by Michael Connor | Jun 17, 2020 | Slug Disco, Empires of the Undergrowth
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...
by Michael Connor | May 1, 2020 | Slug Disco, Empires of the Undergrowth
Welcome to our March / April 2020 newsletter! First of all, I’ll address the corona-elephant in the room and hope that you and your families are staying safe during the lockdown. Let’s all remember to be kind to everyone, especially to ourselves, during...
by Michael Connor | Feb 16, 2020 | Slug Disco, Empires of the Undergrowth
Welcome to 2020! We’ve been running an optional beta on Steam since late December which mainly introduces a reworked freeplay mode, and more recently adds the challenge mode for the third tier formicarium levels. Since that time we’ve been working through...
by Michael Connor | Dec 2, 2019 | Slug Disco, Empires of the Undergrowth
And so, winter came. And with it, the season of darkness and cold but also the season of goodwill and cheer. A little bit of a shorter newsletter this month, as we are still (I know, I know) working through the last of the movement code changes. Keep an eye open for...
by Michael Connor | Oct 25, 2019 | Slug Disco, Empires of the Undergrowth
Autumn (or fall if you’re that way inclined) has well and truly began to take a hold in our part of the world. The nights are drawing in, the temperature is dropping and there is some fun stuff being worked on for Empires of the Undergrowth. Or boring technical...
by Michael Connor | Sep 20, 2019 | Ecosystem, Slug Disco, Empires of the Undergrowth
With the summer coming to a close we thought we’d publish another newsletter for you guys. This time we’ll be talking about a few extra systems we’ve been working on (such as achievements) as well as talking about us as a company taking the intrepid...