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Nature & Life - Drunk On Nectar's 2021 Major Improvements Release

Bringing improvements to the entire game across both gameplay and visuals, here is a quick overview of this release.

Overview

~ Monarch Butterfly ~

Caterpillar locomotion improvements
Mating minigames for male and female butterfly improved
Mating interactions (snatch) made easier
Mating UI improvements - cleaner and simpler

~ Ladybug ~

Ladybug Lifecycle major rebalancing - it's much easier to complete now!
Ladybug egg hatching SFX added

~ Jumping Spider ~

New feature: Super Rushdowns! A new hunting technique for all predators - Sprint all the way upto your prey and trample them over for a "Super Rushdown".
Rusdhowns fixed! A timing issue that was affecting this game mechanic has been fixed.
Loading save files fixed - There was an issue that made save files of long playthroughs freeze upon load. Now fixed :)
Silk Tent entry/exit state transitions fixed for certain edge cases.
Tiger Beetle's ability to snatch smaller Jumping Spider instars fixed. A bug was previously preventing the beelte's strikes from landing!

~ Misc ~

Feedback tool fixed. The form submission was broken earlier, but should now be working again.

...and various other improvements to visuals and gameplay that haven't been listed here. For those wondering about the large download size, this update includes a game engine upgrade, visual assets for the "Red Forest Squirrel" prototype (this is not released yet) as well as a large number of improvements to the game made over the past year, but not released until now.

Looking ahead

The current goal is to resume periodic updates for the game to the point where larger updates can be taken up. One of the larger goals is to bring the game closer to exit from Early Access by polishing the existing product further and resolving any outstanding visual or gameplay issues. Appreciate the support of all the game's players through the past year leading up to this point of a new DoN release again :) Though the past year has been challenging on multiple fronts, I will continue to keep building this game to the best of my abilities. I am very grateful to all of you for your goodwill, best wishes and wonderful encouragement. Thank you so much! - Venu (Developer of DoN)

[ 2021-05-01 12:37:44 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 (223 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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