Fishing Update (0.8.0.0)

IT’S TIME TO FISH!

After tons of time and work, Fishing is finally here!

Fish With Your Friends
Fishing is a fun and relaxing Plaza activity that you can play with other players. Catch fish together and show off what you caught with your friends.

Catch Over 100 Different Fish and Weird Items
The aquatic ecosystem of the Plaza has been greatly expanded, and with over 100 different species of fish and a bunch of exclusive fishing items to be found, there’s sure to be some hidden treasure waiting just for you.

Use Various Bait
Different types of fish are attracted to different types of bait. We’ve added tons of variations of bait to help your fishing needs at the Gone Fishin’ Bait Shop, right near the rollercoaster dock and the fishing docks behind the games building.

Adopt Sea Friends
Sometimes you’ll catch a Sea Dollar. They’re the currency of the sea. Once you have enough sea dollars, you can adopt aquatic friends such as dolphins, whales, and sea TUrtles.

Build Aquariums
After you’ve got a fish, you can place the fish in aquariums in your Condo. Just drag the fish into the aquarium and it’ll be happy to call it home.

Become a Dolphin
That’s right, become a dolphin. Fishing comes with several milestones and one of the coolest milestone is actually being able to become a dolphin.


New Inventory

Search
No more spending countless hours searching your inventory for that one soda can, the new inventory features a convenient search bar so you can get back to customizing that sick condo.

Easy Filters
Just looking for all your couches? There’s now a button for that too. With the easy filters, all of your couches, chairs, and other item categories can be filtered in just a few clicks.

Improved Tooltips
Tooltips now tell you more useful information, such as the store the item can be found in and in which Tower Unite update the item was added.

Sorting
You can also now sort items by their name, price, and version added.

Color
The new inventory is also colorable, so you can customize what color you want your inventory to be. Obtain that perfect nostalgic blue or the cute hot pink look.

Lock
A new lock feature was added which lets you lock the inventory in place. This keeps the inventory from automatically closing after you release the Q key.


New Store UI

New Logos and Themes (and some sounds)
The store UI has been completely redone with unique theming and logos, adding charm and character to each store.

Landing Page
The store UI now also splits the items sold into categories. Looking for just bait? Click that bait button. Looking for lures? Well, you get the idea.

Sorting
You can now sort items in the store by their name, price, and the version of the game they were added.


Shared Jackpot

Wheel of Money was updated to now have a shared jackpot across all machines. This change makes it so no machine has a unique jackpot, keeping things a bit more civil amongst players. Also, we’ve increased the chance of winning the jackpot by just a tiny little hair.


Changes

  • Added Fishing!
    • Collection book now has a sea encyclopedia to track caught fish
    • Bait shop and fishing rod now functional
    • Over 100 fish species and dozens of weird items
  • Summer event characters are back
  • Metal detector events are back
  • Casino: Added shared jackpot for Wheel of Money - each WOM machine will now contribute to a cumulative jackpot instead of per-machine
  • Added audio effects for diving underwater
  • Added new Bowling Ball upgrades: Gumball Bowling Ball, Catball Bowling Ball, Dogball Bowling Ball
  • Minigolf: Garden - Polishing Update
    • Art & lighting improvements
    • Updated tubes to use the new tube system, ensuring they no longer break
    • Several misc bug fixes
  • Minigolf: Cove - Polishing Update
    • Art & lighting improvements
    • Updated tubes to use the new tube system, ensuring they no longer break
    • Several misc bug fixes
  • Minigolf: Alpine - Polishing Update
    • Art & lighting improvements (including the caves)
    • Added new course signage
    • Added gondola track
    • Updated tubes to use the new tube system, ensuring they no longer break
    • Fixed hole 18 sometimes throwing you off course
    • Several misc bug fixes
  • Inventory UI Rework
    • Separated furniture inventory from the hot bar - furniture inventory is now at the bottom of the screen and is much larger
    • Created a better filter system - now you can filter quicker and find items faster
    • Added search bar - you can search through names and item tags
    • Added tabs and subtabs by item types
    • Added sorting (sort by A-Z, cost, etc)
    • Added lock inventory feature, which allows you to lock the inventory and not have to continue holding down Q while using it
    • Hot bar will now automatically hide away when dragging an item for better visibility (unless you have locked the inventory)
    • Added hot bar tabs - for easier organization of different hot bar item types
    • Added favorite item support - now you can favorite items that you reused a lot
    • Added color setting - recolor the inventory to that perfect blue (or pink) or anything you want really
  • Store UI Rework
    • Added new logos and unique colors for each store
    • Added a landing page for each store that shows the top categories that you’d care about in that store
    • Added sorting (sort by name, price, and version added)
    • Added newly added items page (so you can see which new items were recently added to the store)
    • Added friend grouping system for Plaza - create a group and add your friends! More functionality will be added in coming updates
  • Lobby 3 Phase 3
    • New fishing areas added
    • Dueling Arena entrance added
    • Bumper Car entrance added
    • You can now sit in every chair/couch/bench in the plaza
    • Updated foliage in various areas around the map
    • Added fencing and details around the beach-side fishing hole
    • Fixed the concrete appearing metallic
    • You can now use the RC boats in the main Plaza fountains
    • Added more location volumes throughout Plaza
    • New Toy Stop advertisement
    • Changed from the Volumetric Indirect Lighting System to the VLM Sparse Volume Lighting System - improving lighting overall
    • There is now only one lobby elevator that goes to Project 12
    • Reduced the size of the cartoonishly large stair steps at the theater exterior entrance
    • Replaced “GAMES” sign with higher quality model
    • Updated materials on boardwalk
    • Added additional pathways to the beach side fishing hole
  • Underwater condo improvements
    • Removed blue tint from interior of Underwater condo
    • Adjusted outdoor lighting in Underwater condo to look better
    • Removed caustic “milky” effect from inside the underwater condo
    • Improved indoor lighting in underwater condo
  • Added bowling and trivia scoreboards to the scoreboard menu
  • Added option to invert plane vertical controls
  • Your player name now shows at the top of the scoreboard at all times in Plaza/Condo
  • Added new aquarium items to the Gone Fishin’ Bait Shop
  • Added thumbnail support to Old Theater Projector
  • Reorganized stores:
    • Moved Beer item from Fresh to Project 12 bar
    • Moved Theater items from Rob’s Imports to the Theater store
    • Moved Old TV and Old Computer from Rob’s Imports to to Central Circuit
    • Moved Buttons from Rob’s Imports to DIY store
    • Moved Beach Volleyball Net and Boxing Ring from Sweet Suite to Toy Stop
    • Moved Body Pillow from Sweet Suite to DIY store
    • Moved Standing Picture Frame from Sweet Suite to DIY store
    • Moved all lamps from Sweet Suite to Central Circuit
    • Moved Fountain and Pergola from Sweet Suite to Seasons
    • Moved some outdoor items from Sweet Suite to Seasons
    • Moved Plastic Tent from Rob’s imports to Seasons
    • Moved Fish Bowl from Toy Stop to the Gone Fishin’ Bait Shop
  • Improved look of inventory tool tips
  • Inventory tool tips now show what store the items are from and what version the item was added

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed not always being able to click on leave for the Golf Ball milestone
  • Fixed poker UI bug that prevented you from using any of the buttons after the EXP UI popped up
  • Fixed underwater effects not occuring (and for vehicles as well)
  • Plaza Fixes
    • Fixed incorrect collision wall on top of the large peninsula in the Plaza
    • Fixed missing material on some Tower struts
    • Fixed the collision on the Gameworld Port building windows
    • Reduced the chance of falling down an invisible gap between the lazy river and landscape
    • Fixed being able to get under the Arcade building near the rollercoaster
    • Fixed lights from the subway station sticking up into the upper subway area
    • Fixed boat dock location volume being incorrectly placed
    • Fixed some missing collisions in the Casino
    • Fixed some areas of the Ocean being un-swimmable
  • Fixed Trivia screen cutting off player names or answers if the question is more than 2 lines
  • Fixed Stasher tool lagging when you stash items
  • Fixed inventory bug where item icons would change to a different item icon unrelated to the item
  • Fixed items still having a new tag even if they aren’t new
  • Fixed Jetpack, Football, Basketball, and Beachball clipping through the store pedestals
  • Fixed game activity names on scoreboard not always displaying the activities due to networking distances
  • Fixed Old Theater Projector drawing shadows over the projection
  • Fixed RC plane trails
  • Fixed a typo on the Pizza box
  • Removed headband from Bunny Ears

UPCOMING UPDATES

You can follow our current developments on our Trello:
https://trello.com/b/6BwRMiPw/tower-unite-roadmap

You can follow our weekly developer logs here:
http://forums.pixeltailgames.com/c/devupdates/weekly-dev-logs

You can report bugs on our forums:
http://forums.pixeltailgames.com/c/bug-report

Or you may also report bugs on our Steam community, but please expect slow response time.

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Fishing news

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Now this is a fish

wow, that’s a fish

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graphic design is my passion /s

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Awesome, I shall be getting some fish out tonight & I’ll be wrapping up my koi pond prop in the next day or so.


FTFY ;3

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Becoming a dolphin probably means you get to fight aliens and such.

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You guys knocked it out of the park with this one.

  • Satisfying gameplay
  • Polished UI and stellar sound
  • Impressively HUGE variety of fish species and new items
  • Home Aquariums and Ocean pets

Not to mention the massive inventory/store improvements. Fishing was one of my top three most anticipated features, and this update does not disappoint at all! Keep up the awesome work!

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Nah, it probably means that you have a way off the Earth before the Vogons Constructor Fleet arrives.

Everything is great, but we should also remember the amazing Garden and Alpine remakes along with the Treasure Cove improvements. They get overshadowed by Fishing but god damn, those maps look great now :smiley:

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I can’t believe it’s finally here. You guys have done such an amazing job! ;w;

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