Hi everyone!
First of all, a massive thank you to the thousands of players who scrubbed our leviathans during Steam Next Fest! Your feedback, YouTube reviews, live streams, and Discord discussions have been absolutely invaluable.
You spoke, and we listened. The #1 piece of feedback we received was that the cleaning sponge felt clunky and would get stuck. We took our tools back to the workshop, completely overhauled the physics, and packed this update with major Quality of Life upgrades!
Here is what’s new in Demo Patch v1.1.0:
🧽 The Sponge Revolution
- Unstuck & Unstoppable: We’ve completely fixed the critical bug where the sponge would get trapped or catch on whale surfaces. Cleaning is now buttery-smooth, responsive, and deeply satisfying.
- Extended Reach: We’ve increased the maximum cleaning distance. You now have much more breathing room to maneuver around those massive fins without losing your scrubbing streak!
🎥 Total Camera Mode Control
- You can now instantly switch between Locked Camera and Free Camera modes right in the middle of the action simply by pressing the [Q] key. No more pausing to dig through settings!
⚡ Lighter, Faster, Sharper
- Crisp Dialogue UI: We’ve redesigned the dialogue window layout. The text is now much cleaner, better contrasted, and vastly easier to read.
- Heavy Optimization: We went on an asset-slimming diet! The game client now takes up significantly less space on your hard drive, levels load noticeably faster, and we’ve crushed several under-the-hood performance hiccups.