We took advantage of this fact to have the narrator record some extra voice lines for a new extra level. We can let you know that weve been working with the voice cast again recently, and its been great hearing new words from devious scientists and sombre narrators again. Expect some more firm news on this before the end of the year!
Our marketing team will be getting together soon to work on some promotional material, and a short while after this we will have a much better idea of when well be able to give you a date for the long-awaited update.
We are confident enough at this point to say that the update will come in early 2022, but exactly how early is yet to be finalised. What would appear to be an easy task ends up taking a long time, unexpected complications arise, and priorities change. Indeed these were our plans, and obviously shortly before Christmas would have been the ideal time for that but weve realised that we wont be able to hit that goal.Īs is always the case with game development and ambitious projects, pinning down how long things take is exceedingly tricky.
Those of you who have been following along on our social media and particularly our Discord will probably have gotten the impression over the last few months that we intended to get the fire ant update out before the end of the year. Trap jaw ants on the march from Kacper on our Discord Theres a final creature we want to show off, some finished animations and game mechanics for a creature revealed a while back, and some finished artwork for the swamp environment in which the 4th tier will be set, as well as the first of our carnivorous plants. Weve also got a very special extra level set to come out shortly before the holidays next month so plenty of details on that. Welcome to 2021s last newsletter! Well get straight to the point about where were at with the fire ant release plans after this introduction. It'd be a good idea to start with the Crippling Venom ability to slow enemies from afar.
Placing towers costs life, so you'll need to balance this single resource carefully.Ī little tip - the spider's abilities are also extremely useful for making sure enemies don't get away with your precious presents. Like the Hungry Spider level, it is incredibly difficult - very few players have defeated all of the waves and saved Christmas for their spiderlings.īuilding towers is vital - whether recruiting funnel web spiders to slow enemies and snatch them away, or wood ants to launch acid at them, you'll need to think about tower placement and longevity to be succesful.
Whilst you may be familiar with the upgrade system and control scheme from the Hungry Spider level, this game mode is more akin to a tower defense. Find it by clicking on the gift that has appeared on the main menu. The Festive Spider level is here once again for the season. However, envious eyes are looking over his haul - and he'll need to protect it! This time he's in a better mood, having just finished his Christmas shopping and gotten everything wrapped and ready for the little ones. Once again, the Hungry Spider has crawled out of his hole. Only accepting reviews of games played/recorded on Linux Submition needs to be reviewed before it it will show on the game's webpage!