Empires of the Undergrowth

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New Year's Feast & Fixes
Thu, 4 January 2024



Some fixes for a few issues that cropped up over the winter break

Welcome to 2024! This patch fixes some issues with achievements and extra levels that have cropped up over the Christmas break - and I thought I’d throw in a reminder about the New Year’s Feast level as well, which is now active and playable through until the end of February. It’s a little early for Chinese New Year, but we figured we should be early with something for once.




"The fire ant queen is making her famous New Year's Eve hotpot, but her daughters have forgotten to bring her the ingredients for the broth. Help them find the correct spices in time for the New Year celebrations, whilst making liberal use of festive firecrackers to clear enemies and shorten your path. Rescue lost invitees to diversify your colony!
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This patch is somewhat urgent because of the achievement issues, and we hope this resolves the last of them. For that reason, it is being rolled out in stages as we can compile them - starting with Win64, then moving onto Win32 and Mac as soon as they’re ready. This might take a day or two.


Version 0.320032 Patch Notes

Achievements

    Cramped extra level will no longer trigger 3.2’s achievements
    'Multitasking' can now be completed if the pinecone on the island has been deleted
    Fixed an issues where 'Clever Little Ants' always failed even when nothing got hit
    New Year’s Feast achievements should now register
    'Full House' counting issue fixed


Other

    Fix for velvet worm attacking itself
    Closed the New Year’s Feast nest entrance
    Christmas hats removed from invisible queens on a few levels (Festive Spider, etc)
    Beetles Rise Up no longer stuck on impossible difficulty
    Creature stats resynchronised between campaign & custom games:
        We have some time scheduled coming up to spend a few days just playing custom games & may make some custom game-specific creature changes in a future update

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March 2024 Newsletter - Matabele Ants & Friends
Tue, 19 March 2024



Just in case the change in the winds isn't perceptible to all yet, I’ll spell it out - we're approaching a point where we'll soon be ready to announce our release date for version 1.0 of Empires of the Undergrowth. Official reveals for the setting and species you'll be encountering have begun, and so this newsletter will focus firmly on that.


What wonders await in the savannah?

The reveals began at the start of the month and since then we've been doing regular posts on our social media (X/Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Discord), usually on a Saturday. A few other content creators are also getting involved in the fun this time around! Let's go through everything that has been revealed so far and give it some in-depth discussion.


The Matabele Ants

The final ants that the player will control in the campaign is the Matabele ant, a large and fierce termite-eating species Megaponera analis. They live in sub-Saharan Africa. We did a 'Creature Feature'-style short video about it, which also begins to show off some of the environment they live in - the grassland savannah.




Read on:  Here