About
Fish Fillets is a 1998 puzzle game by ALTAR Games, which released its source code under the GPL in 2002. Fish Fillets Reborn is a mobile-first, from-scratch port of Fish Fillets, currently targeting Android with plans for Apple and desktop platforms. It's described as a 'purist' tribute version that reuses modified data files from the Fish Fillets Next Generation (NG) project's assets but is a separate, non-NG codebase: display is decoupled from game logic so it runs at the device's native frame rate and resolution instead of NG's hardcoded 10 FPS cap, giving smoother motion, falling and text animation.
How it differs from the original
Unlike Fish Fillets NG, this version is closed to new level designs and new translations, aiming to stay close to the original 1998 content rather than extend it. Save files use the same general format as NG's but aren't content-compatible with it, and some design choices (level titles, options settings, music looping) were made differently from NG. It also adds a short, single-move undo feature (a two-second window), aimed at recovering from accidental touchscreen taps, which the original did not have.
Getting started
Progress is saved to a single save slot per level — saving again overwrites the earlier save at that level, with no way to recover it afterward. A limited undo lets the player reverse a single move within two seconds of making it, useful for touchscreen mis-taps, but it can't undo restarting, saving, loading, or level-select actions.
History
The project was made to bring Fish Fillets back for its 25th anniversary; development is unpaid and unbacked by any company, and the game is distributed without ads.
Known limitations
- gameplay: Only one save slot per level; saving again overwrites the previous save point with no restore option.
- gameplay: Undo is limited to a single user-initiated move action within a two-second window; cannot undo restart, save, load, or go-to commands.
- compatibility: Save and solve files from Fish Fillets Next Generation are not compatible with this version.
Additional notes
- Contributor note
- The project only accepts user feedback and bug reports, not new levels, sound data, or translations — those go to the separate Fish Fillets Next Generation project instead.