Hey anglers! We’ve just released our second chunk of content for DREDGE. In this update we’re adding photo mode, passive mode, new aberrations, and a bunch of new random encounters!

Watch the video below, then read on for the full notes - or dive in to the game first for a spoiler-free experience!

Patch Notes:

Features

• Added Photo Mode
  • This new ability can be unlocked after providing some assistance to a new character - The Photographer! You’ll find her at a new camp on an island to the south of The Marrows.
• Added Passive Mode
  • This mode can be activated at any stage by selecting the option from the Settings menu. In this mode, you’ve nothing to fear from the creatures of the deep.
• Added 10 new aberrations
  
• Added 8 new types of wildlife for you to encounter, including one that isn’t afraid of the shallows...
  
• Added new settings
  • V-sync
    
  • Pause In Background - the default behaviour of this has changed so that the game does not pause when it loses focus.
    
  • Camera Follow Mode - you can now detach the camera from the boat’s turning orientation. This means that when the boat turns, the camera won’t automatically turn to look in the boat’s new direction.
    
  • Spyglass Sensitivity - sliders for horizontal and vertical movement.
    
  • Haste VFX - disables the visual effects (FOV pull & screen shake) that occur when the Haste ability is activated.
    

Adjustments

• Added a new “General” tab to Settings and moved some options around.
  
• Added a couple of new names to the credits.
  
• Updated Dolphin SFX.
  
• Dolphins and some other events are discouraged from swimming over the abyss of Stellar Basin.
  

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the Crab Pot / Trawl Net information panel didn’t show correctly the first time if the game was loaded with either of these abilities pre-selected.
  
• Fixed an issue where the game could freeze when downgrading a trawl net to another net with a smaller internal capacity.
  
• Fixed an issue where discarding the package from The Mayor never removed the associated map marker.
  
• Fixed an issue where an island in Devil’s Spine was culling incorrectly.
  
• Fixed some localization issues.

And for our speedrunning community...

• The Haste activation SFX does not play if Haste was deactivated recently.
  
• The game now reports a few values to an Autosplitter.