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✨ Souvenir Zone UPDATE! 🎁

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[h2]Hello, dear Aquarists!😌🐠[/h2]

[h3]To celebrate the sale, we have great news for you - a new Aquarist update 🐟[/h3]

🆕 New

🔹 A new mechanic is coming to the game, along with a new achievement related to the Café in the aquarium location. The Café has been changed, and now you can offer visitors aquarium souvenirs and snacks. As you level up, you can earn even more, and once you reach the maximum level, you will receive 11 new decorations for your aquariums!

🔹 The Christmas update is back! Feel the festive spirit in the game too. If you didn't have the opportunity in previous years, pick up a set of Christmas decorations and backgrounds to create a real Christmas aquarium!

🔹 One additional mini-game has been added to the basement so that cleaning aquariums is not the only activity available if someone wants to earn extra money in the game.

🛠️ Changes

🔹 Fixed an issue where, if two fish in the same aquarium had the same breeding time, one of them would give birth to incorrect offspring (a fish of a different species) after loading the game. This sometimes blocked progress, e.g. fish breeding in the Arctic DLC. Everything now works correctly.

🔹 Fixed a bug that caused significant performance drops when the player on a gamepad/Steam Deck attempted to rotate an item. Now everything works smoothly.

🔹 Fixed a bug where the player stopped time in the basement shop and went to the aquarium exhibition and could not complete the main task because time was not passing. This will no longer happen, and players who encountered this problem will have it resolved automatically after loading the game

🔹 The automatic feeder and Subzero zooling device can now be rotated during editing.

[h3]❄️ Arctic DLC:[/h3]

🧊 Added that if we spent the day in a different location and return to the Arctic location, the happy fish will automatically reproduce (this will help you complete the last fish in the Arctic DLC faster)

🧊 Fixed a bug where, with certain combinations, picking up an ice block with a fish in it would cause a different fish than it should to appear in it, blocking the ability to restore that fish's population

🧊 Improved description of the sub-zero device

🧊 Fixed an issue with placing Arctic plants in regular aquariums, they died even though they should not have

[h3]🛍️ Supermarket shop DLC 🏪[/h3]

🛠️ Changes:

🔶 Fixed a bug that occurred when a player changed the price of an item and a customer took the last item off the shelf at the same time. It was then impossible to close the price change window. Now, it will no longer be possible to get stuck in this way.

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How to contact us with bugs?
Do it via discord 📢

https://discord.gg/76N77uHWkc

Or via the Steam discussion📢
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1430760/discussions/

How to support the Aquarist?
The easiest way is to share your opinion of our game with others on Steam or among your friends. Thank you very much💗

Aquarist Team

🎅🎮Santa’s Daily Game Key Drop

[h2]🎄 It’s December, and that means we’re launching the FreeMind Advent Calendar! 🎄[/h2][h3]
Every day, Santa will drop three free Purrrifiers keys!
🔑🔑🔑[/h3][p][/p][p] They will appear on a randomly selected FreeMind game - released or upcoming[/p][p](no demos, prologues, or DLC)[/p][p]💬 Keys will be posted in the game’s discussion section! (on 7 PM CEST)[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][h3]🎮 Here’s the full list of FreeMind games:[/h3][p]https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/freemind/[/p][p][/p][p]This special event is Santa’s thank-you gift to the Purrrifiers
for cleaning up his North Pole workshop! 🧹🎅❄️
To join the fun, make sure to follow the official FreeMind Steam page ❤️‍🔥[/p][p][/p][hr][/hr][h3]🎁 Extra Holiday Bonus![/h3][p]For every 1,000 new followers,
We’ll draw 10 keys for randomly selected FreeMind games —
🏆 one draw on Christmas Eve and
🎆 one on New Year’s Eve![/p][p][/p][hr][/hr][h3]🎄🗝️ New doors open every day![/h3][p]⭐ Join the event and open your first door today! 🎮🎁[/p][p]https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/freemind/[/p][p][/p][p]PS. 3 Keys are already on one of the FreeMind games discussion forums ;)[/p][p][/p]

Steam Awards Nominations 2025 (Free Badge)

[h2]Hello gamers,
[/h2][h2]Steam Awards Nominations 2025 have launched!
[/h2][h3]Just to let you know, in just max 5 minutes, you can[/h3][p][/p][p][/p][p]❤️Support the developers of this game [/p][p][/p][p]🏆Get a cool Steam Awards Community badge that boosts your Steam level[/p][p][/p][p]🤝Be happy to be involved in a Community Event [/p][h3]
You just need to:

1. Nominate the game of your choice for the award
[/h3][p] [/p][h3]You can simply go to the game's Steam page, and there will be a banner located just under the trailers/screenshots section.[/h3][h3]

2. Nominate other games, ideally one of the FreeMind games

[/h3][h3]You go to the main Steam page and click on the banner above, and nominate a game of your choice.[/h3][h3]

3. Create or update a review of the game[/h3][p][/p][h3]
4. Start and play the nominated game[/h3][p][/p][h3] [/h3][h3]If you are having problems, just let us know we will try to help.

FreeMind team.

[/h3][h3]PS. If you want to support us and you think our game/s deserve a nomination, you can do your badge just with us, though it would be quite impressive if you held all of our titles.[/h3][p]
Here is just an example that FreeMind can be nominated in any category[/p][p][/p][p]
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New IT Simulator released, New Bundle and discount🎁

[h2]Our last game release of the year must be strong![/h2][p][/p][h3]🖥️IT SPECIALIST SIMULATOR is now available on Steam![/h3][p][/p][h3]We have prepared a bundle for you.[/h3][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p][/p][h3]🖨️It's a true sim... printers don't work!🖨️[/h3][p][/p][p]So wanna a job in IT? Finish the IT Specialist Simulator and put it in your CV[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]
Watch the release trailer to know more: [/p][p][/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p][/p][h3]Cheers! [/h3][h3]FreeMind[/h3]

HOTFIX #2

[h2]Hello, dear Aquarists!😌[/h2]

[h3]Second hotfix after November update 🐟[/h3]

💠 Fixed a bug that prevented visitors' satisfaction from reaching 100% in some locations.

💠 Fixed a bug that caused arctic plants in locations other than the arctic to die after placing a subzero cooling device in the aquarium, even though these should have been ideal conditions for them.

💠 Fixed an issue where some players would see Spinosaurus bones reappear in the Arctic location even though they had already been collected.


[h3]➡️ Check Arctic DLC ➡️[/h3]
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How to contact us with bugs?
Do it via discord 📢

https://discord.gg/76N77uHWkc

Or via the Steam discussion📢
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1430760/discussions/

How to support the Aquarist?
The easiest way is to share your opinion of our game with others on Steam or among your friends. Thank you very much💗

Aquarist Team