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 broke the surface, blinking and confused and ready.

If you picked up The Ocean Is Not Water during the fest (or at any point, really): thank you. Genuinely. Every purchase, every hour spent hunting in the abyss, every save file the shark now carries in its memory it matters. The abyss noticed. So did I.

You are the reason this thing exists outside my machine.

The game is still young. The depths are deep. Reality is still occasionally negotiable. If you find something broken like a fish that refuses to be devoured, a number that shouldn't exist, a dream that won't end, a vortex that vortexes where it shouldn't please say so. Steam discussions, the issue tracker, a comment on this post. I read them all. The shark has many eyes now.

If something is missing such as a feature you wish the hunger had, a quality-of-life current you want shifted, a mechanic that should descend further please tell me that too. I can't promise every request gets implemented, but I do promise they get heard. The abyssal backlog is real and it is growing.

And if you've spent time in the deep and the experience fed you, even a little, I'd be grateful for a positive review on the store page. Not because the shark demands tribute. Because reviews help other hungry things find their way down here. Word of mouth, but with teeth.

Until then: keep devouring. Keep descending. Keep listening when the ocean whispers.

— Sharkey

"Stars are visible below you. The abyss has no bottom. Neither, apparently, does your support."