Scale the Depths Leaves Game Jam Roots Behind With Full Launch

Scale the Depths, developed by Glass Gecko Games and Pretty Soon, is now available in full — a notable arc for a project that began as a four-day entry in the 2024 GMTK Game Jam, which it went on to win.

What the full game adds over the demo

The studio describes the full release as a substantial expansion of the demo across nearly every dimension:

• 4 locations: Loch Ness, Huatulco, Outer Banks, and Point Nemo
• 100+ fish species
• More customers, boats, and character customization options
• More tools, upgrades, bait, and hidden treasures
• More messages in bottles and environmental puzzles
• More secrets, and a deeper mystery threaded through the adventure

The demo remains available, though progress will not transfer to the full game. Players who completed the demo before launch will receive unspecified in-game bonuses.

The developers note that the core loop — fishing and scaling — proved unexpectedly compelling even at jam scale, which drove the decision to expand it into a full release. By their account, it became the largest project the team has made.

For players who sampled the demo, the full game represents a considerably wider world built around the same mechanical foundation — with the added weight of a mystery the studio says runs much deeper than what the demo contained.