I Am Fish – FAQ

Surfacing in 2021 from Bossa Studios, I Am Fish is the o-fish-al sequel to I Am Bread which was itself the prequel to Surgeon Simulator! Still with us? Good! I Am Fish is a physics adventure game where four sentient fish have been sold off to the far corners of Barnardshire, the smallest county in England.

Play as each fish breaks free from their bowls and journeys back to the ocean across the daunting, chaotic world of everyday human life.

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Introduction

Play as each fish breaks free from their bowls and journeys back to the ocean across the daunting, chaotic world of everyday human life.

A note from Bossa

A little less than 2 years ago, as part of a game jam, a handful of Bossians were exploring a flapping mechanic to navigate seagulls. Out of curiosity they applied it to a fish model and asked themselves: Wouldn’t it be fun to navigate through the world this way from a fish’s perspective? Could we build bridges between I Am Bread and Surgeon Simulator and this game to create a wider universe? A prototype and a couple of playtests with our community later we knew that we had something at hand that could be as quirky and fun as lovable!

In June 2020 we assembled a small team of 6 people to kick-off pre-production for what would become “I Am Fish”. Over the course of one year we grew the team up to 34 people across all disciplines, countries and timezones. The team’s diversity and passion for the project made it possible to not only build the colorful game you are about to experience but also allowed us to bring in a broad variety of ideas with challenging puzzles and memorable moments!

Our four fish play quite different from each other in this physics-based adventure which should make it as challenging as fun to reunite them back in the ocean. On their way it’s not only relaxing forest streams and spacious ponds though. You’ll have to find your way through all kinds of (human-made) hazards. From a sewer to a highway to the local nightclub – there’s plenty of things that will make your journey as challenging as exciting.

Glide as the Flying Fish, roll around as Pufferfish and bite your way to freedom as Piranha! Our Goldfish might not come with a special ability – but isn’t the courage to follow your call to adventure already admirable enough?

The whole Fish-Team and everyone at Bossa wish you the best of luck and a lot of fun with I Am Fish. We hope you will have as much fun playing as we had making it!

Key Product Info

13 Level + 1 Bonus Level
4 Playable Characters
Different mechanics and individual puzzles for each fish
Original score for every character
Controller + Mouse & Keyboard support
Two different control scheme difficulty levels

STEAM SPECIFIC

What are the early adopter bonus items for I Am Fish?

Purchase I Am Fish on Steam-only before 30th September to receive the Original Game Soundtrack, a Set of Wallpapers and a Digital Artbook at no extra cost. From 16th September the Soundtrack will be available to purchase separately from Steam. The wallpapers and artbook will not be available after 30th September.

Where do I find my wallpapers and digital artbook?

If you have purchased the game on Steam before 30th September you will receive the Digital Art Book and wallpapers as a gift. In your steam library, right click on I Am Fish, select manage, browse local files, and inside the extra content folder, you will find the artbook and wallpapers.

TECHNICAL

What are the display specifications for I Am Fish?

The game supports the following resolutions / framerates:

Xbox One > 720p >Up to 30 FPS
Xbox One S > 720p > Up to 30 FPS
Xbox One X > 1080p > Up to 30 FPS
Xbox Series S > 1080p > 30 FPS
Xbox Series X >4K> 30 FPS
Windows 10 > 4K > 60 FPS
Steam > 4K > 60 FPS

PC Specs

Minimum Specification

CPU

Intel Core i5-3470 (4 * 3200) or equivalent
AMD FX-4350 (4 * 3400) or equivalent

GPU

Radeon RX 460 (4096 VRAM)

GeForce GTX 960 (4096 VRAM)

RAM

6 GB

Disc space

Around 12 GB

Windows 7 x64

Recommended Specification

CPU

Intel Core i7-6700 (8 * 3400) or equivalent
AMD Ryzen 7 1500X (4 * 3500) or equivalent

GPU

GeForce RTX 2060 Super (6144VRAM)
Radeon RX 5700 XT (8192 VRAM)

RAM

12 GB

Disc space

Around 12 GB

Windows 10 x64

ADVICE AND TIPS

Our default control scheme is the most accessible one. Should you find yourself not able to control the fish you might have activated the “Bossa Style” control scheme accidentally (which is controller exclusive). It’s way more challenging to control the fish with it. We’d recommend the default scheme for your first playthrough.

If you should ever be stuck in a level you can always skip checkpoints. This will affect your final scoring but allow you to proceed should a puzzle be too challenging.

After you have played through all Goldfish levels you will be able to play all the other fish. You don’t have to play them sequentially. You’re free to explore them however you want!

Not all breadcrumbs can be collected in one go. Multiple paths lead back to the ocean. Feel free to explore the levels and try out different routes. The most straightforward route is not always the easiest!

R on keyboard or Y/Δ on controller lets you immediately respawn at your last checkpoint. Keep in mind that every respawn counts towards your score!

WALKTHROUGH VIDEOS

Should you get really stuck on a level, but don’t wish to checkpoint skip please feel free to refer to the following walkthrough videos showing you a single route through each level.

LINK: Curve Games – YouTube

PATCHES, UPDATES AND ISSUES

ALL Platforms – Version 1.1.13

Fixes a progress blocker in the Space Ship level of Iron Fish mode

ALL Platforms – Version 1.1.12

Fixed ‘You Are Fish!’ Achievement not unlocking correctly and added a check on start up to award the Achievement if all other Achievements have been unlocked.

ALL Platforms – Version 1.1.11

Fixed Xbox only issue where the trampoline would bounce the fish while it was still inside the bowl rather than the bowl itself
Added a brief timer after the piranha attaches to an object where the bite can’t be deactivated accidentally by rapidly pressing the ability button
Adjusted Nigel’s repathing timer when repathing after losing sight of the fish and adjusted paths in the corridor area so Nigel won’t trap the player in rooms
Added temporary barriers to prevent the fish from being thrown out of the suitcase when transitioning to the plane in Flying Fish Level 3
Fixed colliders on the top of the escalator in Flying Fish Level3 so that the fish can’t be thrown out of the bucket when hitting the sides with the corner of the bucket
Regrettably stopped Greg’s head from disappearing when respawning in Iron Fish mode in the Aquarium level
Fixed issue where the last minecart in Flying Fish level 2 would empty itself if jumped in prior to it hitting the last gate
Added water volumes to burst water pipes in Flying Fish 2 so that suffocation timer is reset when entering the water stream
Adjusted trajectory of a burst pipe stream in Flying Fish level 2 to more consistently hit a warning sign that triggers a flood as it was previously easy to miss if entering the stream from certain angles
Removed menu option to skip checkpoint in Iron Fish mode after dying
Fixed achievement for all achievements being unlocked not unlocking and adding check on start up to award the achievement if all achievements have been unlocked
Reverted suitcases resetting on the first suitcase belt on respawn, now only resets suitcases that have flipped off the belt with a fish inside
Fixed various places where PlayStation controller buttons were missing in the UI
Changed Curve Digital to Curve Games
Replaced numbers in Aquarium and Space levels with dpad icons when using a controller to fix corrupted text issue and more accurately show controls
Fix for light gates in the Aquarium level getting stuck when dropped from a height
Removed shallow water area by big tank Greg in the Aquarium
Fix for fade to black on death in the Aquarium
Fix for point in Flying Fish level 1 where the fish can get stuck
Fix for blue crate in the market of Flying Fish level 1 that could repel the bucket at great force if hit with a corner of the bucket
Prevented fish from being bounced when landing under the trampoline in Goldfish level 2
Fix for scrollbar not appearing in the game settings
Fix for selection bar on “Invert Flight controls” not aligning correctly in Russian
Added collision to planks with missing collision in Puffer level 2
Expanded water volume to cover behind first valve in the Space level
Fixed colliders in the office section of Flying Fish level 3 to prevent getting stuck under the lamp and to more accurately match the dividers
Added colliders prevent getting stuck on the ladder in Goldfish level 2
Fix for incorrect achievements being unlocked by the criteria for other achievements

ALL Platforms – Version 1.1.8

Fixes an issue in the Flying Fish airport level where suitcases may float above the conveyer belt. Also fixes an issue where Iron Fish achievements were not unlocking correctly.

ALL Platforms – Version 1.1.7

Fix for controllers not responding on Xbox Series/Xbox One
Fixed suitcases on Flying Fish Level 3 blocking the level by not resetting 
Also fixes a related suitcase respawn bug where suitcases wouldn’t revert position on a particular belt. 
Fixed collider on trolley in Flying Fish Level 3 where the fishbowl could get stuck 
Fix for game unpausing when returning from constrained when the pause menu is open on Xbox Series/Xbox One 
Made it clearer that controller is required when attempting to auto switch to normal controls after controller is disconnected 
Removed NaN Compatibility option from video settings 
Added inverted Y controls for Flying Fish 
Fixed visual issue on water near bucket in Flying Fish Level 2 
Made radiators near bread have smaller radius 
Fixed a pain point and made suitcases easier to move in Flying Fish Level 3 
Calmed motorway cars down 
Balancing adjustments to the Aquarium Level 
Calmed seagulls down on Pufferfish Level 2 
Connected a missing checkpoint from the left route on Pufferfish Level 1 
Fixed a bug where two buckets would keep appearing before getting swallowed by Greg on Pufferfish Level 3 
Made the seagulls far more chill on Piranha Level 1 
Fixed suffocation time on Goldfish Level 3 
Fix for controllers not being usable by the player when multiple controllers or keyboards that emulate controllers are connected on PC 
Fixed not being able to open the pause menu on Bossa controls via the keyboard when the controllers are disconnected, making the game appear to be unresponsive 
Fix for normal controls message not allowing the user to press “No” to switching to normal controls. 
Fix for occasionally corrupted fishbowl shadow on Goldfish Level 1 
Lowered the High fog quality performance budget  
Balancing adjustments to Flying Fish Level 3 
Balancing adjustments to Pufferfish Level 3 
Fixed transition from airport to airplane 
Fixed respawning while in suitcases on Flying Fish Level 3

Steam – Version: 1.1.5

Added an invert camera option to the game settings
Fixes for shell initialised 0 error on Steam
Fix for black screen/particles issue affecting non-Nvidia players
Fixes for save data being lost when changing username
Fix for slowdown effects persisting and affecting performance after restarting levels mid effect
Fix for game starting on the wrong monitor after changing the monitor in the settings.
Added font switcher to subtitle prefab to fix missing JA/KO/RU/ZH-CN/ZH-TW dialogue subtitles
Fix for suitcases not spawning when skipping checkpoints and also when the checkpoint is missed
Fixes for bug when inside a suitcase during death and respawn/next checkpoint would fail
Fixed softlock on Space level where skipping checkpoint prevented door from being opened by Piranha
Prevented graphics settings from being cloud saved on steam
Pause game when steam overlay is activated and unpauses when deactivated (if the pause menu wasn’t already open on activation)
Prevented the pufferfish causing damage when colliding with the inside of Greg’s stomach causing rapid increase in vomit when entering Greg while puffed.
Fixes for connection/disconnection events not firing in menus when the controller isn’t interacted with
Fix for issue where NPC fish entering the pipes forces the player back through the pipes
Added missing localisation on special ability tutorial prompt
Added a confirmation message when switching to Bossa or Normal controls to prevent accidently switching control schemes
Switched around order of Yes/No on confirmation panels

Xbox – Version 1.1.5

Added an invert camera option to the game settings
Changed the Xbox platform to use the base Microsoft Platform with any Xbox specific code remaining in the Xbox Platform, this implements the local achievement cache fixes originally implemented for Windows
Fixes for offline achievements and general rework of local achievements cache so it works as intended.
Removed Microsplat
Swap collectable data around to fix wrong placements
Fixed bug where respawning wouldn’t set water height correctly
Added content ID to packaging process (for xbox platforms)
Corrected sink water not being disabled in the bathroom in piranha 1 as part of flood sequence
Converted console to canvas and text mesh pro ugui objects (space)
Removed second sun from the cutscene because it was sometimes breaking the lighting on the level after the cutscene (flying fish 1)
Fixed missing post processing, flickering water surface, floating houses, water surface incorrect position (tutorial)
Reflection probes / post / material fixes (hero level 2)
Thorns + pufferfish ball bug fix
Prevented changing to Bossa controls when there’s no controller connected
Fixed holes, fixed incorrect material on the worlds ship (flying 2)
Changed checkpoints in Iron Fish mode to not be disabled fully to allow for triggered events outside of the checkpoint system to fire on hitting the checkpoint trigger.
Respawning in iron fish mode no longer increases death count
Fixed the vehicle checkpoint respawning (Space)
Visual fixes and change to fifth checkpoint to have it trigger when skipped to (Space)
Fixed bossa standard controls being the default and bogus empty new save file being displayed if user backed out of control style selection screen
Fixed some benign error spam when loading state in some cases and improved error logging when those happen
Fixed pipe spray trigger (flying level 2)
Updated localisation for “Default Settings” in controls screen
Updated project version
Reduced frequency of FPS and Position events to once a minute
Fixed missing font characters in “Default Settings” string
Fixed missing keyboard and mouse controls in the controls panel on Windows Store
Fix for slowdown effects persisting and affecting performance after restarting levels mid effect
Added font switcher to subtitle prefab to fix missing JA/KO/RU/ZH-CN/ZH-TW dialogue subtitles
Fix for suitcases not spawning when skipping checkpoints and also when the checkpoint is missed
Fixes for bug when inside a suitcase during death and respawn/next checkpoint would fail
Fixed softlock on Space level where skipping checkpoint prevented door from being opened by Piranha
Prevented the pufferfish causing damage when colliding with the inside of Greg’s stomach causing rapid increase in vomit when entering Greg while puffed.
Fixes for connection/disconnection events not firing in menus when the controller isn’t interacted with Fix for issue where NPC fish entering the pipes forces the player back through the pipes
Added missing localisation on special ability tutorial prompt
Added a confirmation message when switching to Bossa or Normal controls to prevent accidently switching control schemes
Switched around order of Yes/No on confirmation panels

I’ve found a bug – is there a way to submit it for EXTERMINATION?!

For those who have experienced any issues playing I Am Fish, please let us know in the Steam Bug Report dedicated thread. Your feedback is incredibly useful to us. If you can, please fill out this form to report bug or issues; it contains all the needed information for our team to address and tackle these correctly. Many thanks in advance: https://forms.gle/GZcKnrHjg6N9ut8XA

Known Issues

Xbox Series – The game may not respond to controller input within the ‘Press Any Button’ screen.
Fixed on Xbox in patch 1.1.7 on 13/10/21
Steam – Players might not be able to start the title due to a “Shell initialized 0” error showing
Remove symbol characters from Steam username
Fixed on Steam in patch 1.1.5 on 23/09/21
Steam/Win 10 – Black particles effect with certain GPUs
Enable the ‘NaN Compatibility’ option within the Settings > Video menu > restart the game after enabling it.
Fixed on Steam in patch 1.1.5 on 23/09/21
Fixed on Win 10 in patch 1.1.5 on 28/09/21
Steam/Win 10 – Game launches on the wrong monitor
Set the game (via the Settings menu) to display on monitor 1.
Fixed on Steam in patch 1.1.5 on 23/09/21
Fixed on Win 10 in patch 1.1.5 on 28/09/21
All – Flying Fish 3 – PROGRESS BLOCKER – there may be no suitcases on the conveyer belt.
Fixed on Steam in patch 1.1.5 on 23/09/21
Fixed on Xbox / Win 10 in patch 1.1.5 on 28/09/21
All – Missing characters in in-game dialogue subtitles (JP/CH/KO/RU)
Will be fixed with the next patch. Promise!
Fixed on Steam in patch 1.1.5 on 23/09/21
Fixed on Xbox / Win 10 in patch 1.1.5 on 28/09/21
All – Space Ship – PARTIAL BLOCKER – Skipping to the 2nd Checkpoint causes a pathway door to be permanently shut.
After the issue occurs, the Goldfish can continue progressing on the other side of the door until reaching the next Checkpoint where the user can respawn all the fish together.
Fixed on Steam in patch 1.1.5 on 23/09/21
Fixed on Xbox / Win 10 in patch 1.1.5 on 28/09/21
Win 10 – Achievements do not unlock whilst the PC is disconnected from Xbox Live.
Stay connected to Xbox Live.
Fixed on Win 10 in patch 1.1.0 on 16/09/21
All – Iron Fish mode – respawning affects the Start score, which is unfair for this mode
Manually restart the level if you respawn in Iron Fish mode and if you’re trying to get a perfect Star rating.
All – Tutorial level is skipped if the user quits during it or backs out at the Controls selection screen
Don’t quit the tutorial or navigate back from the Controls selection screen.
Fixed on Steam in patch 1.1.5 on 23/09/21
Fixed on Xbox / Win 10 in patch 1.1.5 on 28/09/21
All – Pufferfish 3 – Mosh pit NPCs might trap the user into a corner and block progress.
Avoid the mosh pit NPCs.
All – Flying Fish 1 – Blue crate near a Bread collectible may flip the fish’s bucket upon contact.
Avoid the blue crate.
All – Flying Fish 3 – Fish bowl may break when falling from a low height as part of the normal progress path
All – Piranha 2 – Fish may detach from seagull without input
All – How to use “Special Ability” prompt is in English only.
Fixed on Steam in patch 1.1.5 on 23/09/21
Fixed on Xbox / Win 10 in patch 1.1.5 on 28/09/21
All – Xbox & PS buttons are in English only.
All – No momentum when jumping out of moving vehicle.
Don’t rely on the movement of the vehicle itself for momentum during jumps.
Fixed on Steam in patch 1.1.5 on 23/09/21
Fixed on Xbox / Win 10 in patch 1.1.5 on 28/09/21
Xbox One/Xbox Series – Aquarium/Space Ship – Fish selector has corrupted text font.
Steam – Game does not pause when the Steam Overlay is invoked.
Pause the game before invoking the Steam Overlay.
Fixed on Steam in patch 1.1.5 on 23/09/21
Steam / Win 10 – Lack of keyboard & mouse support for Bossa Standard controls is not explicitly clear.
Have a controller plugged into the PC before launching the game.
Fixed on Steam in patch 1.1.5 on 23/09/21
Fixed on Win 10 in patch 1.1.5 on 28/09/21
All – Pufferfish 3 – Greg starts with a stomach full of acid if the Pufferfish uses its Special Ability whilst flying into Greg’s cup
Avoid activating the Pufferfish’s Special Ability whilst flying into Greg’s cup
Fixed on Steam in patch 1.1.5 on 23/09/21
Fixed on Xbox / Win 10 in patch 1.1.5 on 28/09/21
All – The game does not currently support an Invert Y-Axis option.
Fixed on Steam in patch 1.1.5 on 23/09/21
Fixed on Xbox / Win 10 in patch 1.1.5 on 28/09/21
Steam – Player progress might not be saved if Steam user name contains special characters
Fixed on Steam in patch 1.1.5 on 23/09/21
Fixed ‘You Are Fish!’ Achievement not unlocking correctly and added a check on start up to award the Achievement if all other Achievements have been unlocked.
Fixed ‘Quiet As A Fish’ Achievement not unlocking correctly.
Added temporary barriers to prevent the fish from being thrown out of the suitcase when transitioning to the plane in Flying Fish Level 3.