[Suggestion] "So long and thanks for all the fish" achievement easter egg in Space Age
Posted: Tue May 26, 2026 2:06 pm
Hi everyone!
I was thinking about the "So long and thanks for all the fish" achievement (where you launch a raw fish into space inside a rocket). Since Space Age is all about space platforms and traveling between planets, it would be an amazing and poetic easter egg if, after unlocking the achievement, a small fish wearing a tiny space helmet could occasionally be seen floating or orbiting around our space platforms in the space map view.
How it could work logically:
Once the achievement flag is true in the save file, a random timer (random_tick) could have a very low probability of triggering the easter egg while the platform is moving through deep space.
It would just be a cosmetic visual sprite or particle (space-fish-particle) passing by or orbiting the platform slowly, then disappearing off-screen.
It matches the exact type of subtle humor Wube loves, and it would be awesome to see our launched fish actually chilling in gravity zero while we manage our space logistics at 100 km/s.
What do you guys think?
I was thinking about the "So long and thanks for all the fish" achievement (where you launch a raw fish into space inside a rocket). Since Space Age is all about space platforms and traveling between planets, it would be an amazing and poetic easter egg if, after unlocking the achievement, a small fish wearing a tiny space helmet could occasionally be seen floating or orbiting around our space platforms in the space map view.
How it could work logically:
Once the achievement flag is true in the save file, a random timer (random_tick) could have a very low probability of triggering the easter egg while the platform is moving through deep space.
It would just be a cosmetic visual sprite or particle (space-fish-particle) passing by or orbiting the platform slowly, then disappearing off-screen.
It matches the exact type of subtle humor Wube loves, and it would be awesome to see our launched fish actually chilling in gravity zero while we manage our space logistics at 100 km/s.
What do you guys think?