Fishy business

Posted on June 2nd, 2023

Fishing update

Yes you read that right, BitWorld has finally gotten its own fishing update.

Fun fact, in the original design sheets back when we started BitWorld fishing was one of the must have’s but things changed and BitWorld’s scope rapidly outgrew our expectations and fishing was shelved for the time being. Maybe one day we can post about the history of BitWorld’s development?

So you want to become a fisher? Well then, this is how you go about it.
First you’ll need to head to a new place called Olfish Harbor, this new place hosts a fishing shop and quest, when you’ve completed the quest you’ll be able to catch all kinds of fish.

How it all works

All around the world you’ll find fishing spots, you can detect these spots by the bubbling water

When standing in front of these spots with bait in hand simply press space to start fishing with your trusty fishing rod..

Oh right, we added a new tool slot, you can equip fishing rods in this slot, better fishing rods give you better stats.
A fishing rod alone is not enough however, you’ll also need to equip some bait in your materials panel to catch rare fish, without bait you’ll only be able to catch common fish.

After some time a fish will bite down and a minigame will start.

You’ll need to time hit the space bar at the correct time to actually land the fish, of course fishes have different stats like how fast the bar moves, the size of the green area and the amount of correct hits you’ll need. This is where the fishing rod and bait stats come in handy.

After successfully catching a fish you’ll be presented by the type of fish and their weight, all fishes have a range of possible weights, can you catch the heaviest fish?

Of course we provided a place where you can look at your previous catches, the fishopedia.

The fishopedia functions like the bestiary, you’ll be able to see which how many fishes you’ve caught, a description and their record weight.

Fishing for more content

This update only contains fishing, adding an entire new system and over 30 fish within a 4 week timeframe isn’t exactly an easy task, but we are really happy with the update despite that.
Bitworld was missing something fun that doesn’t have to do with grinding away and fishing is the ultimate time killer (Big fishing minigame fan here).

The next update we’ll be rereleasing an upgraded version of last years summer event so look forward to the glorious return of Farfair Island, looking even further in the future we have BitWorld 1.1, this update will be big and add a new core gameplay mechanic to the game.
Let’s just say that that tool slot isn’t exclusively made for rods, and there is a reason we only added 1 type of bait, but that will have to wait for a future date.