Fishbowl News

[p]Hey everyone! 👋🏾[/p][p]We are so happy to share with you that Fishbowl is going to be out on Steam and PS5 in April 2026. It was an absolute delight to announce this at Wholesome Snack with a brand new trailer! We are excited for all of you to dip your feet and hearts into the little world of Fishbowl where slice of life meets surreal. [/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p][/p][p]Please support our development journey! Here are some things you can do:[/p][p]💜 Spread the word: If you have friends who love emotional stories and narrative games, tell them about Fishbowl![/p][p]✅ Wishlist the game: THE BEST way to support indie games is to have them in your wishlist! Each and every one counts![/p][p]👀 Follow us on our socials: You can find us on Instagram, BlueSky, Twitter and Discord! Pick a platform of choice and come along![/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]We are counting down the days to April and working super, super hard during this last leg of development to bring you something we are proud of. [/p][p]Thank you for being a part of our journey so far and stay with us until the finish line! [/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Love,[/p][p]Rhea & Prateek[/p][p]💜 imissmyfriends.studio[/p][p][/p]

[p]Hi everyone![/p][p]After a long break to focus on Fishbowl’s development we are now back with regular game updates! Having a community to come back to feels really special and we don’t ever take it for granted. Thank you for sticking along![/p][p]Today we’ll give you a glimpse into the video editing mini-game in Fishbowl.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Alo works as a junior video editor at Sitara LLC. It's a media company run by a big social media star named Sitara. Alo grew up watching and admiring them. When she was a kid, she’d often watch Sitara’s channel with her friends. Cut to now, having this job feels like a full circle moment for Alo. [/p][p]Over at Sitara LLC, they have lots of writers, graphic designers and of course, video editors working to make sure all the work that Sitara creates and uploads is perfect![/p][p]Video editing in Fishbowl is a colour/symbol matching game. You move the clips to sort them into the correct track. The video editing levels vary from easy to hard depending on the work pressure for the day. Sitara is usually working on multiple projects at a time, so there is a LOT to do sometimes. [/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Although you work from home, Alo’s manager, Iris, makes sure you aren’t alone. She teams you up with various colleagues so you have company while you work—[/p][p][/p][p]👩🏽‍💻You get to meet new people[/p][p]🔥Learn from them and what they are good at[/p][p]🎯Level up your skills as well, if you’d like to! [/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Each new colleague you meet, will have their own ability which they will teach you. So hopefully, your everyday job is full of fun and something to look forward to![/p][p]If you aren’t very good at editing videos, worry not, your colleagues will be by your side, and you will still progress in the game. However, in a slightly different way! 😉[/p][p]And perhaps, you will get to meet your boss, superstar streamer Sitara as you play along! [/p][p]Hope you enjoyed getting to know about Alo’s job! We will be back and explore another fun part of Fishbowl, maybe a deep-dive into a new character next? What would you like to hear about?[/p][p][/p][p]PS: Some news! Fishbowl is part of the Midwinter Spirits event on Steam starting this week! 🥳[/p][p]PPS: If you’d like to give the video editing game a shot, do check out the Fishbowl demo on Steam! 👾[/p][p][/p][p]Love,[/p][p]Rhea & Prateek[/p][p]💜imissmyfriends.studio[/p][p][/p]

[p]Hi everyone![/p][p][/p][p]We are super, super excited to announce that we have partnered with Wholesome Games Presents! The folks at Wholesome Games have been early supporters of Fishbowl, and we are so happy we get to work with their brilliant team to bring Fishbowl to a cozy, wholesome audience that enjoys emotionally resonant and hopeful games. [/p][p][/p][p]👀 Watch our announcement on Wholesome Direct 2025[/p][p]👩🏽‍💻 Play the Fishbowl demo if you haven’t already[/p][p]✨ Make sure to wishlist Fishbowl and all other games that catch your eye in the showcase[/p][p][/p][p]We are both working hard on the full game and making it with a lot of love and care. Watch this space for more and you can also follow us on our socials to stay in touch![/p][p][/p][p]Love,[/p][p]Rhea & Prateek[/p][p]💜 imissmyfriends.studio[/p][p][/p]

Hi everyone! 💜

Thought we’d do a little recap of our recent development journey and take you all through it!

🌟 Last year Fishbowl was announced as part of Sony’s India Hero Project.

It was quite a surreal feeling to have our little game be partnered with this industry giant. As our first game, being a first time studio and a two person team, we still pinch ourselves over this. We are super grateful and we are working very hard to make a game we feel proud to send out in the world one day.


🕹 In May we launched a short demo of our game!

In case you haven’t gotten to playing it yet, give it a go. In case you have played it, thank you so much for checking it out! Hope it gave you a good taste of what's to come.


🎨 We got to experience the joy of seeing Alo and Paplet in fanart!

It made us bawl our eyes out! Thank you so much Louie Jams for this gift.



Credit: https://ko-fi.com/louiejams


🙌🏾 Fishbowl was a finalist in the Gamemaker Awards for Most Anticipated Game of the Year and the Winner of the Wings Award at SXSW Sydney.

Through the award monies we were able to support four causes close to our heart - Citizens for Justice and Peace, Internet Freedom Foundation, The Wire and Dreams on a Pillow.


💪🏾 We made a lot of progress on Fishbowl

We have a very, very, VERY rough version of the full game being playable. We will soon focus on the art and animation, connecting the narrative systems, internal playtesting and QA, reaching script lock, making music, adding sound and all that very good and very intimidating stuff for the new year. Wish us luck!


🦋 Lastly, we are now on BlueSky and you can follow us there!

We haven’t been very active on social media due to our work schedule but we are hoping to share consistent updates soon. All our other socials are linked below too and since you’re here, you are in the right place for important updates already!


🙏🏾 As always, thank you so much for being here, for supporting us and encouraging us on. After two years of part-time and two years of full-time work, we are going into the fifth year of development with a lot of determination. We can't wait for all of you to be able play what we have made!



Love,
Rhea & Prateek
💜 imissmyfriends.studio

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