FinLab

Despite my recent unrelated prototype, I'm back to making 1.2.0. It will be the final content update for a while (probably). It's also relatively small. Today I was bug fixing/finishing racing, which used assets directly from the unrelated prototype.

I don't have much energy to work today, I'm extremely sick, so I think I'll take a day or two off (this is an unpaid hobby project anyways).

I got my test fish racing scene hooked up to the normal tank scene. The game now holds onto your save data in memory and loads it on return (this works for non-signed in users too). You can choose a species, genes and markings apply. It's very unpolished.

Even though I've been programming for years, sometimes computers confuse me. Just found the weirdest bug fix in a while.

Incredibly rough proof of concept for a racing minigame (Chao garden-like). I'm prototyping seasonal minigames which may net you unique rewards. Breeding also matters a lot here, higher breeding level = faster fish. Made in about 2 hours.

With my fake internet wiki, I added a joke fish called the "catfish". It's an early game variant of the foxfish unlocked with a semi-secret through the internet. It does count for 100%. This is something sick me at 2AM thought of.

Also in development is a pause functionality. It pauses all game time (including notifications). Just a minor QOL.

Doing this silly feature to go along with my Y2K aesthetic. I'm making a fake internet for the game that also serves as an in-universe guide. The writing is terrible, I binged this feature in like 2 hours with the stomach flu.

An update on a potential 1.2.0:

I have a lot more ideas for this game! But I'm pretty tired after 1.1.0, so I'm going to take 1.2.0 somewhat slow. I don't want to share any details yet, it probably won't be as huge of a change though (probably).

I have released a major update for my fish simulation/tycoon game FinLab! It includes a deep breeding system, a time of day, yearly calendar, holidays, and more. It's out now for free on WebGL!