- Event type
- patch note
- Published
- 21 April 2023 - 19:00:22 UTC
- Source
- steam_community_announcements
Hello subROVers! In this build we're adding a new creature to the game, a Bigfin Squid. Bigfin Squid are pretty famous among deep-sea creatures because of their alien-like appearance and their "mysterious nature", as the number of sightings to date is very low -the Magnapinna Archive lists 24 videos. We started working on the bigfin at the beginning of the month using NOAA's footage for reference. Just a few days in, there was a fantastic sighting from Schmidt ocean, so we've incorporated it into the model -this is state-of-the-squid 😋 (sighting starts at 9: 33 :50) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsSUMHQPaHY&t=34429s Even with these references, there's details that are not easy to see, such as the location of the tentacles, so we've consulted with several experts to make sure the model was anatomically correct. We've also given the squid several behaviors: it reacts to the presence of t...