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For those wondering why things have been quiet of late, the game's development has been shifted to a new city. As DoN's sole developer I've been very busy with moving, shifting and setting up infra in the new place. Development of Lifecycles Act 2 was intentionally deferred to make room for this relocation. Things have finally settled down now, so it's back to building Act 2 at full capacity! In addition to this, the game's development methodology has also shifted (original post) to allow for more detail, deeper gameplay and better QA than the previous updates. Lot of changes are coming including a transition from the game's random map generation to more traditional hand-crafted maps which accommodate detail far more easily than the current model of random map generation. Sorry again for the super-long delay on Act 2. Many of you have posted via the game's feedback tool indicating your eagerness for it and your feedback is certainly being heard! Things should rapidly pick up pace now that this big move is complete.

Build v3.1.2

For those who missed out on this min-announcement, an update was released last Sunday with several improvements to the game including new animations for the Grasshopper!

Here's a quick summary:

Flying creatures no longer get stuck mid-flight
New animations: Grasshopper grooming and idle animations added, chem-reception cost tweaked, Grasshopper model, textures vastly improved
Grasshopper & Dragonfly A.I. vastly improved, various bugfixes to A.I in general
DoN's Lighting is reworked: Daytime brightness modulated, all in-game detail now more easily visible

That's it for this update! With the long gestation period involved in relocating to the new premises nearly complete, now the benefits of this move should be apparent in the form of faster development times, better content and of course, a fresh start for the game! Development now resumes with maximum verve and vigor! With ❤, Venugopalan Sreedharan

PS: More of these beauties are headed your way soon :)

[ 2018-02-11 19:54:35 CET ] [ Original post ]

Drunk On Nectar

Venugopalan Sreedharan Developer

Venugopalan Sreedharan Publisher

2016-11-16 Release

Simulation Singleplayer EA Tags

Game News Posts: 94

🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse

Very Positive (227 reviews)

http://www.drunkonnectar.com/

Steam Store

The Game includes VR Support

Public Linux Depots:

Drunk On Nectar Linux [6.07 G]

Drunk On Nectar is a Nature Sandbox game about animals, plants and ecology. Multiple game-modes allow you to either play as a creature yourself, simulate ecosystems or create scenarios of your own.

DoN aims to provide the most comprehensive nature experience gaming has ever seen. To this end, the game has been built at invertebrate-scale (a micro world) for an unprecedented level of detail. Plants in DoN are not flat props but living, growing entities that flower, pollinate and propagate across seasons like real plants. Finally, each species has unique gameplay depending on its morphology.

The current release features four invertebrate species: Jumping Spider (Phidippus Regius), Butterfly (Viceroy), Dragonfly (Common Hawker) and a Bee (Solitary) along with three flowering plants: Orange Lily, Greater Knapweed, Imperata Cylindrica (Grass) and a non-flowering plant: Fern. Trees and other flora are also featured but with only limited simulation at present.

Additional species of animals, plants and ecological phenomena are planned for addition once the game's EA goals (read above) have been met. You are welcome to vote for a creature or plant you're excited about for addition in the community forums!

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While no game can possibly cover all of Nature, Drunk On Nectar is a sincere commitment to go as far as one possibly can.

MINIMAL SETUPOS: Ubuntu or equivalent distro
Processor: 3 Ghz Dual-Core 64-bit CPUMemory: 8000 MB RAM
Memory: 8000 MB RAM
Graphics: OpenGL 3 compatible GPU with 2 GB VRAM
Storage: 10000 GB available space

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