APICO News

Hey Beekeepers!

To get you ready for the final content update for APICO, FletchMakes will be streaming the new content along with me, Ell!

Tune in here on Steam on Friday 26th April at 5PM BST to see a sneak peak of the new gameplay as well as ask me things about the new content or the game in general

Hope to see ya there ~ Ell

Hey Beekeepers!

Exciting news today, I can reveal that the 3rd and final free content update for APICO, "Hive Of Industry", will be dropping on PC+Switch on May 20th, aka International Bee Day, aka APICO's birthday!

This update will bring new honeycore mechanics, automation machines, cute pets, seasonal events, a butt-load of decoration, new music, more bees, more butts, and a whole lot of QoL bits and bobs you've all been after - check out the trailer below for a preview:

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If you still want to know more, you can check out the patch notes for the upcoming content early over on the wiki!. It's a big one (and thats without all the bug fixes!) but should make for a wonderful farewell for us all.

Keep an eye out over the next few weeks for a few events, including a livestream / AMA type thing, plus the new soundtrack in all it's glory
~ Ell

Hi friends, hope you’re doing well!

It’s already the beginning of a new month, and you know the drill: it’s time for a new recap!

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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 you’ve helped raise over $25,000! (Also if you’re quick you can still grab the bundle today!)

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Ell took a little week break from finishing APICO’s Honeycore Update to join this year’s LÖVE game jam with their submission, “Synthesis”! In Ell’s own words;

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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

You can try out the jam game over on itch.io here!

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Whitethorn Games, APICO’s 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 didn’t have anything to show, there was some nice sneak peaks at our sibling games, like Magical Delicacy and Botany Manor!

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It’s 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.

We’ll 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

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Aaand that was February at TNgineers! As always, thank you so much for your support
Take care!
Manon, Ell and Jamie

Hi friends!

A new year is upon us, and it’s been a bit of a manic start with Ell moving house but we’re back on track now!

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As you may have seen on our socials, pets are coming to APICO along with the final “Honeycore” update! To celebrate, we held a design-your-own-pet competition (which receieved over 200 submissions!), and narrowed down the cuties to just five finalists, which were put up to a vote by all of you.



Although the dino was the vote winner by a small margin, everyone found it super difficult to pick - and why should they have to? We’ve decided that all five designs will be winners, so you’ll be able to enjoy all of them as pets in the final update - congratulations to all the artists!
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Ells been working hard on the Honeycore Update, and you might have seen some bits and bobs on our socials and on Discord!



New cute decor and furniture, light automation, moving crates & beeboxes without emptying them… we've been very glad to see your reactions to all the new things we’ve planned for this last update and can’t wait to let you all get your hands on it!

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For those of you who use Amazon Prime Gaming, APICO is currently part of the free Prime games you can claim! You have until February 14th to claim it - once you do it’ll be added to your library indefinitely!

This is the same as the latest Steam / PC release, so you get all of the same nautical goodness.

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Coming very shortly after this recap, Whitethorn Games (APICO’s publisher!) will be having their Whitethorn Winter Showcase! This is a celebration of gaming magic across all the other sister games, so be sure to check it out to see what other new games are coming that might bee off interest to you.

There’s also a new Humble Bundle where you can get APICO along with some other fantastic games, all to help celebrate Black History Month and raise money for NPower, so if you’re still looking to pick up APICO as well as support a wonderful cause this is your chance!

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And that’s it for this first recap of 2024! Big thanks for your amazing support
Take care!
Manon, Ell and Jamie