Terra Nil News

Hey everyone!

It's been a crazy week since launch. Terra Nil has had a wonderful response, much larger than we could have ever dreamed of! We're thrilled so many of you have enjoyed our unusual environmental game and are grateful for your feedback. We didn't anticipate that the game would resonate so deeply with so many people and are overwhelmed by the response.

We wanted to share a little bit about the future of the game. We love Terra Nil, and it is extremely encouraging to see that many of you do as well. There's much more that we'd like to do with it, and we want to let you know that we intend to keep developing Terra Nil in the future.

But first, we need to take a break. We are a really small team, and Terra Nil's team is just one of 3 different teams currently working under the Free Lives umbrella (the other two teams are working on Anger Foot and Stick It to the Stickman respectively). We pushed very hard to get to this point, and if we are honest we probably slightly overreached our capacity by targeting a simultaneous PC/mobile launch. The feedback provided by this community will be invaluable going forward, and will help us to focus on the features and content that will improve and expand the game. But we first need to take a break to get over the exhaustion of launch.

We'll be making an effort to address bugs and performance issues as our first priority, then we can start thinking about new content updates.

Thank you all for your engagement, feedback, and ideas. We're really excited to see where the future takes us!

Take care and thanks for playing,
Free Lives

Terra Nil is a game about transforming barren lifeless landscapes into thriving, vibrant ecosystems. Turn dead soil into fertile grassland, clean polluted oceans, plant sprawling forests, and create the ideal habitat for animals to call home. Then recycle your buildings and leave no trace that you were ever there.

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From the very beginning of development, we've wanted Terra Nil to have a real-world impact. We will donate 8% of our profits from sales of Terra Nil on Steam to the Endangered Wildlife Trust in support of their efforts to preserve and restore ecosystems.

We felt that the Endangered Wildlife Trust were the perfect organization to contribute to because they work in a plethora of conservation disciplines in our home of South Africa. We are working with them to produce a short film that will show how Terra Nil connects to real-world ecological efforts.





In celebration of Terra Nil’s launch on March 28, Devolver Digital and Free Lives have partnered with environmentally conscious Twitch streamers to create a unique streamer forest at Tree Nation and help make the world a bit greener. Plant trees in participating streamers' chats using custom-made emotes and we’ll plant real trees in the world on their behalf as part of the Terra Nil Tree Warriors forest.

The streamer forest is at its budding stage right now and will grow over the course of the campaign as participating Terra Nil streams complete their community tree-planting goals. You can also contribute to the forest directly by making a personal donation.

Find more info and where to watch : HERE

[h2]Launching tomorrow![/h2]



The countdown has begun and we're all thrilled that you'll be able to play our game very soon. Terra Nil will be available tomorrow morning Pacific time.

[h2]Make a real world difference with your purchase[/h2]

With Terra Nil, we've always wanted to put the environment in the spotlight. So that this game has a real world impact, we will be donating 8% of our profits from Steam sales to the Endangered Wildlife Trust.

[h2]What the Facts[/h2]

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If you'd like to learn more about our game, our friends at Devolver have prepared a video that explains the basic info about Terra Nil.

[h2]Win a custom ecology-inspired PC[/h2]
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This Terra Nil PC is a visual representation of the values of the game, to reclaim something manmade with natural beauty. Join us on social media for a chance to win this unique ecology-inspired PC by Random Design.

VIsit https://www.terranil.com/PC to find out how to win this beautiful uniquely designed PC build.

[h2]Deluxe Edition Upgrade[/h2]
With Terra Nil launching tomorrow, this is your last chance to get a free upgrade to the Deluxe Edition which includes a copy of the game on Steam, the original soundtrack by Meydän and a beautifully illustrated Digital Artbook.

Sometimes you just want to relax with a game by yourself. Low pressure, soothing sounds, just enough challenge to keep you engaged but not frustrated. Environmentalist strategy puzzler Terra Nil fits the bill, and puts a refreshing low-key spin on the city builder genre, making it all the more surprising that it comes from Free Lives, developers of raucous meathead action games like Broforce, Gorn and… err… Genital Jousting...
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Terra Nil is a puzzle-citybuilder about reclaiming the environment. You replace pollution with lush life across a series of four randomly generated dioramas (plus four slightly more complicated challenge levels), covering the landscape in fynbos and forests, lichen and lagoons. When it all comes together and you can look over the fruits of your labour, birds chirping and piano melodically playing in the background, it’s beautiful. Getting to that point, though, is an often repetitive experience marred with frustration.

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