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Experience the Monarch Butterfly’s Lifecycle in DoN the Nature Game!

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Celebrations reign! Trumpets blare! It has been done!

The Monarch Butterfly’s lifecycle has now been successfully depicted in DoN making it perhaps the first game ever to depict an animal’s lifecycle in full 3D, at full scale, from birth as a tiny egg to larva, to pupa and to adult, no compromises!

Check out the very special Monarch Metamorphosis Trailer below!

Download the latest patch on Steam and experience the Monarch’s lifecycle for yourself!

Please spread the word about DoN by sharing this video on social media; subreddits, your favorite forums, anywhere! DoN’s dazzling Monarchs and their great sport deserves to be seen by a much larger audience, so let us make that happen!

DoN’s number one priority now is to promote the Monarch Metamorphosis update; to that end, a sustained marketing campaign will be executed over several weeks to help the twin-winged butterflies of Drunk On Nectar encircle the entire globe with their mighty wings!

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A million Monarchs dance,

Clad in bright orange robes.

Beating millions of mighty wings,

They shall encircle all the Worlds!

Beauty, Born, from a mighty Spring,

Beauty, Joy, Forever, brings,

Spiralling In, Spiralling out, Reaching wide and far,

Reaching every corner, Of every globe and Star!

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May the Monarchs usher new life into Drunk On Nectar’s Worlds!

 

 

Monarch Caterpillars Released!

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The latest species to arrive in DoN’s World is the lovely Monarch!

Start life as a tiny 1mm sized caterpillar wriggling out of an egg and grow, moult and metamorphose your way into an adult butterfly! Of course, the adult butterfly metamorphosis is only coming next week but you can go all the way up to being a mighty fifth-instar caterpillar for now 🙂

 

For those who haven’t purchased the game on Steam yet, here’s a gameplay overview.
Do consider buying the game to support DoN’s ongoing development!

 

 

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DoN’s Steam Early-Access Journey:

It’s been a while since the last post; as you can imagine, building Drunk On Nectar full-time while managing its Steam presence has left little time for the blog posts and dev diaries of yore.

However, a number of articles, announcements and updates have been periodically released on Steam, IndieDb and Youtube so if you’re curious to know how the journey has been so far, here’s a list of fun articles for you to read 🙂

 

Steam Announcements:

16th Novemeber 2016 – Drunk On Nectar’s Journey Begins!

19th November 2016 – Drunk On Nectar v1.1 patch released! Dragonfly Hunting made easier and more!

23rd November 2016 – Multiple camera systems, reworked controls and more in Build v.1.2.0!

29th November 2016 – Free Exploration mode, Butterfly Paradise preset and more in Build v1.2.1

6th December 2016 – Build v1.2.2, Random map generator improvements, bugfixes

12th December 2016 – Monarch caterpillars, Metamorphosis and Multiplayer coming soon!

4th January 2017 – DoN welcomes 2017 with Build v1.2.3!

13th January 2017 – Caterpillar Dev News

and ~~~*drumroll*~~~

26th January 2017 –Monarch Caterpillars RELEASED!

 

IndieDB Articles: 

Here’s the full list: http://www.indiedb.com/games/drunk-on-nectar/articles

 

Youtube Videos:

A staggering fourteen videos have been published since DoN released on Steam! Some are tutorials, others are overviews and previews, take a look for yourself on DoN’s youtube channel!

Drunk On Nectar releasing on Steam Q4 – 2016

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Drunk On Nectar was Greenlit on Steam last month and with this huge milestone realized, release plans are now in full swing!

After careful consideration I’ve decided to postpone release to Q4 – 2016. This provides sufficient room for polishing the current product to meet the expectations of DoN’s enthusiastic supporters on Steam, while also providing the opportunity to add new content to the game. It will be an Early Access release, the enormous scope that a full-fledged nature game represents necessitates that.

Finally, this IndieDB article I’ve written goes into much greater detail about all of this (along with a ton of new pics!) so be sure to check that out while you’re here!

Jumping Spider on a carpet of moss

Drunk On Nectar is on Steam Greenlight!

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At long last, DoN is on Steam Greenlight! I’m really excited about what this means for the game and the opportunity to present it in front of so many Steam users and to obtain their valuable feedback.
Please visit the link below and vote “Yes” for Drunk On Nectar 🙂

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=708992754

 

My heartfelt thanks to everyone for your support so far. I hope the game does well in the days to come!

– Venugopalan Sreedharan

 

PS: Here are three new gameplay videos made for Drunk On Nectar’s Greenlight campaign and a new 2016 trailer!

 

 

 

 

 

DoN – Your ultimate Nature Sandbox is almost there!

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Beauty Dragonfly Slider

It’s been a while since I last posted but rest assured, the only reason for that is how deeply entrenched I’ve been in taking DoN along towards completion.

And on that front, I have great news to share! DoN’s first playable build is almost ready for gamers to dive into and with that, Steam Greenlight submission is now imminent.

I’ve gone into more detail on all of this in this new article I wrote on IndieDB so be sure to check that out, there’s a bunch of new screenshots I’ve posted in there as well.

That’s it for now, I hope to see you play the game on Steam some day soon 🙂