Hello, meow~! Thank you for letting me know about the update!! I was already following, so I actually saw the update through a notification, and I played it on stream—I had just finished Spring yesterday!
The aquarium, though small, had such lovely details like different tank sizes and shapes, a giant whale wallpaper, display spaces combined with bookshelves, and a cozy deep-sea-colored room in the very back—it was so incredibly wonderful!!!!!!
I felt moved, like, “This is the aquarium they wanted to express!”
The underwater visuals sparkled, and each area had such a unique atmosphere, swimming through it was pure joy.
The jellyfish area especially became my favorite.
Just imagining a life where you see the faces of aquarium visitors every day and then dive into the ocean in the evening—it sounds so beautiful.
The first time I played was on the previous version (the downloaded file was named "Ambertide Bay Final.zip"), and I’m not sure if it was because of that, but at one point, when I interacted with an aquarium tank, I couldn’t interact with anything afterwards. (Video 24:40~)
And I don’t know if ending the game at that point caused it, but when I restarted, the cave in the area with the golden fish and squid was closed, and the calendar date had shifted by one day.
I ended up playing through to the end of Spring like that!
But the game had evolved so so so much, and it was exactly the world from the concept art I first saw—it was so fun! I was really happy to dive back into the world of Ambertide Bay, meow~! 🐱