🎃 Halloween Update 👻

We’ve just pushed a chunky update packed with system fixes, monster polish, spooky event content, and more mechanical mayhem beneath the waves.

Time to dive back in -the fish are biting, the fog is thicker, and your tools finally work properly.

🧠 Major Additions & Systems

⚡ Electrical Malfunction System

A brand-new breakdown event joins the roster! When the lights go out, you’ll need to dive into the engine bay and complete a fuse box minigame to restore power. Includes new assets, sound effects, and failure states for added tension.

🎃 Halloween Event

The seasonal event is live! (10/28 - 11/06)

• Spooky Halloween Fish added to the oceans.

  

• Halloween Hats cosmetic available to earn. (Log in during the halloween week to claim)

  

• New Halloween Bobber joins your gearbox.

• Event unlock system has been improved so should be solid, tied to your steam account

👁️ The Eyelurker

The long-awaited deep-sea terror is now fully operational -complete with new model, sounds, animations, and behaviour. It stalks players in their territory, waiting to attack and bring down the boat. Use the boat's headlight to deter it!

🦑 Fish stealer

The Fish stealer joins the ferry, to snatch some unguarded fish from your inventory. So keep an eye out, and make sure to keep your valuables.

🌫️ The Abyss Mechanic

Sail too far and you’ll meet your foggy doom. The edge of the world now features a thick, ominous mist that warns -and then consumes -those who don’t turn back.

🧰 Tutorial & Onboarding

Reworked onboarding now teaches hull damage, repairs, and equipment handling. Tutorial ladders, footsteps, and lighting were cleaned up for clarity.

🐟 Gameplay Fixes & Improvements

• Added Screen Shake VFX to all boat damage.

• Inverted steering restored when reversing.

• Adjusted engine throttle and ignition behaviour for smoother control.

• Added crosshair dot for consistent aiming.

• Catchable Large fish models, jumping logic, and loot tables updated.

• Reconnects now correctly remove duplicate characters.

• Fish-on-hook now sells and syncs properly for all players.

• Bobber upgrade reaction time now properly works.

• Fixed desync when Fish stealer steals fish.

🎨 Visuals & Audio

• Improved fog and Abyss border visuals.

• Updated compass model and in-game font readability.

• Adjusted lighting and fixed rotating searchlights not syncing.

• New bobber crate audio and common fish catch sounds.

• Fixed looping or delayed Eyelurker sounds and attack effects.

• Codfather animations refined -no more idle floating in the deep.

• Rebalanced alarm, mid-day, and electrical malfunction sounds.

• Fixed drowning and death animations cancelling unexpectedly.

🧍World

• Preparations for Gallows Wharf and Tree Infested hubs underway.

• Quota board, floating anchors, and lamp placements corrected.

🧩 Interface & Polish

• Shop UI text overlap, low-res buttons, and drop-downs cleaned up.

• Added “Are you sure you want to disconnect?” confirmation prompt.

• Fixed resolution scaling on receipts and newspapers.

• Improved How to Play tips and navigation arrows for clarity.

• Adjusted red light persistence across sessions.

• Main menu and engine sounds no longer persist after exiting.

🪓 Miscellaneous

• Updated Unity version for general stability & Safety

• Fixed various collision issues.

🧭 Known Issues

• Some hotspot Minimap icons are small

• No tutorial for Electrical Minigame & Light mechanics (Yet)

• UI text for Bobbers might stick on screen if right-clicking to exit when reading Tooltips

• Some Non-Owned Fish might jitter a tiny bit on the boat visually - But mechanic wise it’s still solid

• Repair Hull Nails have some sort of cooldown when opening the minigame before being able to click them

• Player Names might be displaced when dying sometimes - Still looking for reproduction steps on this one

💬 Thanks for Playing!

A bunch of fixes and additions here came directly from community reports -keep them coming! We appreciate all the feedback and help we can get moving towards 1.0, and if you want to support us even more, please leave a Review, those are pure gold 💞☺️

Happy fishing, 🦦 Estemyr & The Dreadline Team