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Steam News3 August 202613d ago

Fish4Thought Update is out!!! [Major]

THE LONG AWAITED UPDATE IS FINALLY HERE!!! This update complete remakes the Fishing minigame, adds new achievements, polishes some areas of the game, and add a bit of more story to Indigo Mode! Have at it!

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What changed

4 fixes19 additions12 changes5 removals
  • Gameplay
  • Store
  • UI and audio
  • Performance
  • Events
  • Fixes
addedTHE LONG AWAITED UPDATE IS FINALLY HERE!!!This update complete remakes the Fishing minigame, adds new achievements, polishes some areas of the game, and add a bit of more story to Indigo Mode! Have at it!
addedChanges:Added hook and bait stats to the Fishing shop
changedChanges:Resized and repositioned baits in the Fishing shop
addedChanges:Added in missing FIshing shop sound effects
addedChanges:Added stats to Fishing when not fishing
changedChanges:Remade Fishing minigame ✨
Added Lost Fish (-19-1Added Lost Fish ( increased, buff

The Pinkman Files changes

addedThis update complete remakes the Fishing minigame, adds new achievements, polishes some areas of the game, and add a bit of more story to Indigo Mode! Have at it!
addedAdded hook and bait stats to the Fishing shop
changedResized and repositioned baits in the Fishing shop
addedAdded in missing FIshing shop sound effects
addedAdded stats to Fishing when not fishing

THE LONG AWAITED UPDATE IS FINALLY HERE!!!

This update complete remakes the Fishing minigame, adds new achievements, polishes some areas of the game, and add a bit of more story to Indigo Mode! Have at it!

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Changes:

  • Added hook and bait stats to the Fishing shop

  • Resized and repositioned baits in the Fishing shop

  • Added in missing FIshing shop sound effects

  • Added stats to Fishing when not fishing

  • Remade Fishing minigame ✨

  • Added Lost Fish (from -19 to -1)

  • Ancient Hook now catches from -19 to -1

  • All Hook range increased for the new fish

  • Updated achievement ACV_STR_15's description to only surface fish

  • Added fish icon to Hakurei Shrine during Day Summer in Indigo Mode

  • Fishpedia's water now changes brightness depending on the fish's zone

  • Remade Fishing UI ✨

  • Remade the wave and background of Fishpedia

  • Added startup sound for fishing

  • Merged Wave Shader module by Daniel Westfall (Wattson)

  • Updated credits

  • Removed pressing F to toggle fullscreen because of accidental presses (use F11 for that instead)

  • Removed awkward line from Skyler's second Indigo Event (it ends up being way funnier without it)

  • Removed nature ambience from Fishing

  • Removed money display from shop (as it now appears on the FS3 UI. so you can still see how much you have while in the shop)

  • Added kaching sound effects to everywhere where you can gain or lose money (except gambling and when catching a fish)

  • Updated cursor images

  • Made saving icon animation fluid

  • Added persistent and button to change the hue/colour of the new UI

  • Added script for steamapi features

  • Updated itch.io and Game Jolt pages so they only host the legacy version of the game (release version)

  • Added CRT input overlay to main menu

  • Added CRT power on sound effects to the main menu

  • Added new achievements

  • Added new interaction in the start of Pink Mode for if you've already beaten the game

  • Added Indigo Events for Reimu ✨

  • Changed how the credits of the true ending is displayed (saves 1MB, surprisingly)

  • Updated achievement ACV_FRE_5's description

  • Added new Steam Avatars

  • Added new phone wallpaper

  • Remade button images

  • Removed unused face button images (and some images no longer used)

  • Updated some UI elements to work with the new button images

  • Remade vignette

  • Remade Glossary background

  • Changed shop prices for Fishing

Fixes:

  • Fixed crashing by clearing [c]persistent.fishes[/c] and generating a new one if the player has a save file before the update

  • Fixed being unable to select objects in Rolamari's editor if the image's aspect ratio is weird

  • Fixed VCR filter in skip animation being offset

  • Fixed crashing done by the other crash fix that crashes if you don't have any save data

Source

Steam News / 3 August 2026

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