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...
March 2021 Newsletter
We've got another few Empires of the Undergrowth critters and some size comparisons from the upcoming fire ant update to show you in this edition of the newsletter. We've also done an engine upgrade which has had us banging our heads against our keyboards for the past...
Ecosystem swims into Early Access on March 16th 2021
Play god in your own underwater ecosystem. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diOH8eEhHtk Ecosystem is a god-game/simulation hybrid in which players design aspects of their underwater ecosystem - from the terrain composition and where the currents run to the placement of...
January 2021 Newsletter
In our first newsletter of the new year, covering news from December 2020 and January 2021, we have some critters from the fourth tier of the formicarium story to talk about (and perhaps a tiny little sneak preview of a story mission), as well as some discussion of...
November 2020 Newsletter
Welcome to our November 2020 newsletter! The past few months have seen quite a few things happen, both for Empires of the Undergrowth and for us, Slug Disco, as a company. Very importantly, we are taking our first steps into expanding a little, and we’ve brought Dan...