Swimming Upstream

May 20, 2024

Features: - New and improved character screen - Animated particles to show level progress at the end of a game Changes: - Made gold coins brighter - Updated help screen - Added game center icon to River Tour selection - Removed all four bears Bug fixes: - Trains on bridges now always appear from off the screen - Crashing into a bridge didn’t reset crash multiplier

January 16, 2024

Bridges: - 6 new car bridges Features: - 3 new bears in the Pine Tree Forest Changes: - Added sound to collisions with junk - Back to back rocks can no longer be the same Bug fixes: - Corrected text when you share

January 8, 2024

Score: - New scoring system - Level up each character class Tutorial: - New and improved tutorial Features: - Thousands of combinations of new trains - New background music - New Hippo, Shark, Orca, and Jet Ski characters - More variations of rocks Changes: - Changed some achievement awards - Improved the change biome screen - The old scoring is now called distance Balance Changes: - Changes to the quantities required to complete achievements - Reduced how far the piers stick out - Reduced costs of hats in the market Bug fixes: - Fixed bug with bridges in the Grand Canyon and The Great North

July 13, 2023

Bug fixes: - Fixed the Great North biome

July 11, 2023

Bridges: - 6 unique bridges and a pier - Deal 4 damage on impact Features: - New lobster trap as junk Bug fixes: - Fixed the order of damage dealt from rocks - Fixed pause spamming with a cooldown - Other minor fixes

January 14, 2023

UI: - All screens have been updated - Moved the daily challenge to its own screen Fish: - Max group size increased to 9 - Different fish can be in the same group - Actively try to move around the rocks - Slightly differ on size Features: - All new rocks - New beach ball, buoy, paddle, and raft as junk - More variation of pine trees Bug fixes: - Colliding with a rock with strength 5 or more no longer ends the game

December 23, 2022

Features: - New pause feature, by double tapping the center of the screen - Auto pause when exiting the app. - Added additional detailed fish. - Added animation to all fish. - Removed basic fish model. - New oil derrick and oil barrels in Oil Spill Area - New shiny leafy green that will give you 1 strength no matter what your current strength is. Balance Changes: - Leafy green spawn chance has been reduced to 34.5% and shiny leafy greens have a 1% spawn chance - Extra Lives cost decreased from 250 Gold to 125 Gold

August 3, 2022

Bug fixes: - Corrected the location of the special ability buttons.

July 10, 2022

Extra Life: - Use an extra life to continue going in a round after you have died. - You come back to life with full strength. - Earn extra lives by completing certain daily challenges or buy extra lives in the market. More new features: - Added Notifications. - Made multiple versions of the Gold Rush. - New longest distance without crashing achievement. - Redid the daily challenge card. - Updated the help screen and tips. - In the market, buy buttons are shown as a darkened color if they are not affordable. Balance Changes: - Gold coins spawn chance has decreased to 57.9% and the spawn chance of gold rush has been increased to 2%

March 20, 2022

Event (Grad Time): - Play Swimming Upstream between May 20th - June 20th, to receive a free hat, to celebrate high school and college graduates! Event (Happy Birthday) - Play Swimming Upstream on June 11th or June 21st to receive a free hat, for the anniversary of Swimming Upstream’s release. Features: - New sound for completing a challenge - Introducing mid-game challenge updates - Added a banana colored Kayak to the market - 7 new challenges - Added Clown fish, American Shad fish, Reef Triggerfish, and Freshwater Drum Fish Balance Changes: - Buffed the stats of the Kayak Bug fixes: - Built in special abilities now count toward challenges requiring a special ability to be used