DREDGE News

Team17 and New Zealand-based developer Black Salt Games have today announced a publishing partnership to bring DREDGE, an upcoming single-player fishing adventure with a sinister undercurrent, to Steam and consoles in 2023.

In DREDGE, players will step into the boots of a down-on-their luck fisherman and explore a collection of remote isles while scouring the surrounding depths for a variety of fish and valuable deep-sea curios. Once their trawler is full, they can sell their haul to the peculiar locals while completing quests and unravelling more about each archipelago. They can also reinforce their vessel, skills, and knowledge to dredge deeper and reach more secluded lands.



Beginning in their new home in the remote islands of ‘The Marrows’, players will be able to investigate each area while completing tasks for the yesteryear locals and taking trips to neighbouring regions - each with their own unique fish to find, inhabitants to meet, and secrets to uncover.


Apprentice anglers and associate ichthyologists can enjoy a brand-new announcement trailer below:


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DREDGE Key Features 

• Unravel a Mystery: Captain your fishing trawler across a collection of remote islands, each with its own inhabitants to meet, wildlife to discover, and stories to unearth 
  
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• Dredge the Depths: Scour the sea for hidden treasures and complete quests to gain access to strange new abilities 
  
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• Study Your Craft: Research special equipment and upgrade your boat’s capabilities to gain access to rare fish and valuable deep-sea curios 
  
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• Fish to Survive: Sell your discoveries to the locals to learn more about each area, and upgrade your boat to reach even more secluded locations 
  
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• Fight the Unfathomable: Strengthen your mind and use special abilities to survive trips out on the water after dark 
  

DREDGE is being developed by Black Salt Games. To keep up to date, wishlist the game on Steam now, like it on Facebook, follow on Twitter and join the community on Discord.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1562430/DREDGE/?utm_source=Press+release&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Team17-DREDGE-Steam-Link

We finish the year off with filling out Gale Cliffs building models and adding in full support for control remapping on PC!

We're now weighing up whether to support control remapping on consoles, what do you all think? One mapping to rule them all, or give players the freedom to choose (and potentially really mess up their play experience)? Drop us a comment below with your thoughts or stop by our Discord: https://discord.gg/DtgjkKvXeP

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Wishing everyone happy and safe holidays and hope you join us again when we're back in January '22; new year, new area!

-Nadia

Explorer types can now seek out rare and exotic fish in hard-to-find locations in Dredge! We've updated our map markers and added yet more fish, and our new 3D artist crafts a town for Gale Cliffs.

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We'll be back again in a couple of weeks with another update!
-Nadia

A short and sweet update for you all this week -- we've added in Destructible Walls that will allow players to access shortcuts and hidden caches of treasures if they're savvy enough to find them. Golden notches can now also appear on your fishing reel -- you'll have one shot of hitting the golden notch, if you do you instantly catch a trophy sized fish, if you miss it though you'll have to wait for the next big one to come along.

Finally some character concepts and fish art to share with you as well.

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Catch you soon for our next update!
-Nadia

We've been working away building our second area of Dredge; The Gale Cliffs - check out what the zone is going to look like in our video below!

We've also added fish that will only appear at night for those brave souls willing to venture out in the fog, and special fishing spots that are easier to see in the dark and might net you some valuable, if strange, creatures.

+ a few more bits and pieces:

• Player feedback banners for key events
  
• World art update to add ambient fish particles
  
• An update to dredging!
  

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Catch you for our next update soon!
-Nadia