[DevTalks #8] Map Reveal – Kiel Canal / Release information
Hey Folks!
We'll give you some interesting news today - unfortunately, not all of them will be positive.
A few words of introduction. We are coming to the end of 2021 - a really hard and busy year behind us. When you think that we planned to release the game at the beginning of 2021 - it was crazy! We're happy to have more time to polish our project, which needed a lot of polishing - and still does.
In 2021 we released a demo that could have been better. We've changed quite a few things since then including among others: the water system (based on survey responses), weather, fish behavior, water effects, etc.
We hope you will want to…
As we are not sure if the changes we made were good and players will enjoy them we will run Steam Playtest for about 1500 players.
Everyone will be able to opt-in. I don’t know yet how we will approve player requests but we will just choose people from all opt-ins. Additionally, we will manually grant access to players that were active on our Steam forums :)
Additionally – there will be a HUGE survey and players who will complete it will take a part in the giveaway of:
We want to make sure that the game we develop was done properly. We won’t be able to satisfy everyone but we will do our best to listen to the community and do regular surveys about future updates.
We will post a separate post when OPT-IN for Playtest will be open.
You will be able to opt-in for a few weeks. Beta tests will start in January/February if everything will go as we plan.
As a result, we officially announce that the game release is postponed to Q1 2022. Now, let's talk about the next map for UFS2 :)
The Kiel Canal is an artificial waterway and a maritime waterway connecting the Baltic Sea (Kiel Bay) with the North Sea (Elbe estuary). In UFS 2 you are given a harbor waterfront that is pretty much urbanized!
This is an unusual or rather unique fishery. You will be able to catch both saltwater and freshwater fish here. And thanks to the fact that the channel is constantly kept clean, it is perfect for spinning or ground fishing.
[h3]FISH SPECIES[/h3]
At the time of writing this post, there are 10 different species of fish on the map. They are:
But don't let the tranquility of this water fool you. Remember that this is an artificial channel and its banks are quite steep - that is why sometimes pulling out a big fish can be quite a challenge.
So who would like to go for a night fishing by lantern light?
Ps. If you think there should be other fish species on the map - let us know in the comments!
Regards,
Rafal
We'll give you some interesting news today - unfortunately, not all of them will be positive.
A few words of introduction. We are coming to the end of 2021 - a really hard and busy year behind us. When you think that we planned to release the game at the beginning of 2021 - it was crazy! We're happy to have more time to polish our project, which needed a lot of polishing - and still does.
In 2021 we released a demo that could have been better. We've changed quite a few things since then including among others: the water system (based on survey responses), weather, fish behavior, water effects, etc.
We hope you will want to…
TAKE PART IN STEAM PLAYTEST
As we are not sure if the changes we made were good and players will enjoy them we will run Steam Playtest for about 1500 players.
Everyone will be able to opt-in. I don’t know yet how we will approve player requests but we will just choose people from all opt-ins. Additionally, we will manually grant access to players that were active on our Steam forums :)
Additionally – there will be a HUGE survey and players who will complete it will take a part in the giveaway of:
- 30x Ultimate Fishing Simulator 2 (Steam Key on Release)
- 10x Ultimate Fishing Simulator Complete Edition (Steam Key)
We want to make sure that the game we develop was done properly. We won’t be able to satisfy everyone but we will do our best to listen to the community and do regular surveys about future updates.
We will post a separate post when OPT-IN for Playtest will be open.
You will be able to opt-in for a few weeks. Beta tests will start in January/February if everything will go as we plan.
As a result, we officially announce that the game release is postponed to Q1 2022. Now, let's talk about the next map for UFS2 :)
Saltwater or freshwater? It’s KIEL CANAL
The Kiel Canal is an artificial waterway and a maritime waterway connecting the Baltic Sea (Kiel Bay) with the North Sea (Elbe estuary). In UFS 2 you are given a harbor waterfront that is pretty much urbanized!
This is an unusual or rather unique fishery. You will be able to catch both saltwater and freshwater fish here. And thanks to the fact that the channel is constantly kept clean, it is perfect for spinning or ground fishing.
[h3]FISH SPECIES[/h3]
At the time of writing this post, there are 10 different species of fish on the map. They are:
- European perch
- Asp
- Wels Catfish
- Zander
- Atlantic salmon
- Common sturgeon
- Sea trout
- Atlantic Cod
- European flounder
- Garfish
But don't let the tranquility of this water fool you. Remember that this is an artificial channel and its banks are quite steep - that is why sometimes pulling out a big fish can be quite a challenge.
So who would like to go for a night fishing by lantern light?
Ps. If you think there should be other fish species on the map - let us know in the comments!
Regards,
Rafal