Nice Day for Fishing News

[p]Hello adventurers! 👋 [/p][p][/p][p]We have epic news to share with you: we have locked in a date for our free Content Update...[/p][p][/p][h3]Content Update: Launches Tomorrow, 23rd October! 👀[/h3][p][/p][p][/p][p]We're super excited for you all to experience our free update, which brings so much new Content to Nice Day for Fishing! This includes additions like Seasonal Events, Elite Enemies, Sail Stats, and more.[/p][p][/p][p]And on that note, today we have our second Content Update Dev Log detailing our new Secret Boss, using Items as Skins, and triggering voicelines for Baelin! So let's set sail on what's to come tomorrow in our latest update:
[/p][h3]❓ Secret Boss[/h3][p]We’ve added a Secret Boss to the game! Only true heroes will be able to unlock him, only players with open eyes will be able to find him, only the toughest heroes of Azerim will be able to defeat him, but the reward will be worth it.[/p][p][/p][p]René spontaneously conceived the idea for the Secret Boss and integrated it into the game through testing. The whole team liked it, so we kept this feature in our Content Update and got to polishing the Boss up! We don’t want to say too much, but here are some hints for those who want them:[/p][p]
First, unlock the Boss.

Secondly, find the Boss.

Finally, defeat the Boss. [/p][p]Jokes aside, there is a subtle hint in Content Update to assist you, if you are ready. As the Boss is totally optional, we just went ALL IN on the Boss’ difficulty. Expect him to be even harder than the final boss of the game… 👀[/p][p][/p][p]We’ve also added a very cool reward for defeating the Secret Boss, another of René’s amazing suggestions! We immediately loved this idea, but it took some time to balance the reward as we wanted it to be a reward that really respects the fact you’ve beaten the hardest enemy in the game, but also ensures it isn’t unbelievably overpowered. As a final touch, we fine-tuned the reward to add a visual effect that signals that the item is truly valuable! Can you defeat the Secret Boss and unlock this valuable reward?[/p][p][/p][h3]🎨 Items as skins[/h3][p]We’ve had the idea for a while to add in a mechanic allowing players to merge items together, keeping one items’ stats and the other items’ visuals. At first, we had the idea of adding some sort of transmogrification feature when adding more interesting-looking items to Nice Day for Fishing, but we needed to find a proper balance for their in-game attributes.[/p][p][/p][p]We eventually moved away from transmogrification since our game allows you to only have one of each item, so permanently altering an equipment item's visuals seemed like a bad idea. We didn’t feel like this was the best way to implement this feature, given that each of our items is unique! With this in mind, we came up with the idea of using equipment as gear or as a skin, allowing players to freely choose the best-looking outfit and still retain the desired in-game stats with very few actions required.[/p][p][/p][p]To do so, you’ll head to your inventory in our Content Update and instead of selecting the default ‘equip’ button, you’ll select the second option to use it as visuals. This will use the skin of one item but the stats of another! This can be done for Rods, Hats, and Sails, allowing the player to choose the look of Baelin and his boat independently from the attributes of the equipped items.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Overall, we didn’t want to create situations where players would find a cool looking hat or rod and not be able to use it due to its low stats, as that feels like a lost opportunity for fun for the player! Even more, once the player obtained the best gear in the game, there is no reason left to hunt for all the other hidden items. With our Content Update, you’ll be able to hunt for hidden treasures and equip items even once Baelin is maxed out and Level 40! Just keep the stats of your best equipment, but you’ll still be able to use the visuals of that cool pirate hat you just found… ARRRR, Nice Day to Shiver some Timbers, ain’t it?[/p][p][/p][p]Combining this with our new sails feature and the Seasonal Event items, too, makes this a perfectly timed addition to our fishing adventure game! This means you don’t have to sacrifice your epic mage build just to wear our new seasonal items.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]We’re happy that players will be able to add more variety to their outfits and boats, and we hope you all enjoy the added customization that this feature brings to Nice Day for Fishing![/p][p][/p][h3]💬 Triggering Voicelines[/h3][p]A fun and well-requested feature has been implemented in our Content Update, as you will be able to trigger Baelin’s one voice line![/p][p][/p]

• [p]Pressing \[C] or the right stick \[LEFT] will make Baelin say “Mornin”.[/p]
• [p]Pressing \[V] or right stick \[UP] will make him say “Nice day for fishin’, ain’t it?”[/p]
• [p]Pressing \ or right stick \[RIGHT] will make him say “Hua Ha!”[/p][p][/p]

[p]We read this idea from the community on Discord and Steam and immediately liked it! At first, this seemed to be not much effort to implement, but we had a few issues as we tossed around ideas of how NPCs should react to Baelin’s voice lines. However, this would totally break quests and our dialogue system.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]For a bit after this, we were uncertain if this is still something players would enjoy, if it had little in-game effect. But then, when we implemented it further, we just thought it was hilarious running around and spamming Baelin’s one sentence![/p][p][/p][p]There are two to three versions of each sentence, with a random version being selected and played each time you press part of the voice line. This addition has no impact on gameplay, but we’re excited for you to have access to this feature for some funny moments with Baelin![/p][p][/p][p]We’re keen to see how players use this and can truly imagine some of you just playing to constantly spam “Morning. Morning. Morning. Hua Ha. Hua Ha. Morning.” 😃[/p][p][/p][h2]Want to learn more about our Content Update?[/h2][p]Last week, we posted a Dev Log covering more of our Content Updates' features. Find out more about extra features that will arrive in tomorrow's update here![/p][p][/p][h3]Learn more about Nice Day for Fishing: 👇[/h3][p]
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[h3]Hello adventurers! 👋
[/h3][p]Today, we have an exciting news update to bring you about Nice Day for Fishing's upcoming Content Update in the form of our second Dev Log![/p][p][/p][p]ICYMI: In August, we announced that a FREE Content Update would be arriving soon to Nice Day for Fishing! We're pleased to announce that this Content Update is nearing completion, and today, we'd like to share more details about some of the key features of our upcoming update.[/p][p][/p][h3][/h3][h3]Our Upcoming Content Update will bring:[/h3][h3]🎃 Seasonal Events[/h3][p]The first addition that we’re excited to bring to you is Seasonal Events, a no-brainer for us, adding variety to Nice Day for Fishing! We’ve had the concept for this since 2022, but prioritised polish at launch over implementing this new feature. We began working on this early this summer, so we could have this ready across launched platforms for both Halloween and Christmas![/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Our three Seasonal Events will be timed events that change the appearance of Honeywood, running for around two to four weeks each, around Halloween, Christmas, and Easter! Overall, our aim with Seasonal Events is to create more humorous moments that make it worthwhile revisiting Nice Day for Fishing, even if you have already completed our game, whilst also not disrupting the usual flow of the game if a player picks up Nice Day for Fishing for the first time during a Seasonal Event.[/p][p][/p][p]At early stages of planning for the Content Update, we decided we wanted this feature to be more than just a festive reskin of Honeywood and provide you with a task to achieve during the Seasonal Events. We first thought about specific seasonal quests. Then this sparked an idea of a seasonal NPC that sells season-specific items, away from the game's normal Gold currency, and using a seasonal currency instead! This instantly felt like the right call, so we got to work.[/p][p][/p][p]During all Seasonal Events, we’ve added a Goblin Shop, which will sell unique seasonal items obtained with a seasonal-specific currency! René (the Creative Head behind Nice Day for Fishing) had the spontaneous idea of having the lousy goblin dressed to match the season run the shop, which we loved![/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Every season requires you to obtain seasonal currency, each in a varied way…[/p]

• [p]During Halloween, lanterns will be floating around the map, some of which require you to progress further in the game to obtain. With lanterns, you can purchase items like a Bat-Rod, a Franken-monster Mask, and more.[/p]
• [p]During Christmas, festive presents need to be dredged from the sea like treasure chests. With presents, you can obtain items like the Sugar Cane Rod, a Snowman Sail, and more.[/p]
• [p]During Easter, you guessed it, you’ll be collecting Easter Eggs spread across the world! Eggs will allow you to purchase the Carrot Rod, a Bunny Hat and more.[/p]

[p]For the seasons, the first steps were easy. For Halloween, we implemented the pumpkins and a dark post-processing effect. For Christmas, we added a snow particle effect and snow on the ground. We then needed to evaluate what was possible to make the game look as much like winter as possible, without breaking the game and not rewriting the entire code for parallax scrolling![/p][p][/p][p]Once we’d done our thorough checks, we added small changes to round off the events. This included tweaks to Honeywood’s backgrounds, having snowy mountain tops and treetops during winter, and extra colourful trees in spring for Easter![/p][p][/p][p][/p][h3]🐟 Elite Enemies[/h3][p]We’re extremely excited to bring you tougher versions of enemies in our upcoming Content Update, which we’ve named Elite Enemies. Elites are new, tougher enemies that, depending on your level or gear, can feel harder to take down or even feel like a mini-boss![/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]The concept of Elites has been in our minds for years; however, we never had a concise idea of how to best implement them. When developing this Content Update, we knew we didn’t want players to defeat Elite Enemies and sell them for our normal Gold currency.[/p][p][/p][p]Instead, Konrad, our CEO, had the idea to combine two Update features together, which we loved! We’ve linked defeating Elites to purchasing Sails with attributes from the new sail shop, another new feature which we’ll cover later in this post. When defeating Elites, you’ll gain a separate currency named Shady Scales, which can then be used to purchase Sails. By doing so, we created a new gameplay loop and closed it up through the two new features![/p][p][/p][p]Elites will be easily recognisable, as they are much larger and meaner than the original fish in 1.0. At first, we planned to reuse existing 2D artworks and scale them up of the elite enemies, which would have worked… fine! But in July, René said, “I don’t like that. I’ve prepared something. Just look at it”. We looked at René’s fresh, new version of the Elite Common Carp that looked not just bigger… but suuuuper mean. He showed the Elite Pistol Fish looking like a Shotgun Fish. In all honesty, it just looked so cool; we all knew we needed to go that extra mile with Elite Enemies.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]For this Content Update, we’ve created 60 new enemies, all of whom are Elites. This doubles the number of enemies in the game! Each Elite Enemy is unique, and once you’ve caught them, the Elite won’t appear again. Also, we’ve made an addition to Thidon’s statue, which will now show the elites that you have already caught![/p][p][/p][p]Some Elites look meaner than the original version and some are more funnier versions, like the Unicod becomes a Duocod. Others are totally different, like the Magic Carp that somehow has evolved into a dragon… huh! We’re thrilled with how this feature turned out, how it links to our new Sail mechanic, and we hope all players enjoy how Elite Enemies work and look![/p][p][/p][p][/p][h3]⛵ Sails[/h3][p]In our Content Update, after Thidon helps you for the first time, Freda will open a sail shop. Our initial idea was for the sail shop to be cosmetics only, changing the visuals of your boat and allowing you to express your personality through your sails! As mentioned earlier, Sails can be purchased using Shady Scales that are obtained by defeating Elite Enemies.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]However, as we developed the shop, this felt too limited as a new feature. We got more creative and implemented four attributes, so sails bought at the shop now impact your boats behaviour when equipped! These include and will define your boats:[/p]

1. [p]Acceleration- How quickly your boat will accelerate.[/p]
2. [p]Deceleration - How precisely your boat can stop.[/p]
3. [p]Average Speed- How fast your boat will travel in normal speed.[/p]
4. [p]Sprint Speed- How fast your boat will travel when using the fast / sprint speed.[/p]

[p]The way the stats numbers work is slightly different than a standard scale, which might make some look deceiving. Each increment of an added attribute may look to have less effect. For example, the difference between Acceleration 7 and Acceleration 9 is less noticeable than the difference between Acceleration 1 and Acceleration 2.

[/p][p]Our advice here: just try it out! Use the numbers as general directions. Try out multiple sails, and then select the sail that best fits your playstyle. Sail attributes add variety to your ship, and there’s no definitive ‘BEST SAIL IN THE GAME!!! 🤯’. It comes down to personal preference here, as you may prefer an evenly balanced sail, although it may not have the best Sprint Speed, or you may think, “Who needs to break? I want max speed”. Sails with the highest top speed always have a downside to add variety to sails.[/p][p][/p][p]Your preference for sails will likely change over the course of the game. At the beginning, you’re relying on spotting fish or treasure immediately from your boat, whereas later in the game, this becomes less important due to the upgrades of your hook.[/p][p][/p][p]Our favourite part of sail attributes links to our next new feature, using Items as Skins, which allows you to combine sail visuals with sail attributes. This allows you to match your playstyle with the aesthetic of your boat, getting your favourite attributes with the visuals of the sail you want to equip![/p][p][/p][h2]Content Update - Coming soon! 👀[/h2][p]We're getting very close to releasing the Content Update to all, and we'll have more news around the date of our Content Update in our next Dev Log.

Keep your eyes peeled on our Steam page for future information around this and for our next post, which will detail three more new additions that our Content Update will bring for Nice Day for Fishing! [/p][p][/p][h3]Learn more about Nice Day for Fishing: 👇[/h3][p]
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[/p][p]We'll have a second Dev Log around the Content Update coming to you soon, but for now... Portal AWAYYYYY! 🌀[/p]

We want to let you know about an important update.

A recently identified security vulnerability within Unity has been spotted, and while there is currently no evidence of impact on users, we’re taking all relevant steps to ensure you’re on the latest and safest version of the game.

To keep you safe, we’ve released a new patch that addresses the issue. Please update your game as soon as possible to stay protected.

You can read more about it here:

https://unity.com/security/sept-2025-01

As always, our priority will be on keeping our games as safe and enjoyable for everyone.

Hey Adventurers! 👋

Today at Gamescom, we made two big announcements... 👀

[h2]Free Content Update - Coming Soon![/h2]
First up, we're excited to announce that a Nice Day for Fishing Content Update is coming soon to Steam, with many new additions to our Fishing RPG game set in the Epic NPC Man world!

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[h3]The Free Content Update will bring:[/h3]

❄️ Seasonal Events to explore
💪 Elite Enemies to find and fight
⛵ New Sails to equip on your boat
💨 Speed increase for your boat
➕ And more!

Oh... and it will be completely FREE! 💙❤️

We hope you're looking forward to our future Content Update on Steam. We're excited to share even more details around the update with you all soon!

[h2]🟢 Xbox Announcement[/h2]
We've heard your comments and are thrilled to also announce that Nice Day for Fishing will arrive on Xbox Series X|S in 2025!

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What a day! We hope you're excited with our two announcements, but for now... Portal AWAYYYY! 🌀

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2393160/Nice_Day_for_Fishing/

[p]Hey adventurers! 👋

Today, we're back with a small patch for Nice Day for Fishing in Patch 1.1.1 on Steam! This patch contains two bug fixes for our fishing adventure game.


[h2]Patch 1.1.1 - Patch Notes[/h2]
[h3]Fixes[/h3]

• Fixed an issue with the Orcish Knife, where this Knife would be missing after saving and loading the game during its quest.
  
• Fixed issues with stacking negative effects on the player, which is now offset.

[h3]Player Support[/h3][p]If you run into any issues with Nice Day for Fishing, please get in touch with our Support Team here!
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[/p][p] Thank you all for your continued support with Nice Day for Fishing, adventurers! We hope you enjoy Patch 1.1.1 💙

That's all for today... Portal AWAYYYY! 🌀[/p]