*This is a compilation of all my ideas some old some new I wanted to combine them into a mega post since there is much more traffic on the forums then there was when I originally posted some of these ideas. If you enjoy these ideas feel free to share like or post any feedback and thank you all for the support from this community regarding my previous posts I greatly appreciate the support and it continues to inspire me to create new concepts.
Drop 1 Great Barrier reef: a sprawling reef with lots of vibrantly colored fish tons of coral reefs with tunnels where predators lurk the reef leads to massive drop offs where the big fish swim about.
New fish species: blue tang, clownfish, parrotfish, damsel fish, royal gramma, tarpon, hogfish, lionfish, reef sharks, moray eels, and pufferfish etc.
Mutation 1 (poisonous blood) after eating enough lionfish your sharks blood becomes poisonous and when bitten your enemies will become poisoned and take damage over time.
Mutation 2 (one with the reef) swimming near some coral will heal your shark slowly while other coral you can hide near to lower enemies awareness of your sharks location.
Mutation 3 (pufferfish spikes) when bitten or when an enemy latches onto your shark you can deploy extendable spikes that damage the fish biting you.
Playable shark types: reef shark and nurse shark
Apex Predator ( Archelon Sea Turtle) a now extinct massive sea turtle whose big size and hard armored body makes for a menacing foe. the turtles massive bite is hard to break free from and its strong charge ability can ram into you leaving your shark stunned.
Drop 2 Mariana Trench: a deep foreboding trench shrouded in darkness the only light comes from the many different bioluminescent fish and the volcanic vents that spew out lava to light up the surrounding water. some survival horror vibes.
New fish species: giant squid, deep sea dragonfish, barrel eyefish, dumbo octopus, seadevil angelfish, frilled shark, deepsea hatchetfish, goblin shark, and telescope octopus.
Mutation 1 (Bioluminescence) after eating enough bioluminescent fish you can grow small antennas that emit a light that can draw fish to you and the more fish you eat the brighter the lights get.
Mutation 2 (Lava shark) your sharks becomes infused with lava that gives your bite a burning ability and your tailwhip can spew out lava in all directions for a deadly area of affect attack.
Playable shark types: goblin shark and frilled shark.
Apex Predator (The Kraken) a colossal squid with massive tentacles that can grab your shark and squeeze and thrash your shark around violently. Damage the massive beast by eating its tentacles. The kraken can spew out ink to cover your screen.
Drop 3 Antartica: cold open ocean with icebergs that have some arctic animals on them such as seals and penguins. some underwater portions of icebergs can be damaged to reveal underwater caves with collectibles and nutrient caches in them or sometimes even rare fish.
Fish species: leopard seals, minke whales, elephant seals, blue whales, penguins, squid, king crab, fin whales, orcas, yeti crab, and narwhals.
Mutation 1 (narwhal horns) after killing enough narwhals you can grow two horns on the side of your sharks head these can be used to ram into and stab any hostile fish or bounty hunters boats.
Mutation 2(iceberg fins) all of your fins and the nose of your shark forms a strong layer of ice that deals extra damage to boats and can rip holes into ships causing them to stink faster.
Apex Predator (brygmophyseter aka biting sperm whale) this massive whale thats survived millions of years seeks revenge on you for killing too many whales in the area and will hunt you down.
Drop 4 Great Lakes: different rivers that lead into the 5 great lakes some of these rivers could have waterfalls or class five rapids that depending on your sharks size could thrash your shark around.
Fish species: sturgeon, Atlantic salmon, rainbow trout, perch, steelhead trout, small and largemouth bass, snapping turtles, sockeye salmon, fly-fish, snakehead fish, alligator gar, channel catfish etc.
Mutation 1 (breathing apparatus) after defeating the apex predator you gain the ability to survive out of water for an extended period of time.
Mutation 2 (flyfish wings) your shark gains to wings that can extend out to give you a higher jumping ability and the wings can be used to glide above the water for a short time as a means of traversing faster.
Apex Predator (giant snakehead) after breaking into its den and destroying all of the invasive snakehead eggs the massive fish will spawn and will not be to happy.
Drop 5 Atlantis: a beautiful ancient underwater city with old buildings some of the buildings have coral reefs growing on them lots of seaweed throughout.
Fish species: lots of different colorful fish found in reefs, yellowfin tuna, king mackerel, dolphins, wahoo, sailfish, sea turtles, manta rays, man of war and lionsmane jelly fish.
Mermaids: replaces bounty hunters, fishing boats will still spawn on the surface of the water the mermaids will sometimes attack fishing vessels and will attack your shark if you either eat massive amounts of fish near them or if you attack one of them. This new foe is very fast and agile, the weapons of the mermaid include nets and tridents.
Mutation 1 (lionsmane tentacles) have jellyfish tentacles that will hang off your shark and can damage fish you swim into also can be used to jump onto boats and sting the humans on the boat.
Mutation 2 (marine telepathy) can summon a school of fish around you to protect you from predators for a short time or send the school of fish to swarm and distract any enemies.
Apex predator (colossal crab) a behemoth of a foe that can use its giant claws to grab you and deal massive damage to your shark. The crab can also use its massive legs to stomp the ocean floor that will send out shockwaves to disorient your shark but to also call in for mermaid reinforcements to combat you.
Drop 6 Congo River: a long spanning river that is surrounded by African Safaris some areas of shallow waters are where you can find wildebeest crossing but be weary of the many crocodiles also looking to prey on the wildebeest.
New fish species: Tigerfish, African carp, Elephantfishes, Cichlids, Lungfishes, Bichirs, Killifishes, crocodiles, and hippopotamus.
Mutation 1: (infrared vision) can be activated to see prey easier in the murky water can be toggled on and off.
Mutation 2: (tiger fish teeth) give your shark the massive and pointy razor sharp teeth of a tigerfish.
Apex Predator (giant tigerfish) a massive tigerfish covered in black scales with dark red eyes this monstrosity has a lethal ram attack and a deadly tailwhip.
Drop 7 Mekong River: this river is home too many super sized fish and lots of fisherman which makes it the ideal hunting ground for your sharks endless appetite.
New Fish species: giant freshwater stingray, mekong catfish, giant barb, jullien's golden carp, black shark minnow, bangana behri, giant snakehead.
Mutation: (giant-catfish barbs) gives your shark barbs on the front of your sharks head which deals massive electrical damage when you bite into enemies.
Apex Predator: Giant Mekong catsfish this beast can be found lurking in the depths of the river.
Drop 8 Amazon River: the second largest river in the world is home to a wide assortment of many different fish species.
New Fish species: amazon river dolphin, Arapaima, Tambaqui, Candiru, Red bellied piranha, armored catfish, electric eel, bull sharks, peacock bass,
Mutation(bloodlust) the more fish your shark eats you trigger a bloodlust in which the more fish you consume your shark becomes faster stronger and experiences faster health regen until you stop consuming fish.
Apex Predator: Black Piranha a massive fish that dwarfs others like it this beast can call swarms of piranhas to come and attack your shark while you do battle and moves very fast making it a tough opponent.
Drop 9 Prehistoric Age: This add on will not be for the faint of heart as many foes encountered will most likely be bigger than or completely dwarf your shark until you reach max size.
New fish: Elasmosaurus, tylosaurus, Megalodon, Mosasaurus, liopleurodon, dunkleosteus, basilosaurus, brygmophyseter, livyatan, archeleon sea turtles.
This add on will increase the max level cap to 65 and add new evolutionary stages to your shark.
10-teen
25-adult
35-edler
45-mega
55-ancient
65-colossal max shark length 75 feet.
Apex predator:(The Meg) a megaladon whose reached an unholy size of 80 feet and is the hardest challenge your shark will face yet.
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Updates to game systems or things for new systems in a sequel.
Active EcoSystem/Dynamic Weather: fish will now attack and eat each other and some predatory fish will attack humans on occasion.
*Fish will lay eggs that will repopulate the map you can destroy these eggs to gain nutrient points.
*Each fish species will have an alpha and beta fish which will have to be discovered randomly via discovery. If the alpha and beta are killed that species will repopulate the map slower, over time a new alpha and beta will spawn if both are killed.
*Some fish will remain near the bottom of the water while others hunt and thrive near the surface.
*The waves and ocean currents can become affected by storms and the smaller your shark is the slower you move underwater depending on how strong the current is.
*Some areas may flood allowing your shark to explore new areas for a period of time until the water recedes.
Fisherman/Bounty Hunters: fisherman will now setup up traps and or nets to catch fish. These nets and traps can be harmful to the ecosystem and your food supply so by destroying these nets/traps will give you nutrient points however will anger the fisherman and will cause them to try and capture your shark at any means necessary
*Some Fisherman will try too catch your shark on a hook, these fisherman will also have there own infamy level killing these fisherman will gift you different color hooks that can be equipped and the hook will be stuck through your sharks dorsal fin or gills so it makes your shark look more menacing.
*Bounty hunters will adapt to your play-style and will hunt you accordingly in addition if you fight a bounty hunter and flee when you encounter that bounty hunter again the hunter will use different tactics and weapons to try and kill you.
*Some bounty hunters can introduce invasive species of fish. These fish will not only interfere with the ecosystem but will also eat other fish in that location to try and lower the overall amount of food available to your shark.
*Killing enough bounty hunters will cause the Navy to get involved and they will have vast resources at their disposal such as underwater sonar blasts, depth charges, dive caves with divers using poison tip spearguns and shark trackers they can tag you with.
Map/Locations: instead of having one big map with multiple regions have 4 or 5 different big maps with different settings from around the world.
*Each map could have different fish that spawn depending on the time of year or some fish types are more abundant a certain time of the year.
*Some maps could have fisherman, crabbers and whale watching boats as the main source of people found above the surface of the water.
*Each location will have a different apex according to what season of the year it is totaling four different apexes per map.
*Grottos will allow you to pass-time to change the season of the year.
Co-op/revamped shark progression: the game can be playable with up to three other friends playing in co-op will allow you and your friends to tackle some of the endgame bosses (more below)
*At the beginning of each play-through you can pick from different sharks to play as each species will have there own pros and cons as well unique abilities some sharks species can be unlocked by challenges or beating the game on higher difficulties.
Sharks can now reach a max level of 65 adding a new leveling format which will allow you to experience each stage of your sharks life longer and will make it much more rewarding when you finally reach max size.
10-teen
25-adult
35-edler
45-mega
55-ancient
65-colossal max shark length 75 feet.
Endgame boss battles: boss battles playable solo or with friends for this mode your shark must be the max possible size to even stand a chance with some of these contenders. These fights can have mechanics which allow for fun gameplay and a worthy challenge.
The Leviathan: a massive sea serpent with hard scales and a long tail and body.
The Hydra: a multi-headed sea serpent with a body of a dragon that you must rip off each head and burn the stumps via certain mutations in order to kill the beast.
Cthulhu: a monstrosity not from this realm with a squid head and massive body.
Skins/Boons: adding a new level of reward system for playing.
Boons will be equip-able items that grant some new attributes or boost existing stats such as more speed, stronger bite damage, the ability to grab and thrash bigger species around etc.
Skins will be purely cosmetic and will drastically alter the look of your shark. Skins will drop from various activities such as defeating apex predators, 100% a region, collect all of a certain collectible.
Realism/Hardcore mode: a challenging game mode not for the faint of heart.
*No HUD
*Eat often to keep from starving.
*Enemies will be stronger and hunt you religiously.
*The more damage you take the more scared and beat up your shark becomes. If you shark becomes too damaged it will be mortally wounded and its max health will be lowered.
*Each mutation you equip must stayed equipped for a set time frame.
*Staying sedentary for too long will cause your shark to lose health and eventually die if you do not swim.
*Health can only be regained by eating enough fish. The amount of fish and size of the fish needed to fully recover your health depends on your sharks size. For ex eating tons of smaller fish as a fully grown shark wont be very affective but eating a whale or lots of bigger fish will.
Drop 1 Great Barrier reef: a sprawling reef with lots of vibrantly colored fish tons of coral reefs with tunnels where predators lurk the reef leads to massive drop offs where the big fish swim about.
New fish species: blue tang, clownfish, parrotfish, damsel fish, royal gramma, tarpon, hogfish, lionfish, reef sharks, moray eels, and pufferfish etc.
Mutation 1 (poisonous blood) after eating enough lionfish your sharks blood becomes poisonous and when bitten your enemies will become poisoned and take damage over time.
Mutation 2 (one with the reef) swimming near some coral will heal your shark slowly while other coral you can hide near to lower enemies awareness of your sharks location.
Mutation 3 (pufferfish spikes) when bitten or when an enemy latches onto your shark you can deploy extendable spikes that damage the fish biting you.
Playable shark types: reef shark and nurse shark
Apex Predator ( Archelon Sea Turtle) a now extinct massive sea turtle whose big size and hard armored body makes for a menacing foe. the turtles massive bite is hard to break free from and its strong charge ability can ram into you leaving your shark stunned.
Drop 2 Mariana Trench: a deep foreboding trench shrouded in darkness the only light comes from the many different bioluminescent fish and the volcanic vents that spew out lava to light up the surrounding water. some survival horror vibes.
New fish species: giant squid, deep sea dragonfish, barrel eyefish, dumbo octopus, seadevil angelfish, frilled shark, deepsea hatchetfish, goblin shark, and telescope octopus.
Mutation 1 (Bioluminescence) after eating enough bioluminescent fish you can grow small antennas that emit a light that can draw fish to you and the more fish you eat the brighter the lights get.
Mutation 2 (Lava shark) your sharks becomes infused with lava that gives your bite a burning ability and your tailwhip can spew out lava in all directions for a deadly area of affect attack.
Playable shark types: goblin shark and frilled shark.
Apex Predator (The Kraken) a colossal squid with massive tentacles that can grab your shark and squeeze and thrash your shark around violently. Damage the massive beast by eating its tentacles. The kraken can spew out ink to cover your screen.
Drop 3 Antartica: cold open ocean with icebergs that have some arctic animals on them such as seals and penguins. some underwater portions of icebergs can be damaged to reveal underwater caves with collectibles and nutrient caches in them or sometimes even rare fish.
Fish species: leopard seals, minke whales, elephant seals, blue whales, penguins, squid, king crab, fin whales, orcas, yeti crab, and narwhals.
Mutation 1 (narwhal horns) after killing enough narwhals you can grow two horns on the side of your sharks head these can be used to ram into and stab any hostile fish or bounty hunters boats.
Mutation 2(iceberg fins) all of your fins and the nose of your shark forms a strong layer of ice that deals extra damage to boats and can rip holes into ships causing them to stink faster.
Apex Predator (brygmophyseter aka biting sperm whale) this massive whale thats survived millions of years seeks revenge on you for killing too many whales in the area and will hunt you down.
Drop 4 Great Lakes: different rivers that lead into the 5 great lakes some of these rivers could have waterfalls or class five rapids that depending on your sharks size could thrash your shark around.
Fish species: sturgeon, Atlantic salmon, rainbow trout, perch, steelhead trout, small and largemouth bass, snapping turtles, sockeye salmon, fly-fish, snakehead fish, alligator gar, channel catfish etc.
Mutation 1 (breathing apparatus) after defeating the apex predator you gain the ability to survive out of water for an extended period of time.
Mutation 2 (flyfish wings) your shark gains to wings that can extend out to give you a higher jumping ability and the wings can be used to glide above the water for a short time as a means of traversing faster.
Apex Predator (giant snakehead) after breaking into its den and destroying all of the invasive snakehead eggs the massive fish will spawn and will not be to happy.
Drop 5 Atlantis: a beautiful ancient underwater city with old buildings some of the buildings have coral reefs growing on them lots of seaweed throughout.
Fish species: lots of different colorful fish found in reefs, yellowfin tuna, king mackerel, dolphins, wahoo, sailfish, sea turtles, manta rays, man of war and lionsmane jelly fish.
Mermaids: replaces bounty hunters, fishing boats will still spawn on the surface of the water the mermaids will sometimes attack fishing vessels and will attack your shark if you either eat massive amounts of fish near them or if you attack one of them. This new foe is very fast and agile, the weapons of the mermaid include nets and tridents.
Mutation 1 (lionsmane tentacles) have jellyfish tentacles that will hang off your shark and can damage fish you swim into also can be used to jump onto boats and sting the humans on the boat.
Mutation 2 (marine telepathy) can summon a school of fish around you to protect you from predators for a short time or send the school of fish to swarm and distract any enemies.
Apex predator (colossal crab) a behemoth of a foe that can use its giant claws to grab you and deal massive damage to your shark. The crab can also use its massive legs to stomp the ocean floor that will send out shockwaves to disorient your shark but to also call in for mermaid reinforcements to combat you.
Drop 6 Congo River: a long spanning river that is surrounded by African Safaris some areas of shallow waters are where you can find wildebeest crossing but be weary of the many crocodiles also looking to prey on the wildebeest.
New fish species: Tigerfish, African carp, Elephantfishes, Cichlids, Lungfishes, Bichirs, Killifishes, crocodiles, and hippopotamus.
Mutation 1: (infrared vision) can be activated to see prey easier in the murky water can be toggled on and off.
Mutation 2: (tiger fish teeth) give your shark the massive and pointy razor sharp teeth of a tigerfish.
Apex Predator (giant tigerfish) a massive tigerfish covered in black scales with dark red eyes this monstrosity has a lethal ram attack and a deadly tailwhip.
Drop 7 Mekong River: this river is home too many super sized fish and lots of fisherman which makes it the ideal hunting ground for your sharks endless appetite.
New Fish species: giant freshwater stingray, mekong catfish, giant barb, jullien's golden carp, black shark minnow, bangana behri, giant snakehead.
Mutation: (giant-catfish barbs) gives your shark barbs on the front of your sharks head which deals massive electrical damage when you bite into enemies.
Apex Predator: Giant Mekong catsfish this beast can be found lurking in the depths of the river.
Drop 8 Amazon River: the second largest river in the world is home to a wide assortment of many different fish species.
New Fish species: amazon river dolphin, Arapaima, Tambaqui, Candiru, Red bellied piranha, armored catfish, electric eel, bull sharks, peacock bass,
Mutation(bloodlust) the more fish your shark eats you trigger a bloodlust in which the more fish you consume your shark becomes faster stronger and experiences faster health regen until you stop consuming fish.
Apex Predator: Black Piranha a massive fish that dwarfs others like it this beast can call swarms of piranhas to come and attack your shark while you do battle and moves very fast making it a tough opponent.
Drop 9 Prehistoric Age: This add on will not be for the faint of heart as many foes encountered will most likely be bigger than or completely dwarf your shark until you reach max size.
New fish: Elasmosaurus, tylosaurus, Megalodon, Mosasaurus, liopleurodon, dunkleosteus, basilosaurus, brygmophyseter, livyatan, archeleon sea turtles.
This add on will increase the max level cap to 65 and add new evolutionary stages to your shark.
10-teen
25-adult
35-edler
45-mega
55-ancient
65-colossal max shark length 75 feet.
Apex predator:(The Meg) a megaladon whose reached an unholy size of 80 feet and is the hardest challenge your shark will face yet.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________
Updates to game systems or things for new systems in a sequel.
Active EcoSystem/Dynamic Weather: fish will now attack and eat each other and some predatory fish will attack humans on occasion.
*Fish will lay eggs that will repopulate the map you can destroy these eggs to gain nutrient points.
*Each fish species will have an alpha and beta fish which will have to be discovered randomly via discovery. If the alpha and beta are killed that species will repopulate the map slower, over time a new alpha and beta will spawn if both are killed.
*Some fish will remain near the bottom of the water while others hunt and thrive near the surface.
*The waves and ocean currents can become affected by storms and the smaller your shark is the slower you move underwater depending on how strong the current is.
*Some areas may flood allowing your shark to explore new areas for a period of time until the water recedes.
Fisherman/Bounty Hunters: fisherman will now setup up traps and or nets to catch fish. These nets and traps can be harmful to the ecosystem and your food supply so by destroying these nets/traps will give you nutrient points however will anger the fisherman and will cause them to try and capture your shark at any means necessary
*Some Fisherman will try too catch your shark on a hook, these fisherman will also have there own infamy level killing these fisherman will gift you different color hooks that can be equipped and the hook will be stuck through your sharks dorsal fin or gills so it makes your shark look more menacing.
*Bounty hunters will adapt to your play-style and will hunt you accordingly in addition if you fight a bounty hunter and flee when you encounter that bounty hunter again the hunter will use different tactics and weapons to try and kill you.
*Some bounty hunters can introduce invasive species of fish. These fish will not only interfere with the ecosystem but will also eat other fish in that location to try and lower the overall amount of food available to your shark.
*Killing enough bounty hunters will cause the Navy to get involved and they will have vast resources at their disposal such as underwater sonar blasts, depth charges, dive caves with divers using poison tip spearguns and shark trackers they can tag you with.
Map/Locations: instead of having one big map with multiple regions have 4 or 5 different big maps with different settings from around the world.
*Each map could have different fish that spawn depending on the time of year or some fish types are more abundant a certain time of the year.
*Some maps could have fisherman, crabbers and whale watching boats as the main source of people found above the surface of the water.
*Each location will have a different apex according to what season of the year it is totaling four different apexes per map.
*Grottos will allow you to pass-time to change the season of the year.
Co-op/revamped shark progression: the game can be playable with up to three other friends playing in co-op will allow you and your friends to tackle some of the endgame bosses (more below)
*At the beginning of each play-through you can pick from different sharks to play as each species will have there own pros and cons as well unique abilities some sharks species can be unlocked by challenges or beating the game on higher difficulties.
Sharks can now reach a max level of 65 adding a new leveling format which will allow you to experience each stage of your sharks life longer and will make it much more rewarding when you finally reach max size.
10-teen
25-adult
35-edler
45-mega
55-ancient
65-colossal max shark length 75 feet.
Endgame boss battles: boss battles playable solo or with friends for this mode your shark must be the max possible size to even stand a chance with some of these contenders. These fights can have mechanics which allow for fun gameplay and a worthy challenge.
The Leviathan: a massive sea serpent with hard scales and a long tail and body.
The Hydra: a multi-headed sea serpent with a body of a dragon that you must rip off each head and burn the stumps via certain mutations in order to kill the beast.
Cthulhu: a monstrosity not from this realm with a squid head and massive body.
Skins/Boons: adding a new level of reward system for playing.
Boons will be equip-able items that grant some new attributes or boost existing stats such as more speed, stronger bite damage, the ability to grab and thrash bigger species around etc.
Skins will be purely cosmetic and will drastically alter the look of your shark. Skins will drop from various activities such as defeating apex predators, 100% a region, collect all of a certain collectible.
Realism/Hardcore mode: a challenging game mode not for the faint of heart.
*No HUD
*Eat often to keep from starving.
*Enemies will be stronger and hunt you religiously.
*The more damage you take the more scared and beat up your shark becomes. If you shark becomes too damaged it will be mortally wounded and its max health will be lowered.
*Each mutation you equip must stayed equipped for a set time frame.
*Staying sedentary for too long will cause your shark to lose health and eventually die if you do not swim.
*Health can only be regained by eating enough fish. The amount of fish and size of the fish needed to fully recover your health depends on your sharks size. For ex eating tons of smaller fish as a fully grown shark wont be very affective but eating a whale or lots of bigger fish will.
