March 2022 Newsletter
This will be a shorter-than-usual newsletter, just catching up with the last of the things we've posted on our social media before the fire ant update. We're rounding the corner to the home stretch on that front now, and whilst we're not quite ready to announce a date...
Evolutionary Survival Game, Adapt, Announce Trailer & Key Art Revealed
Free pre-alpha demo available now on Steam and Itch. Publisher Slug Disco Studios and solo developer Paul Hervé are pleased to debut the announcement trailer for Adapt, scored by Louie Taylor, alongside the game's key art, illustrated beautifully by São Paulo based...
January 2022 Newsletter
Welcome to the year of the fire ant! For those of you wondering how we're doing with the 4th / fire ant tier, we've recently gotten the last of the dialogue and voice acting into the game, and sent things off to translators for localisation. Keep an eye on our social...
November 2021 Newsletter
Welcome to 2021's last newsletter! We'll get straight to the point about where we're at with the fire ant release plans after this introduction. We've also got a very special extra level set to come out shortly before the holidays next month - so plenty of details on...
September 2021 Newsletter
At this stage in the development cycle for the rest of Empires of the Undergrowth, we're very close to having all of the creatures for the 4th tier complete (as well as a sizable chunk of the 5th tier ones). Our environment artist is working hard on perfecting the...
Empires of the Undergrowth Selected For Indie Arena Booth Online
We're pleased to announce that Empires of the Undergrowth has been selected to be part of this years Indie Arena Booth Online which takes place at Gamescom 2021. Since 2013 Indie Arena Booth has supported independent developers from all over the world so it's so...
July 2021 Newsletter
It's been an important last couple of months for Empires of the Undergrowth, and those of us at Slug Disco Studios! Work continues apace on the fire ant update, and we're not too far away from having all of the 4th tier creatures complete and ready for placement in...
Introducing our New Environment Artist!
Over the past few weeks we've been working to recruit a new member of the Slug Disco team - working alongside Matt on environments for upcoming levels of Empires of the Undergrowth (and perhaps adding his touch to existing ones) is artist Dan Coates. I asked him if he...
May 2021 Newsletter
Good lord, it's May already. This newsletter will spotlight some more enemies coming for the fire ant update, with a particular focus on nature's favoured form - the beetle. We also have some talk about new AI systems that we've been working on over the past few...