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Peepers! Just finished up a large batch of felt fish customs!

subnautica valentines cards !! <3

[image descriptions: a set of edited valentines day themed cards, with subnautica and subnautica: below zero characters added on, the backgrounds of which are all various shades of pink.

image 1: al-an with the text, "with you by my side, i am ready to face whatever awaits us".

2: the sea emperor leviathan with, "we may be different, but we go together".

3: robin ayou with, "you're always in my head".

4: ryley robinson with, "i'd cure you of any ailment, as long as it involves befriending telepathic fish".

5: sam ayou with, "let's stop companies from committing war crimes with bioweapons together".

Subnautica Illustrations

All from 2022

SO PRETTY!! now, because everything in this is cinematic (and it's only a teaser), i would take basically this entire thing with a grain of salt for how accurate it will be to actual environments and gameplay. the cinematic trailers/teasers for the first two games are full of things that didn't make it in. still looks VERY GOOD and im so excited!!!!!!

onto a few specific things, this specific area ^^ shows up in a steam screenshot (which i will get to later), and considering the high amount of light and coral, this is potentially this game's version of the safe shallows! that pink fish that swims by is also the youtube channel's current pfp, and as such is probably replacing the peeper, which was the old 'mascot' fish. this character is also using alterra tech, which i think is very interesting! are we still working for alterra, or are they just such a mega corporation that they make basically all water/space gear? the diving suit looks a bit like the stillsuit with its colors! the design itself reminds me of the cold suit,,, :o

now, the thing about this scene is that it goes by pretty quick, and is supposed to draw attention to the water vortex (and won't it be fun if THAT is an actual mechanic!!! god i would be so so scared), but upon a few pauses and look arounds... there's a building! that is so clearly some old ruins!! it doesn't look anything like the usual ruins/bases we've seen before, so i would guess that these are NOT built by the architects, and instead a new alien race. the assumption is that this planet is also very much abandoned,,, which begs the question, why? not the kharra again, surely? or is it just these surface-level ruins that have been left? and if they went deeper, why? this appears to be the only screenshot/sequence that shows any of these ruins. how many more are there?? I DEMAND ANSWERS!!

also, entirely possible im wrong, but this new character bears some resemblance to ryley, imo. the earlier scenes of him doesn't match too closely, and their hair is entirely different, but this shot specially depicts a very similar face structure, eyebrows, lips, and nose! now, this could be (and probably is) a new guy that just kinda looks like him, but if it IS ryley,,,,, what's he doin here? is he working with alterra still? is he just off exploring various ocean planets? even if this isnt him, i want to know these things. wheres my guy :(

another thing pointing at this being ryley is that this game is intended to be a direct sequel (as opposed to bz being a spin off), and if its in an entirely different environment, then it stands to reason there's a chance theres returning characters. otherwise,, this game would just also be a spin-off!

(also, would absolutely love if that oxygen warning is an actual popup ingame!)

and here's the second character that pops up! the steam screenshots also only show two people in co-op so far, and i do wonder if these are two of the playable characters and not just random models/characters used for the teaser (similar to how bart is a trailer for sub1 despite not being playable, and fred in bz's trailer). this person doesn't seem to be anyone from either game (she looks a tinyyy bit like lillian, but not enough that i can say it could be her), and she's in a new vehicle! everything still looks very atlerra, though, and the two characters seem to know each other, so once again i wonder if this is a lore reason, if these ARE alterra workers, or if this is just to fit in with the aesthetic of the other games.

BIG FISH!!!!! BIG FISH!!!!!!! this thing looks VERY new and introduced in the teaser in a similar fashion that the sea emperor was shown in the first sub1 trailer, so im wondering if this might be THE Big Fish (or simply just one that they've finished the design for). with brightness turned way up, it appears to have a nose and mouth on level with the two humans, much below the light on its head. a similar hunting tactic to anglerfish, maybe? and so many tentacles!! and pincers! BIG FISH!!!!

no exact date for early access, which makes me think we won't get it until spring at the earliest. however, the first two games came out in winter (december for sub1, january for bz), so its possible it will keep with that trend and be out before march. don't take my word for that, though, this is purely speculation.

with this teaser (or potentially before, i was not actively checking this LOL), there's also now a steam page up with additional ingame screenshots and description of the game with a lot of new information!! because tumblr has a screenshot limit, im going to rb this post later with all of the steampage info.

so it appears that we end up on this planet because we areee,,, looking for suitable plants for humans to live on? and while here we are "changing what it means to be human"? are we getting a revival of the transfuser?? how much other cut content has the potential to get put in this??? CAN WE GET DRAGONFLY INTO THE GAME AT LONG LAST? KITEWING SKYRAY????

and as i mentioned the ruins before ^^ THERE ARE RUINS!! and more comments on what really strongly appears to be dna altering as a gameplay mechanic. veryy curious about base building in this one, especially seeing as how much qol improvements were made between sub1 and bz, im excited to see what more they add!! i want hanging items like ceiling plants and lights!!! i crave base customization the likes we've never seen before!!!!

BASE CUSTOMIZATION !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

these games will never convince me to build a flashlight. its a seaglide or a vehicle or i just dont see. i will never waste my materials on a flashlight ever ever. and new tools!! im telling u now one of them is 100% the transfuser they are BRINGING my baby boy back (holding out hope for the terraformer too 🥺)

i have no idea what to make of the end of that second paragraph. it almost seems like we crashed here again? that and how our ship's ai is "insisting" we "carry on the mission",,,, do we not remember what we're here for? or why?

BIOSAMPLER MAKING A MF COMEBACK!!!! EVERYONE WELCOME BACK THE BIOSAMPLER!!!! im curious into how madatory this evolving mechanic is, and how close it is exactly to the cut version from sub1. OH SHIT IS THIS GONNA BE LIKE SURVIVORS,,,,, DO WE GET SUPERPOWERS,,,,,, CAN I GLOW,,,,,,,

the final part is making fun of me specifically. IM ALWAYS SO SCARED OF THE DEEP DARK,,,, lowkey still afraid of the dark irl whyyy am i obsessed with these games that make me physically ill with fear and stress and whyyyyy am i going to keep playing them forever. THERE IS WONDER AROUND EVERY CORNER. WONDER AND BEAUTY AND AMAZEMENT AND FISHIES.

COUPLE OF SCREENSHOTS FROM THE STEAMPAGE. here's a big fish!! and a slightly updated scanner, really showing off the new game engine (LOOK AT THOSE SHADOWS AND THOSE HANDS!!!! LOOK!!!!) this looks like maybe a version of the kelp forest/twisty bridges, with more of those pink peeper replacements.

and HERE is a screenshot showing off multiplayer! and BUBBLE BOOSTERS. this appears to be either the same biome as the above screenshot, or an outer edge of it. look at hose sharks in the background! and salvage on the seafloor? :0

these look like the crab in the trailer, alongside some new fish! LOVING the inclusion of some more crustaceans, i need 4 more crabs in this game at LEAST. and a better look at the new vehicle! there appears to be geysers/thermal vents in the background too,and it looks a bit darker/murkier here, so this might be one of the deeper biomes (the 150-300 meter range, perhaps?). lookie at all those barnacles! the rock texture! the plants!!

thisss is my favorite of the screenshots so far. we're in a cave system! with lava and thermal vents! there even appears to be falling rocks i the background! the sharks here remind me of the shadow leviathan with its color palette, but its also a bit chelicerate in anatomy,,, very interesting, reallyy looking forward to seeing this guys in action. and look!! MESMERS!!!!!

another screenshot of what looks like the biome in the trailer, in some pretty shallow water! absolutely beautiful grass, scatterings of maybe eggs (or just some more plants), those ever recognizable shallows rock bridges, and these big fish that are seen in one of the above screenshots! it seems like they open up like the thermal lilies in bz.

and now, finally, the hidden time capsule screenshots!

plant?? egg?? tool?? what on earth is this thing?? it looks. phallic. please tell me im not the only one who thinks that. not sure how i feel about this thing. this image makes me confused. LOOK AT THE GROUND TEXTURE!!

i think this is a plant! it also looks weird! look at that tree behind it! so many new plants! I LOVE THE PLANTS!!!!