by Michael Connor | Mar 31, 2022 | Slug Disco, Empires of the Undergrowth, Uncategorized
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...
by Dan Postlethwaite | Feb 8, 2022 | Press Releases, Slug Disco
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...
by Michael Connor | Jan 28, 2022 | Slug Disco, Empires of the Undergrowth
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...
by Michael Connor | Nov 26, 2021 | Ecosystem, Slug Disco, Empires of the Undergrowth, Uncategorized
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...
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 | Jun 2, 2021 | Slug Disco, Empires of the Undergrowth
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...
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...
