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- The Ocean is not Water
OceanFest has passed. The hunger remains. Thank you.
The ocean is not water. But it is, apparently, full of you. OceanFest came and went like a feeding frenzy like brief, violent, and somehow nourishing. The launch went well. Better than the shark dared hope when it first…
Store1 change - The Ocean is not Water
v1.2.2 — "Readable Depths"
v1.2.2 — "Readable Depths" The dream screen whispered in italics the player couldn't hear. Text scale now defaults to 150%, title and dream overlays stay legible at that size no matter what you pick in settings, and the…
Patch notes3 changesFixUI/audio - The Ocean is not Water
v1.2.1 — No Free Achievements
v1.2.1 — "No Free Achievements" *(April 25, 2026)* *A dev test save was hitching a ride into the build, handing every new player a half-finished trophy case the moment they launched. Also, the freshly-added Wooden Pixel…
Announcement4 changesFixBalance - The Ocean is not Water
Experimental: v1.2.0 — "OceanFest"
Experimental Branch: v1.2.0 — "OceanFest" Enjoy a little teaser for the upcoming Q2 feature release! Planned release: April 1st, 2026 New Features Paradox Skill Trees — 3 skill trees (Infinite Maw, Abyssal Compression,…
Patch notes16 changesFixGameplay - The Ocean is not Water
v1.1.3 — "Fit Check"
v1.1.3 — "Fit Check" (March 20, 2026) The shark scaled to 150% and its Bazaar fell off the screen. Turns out "scaling text" means "scaling content" and the panels were still wearing their old jeans. Now everything stret…
Store3 changesUI/audio - The Ocean is not Water
v1.1.2 — "Bigger Fish"
v1.1.2 — "Bigger Fish" (March 18, 2026) Some eyes are sharper than others. The shark now lets you scale the text so every number, label, and tooltip is actually readable — without breaking a single panel. 🎨 UI / UX Tex…
Patch notes3 changes1 numericUI/audio - The Ocean is not Water
vMacOS — The Shark Crosses the Platform Barrier
vMacOS — The Shark Crosses the Platform Barrier The Ocean Is Not Water is now live on macOS. That's right — the abyss no longer discriminates by operating system. If you've got a Mac, you've got a shark. What to expect:…
Patch notes2 changesGameplayPerformance - The Ocean is not Water
Glass & Glow
v1.1.0 — "Glass & Glow" The shark looked around one day and noticed the UI was built for a spreadsheet, not an ocean. Every panel, every tab, every modal got dragged into a back room and came out wearing frosted glass,…
Event8 changesFixUI/audio - The Ocean is not Water
The Ocean Is Not Water — Now Available
🦈 The Ocean Is Not Water — Now Available The shark breaks the surface. The abyss is open. The Ocean Is Not Water is live. This is a solo-dev cosmic horror idle game where you play as a shark devouring entropy itself. C…
Event4 changesFixCompatibility - The Ocean is not Water
🦈 Come Say Hi to the Shark. Soon.
The Ocean Is Not Water is both a free demo and a full game on Steam, and I'm genuinely thrilled to let you dip your toes in. Fair warning: the toes might not come back. What's in the Demo (Friday, March 6th) I packed in…
Event2 changesStore
