The 5th patch is here! Sorry for the delay - work was really hectic this week.

We're a week away from the 1-monthiversary, and only 13 reviews away from the magic number of 50 required for "Very Positive". Please continue to help spread the game around to other puzzle enthusiasts.

Puzzle changes

• Added hints for remaining levels. I am done! Feedback for improvements is still welcome, of course.
  
• Moved the yellow goal location on Lemniscate. The old version was straight-forward from the starting position, but it was very easy for players to accidentally fall into an impossible state without realizing it. This is one of the biggest sins in puzzle design, and it should not occur unless the "realizing it" step is part of the main idea of the puzzle. In this case it wasn't.
  
• Added 2 fog tiles to Pivots. This increases the uniqueness of the puzzle, making it more deducible.

Misc

• (Post-Inception) Unused exit spirals now animate by being pulled to the center instead of flashing.
  
• Increased the size of grid lines because the lowest nonzero setting was unusable with FXAA, and barely usable with TAA/TSR.
  
• Changed the look of the grid lines to be more "natural". You can still increase "Grid darkness" if you like the artificial look. I like the lowest nonzero thickness with darkness turned all the way down. I'm considering making this the default in a future patch. Thoughts?
  
• Hint menu in puzzle editor now has a scrollbar so there is no longer a soft limit to the number of hints that can be added to a puzzle.
  
• Don't show the journal entry tag icons in the "Required for current level" menu for undiscovered journal entries.
  
• Added mention of font under assets in credits.

Bugfixes

• Prevent animation of exit spirals when first loading a puzzle in the puzzle editor.

🔹 Added the ability to stop time! Many players requested this feature. Now, when there is a lot going on, you can stop time at any moment, new customers will not come, and you can calmly do whatever you want (remember that fish will not need food, they will not die, but they will also not reproduce or grow).

🔹 The long-awaited mechanic of placing plants in other decorations has been added. Yes, now you can set, for example, a stone as static and stick a plant on top of it. All plants now have the option of attaching them to other items that are set as static/placed in the substrate/placed in the aquarium background. Even more possibilities for your creativity!

🔹 When shopping in the store, you can add items to your favourites, which will make them easier to find later. There is also a new tab in the store that displays all your favourite items.

🔹 A new panel has been added to the management tablet, with a bank section where you can take out a loan that you will repay in instalments. This can make it easier to get started, but you always have to be careful with banks!



🔹 Sometimes, the restocker would put empty boxes in the restock room, taking up space. After loading the game, this will be fixed automatically, and empty boxes will always end up in the bin.

🔹 Fixed an important bug that blocked progress when the player threw away the bucket while pouring water into the aquarium/using the sink. This is no longer possible. Thank you for your reports!

🔹 Fixed so that customers and employees will no longer move free-standing decorations when walking (meaning they will no longer be pushed into cabinets from where they could not be removed!).

🔹 The restocker carrying boxes will no longer push the player while walking.

🔹 Many restocker fixes.

🔹 We have increased the chances that coral will fragment at the end of the day in the fragmentation aquarium.

🔹 Minor UI fixes.

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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/3073580/discussions/

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

Aquatic Store Simulator

Added a Tutorial

Added X buttons to most of the UI

Fixed bug where country keeps AI if you become the leader via the work tree

Added Parties and ideologies as well as elections and a WIP party UI

Minor Fixes

🔹 The long-awaited feature of placing plants in other decorations has been added. Yes, now you can set, for example, a stone as static and attach a plant to it. All plants now have the option of being attached to other objects that are set as static/placed in the substrate/placed in the aquarium background. Even more possibilities for your creativity!

🔹 The ability to stop time has been added! Many players have requested this feature. Now, when there is a lot going on, you can stop time at any moment and calmly take care of whatever you want (remember that the fish will not need food, they will not die, but they will also not reproduce or grow)

🔹 When shopping, you can add items to your favourites, which will make them easier to find later. There is also a new tab in the shop that displays all your favourite items

🔹 You can put universal pH on the tool shelf

🔹 Minor UI fixes



🔹A new panel has been added to the management tablet, featuring a bank section where you can take out a loan that you will repay in instalments. This may make it easier to get started, but you always have to be careful with banks!

🔹 It used to happen that the restocker would put empty boxes in the restock room, taking up space. After loading the game, this will fix itself and empty boxes will always end up in the bin.

🔹 Fixed a bug where it was not possible to open shells with pearls in this location.

🔹 Fixed so that customers and employees will no longer move free-standing decorations while walking (meaning they will no longer be pushed into cabinets from where they could not be removed!)

🔹 Restockers carrying boxes will no longer push the player while walking

🔹 Small restocker fixes

⤵️⤵️⤵️

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

黒い歓喜を複数体同時に倒すと怨念の出現位置がおかしくなるバグを修正。
秩序の世界、ダブルシンク、潰されのダメージ表記が実際に受けたダメージと違う時があるバグを修正。
王立図書館リフト、近接攻撃中に移動出来るミスを修正。
終わりの空エリア7を調整。
終わりの空エリア8のエンペドクレスの数と位置を調整。
ラスボス戦のサウンドが、死ぬのが早過ぎるとループがおかしくなるミスを修正。
シールドのローリング消費量を減少250→150。
シールド＋の滞空ゲージ消費を廃止。
スターボウ通常攻撃の威力を上方修正。
紅時雨＋で奥の手が枯渇しても滞空が解除されないよう調整。
エンディング遷移時に一瞬暗転するバグを修正。
誤字を修正。

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Some zone objects had broken study actions (they appeared as research, fabricate, etc). These should now be fixed.

This update shouldn't break saves, but you'll need to start a new game to pick up the change.

Fixes items spawning with large scales.

Updates broken Discord button link.

Fixes pick up item spawning large.

Fixes broken Discord button link

-Bots now have 2 difficulty levels

-Sheriff: 200 health, high accuracy — a tough and deadly opponent.

-Worker: 100 health, moderate accuracy — easier to deal with than the Sheriff.

-Now the Monster has a metal head.

-Sherrif bot has a metal plate in his head.

-Game end screen has been changed

-Blood effect has been deleted.