New content:

• New essence currencies, one for each math type.

• The fish now also give essence according to its math type.

• A magical chest that will grant you new abilities and buffs in exchange for essence

• Abilities:

  • A loot goblin that roams around, picking up your fish and extracting it for you.

  • The ability to summon your runestones with a button press instead of walking and picking it up

• Upgrades

  • Increase the chance to get higher fish rarity

Fixes:

• Changed the upgrade cost on runes to match the essence type it represents

• Fixed a UI bug when trying to open menu while Challenge summary is shown

• Fixed a UI bug that closed the fishing on mouse click.

• Fixed some typos

• Changed menu click sounds

Patch notes:

• Added a "How to Play" button in the menu. This provides a description and images explaining how to play the game.
  

• The fish list has been slightly updated to display the contained information more clearly.
  

• Changed classic game fish size objective to 50, from 100.

• Slightly reduces the walk speed

• The amount of correct answers while fishing now increase the chance to get higher rarity of fish

• Adjusted the fish rarity effect

I just released the first stage on the early access release of Fishing for Numbers! This is a huge personal milestone for me, and i am really thankful for all the feedback and help from old and new friends!

I started the development on Fishing for Numbers back in 2024 a game jam. Ryan Laley hosts one game jam a year for Unreal Engine developers. I ended up winning the jam and that was a huge Motivational boost for me. I have been working on it at the evenings that i have time and energy, since i also have a "day job".

You can now access the Arcane Anglers Guild and challenge the other NPC members there. To access the Guild you need to finish the start objectives. Standard that is a size 100 of each fish, but there is also a custom game mode where you can change it to your liking.

So far you can challenge them in Equations per minute, Beat the score and Times and Division table.

Equations per minute: Solve the equations as fast as possible in one minute. The different members have their own amount you need to beat.

Beat the score: Beat a fixed score. The timer is individual depending on the NPC you challenge.

Times and Division table: Beat a chosen table on a timer. The timer is individual depending on the NPC you challenge.

There are in total 4 members. They have a given difficulty, Easy, Medium, Hard and Impossible. They can be challenged in all the mentioned challenges.

Guildmaster Clawculus (impossible)

Patch notes:

• Added FOV slider on graphical settings options

• Added Mouse sensitivity slider under control options

• Added Unstuck button on menu screen

• Added Max framerate on graphical options

• Added Brightness slider on graphical options

• Increased the interaction range

• Changed the textures of the magic circles

• Changed the intensity of the magic circles

• Changed the floating sprites from the magic circles

Thank you all for the great feedback, I really appreciate it. If you encounter any bugs or have any feedback, i would be happy if you could post it in the steam community or discord server.

First of all, I will say thank you for all the great feedback I have gotten from testers and from demo players during Next Fest. I appreciate it all!

I am currently working on a small patch that will introduce some missing options that should have been from the start, like FPS limit, mouse sensitivity and brightness settings.

I hope it will be a better experience playing the game after these features are implemented.

Coming content is different types of challenges! When you have completed the prerequisite to join the Arcane Anglers Guild, you get access to it. Inside you may challenge NPC’s to beat their score in different challenges.

There is still a lot of work left to do on this, but i want to share a little teaser:

Have a great weekend!

2xP Games

2xP Games are thrilled to announce that Fishing for Numbers, is coming to Steam.

Fishing for Numbers is a vibrant, first-person educational adventure where you step into the shoes of an aspiring wizard on a quest to join the prestigious Arcane Anglers Guild. 

Master increasingly harder equations and catch magical fish to prove your worth and earn your place among the elite! Specialize in addition, subtraction, multiplication or division, or become a master of them all! Unlock the secrets of the guild by catching larger fish, thus unlocking new features and challenges.

The demo will be available 26th September and the game enters Early Access in 2025 Q4. Expected full release 2026 Q4. More details coming soon!