Hello everyone,\n\nThe 2025 Steam Awards have begun! Nominations are open, and were hoping youll support Empires of the Undergrowth by nominating it in the Labor of Love category. \n\nIf youve been keeping up with our development updates, you know that weve released four updates in the last year, including two major updates and two smaller updates.\n\nAt the very end of last year, we brought out the Remix update - an entirely new way to play Empires of the Undergrowth by mixing and matching almost any colony creature in the game, in almost any level in the game. \n\nThe possibilities are practically endless, and the community had a lot of fun doing things like trapjaw ants alongside big-headed ant supersoldiers and termite majors, in one biology-bending colony. \n\nhttps://store.steampowered.com/news/app/463530/view/547847869991747854\nEarlier this year came our 1.1 Update , which remastered a whole bunch of graphical assets and brought them kicking and screaming in to 2025. The rainforest biome got a complete makeover, as did all the leafcutter ants, several creatures, and animations. Were not done with that either; plenty more of those are on the way.\n\nhttps://store.steampowered.com/news/app/463530/view/547856285733748802\nAlongside 1.1 was the Exploding Ants DLC , which added not only exploding ants (Colobopsis explodens) but exploding termites (Neocapritermes taracua) as well. These species added extra heat to the formicarium and Remix modes, and each one came with its own twist on a rainforest level (The Harvest: Firebreak for the ants, and Front Line: No Ants Land for the termites). \n\n\n(Side note: those species werent invented for the game - they really exist! Granted, the explosions may be exaggerated compared to real life, but still - theyre real critters!)\n\n

And More To Come

\nWere far from done with our work on Empires of the Undergrowth! You can see our current roadmap here: \n\n\nOngoing development for Empires of the Undergrowth has been a labor of love for us, and were always excited to see what our players think of each update. \n\nMost importantly, we want to thank you all for your support throughout the last year of Empires of the Undergrowths development. Its been an honor to watch this community grow, and to incorporate your feedback into creating the best game possible.\n\nIf you want to show Empires of the Undergrowth some extra love during the Steam Awards, please click the Nominate button thats part of this post and nominate us for the 2025 Labor of Love award. \n\nThank you again for supporting Empires of the Undergrowth!\n\n The Slug Disco Team\n

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