Hi friends, hope youre doing well! Its already the beginning of a new month, and you know the drill: its time for a new recap! [hr][/hr]

Celebrating Black History Month

APICO took part in Humble's Exceptional Indie Allies Bundle, along with 6 other amazing games, to celebrate Black History Month and raise money for NPower. Big thanks to everyone who supported the cause - so far youve helped raise over $25,000! (Also if youre quick you can still grab the bundle today!) [hr][/hr]

LVE JAM 2024

Ell took a little week break from finishing APICOs Honeycore Update to join this years LVE game jam with their submission, Synthesis! In Ells own words; [quote=ellraiser]this year the theme was interface so you know I had to! I wanted to make a bit of an abstract puzzle game where the player isn't taught any controls and has to learn through trial and error, and I'm happy with how it all ended up! It was also my first time making music for a game so... enjoy that lol[/quote]
You can try out the jam game over on itch.io here! [hr][/hr]

Whitethorn Winter

Whitethorn Games, APICOs publisher, held a celebration of gaming across all the games in their catalogue through a showcase and Steam event (you can catch the vod here) While we didnt have anything to show, there was some nice sneak peaks at our sibling games, like Magical Delicacy and Botany Manor! [hr][/hr]

Final Countdown

Its been a bit of a slow year so far, with not much to share while Ell plugs away at finishing the final update, however we have got some lovely things planned for the 4.0 launch to look forward to, so be sure to keep an eye out. Well also havs the Steam Spring Sale coming very soon (March 14th!) with the deepest discount to-date for APICO and the soundtracks, so a perfect time to pick up APICO and catch up with everything before the last update [hr][/hr] Aaand that was February at TNgineers! As always, thank you so much for your support <3 Take care! Manon, Ell and Jamie

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APICO is an upcoming casual-sim game about breeding and collecting bees!
Set in a series of lush environments, it uniquely combines farm building, resource gathering and production, and beekeeping minigames.

Key Features

• Live out your wildest beekeeping fantasies – sting free!
  
• 100s of bees to discover!! Alright, alright, maybe not 100s but there's a lot okay?
  
• Unique crafting minigames that drive gameplay progression
  
• Multiple distinct biomes with their own unique flora, fauna and bee species
  
• Family-friendly and stress-free gameplay. Settle in, get comfy, its time to Bee Happy(™)

Heart & Honey
Encounter natural bees scattered throughout the world. Begin your beekeeping journey and show them who the real Queen Bee is.


Make & Manufacture
Collect raw materials and craft resources, tools and machines to aid you. Humble hand-crafted beginnings will make way for clockwork and steam-powered tools!


Products & Profits
Take your bee-gotten gains and forge them anew. Use, trade or sell them for construction materials, technological marvels and sweet, sweet hats


Bolster & Breed
Cross-breed your bees for perfect stats, or earn unique loot by creating new species such as realistic elemental bees - endorsed by an Actual Scientist!


Create & Construct
This is your home in a welcoming land. Build and create the picturesque Apiary of your dreams, or create a deforested industrial nightmare, barely clinging to life. Efficiency... but at what cost?!


Experience & Explore
Adventure through your own randomly generated world, reveal hidden mysteries, and unlock distinct biomes with their own characteristic flora, fauna and bees.


About Us
APICO is being created by two brothers, Elliott & Jamie, inspired by their love of old Minecraft mods, casual, and crafting games. They wanted to make something relaxing, intriguing, and semi-educational (just don't think about the Water Bees). Elliott builds nice things and Jamie makes sure he breaks them.


Save The Bees
Bees are integral to our gameplay, as they are to our real-world ecosystem. We want to promote bee conservation and will be donating a portion of sales towards national and international beekeeping charities.


Follow Our Progress
You can follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/apico_game), or join our Discord (http://apico.buzz/discord).
We post regular updates of our development progress on both channels as well as important announcements, stupid GIFs, cute pics of bees - what more could you want?