languages page now shows all 12 languages** _Improved_ - The wiki’s Languages page now lists Italian and Polish alongside the other ten languages. **Aquarium preview shows your fish** _Fixed_ - The aquarium preview in the launcher now shows your fish instead of the top of the glass rim. **Language menu now stays in view** _Fixed_ - The language list in the launcher and the game now opens fully inside the window instead of spilling off the edge. **Windows setup installs the right version** _Fixed_ - The Windows installer now installs the right version for your PC so Fishies starts again on regular and 32-bit Windows. **Desk photo sits closer** _Improved_ - The top-down desk photograph now sits closer in print, so it fits the layout better. **4K trailers and synced scene sizes** _Improved_ - Trailers now render in 4K at 60 fps. - A scene's page size now carries over to its 4K twin. **Trailer now shows more care time** _Improved_ - The trailer now gives more time to caring for fish, feeding them, and visiting Open Water. - The trailer now shows less of the level-up cut. **Placement hint now shows once** _Fixed_ - When you place eggs or decorations, the placement hint now shows only once instead of being repeated underneath itself. **Trailer captions and end card fixed** _Fixed_ - The trailer now shows the level-up moment again. - Captions now stay in the position you set for them. - The last caption now clears off the end card at the end of the trailer. **Landing reel added in Italian and Polish** _New_ - The home page gameplay reel now plays in Italian and Polish too. ### 2026-09-18 **Wiki clips now play in more languages** _New_ - The wiki's how-to clips now play in Italian and Polish. **Stuck shots now restart cleanly** _Fixed_ - Shots no longer get stuck for hours when the browser stops answering, because they are retaken in a new browser. **Trailer fades stay on beat** _Fixed_ - The new trailer cuts now snap to whole beats so the fades stay in time with the music. **Studio clicks and trailer timing fixed** _Fixed_ - Clicks in the studio now glide to the button you pressed, making taps feel smoother and more accurate. - The trailer now cuts after each change instead of running across it. **Gift sending now uses your own coins** _Fixed_ - Sending a gift from someone’s aquarium now uses your own coins and level instead of the profile you are visiting. **Username pick no longer hides your tank** _Fixed_ - Picking a username no longer shows "No aquarium here" on your own aquarium until you reload the page. **Chat sign-in flows are smoother** _Improved_ - If chat asks you to choose a username, a button now takes you straight to that step. - Signing in from a guest aquarium now asks you to pick a username. _Fixed_ - A refused chat line now offers the fix right away. **Disc launcher now starts correctly** _Fixed_ - The game disc now includes the public Fishies setup launcher instead of the raw installers. - The disc launcher name now works with autorun, so opening the disc can start Setup.exe correctly. **Disc edition art refreshed** _Improved_ - The disc edition case art has been redrawn so the front looks more balanced. - The disc art now uses clearer, larger shots from the game. - The back cover now shows deeper scenes from the game. **Notes wait behind open windows** _Improved_ - Small notices now wait while a window is open instead of covering it, while warnings can still appear over the window. **News gets a roomier reader** _New_ - The in-game Updates reader now opens in a roomy layout with a list of articles and a full-size article view. - You can page through news articles one at a time inside the game. **New game disc launcher** _New_ - The Fishies game disc now opens an installer made for your PC. - The disc includes shortcuts to the Fishies website and every Fishies community. **Landscape-only apps for phones and tablets** _Improved_ - The phone and tablet apps now ship as landscape-only apps, so they open to fit wider screens better. **Fish keep both eyes when facing you** _Fixed_ - Fish no longer lose an eye when they swim toward the glass, so head-on fish now show both eyes. **New accounts keep the right language** _Fixed_ - New accounts now keep their chosen language instead of showing a 404-style message. **Quest rewards show right away** _Fixed_ - Signed-in keepers now receive quest coins when they finish a quest. - Quest coins and XP now appear as soon as the quest is completed. **Smoother sand and scrolling hero** _Improved_ - Plant and ornament bases now blend seamlessly into the sand, with no colour showing through at the bottom. - The dark shade behind the front page headline now fades as you scroll, keeping the water clear blue. **Shop Buy labels fit on phones** _Fixed_ - On phones, the shop’s Buy labels are no longer cut off at the bottom. - The layout audit now opens Settings, Account, and Help. **Icons now match the dock style** _Improved_ - The game's icons now use the same glossy painted style as the tool dock, including fish, eggs, settings, help, and the shop basket. **Fishies 0.6.0 for Linux** _New_ - Fishies 0.6.0 is now available for Linux as AppImage, .deb, and .rpm. - Windows setup now uses the new language order. **macOS installer in Italian and Polish** _New_ - The macOS installer is now available in Italian and Polish. **Home page text is easier to read** _Fixed_ - The home page hero text is easier to read over the sandy floor. - Italian and Polish now appear with the other European languages in every language list. **Sound switch renamed** _Improved_ - The sound switch is now labelled Sound, because it turns off both the music and the effects. **Windows installer updated** _Improved_ - The Windows installer now launches Fishies right after setup finishes. - Fishies now asks you to choose your language before it opens for the first time on Windows. - Italian and Polish are now available in the Windows app. **Remedy for sick fish** _New_ - Sick fish can now be treated with Remedy. - When you feed a fish you have selected, the food drops just for that fish. _Fixed_ - The fish menu no longer covers its own rows or the top bar. - Submenus now open beside their parent with a gap instead of overlapping its edge. **Fish change bubbles** _New_ - A small arrow bubble now appears over a fish when it gets hungry, heals, grows, or changes quality. **Front-row plants stay on the sand** _Fixed_ - Plants and ornaments placed at the very front now stay on the sand instead of covering the gravel seen through the glass. - Notifications now open the game correctly for players using Italian or Polish. **Remedy now prices by fish value** _Improved_ - Remedy now costs a share of the fish’s price, so its price changes with the fish it is used on. **Shop cards fit phone screens** _Improved_ - In the shop, items you cannot afford now show their price and exactly how much more you need more clearly. - Shop cards now fit a phone screen properly. **Smoother download and signup cards** _Improved_ - Download tiles now line up evenly with the format labels inside them. - The newsletter sign-up card now spans the full width of the page. **Fish and plants get painted icons** _Improved_ - The Fish and Plants tabs in the shop now use painted icons that match Decor. - Fish now turn toward you or away from you as they swim closer or farther away. - The Rearrange button is now called Arrange. **Chat translation updates** _Improved_ - Italian and Polish translations now cover the chat retry, remove, and you messages. **New Italian and Polish languages** _New_ - Fishies now supports Italian and Polish. _Improved_ - Decorations now land where you tap, and you can place them closer together. - Fish now turn toward their food instead of backing into it. **Chat switches now stay with the chat** _Fixed_ - The Room, Reef, and Whisper switches now only appear while chat is open. **Fish pass each other more naturally** _Improved_ - Fish can now pass in front of and behind each other instead of bumping into one another. - Buried plant roots now sit cleanly in the sand without a purple smudge. **Smoother, clearer chat** _Improved_ - Your chat message now appears the moment you send it. - Chat stays underneath the shop and other windows instead of covering them. - Chat buttons are bigger and easier to read and tap. **Tank decorations get a fresh look** _New_ - Eight new decorations and plants unlock from level 10 to 17. _Improved_ - All decorations and plants have been redrawn with a new look. - Decorations and plants now sit rooted in a real sandy aquarium floor. - Light now ripples across the tank floor for a more finished aquarium look. **Setup asks for language first** _Improved_ - Windows setup now asks for your language before installation starts. - Fishies now opens in the language you picked as soon as the install finishes. **Launcher and homepage updates** _Improved_ - The newest release now appears at the top of the launcher and news page, with its notes readable in place. - The account card in the launcher is clearer. - Language selection now uses one flag in the top-right corner. - The landing page now ends on the journal, with the newsletter sign-up placed under the latest updates. **Field Guide gets a new About section** _New_ - The Field Guide now has an About the game section with pages for platforms, system requirements, languages, accounts, alpha status, and troubleshooting. _Improved_ - Notifications now stay quiet while you are playing, so they are less distracting in game. - Dismiss buttons on notifications are easier to tap. - A background tab can now let you know when your fish need you. **Language menu looks right again** _Fixed_ - The language menu now looks correct wherever it appears. - The launcher account window's language menu now has the right styling again. **Desktop shortcuts stay in game** _Fixed_ - The desktop app no longer reloads or changes pages when you use browser shortcuts. - The web game no longer reacts to the mouse back and forward buttons, so you stay in the aquarium. **Rearrange decorations instantly** _New_ - Rearrange mode lets you move decorations instantly while you redecorate. _Improved_ - Fish now stay out of the way when you are rearranging decorations. _Fixed_ - In the desktop app, the mouse Back button no longer takes you out of the game to the launcher. **Quest medallions added** _New_ - Every quest now has its own painted medallion on the rail and in the quest window. **Open Water controls feel better** _Fixed_ - WASD now moves your fish in Open Water instead of opening the Account menu. - The lantern light in Open Water now looks like a lantern again instead of a joystick. **Smarter app downloads on the home page** _Improved_ - The home page now leads with the download that matches your device. - App installers are now served from Fishies servers. **Fish cards and reminder mutes improved** _Improved_ - The fish card now shows the correct time after paid food, plus real health and quality values. - The unlock row on the fish card now fits properly. - Right-clicking an egg now puts it in your hand first. - Care reminder messages on Discord and Telegram can now be muted for 1, 8, or 24 hours. - Mute confirmations now tell you how long the reminders will stay quiet. _Fixed_ - The gift window now only offers gifts you have unlocked. **Turkish home page text feels more natural** _Fixed_ - The Turkish line on the home page now reads more naturally. **Quests get a storyline** _New_ - Quests now follow a storyline with a tidy icon rail. - You can track achievements beside your quests. - The Field Guide now shows the real game in your chosen language. - Fish can now breed, and they need food and health care. - Keeper profiles are now available. - Wiki media is now shown in the game. - Four planned species have been added with new drawings that make them feel like their own families. _Improved_ - The food picker now shows clearer prices. - Keyboard hint badges are now off by default. - Game clips should load faster. - The Mac App Store version now replaces its own app correctly when it updates. - The printed case, discs, and case insert have all been refreshed with new artwork. - The printed game materials now use the corrected print masters. **Story quests, breeding, and new fish** _New_ - Quests now follow a storyline. - Fish can breed now. - The aquarium has 19 new fish species to discover. - Fishies now supports ten languages. _Improved_ - Fish now need more hands-on care to stay healthy. **Quests, achievements, and Field Guide updates** _New_ - Quests now follow a storyline with a tidy icon rail. - You can track achievements beside your quests. - The Field Guide now shows game media and keeper profiles in your language. _Improved_ - The in-game notifications window now fits on screen in two columns without scrolling. _Fixed_ - Opening the account link choice now puts it in front of the account window. - A game shot now starts the web app itself when nothing is already listening. - Mac App Store builds no longer replace their own app. - Four planned species have been redrawn so they read as their own families. ### 2026-09-16 **Alerts are now tidy cards** _New_ - Telegram and Discord alerts now appear as tidy cards with buttons instead of long blocks of text. - Telegram bot messages now include Status and Refresh buttons. - Bot messages now support ten languages. _Improved_ - The studio window now behaves more like an editor, with a menu bar, tabs, project assets you can drag, a properties panel, undo, and saves that are safer if two changes happen at once. **Eight new languages arrive** _New_ - Fishies now supports German, French, Latin American Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, Korean and Simplified Chinese. - The language menu now shows a flag for each available language. **Fish now follow studio cues** _New_ - You can now cue fish in the studio to follow paths, holds, looks, meals, tricks, the net, sponge, and eggs. _Improved_ - Fish movement in the studio now follows a golden trajectory while the game is locked for play. **Studio cards now center in vertical view** _Improved_ - Studio words and cards now stay centered in the frame when you use a vertical screen. **Press kit lists all platforms** _Improved_ - The press kit now lists every platform Fishies runs on. **Fishies links now open the app** _New_ - Fishies.lol links now open the Fishies app when it is installed from Google Play. **Links Open in the Android App** _New_ - Links to fishies.lol aquariums and the game now open straight in the Android app when it is installed. **Update screen opens the store** _Improved_ - The update-required screen now opens Fishies’ page on Google Play or the App Store. **Home page clips show aquarium actions** _New_ - The home page clips now show an egg hatching, algae being scrubbed away, and hungry fish eating. **Forum search and starter egg fix** _Fixed_ - Forum search works again. - New keepers who buy a fish before placing their free starter egg now keep that egg. **Home page clips are clearer** _Improved_ - Home page clips now zoom in so chat and actions are easier to read. - The home page now shows a real sale instead of a mock one. - Home page clips should load faster. **Fish cards show where they came from** _New_ - Fish details now show whether a fish was bought as an egg, given as a gift, your first fish, or a legendary fish. - Gifted fish now show who sent them. **Home page intro is easier to read** _Improved_ - The home page intro text now keeps comfortable line spacing on short screens. _Fixed_ - The studio review preview now uses the right ports. - Pickup notes in the studio review now stay up to date. - Out-of-date copy on the studio review page has been refreshed. **App case and disc art updated** _Improved_ - The We The Indies case and disc print art now uses artwork from Fishies. **Home page hero fits one screen** _Improved_ - The home page hero now fits on one screen on more devices. - The home page video reel now shows the full care loop and Open Water chat. **Fresh press kit screenshots** _New_ - The press kit now uses ten fresh screenshots from the real game, including phone and Open Water shots. **Account centre gets a game-style popup** _Improved_ - The account centre inside the game now scrolls so you can browse all of its panels more easily. - The account centre now matches the game’s own look and feel more closely. - Account-link conflicts now open as an in-game popup instead of taking over the whole page. **Music Resumes After Unmuting** _Improved_ - Unmuting music now picks the song back up from where it left off instead of restarting it. - The jukebox now shows the currently playing track with a steady play symbol. _Fixed_ - The game now starts quietly on localhost instead of playing music right away. **Studio Kinetic Type Stays Centered** _Improved_ - The studio kinetic type now stays centered while following the music more loosely. **Studio music hits the beat** _Improved_ - Studio music cues now replay the score when they run again. - Cuts in the studio now land on the beat more cleanly. **Download Fishies from the landing page** _New_ - You can now download Fishies for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android straight from the landing page. **Faster loading screen audio** _Improved_ - Audio now starts getting ready while the game is loading, so sound should be ready sooner. - The loading screen no longer waits on a claim that could keep it up longer than needed. _Fixed_ - Hidden dot folders are no longer included in preload, which helps avoid loading extra unwanted files. **Smoother loading screen** _Improved_ - The game now opens a little sooner, around a second faster in some cases. - The loading screen should stutter less while it appears. **Branded setup for Windows ARM** _New_ - The Windows ARM installer now uses Fishies branding. **32-bit setup and installer updates** _New_ - The Fishies setup now includes a 32-bit branded installer for Windows. _Improved_ - The installer now makes it clearer that it is only a setup step and not the game itself. **Smoother game loading** _Improved_ - Opening the game now keeps the same loading screen all the way through startup, so it no longer restarts halfway and the aquarium flows in more smoothly. **Soundtrack videos and release downloads** _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.