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- Empire of the undergrowth update#
- Empire of the undergrowth upgrade#
- Empire of the undergrowth full#
We’re well into the decoration phase now, with our dedicated environment artist Dan flexing his painting muscles to give the two campaign levels of the fire ant tier their distinctive final look. This includes creatures adapted to hide amongst the traps of the meat-eating flora, such as the green lynx spider.Ī wide area with a nest in the background on level 4.1, titled “Cold Blood” (WIP) A huge variety of creatures live here, making their homes in the unique ecological niches allowed. This damp environment will have changing water levels and a variety of new resource types, such as seed-rich pinecones and nectar-like secretions from the carnivorous plants.
Empire of the undergrowth full#
Our small but skilled art team has been working away on the swamp environment for several months now, and we’re now at a point where we can show off some of the surface! Whilst underground is a teal-tinted world full of roots, slime moulds and other such growths, the surface is green with algae, mosses, leaves and carnivorous plants.Ī ramped area in the swamp adorned with dead wood, moss, lichen and algae We took advantage of this fact to have the narrator record some extra voice lines for a new extra level. We can let you know that we’ve been working with the voice cast again recently, and it’s been great hearing new words from devious scientists and sombre narrators again. Expect some more firm news on this before the end of the year! Our marketing team will be getting together soon to work on some promotional material, and a short while after this we will have a much better idea of when we’ll be able to give you a date for the long-awaited update.
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Empire of the undergrowth update#
We are confident enough at this point to say that the update will come in early 2022, but exactly how early is yet to be finalised. What would appear to be an easy task ends up taking a long time, unexpected complications arise, and priorities change. Indeed these were our plans, and obviously shortly before Christmas would have been the ideal time for that – but we’ve realised that we won’t be able to hit that goal.Īs is always the case with game development and ambitious projects, pinning down how long things take is exceedingly tricky.
Empire of the undergrowth upgrade#
You can upgrade them by playing one-off missions, sometimes with your home colony and sometimes with other ant species. The primary game mode in early access is the story mode, where you take ownership of a home colony of unique DNA-harvesting ants as they work to assimilate the desirable traits of their foes. Missions are narrated from the perspective of a documentary film maker studying the ants, who offers intelligent insight into the goings-on of the colony and the undergrowth beyond. Nest design, army size, composition and attack timing are key to securing victory. On the surface, the ants claim territory, gather resources, overwhelm fearsome arachnids and clash with other colonies.
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The player excavates their nest underground, constructing tunnels and chambers to store food and raise brood.