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Optional Beta OPEN NOW! New Custom Game Maps, Achievements, Difficulty Settings

New custom game / freeplay maps! Achievements! New difficulty options! More generous mission rewards! Were close to pushing a large update, and were now at a point where were inviting anyone whod like to test it a bit to do so. We are adding over 100 achievements to the game in this build - but PLEASE NOTE, if you accomplish them in this test build they will not activate on Steam during the beta. You can use the in-game achievement tracker and victory screens to determine if youve accomplished an achievement goal, and wed very much appreciate feedback on any problems with them. We are after feedback on all manner of issues that may occur, focusing on glitches, crashes, and balance. Any and all feedback on this optional beta is very much appreciated - please post it to the community discussions! As ever, thanks so much to our closed testing focus group who have been providing feedback to get this patch to this point. Lets go over a few things related to these optional betas for people who havent participated in them before. Firstly, please note: optional betas are limited to the Steam Windows 64 bit build, and may be missing localisations in some newer or updates areas.

WARNING: YOU ARE STRONGLY ADVISED TO MAKE A SAVE BACKUP

We highly recommend making a backup of your saved games before you run an optional beta, on the off-chance that some changes cause them to be corrupted. To see where your saves are stored, see the information in this thread on the Steam forums. Copying the data in that folder to somewhere else will keep it safe from any potential issues.

Code: mapsandachievements

If you would like to join the beta, the code is mapsandachievements. If you dont know how to join a beta and would like to, follow the instructions below: [quote] [olist]

Find Empires of the Undergrowth in your Steam library, right-click on it and choose "Properties"

Choose the "Betas" tab

In the box titled "Enter beta access code to unlock private betas", enter mapsandachievements

After the "Access code correct" information appears, make sure you've chosen "Open beta" from the "Select the beta you would like to opt into" drop-down menu

Press close - the game will now update to the beta branch [/olist] [/quote]

Patch Notes - V0.32

Headline Features

New Custom Game Maps! The 2 winners of our summer map design contest have been completed & added to the game, as well as one more
- Imprisoned, based on a design by - a swampy area that floods & drains, opening up easier access to other resources & colonies
- Strawclutch, based on a design by Noctazar - tightly-packed nests around central resources in the swamp ensures intense skirmishes with neighbours
- Sand Spit - a sandy peninsula designed for a 3v1 setup, where the single colony has an uphill battle ahead of them
Achievements! Over 100 new achievements for all aspects of the existing story mode & seasonal levels
- Please note: in this test build, meeting an achievements conditions will not activate the achievement on Steam, but youll be able to see if you got it in victory screens
- Icons for the new achievements are still in the works, so worry ye not if you spot them defaulting to an older one!
Reworked Difficulty Settings! More resolution in lower difficulty settings with more linear gradation between them
- Easy, Medium, Hard, Extreme & Impossible are the new difficulties, with new Easy a little easier than the old, & Extreme being where old Hard was. Impossible is the new name for what used to be Insane

Other Additions & Changes

Mission Rewards

Mission rewards increased significantly:
- Formicarium rewards for a repeated play of a mission have been increased (increased by 67%), for a defeat have been increased & the rewards provided at higher difficulties are higher.
- Easy, Medium & Hard - although these difficulties are easier than before they provide the same rewards they used to
- Extreme - although this is as hard as Hard used to be, it will provide the same rewards that Insane used to
- Impossible - although this is as hard as Insane used to be, it will provide more rewards than Insane used to

Creature Changes

Pine woods tree frog now climbable
Uber hermit crab is now climbable
Uber red velvet ant is now climbable
Young velvet worm is no longer climbable
Improvements to climbing points on hermit crabs
Small harvestmen now become food on death
Jumping spiders now become food on death
Ladybirds now become food on death
Young praying mantis can now only be harvested by 1 ant
New beach creatures now spawnable in Battle Arena

Custom Game Changes

Creature resource quantity slider added to freeplay options
- Allows players to make creatures in their freeplay game drop more or less food if they like
Restart button added to custom game defeat screen
When spawning attack waves, freeplay director will now choose larger creatures to spawn if none can be found in the smaller creature options
AI harvesting process now considers the average of total & ants alive when deciding where to harvest & not just enemy ants alive
Freeplay now starts with a default save name

Graphical Changes

Default FPS is now set to 60
Updated beach loading screen to use new assets
Arcade button graphics updated
Improvements to the living sea urchin decorative asset
Seaweed models updated in 2.1 & 2.2
New hat for the sand bear wolf spider

Other Changes

New early game objectives added to 3.1 The Harvest, the same as in The Crucible
- The idea here is that the early objectives act as a mini tutorial, so the player has a good-sized leaf & refuse chamber before encountering the enemy colony. Shouldnt interrupt established gameplay otherwise
New narrator dialogue added regarding leafcutter refuse storage
Formicarium Challenges now have names instead of numbers
Visual pulsing effect when the queen is at low health & has recently taken damage to more urgently telegraph that the queen is in imminent danger
- Can be disabled in Advanced Options
Minor Improvements can no longer be applied mid-mission
Creatures no longer heal in the formicarium after purchasing an ability
Adventure: leafcutter supermajor can no longer climb creatures or carry food
Extremis: food from killed creatures increased
The Culling: tripled food from spawned creatures
The Other Foot:
- More time given on Impossible (previously Insane) difficulty
- Food drops from spawning creatures build up & spawn with the next drop
Both spider levels:
- Added sound effects to spider abilities
- Increased healing from Devour by 17%
- Increased max health gained be Bite level
Hungry Spider only:
- Reduced uber wolf spiders attack damage (down from 410 to 150)
- Added some queen corpses with 60 food each near the uber wolf spider
Many new & updated localisations

Fixes

Enemy colony health bars are now properly hidden in fog of war
Adventure-specific UI elements no longer overlap the huge whip spider health bar
UI elements no longer visible when photo mode is on during a victory animation
Fixed depth of field in tutorial level victory camera
Fixed depth of field in Hungry Spider victory & defeat cameras
Formicarium Challenge 4 (The Final Experiment) victory camera positioning fixed
Fixed some old beach style level tunnel exit to use the old one
Fixed some issues that would cause the wrong loading screen to show in some situations in a custom game
Fixed some huge creatures & hybrids appearing to resurrect after a formicarium reload
Fixed long creatures adorably chasing their own tails (sorry!)
Fixed a crash when colony 2 was empty in a custom game
Hermit crab shells & spider hats no longer receive decals

[ 2023-11-16 18:45:41 CET ] [ Original post ]

Empires of the Undergrowth

Slug Disco Studios Developer

Slug Disco Studios Publisher

2017-12-01 Release

Strategy Simulation Singleplayer EA Tags

GameBillet: 15.00 €

Game News Posts: 212

🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse

Very Positive (13017 reviews)

http://www.eotugame.com

Steam Store

The Game includes VR Support

Public Linux Depots:

Empires of the Undergrowth Depot Linux [2.13 G]

"Your queen has set up home beneath a rotting log. She is fat, and vulnerable. Her first brood will need to move quickly if the colony is to survive. Their priority now is to find food, and there is plenty around; but there are other hungry creatures in the undergrowth. The workers will need to be vigilant."

Empires of the Undergrowth is an ant colony management game, in a fast-paced real-time strategy style. The player excavates their nest underground, constructing tunnels and chambers to store food and raise brood. On the surface, the ants claim territory, gather resources, overwhelm fearsome arachnids and clash with other colonies. Nest design, army size, composition and attack timing are key to securing victory.

Carve out and construct your underground nest to suit your strategy
Engage in fast-paced colony versus colony combat above ground
Play as different ant species and explore their unique traits and weaknesses
Encounter and overpower dangerous beetles, arachnids and other awesome arthropods
Grow your pet formicarium over time by completing missions

MINIMAL SETUPOS: Any reasonable new Linux distro (Ubuntu 16.04)
Processor: Intel Core i3-4340 / AMD FX-6300Memory: 4 GB RAM
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: nVidia GeForce GTX 660 2GB / AMD Radeon HD 7850 2GB
Storage: 2 GB available space

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