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...
July – August 2020 Newsletter
The last couple of months have been focused on some complicated systems for the fire ants as well as some large changes to freeplay, which are currently in an optional beta for Steam Windows users (details below). Whilst complex from a game design point of view, the...
May/ June 2020 Newsletter
During the last few weeks we've been able to really crack on with the fire ant update. After the long and arduous process that was re-designing the game's movement code from the ground up, we're really glad to be concentrated nearly solely on our Solenopsis invicta...