Trying to write gaming news again after 2 months... 🤪

I suddenly realized that I haven't posted about gaming news for a couple of months. I need to fix this urgently!

I'm currently traveling in Thailand and mostly relaxing, but I'm also keeping up with work. About a week ago, the latest update for the Golden Coast Saga was released, dedicated to Valentine's Day. Before that, at the end of January, version 0.5.7 came out with content about Hailey. As you can see, releases have become much more frequent than before, which makes me happy. The most interesting thing is that I achieved this by balancing work and rest (in fact, I've been taking more frequent and better quality breaks). This lifestyle allows me not to burn out and constantly find inspiration for new stories. In the future, I think updates will be released a couple of times a month (at least it seems to be heading in that direction)

What's coming in 0.5.9 ver of Golden Coast Saga?

First, let me tell you what will be in the next update. For a while, I was unsure about what it would include, but now everything is clear - you can expect the first romantic storyline with Mia. After the game was revamped, her storyline hasn't developed yet, so this will be her debut. In the previous version of the game, before the revamp, there was only a small script with Mia - she interviewed the main character. But now her story will be completely redesigned, and you'll experience something entirely new. Additionally, version 0.5.9 will introduce a new character - a glamorous white cat. Her storyline won't develop just yet, but you'll have an introduction

What about other projects?

I mentioned in the last news post that I plan to release a couple of new games in the GCS universe this year. There were many ideas - a photo studio, a French restaurant, a massage salon, and much more. Finally, after quite a bit of deliberation, I chose the most suitable concept for the next project. I won’t chatter about it for now, but I'll show some concrete art very soon. The release of this game is planned for the first half of the summer. And, if all goes well, another visual novel will be released by the end of the year, making it the third for Catfish Studio

Additionally, animations featuring my fish OC will soon be regularly uploaded to YouTube. This took longer to prepare than expected, as I was deciding on the concept. At some point, I realized I was tired of constantly limiting myself, trying to make everything perfect, and decided to relax and create from the heart. I believe this approach worked - truly good ideas reflecting me and my life started to come to mind, which is what I wanted.

Also, my collaboration with Alex Crime in creating Kiss My Camera continues - not long ago, the game had an update dedicated to Valentine's Day, where I wrote the story and dialogues as usual (so have a look). By the way, Alex and I have some ideas for KMC updates, but let Crime tell you about them. I can only say that I like what we have in mind

A few words about the Discord server

I've wanted to work on updating the Catfish Studio server for a long time (as it looked the same as when it was created in 2022), but never got around to it. Finally, I managed to do it yesterday. I created many new channels, gave participants more freedom in some of them, updated the rules, and organized categories neatly. So now the server is much more user-friendly and nice.

Well, that's all the news for now. Enjoy the new 0.5.8 update of Golden Coast Saga if you haven't already, stay tuned for updates, be active on Patreon and Discord, and I'll go replenish my energy and inspiration for my games 🌊

With love,

your Anya Catfish