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Optional Beta- Custom Game Stats & AI Changes, Campaign Balance, Lots More!

This optional beta is testing some fairly large changes to custom games, particularly AI colonies - as well as experimenting with more bold changes to ant stats specifically in that game mode. These changes are being tested in some extra levels, too, where we feel its appropriate. For the first time we are separating stats between the story and custom games, to allow for better balancing (they have slightly different needs) and some more experimentation outside of the more rigid structure of the story. Most stats are staying the same for now, but there are some notable changes. PLEASE NOTE: Were taking some broad strokes with experimental changes to ant stats and abilities in custom games! As such they might seem a bit extreme, which is why wed like to hear your feedback in the optional beta. Well be refining as we go on! Please post your feedback in the Steam community forum or on our Discord. You'll notice a new tab on the main menu titled DLC - there is nothing there for now, but in the future this is where DLCs like the Myrmecia ereptor Kickstarter reward skin will live. The version of Unreal Engine 4 the game runs on has been updated - please keep an eye our for any weirdness. There are also several balance changes, particularly to the newer story levels (5.x). Weve be very keen to hear your thoughts on those, too. The optional beta is only available on Windows 64 bit systems, and only on Steam. As well as the featured changes there are a large number of fixes and other balances. Recent changes to in-game text are currently lacking localisation and will display in English.

Code: balanceandchanges

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

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]

Patch Notes

Changes - Custom Games ONLY

Black ant soldier hatch cost reduced to 3 (down from 5)
Black ant soldiers take no more than 40 damage from a single attack
Big-headed ant major soldiers have a new ability - adrenaline. This reduces damage taken by 60%, 20% increased movement speed and 80% increased attack speed for 40s (10m cooldown)
Big-headed ant major cost increased to 35 (up from 25) and egg hatch cost increased to 4 (up from 2)
Leafcutter media harvest quantities increased to 20 / 24 / 30 (up from 17 / 19 / 22)
Leafcutter media health reduced to 80 / 95 / 110 (down from 100 / 115 / 130)
Leafcutter media damage reduced to 4 / 5 / 6 (down from 4.5 / 6 / 7)
Leafcutter media build cost reduced to 65 (down from 80)
Leafcutter colonies will start with 200 fungus (up from 100)
Termites lignocellulose landmarks will now spawn a new node every 3m and will not despawn when empty
Large giant African mantis and large hermit crab will no longer invade nests
Earwig nymph should no longer invade nests
Earwig juvenile, earwig and alligatorback scorpion juvenile added as possible cavern creatures in custom games
AI colony queen workers are only sent out for the first 10m and return faster for smaller amounts of food. If harvesters are dead queen workers can go out again
Timid AI colonies are less likely to invade and will harass less frequently
Reduced AI colony food dropoff build priority (except for leafcutters and termites)
AI wood ant colonies make more melee tiles
AI ereptor colonies likely to make more balanced build choices, not always favouring larger ants
AI colonies receive damage reduction to patrols (differs based on cheat settings). This tapers off over time
AI little black ant, black ant and fire ant colonies will make more soldiers than they used to (unless they are docile)

Changes - Story & General

5.1 nighttime invasion changes:
- On easy and normal, the sun spiders stun duration has been reduced to 2.5s (down from 5s) and damage reduced to 5 (down from 8)
- On easy and normal, the sun spiders confuse duration has been reduced to 2s (down from 4s) and damage reduced to 4 (down from 7)
- On easy and normal, the giant African centipedes venom pool damage per tick reduced to 4 (down from 8) and initial target damage reduced to 200 (down from 400)
- On easy and normal, the giant African centipedes body slam area of effect reduced to 200 (down from 300), damage reduced to 30 (down from 40)
- On easy to extreme, the emperor scorpions attack damage reduced to 20 / 20 / 35 / 40 / 45 (down from 45 on all difficulties)
- On easy and normal, the emperor scorpions stun has been reduced to 1s (down from 2) and confuse reduced to 2.5s (down from 5)
In 5.2, extra soldier tiles reduced on easier difficulties to 5 / 3 / 1 / 0 / 0 (down from 7 / 4 / 1 / 0 / 0)
In 5.2, casualties required for victory increased on easier difficulties to 120 / 135 / 150 / 150 / 150 (up from 100 / 125 / 150 / 150 / 150)
In 5.3 challenge mode, the emperor scorpion now maintains its health between days but heals 10% life each day
In 4.1 New Game Plus, enemy colonies now receive more food storage at the start of the game and more workers (based on how high NGP is set). The little black ant colony also gets more starting resources
Matabele anaesthetist revival time reduced to 7s (down from 10s)
Increased range of fire ants Last Laugh ability to 300 (up from 200)
Mounted creatures are thrown off when a large creature starts to move through a nest exit
Changed final objective in 1.2 Subjugation to say raid instead of wave

Other Changes

Achievements can now be completed on New Game Plus!
Hovering over achievement in the achievements menu will show the highest difficulty it was achieved on
The Nian Beast and Festive Spider levels can now be accessed at the appropriate times of year
Festive Spider now uses the same music as Hibernation
Festive Spider now uses the updated rotten log textures (WIP - will look overly contrasty for now)
It will now snow in the Festive Spider level!
Extra levels The Culling, The Culling 2, Tug Of War (1, 2 and 3) and Cramped will now use custom game stats rather than story stats
Environmental textures will now be more detailed (WIP - some levels may look dark due to the deeper recessing the extra ambient occlusion pass is causing, please report if you see this, particularly in extra levels and custom game maps)
Tile hover window now displays a message when tiles have been locked out
Graphical updates to Tug of War 3
Game engine updated to Unreal Engine 4.27 - please keep an eye out for any weirdness here
DLC menu added to the main menu in preparation for future content such as the Kickstarter reward (Myrmecia ereptor worker skin)

Fixes & Optimisations

Fixed a bug where AI was sometimes unaware of underground invaders in freeplay
Bullet ant attack damage increases from minor improvements should now work against targets that are not executed by their attack
Fixed an issue that could cause Matabele ant medics to get stuck at the queen (happened a lot in Tug of War 3)
Fixed an issue in The Culling 2 where floating seeds were not falling in a small section of the map
Fixed an issue that could cause resources to not count towards score in some levels
Fixed an issue with Imprisoned where termites sometimes could not path to where the water would be
Narrator in custom games should talk about termites more when they are fighting, rather than calling them ants
Assassin bugs will now despawn after 10s like other creatures in 5.1 and 5.2
Tug of War 3 name now in keeping with the other ToW levels
Final objective in 1.2 Subjugation now marks as finished on victory
Fixed an issue where two voice lines were showing as the wrong scientist
Fixes for UI scaling
Minor optimisations to large creatures and queens
Memory use reduction (more things should only load into memory as needed)

Known Issues

Some extra levels will appear dark or overly contrasty due to rendering changes - please report them if you see them

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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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