AYCF! Demo Update #01

All You Can FISH! — v0.5.11f1_Demo Patch Notes

Hey everyone, First — thank you. Seriously. The response to the demo has been way beyond anything we expected. The wishlists, the kind words, the bug reports, the suggestions — all of it means the world to us. We're a tiny two-person studio (plus one very good dog), and seeing people actually play and enjoy something we've been pouring ourselves into is... yeah. We're not over it yet. This patch is our first response to everything you've shared with us. We focused on the most urgent stuff — things that were confusing, broken, or just didn't feel right. There's a lot more coming, but we wanted to get this into your hands as fast as we could.

This demo version is already live, so you can skip the read and go play it now :D

Here's what changed:

New Stuff

Save Slots

You now get 3 save slots on the title screen. Each one shows play time, last played date, and slot name. You can create, continue, or delete saves. If you already had a save file, don't worry — it's been migrated to Slot 1 automatically. Nothing lost.

"Thanks for Playing!" Popup

A lot of you told us you weren't sure when the demo content ended, or if there was still more to see. There wasn't a clear signal either way — you'd just keep playing or give up without knowing. Now, when you reach the end of the demo, you get a proper popup letting you know you've seen everything, with a Wishlist button and a "Keep Playing" option.

Second Boat in the Boat Shop

The Boat Shop now shows a second boat, giving you a peek at what's coming in the full release — more boats, more regions. You can't sail to new regions in the demo, but your purchase is tracked for the full game. And yes, we added a confetti animation for when you buy it. It felt necessary.

New Skill: Instant Coins Bonus From Traps

Fish Traps can now trigger the Instant Coins Bonus on every catch. Unlockable in the skill tree.

Sell Shop Slot Collapse

When fish sell out of a slot, remaining fish of the same type now merge in from later slots automatically. Way tidier.

Skill Map Camera Saved

Several of you asked for this — the skill map now remembers your camera position and zoom level between sessions.

Balance Changes

We retuned a lot of the economy based on how progression was actually playing out. Here's the full breakdown:

Silent Waters — Fish Values

Fish values have been adjusted to better pace early-game progression:

• Puffish: 35 → 20

• Ghost Fish: 250 → 80

• Noodle Fish: 1,500 → 320

• Hug Fish: 8,000 → 1,500

• Ribbon Fish: 50,000 → 10,000

Fish Spawn Rate Skills

Spawn rate bonuses per level increased across all tiers — fish should now feel noticeably more plentiful as you upgrade:

• Tier I: +20% → +35% per level

• Tier II: +50% → +70% per level

• Tier III: +75% → +150% per level

Fish Value Skills

All tiers now have 8 upgrade levels instead of 5, giving more long-term investment potential. Unlock costs for Fish Value III have been reduced at higher levels. Fish Value IV is now available in the skill map! It offers a massive +1,000% fish value per level across 8 levels, with unlock costs ranging from 10B to 1,000B Fish.

Sell Speed Skills

Sell speed bonuses slightly reduced across all tiers:

• Tier I: +40% → +30% per level

• Tier II: +80% → +60% per level

• Tier III: +160% → +120% per level

Additionally, the base sell transfer speed has been increased — fish flow into the shop faster by default.

Bait Level Unlock Costs

Early bait levels have been rebalanced — mid-range costs are now significantly cheaper:

• Bait II: 1,000 → 1,500 Fish

• Bait III: 10,000 → 20,000 Fish

• Bait IV: 1M → 300K Fish (much cheaper)

• Bait V: 10M → 5M Fish (cheaper)

Instant Bonus Coins

• AdjustedBase starting amount (Silent Waters)massively increased — instant coin pops now feel rewarding from the very start of the game (Fish: 150 → 5,500 / Seaweed: 250 → 8,500)

• Instant Bonus Coins Amount I: unlock costs halved — easier to get early

• AdjustedInstant Bonus Coins Amount IIIbonus per level reduced from +2,000% to +1,000%
• AdjustedInstant Bonus Coins Chance IIIunlock costs significantly reduced

Sell Shop Capacity

Upgrading your sell shop capacity is now much more affordable:

• AdjustedTier IIcosts reduced from 10M / 100M Fish → 1M / 10M Fish
• AdjustedTier IIIcosts reduced from 1B / 10B / 100B Fish → 100M / 500M / 1.5B Fish

Silent Waters — Levels 5 & 6

• AdjustedLevel 5fish spawn rate slightly increased (55 → 58/min); more fish pre-loaded when entering the area
• AdjustedLevel 6Ribbon Fish spawn chance increased from 5% to 15% — the rare fish is now meaningfully more present at max level. Common fish spawn chance slightly reduced to compensate.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed fish animations going haywire — UV refresh now only fires when the fish type actually changes

• Low-fuel warning now scales dynamically to ~10 seconds of idle consumption instead of a flat 25% threshold

• Fixed SFX volume slider not applying properly

• Fixed font rendering issues and inventory text wrapping

• Skill tooltip "current → next" now shows your real current value instead of starting from 0

• Boat shop price colors now correctly reflect what you can and can't afford

• Button shine animation loops smoothly now instead of pulsing weirdly

Localization

• Better detection and patching of missing keys across all 10 languages

• Updated translations (EN, JA, ZH, ES, FR, DE, RU, PT, KO, IT)

• New keys for save slots, the Thanks for Playing popup, boat shop labels, and new skills

Polish

Improved and added various VFX and UI feedback throughout the game.

What's Next

Next update should land in a week or two. The main addition will be an extended tutorial with actual dialogue — Luka's going to walk you through things properly this time, and she's got some cute stuff to say. Should help a lot with the early game, especially for those of you who told us you felt a bit lost at the start. That's it for now. Thanks for sticking with us. — Ori & Adva (& Luka 🐾)