Hello!

We see you've noticed the updates to our Steam Page. Here's the wonderful artwork that will serve as the new key art for the game, featuring all the roles that will be playable on launch:

Isn't it lovely?

Now, on to what we're working on. Fishing has been in a pretty sorry state for a while, mostly being picked up for the fishing frenzy event, or by people who just really want to go fishing. We want the system to have a bit more depth to it, so we'll be adding some fun new toys.

With the next update, you'll find two new fishing rods available next to the regular one at Moo Moo Mart: The Master Fishing Rod and the Magnet Rod. How exciting! These rods are not only more expensive than the regular fishing rod, but are also not available at the beginning of the game, as they require education to use!

But that's not all, the education isn't available from the get-go either! To access the education, you'll have to do a little bit of fishing to acquire the necessary credentials, as both education paths will require you to fish up specific items before you can start studying.

So is it worth going through all these hoops to get these improved fishing rods? We'd like to think so! The Master Fishing Rod will allow you to fish up Fishing Frenzy fish at any point in the game, even outside the Fishing Frenzy event!

The Magnet Rod, however, won't land you any fish, but will dredge up metals and other junk of varying rarity, allowing anybody to become a pseudo-scavenger!

Finally, you'll also be able to buy Fish Bait at Moo Moo Mart that consumes after the next fishing action, but will increase your chances of landing rare fish!

We added scoring to Fishing in a recent update, so hopefully all these new toys might open up fun new strategies for you to explore!

While we're on the topic of fishing, we'd reel-y appreciate it if you could drop us a Steam review, as it's super important for smaller developers like us! Thanks, and happy fishing!

Bark bark!

Erm, we mean hello!

1.0 is fast approaching, and one of the features we promised for full release was an improved pets system. Right now, pets are a bit dull, and only really function as a way of padding your score a little bit if you manage to maintain them. Let's see if we can fix that.

To start things off, we're changing the way scoring works for pets. Instead of granting score at the end of every round, pets will now grant a score based on their state at the end of the game: neglected, content, or pampered. Every pet will start off in the neglected state, but can be brought up to content and happy states when taken care of.

So does this mean that you can just buy the pet at the end of the game to get the maximum score? Yes, you won't have to buy a pet round 1 to max out your pet score. But if you do get a pet early, you may benefit from their new mechanic: pet traits!

Your pets will now grant unique traits that become more powerful the better you take care of your pets. For example, cats will grant their owners a bonus to winning the lottery that scales based on their well-being, becoming the strongest at the pampered state. They will also improve the relax action at home!

Meanwhile, dogs will grant their owner a scaling bonus to salary, while improving the take a walk action in the park. The idea is that different types of pets will open up new and different strategies. Speaking of different kinds of pets, we've only had cats and dogs on offer in the game until now. We will be adding new types of pets, ranging from rather mundane to, well, let's say exotic! Say hello to a part of the new pet roster:

By the way, there seems to be a new location spotted in Chailand? How weird.

Finally, if you guys haven't reviewed our game on Steam yet, we would really appreciate it! It's super helpful for smaller devs like ourselves. Alright! See you all on April 30th!