by Michael Connor | Sep 13, 2021 | Slug Disco, Empires of the Undergrowth
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...
by Dan Postlethwaite | Jul 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
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...
by Michael Connor | Jul 18, 2021 | Empires of the Undergrowth
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...
by Michael Connor | May 10, 2021 | Ecosystem, Slug Disco, Empires of the Undergrowth
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...
by Michael Connor | Mar 14, 2021 | Ecosystem, Slug Disco, Empires of the Undergrowth
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...
by Dan Postlethwaite | Feb 17, 2021 | Ecosystem
Play god in your own underwater ecosystem. 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 individual species of plant and fish...
by Michael Connor | Jan 29, 2021 | Slug Disco, Empires of the Undergrowth
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...
by Michael Connor | Nov 26, 2020 | Beetle Uprising, Slug Disco, Empires of the Undergrowth
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...
by Michael Connor | Sep 12, 2020 | Slug Disco, Empires of the Undergrowth
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...
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...
