In the shark release, I reflected a bit on why I spent so long on this chapter. Long story short, I was really nervous about how their first parody would be received. I put a lot of pressure on myself for the first "real" PIV scene, too. That, and there's much more animation in this one. And sound in some of them! That's been a requested feature for a while.
Gonna try my best to not get in my head so much in the coming chapters! Thanks to everyone who tested out the Shark Beta and helped me find bugs and errors. Here's the Dolphin release of chapter five:
https://blenderknight.itch.io/hooked-05x/patreon-access
It includes:
Chapter five (ofc)
New settings for what to display in the screenshot notification, find it under "screeenshot notification" in Preferences. Let me know if this setting breaks anything for you!
A few tweaks in spelling and wording in earlier chapters, as well as a few more appearances from the "narrator"
A few minor under the hood code changes
Have any questions?
If you played the shark release, and want to know if there are any changes since you last played, check out the change log in the original post: https://www.patreon.com/posts/136605626
Feel free to let me know if you have any issues with getting the game, find any bugs, etc etc. Best place to post about that is on the discord, but you can also send me a DM here. If you have issues with itch saying you don't have a pledge, make sure you actually have an active pledge. If you cancel your patreon subscription before trying to access the game, itch can't see your membership (because it technically doesn't exist).
If itch says the session doesn’t match, try doing the whole process through an incognito window: New incognito window -> Log in to patreon -> Click link -> Connect Itch with Patreon. Make sure to donut all in one window. If even that doesn't work, send me a DM and we'll find a solution
Changelog:
2025-09-02 [v0.5.4]:- Fixed a video not playing