Niche - a genetics survival game
Team Niche Developer
Team Niche Publisher
2017-09-21 Release
Game News Posts:
49
🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse
Very Positive
(4123 reviews)
The Game includes VR Support
Public Linux Depots:
- Niche Content Linux [189.27 M]
Update Preview 0.4 - Mountain Biome
[ 2017-04-23 07:13:37 CET ] [ Original post ]
April update incoming :D
It's not quite finished and still rather buggy, that's why we uploaded it on a separate branch. This preview version is labeled as version 0.3.2.
I’ll be attending Berlin Games Week starting tomorrow and be back to work in a week. However my team mates will check how the testing is going from time to time.
What is new?
- 2 new islands (Snow/Grass Island, Snow Island) + some islands reworked
- New biome: Mountain (along with 2 new predators and 1 new prey type)
- Twin birth and fertility system
- Updated sickness mechanic (sickness can now spread)
- New prehistoric genes
- Temperature system that allows more flexible weather and temperature events
- Added heat and cold resistance
- Added filters to the family tree
- Lots of big + small fixes and improvements
- Lots of new bugs xD
--------------------------------------------------
How to get the update:
> right click on Niche in your library
> click on properties
> select the beta tab
> select the dropdown and choose “buggy_mountain_preview"
> the game will update, please wait (restart Steam if the game is not updating)
> play :D
This update features a lot of new content and we had to rebuild the game quite a bit. Because of this older save files will unfortunately not be compatible with this update.
Please note that we plan to completly replace the current mutation system with a new one soon. That is the reason why the new genes are not in there ^^
If you are a Youtuber/Streamer:
Please inform your viewers how to access the update and let them know it is a preview version.
It seems that we have performence problems with this update. If that is the case for you, please turn down your graphics settings for now.
Please give us feedback and report bugs here:
http://steamcommunity.com/app/440650/discussions/1/1318835718939923242/
Please find as many bugs/balancing issues/things that are not understandable as possible so we can fix them when I’m back!
Thank you all very much for your time and support :)
Cheers,
Stray Fawn Studio
[ 2017-04-23 07:13:37 CET ] [ Original post ]
Niche is a fresh blend of turn-based strategy and simulation combined with roguelike elements. Shape your own animal tribe and find an ecological niche for it to live in.
Keep your tribe alive against dangers, such as hungry predators, climate change and spreading sickness. Resource management and smart breeding based on real genetics are key in Niche. All worlds and animals are procedurally generated.
Niche is played from a top-down perspective, giving the player a god-like view over the board. Rounds are represented by a day cycle, in which the player controls animals to move and perform actions (collecting food, scouting a new field, mating, attacking a predator, etc). Animals have a limited lifespan, which makes procreation indispensable. An animal’s characteristics are defined by its genes, which are being passed on to the next generation. The player is rewarded with gene points for completing given tasks and for producing offspring. These points can be spent to unlock new genes, which increase the possibilities for evolution. Challenges come in form of animals dying and dwindling resources. The game is lost, when a player's tribe goes extinct. In the next game a new world is generated, but the previously unlocked genes stay in the world.
Games that inspired us
- The Creatures series
- Spore (mainly the first stage)
- The Curious Expedition
- Black & White
- Don’t Starve
Educational aspects
While playing Niche, the player is introduced to the scientific mechanics of genetics (featuring dominant-recessive, co-dominant inheritance, etc). The game also features the five pillars of population genetics (genetic drift, genetic flow, mutation, natural selection, sexual selection). All knowledge is interwoven with the game-mechanics. This creates the effect of learning by playing.
Keep your tribe alive against dangers, such as hungry predators, climate change and spreading sickness. Resource management and smart breeding based on real genetics are key in Niche. All worlds and animals are procedurally generated.
Niche is played from a top-down perspective, giving the player a god-like view over the board. Rounds are represented by a day cycle, in which the player controls animals to move and perform actions (collecting food, scouting a new field, mating, attacking a predator, etc). Animals have a limited lifespan, which makes procreation indispensable. An animal’s characteristics are defined by its genes, which are being passed on to the next generation. The player is rewarded with gene points for completing given tasks and for producing offspring. These points can be spent to unlock new genes, which increase the possibilities for evolution. Challenges come in form of animals dying and dwindling resources. The game is lost, when a player's tribe goes extinct. In the next game a new world is generated, but the previously unlocked genes stay in the world.
Games that inspired us
- The Creatures series
- Spore (mainly the first stage)
- The Curious Expedition
- Black & White
- Don’t Starve
Educational aspects
While playing Niche, the player is introduced to the scientific mechanics of genetics (featuring dominant-recessive, co-dominant inheritance, etc). The game also features the five pillars of population genetics (genetic drift, genetic flow, mutation, natural selection, sexual selection). All knowledge is interwoven with the game-mechanics. This creates the effect of learning by playing.
MINIMAL SETUP
- OS: Ubuntu 12.04+
- Processor: 2 GHz Dual CoreMemory: 4 GB RAM
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: nVidia 8800 GT / AMD 4670 or faster
- Storage: 2 GB available space
GAMEBILLET
[ 5968 ]
GAMERSGATE
[ 1939 ]
MacGamestore
[ 1814 ]
FANATICAL BUNDLES
Time left:
356378 days, 8 hours, 9 minutes
Time left:
2 days, 15 hours, 9 minutes
Time left:
5 days, 15 hours, 9 minutes
Time left:
9 days, 15 hours, 9 minutes
Time left:
34 days, 15 hours, 9 minutes
Time left:
5 days, 15 hours, 9 minutes
Time left:
44 days, 15 hours, 9 minutes
Time left:
49 days, 15 hours, 9 minutes
Time left:
33 days, 15 hours, 9 minutes
Time left:
55 days, 15 hours, 9 minutes
HUMBLE BUNDLES
Time left:
0 days, 9 hours, 9 minutes
Time left:
1 days, 9 hours, 9 minutes
Time left:
3 days, 9 hours, 9 minutes
Time left:
8 days, 9 hours, 9 minutes
Time left:
8 days, 9 hours, 9 minutes
Time left:
10 days, 9 hours, 9 minutes
Time left:
10 days, 9 hours, 9 minutes
Time left:
10 days, 9 hours, 9 minutes
Time left:
15 days, 9 hours, 9 minutes
by buying games/dlcs from affiliate links you are supporting tuxDB
