Snacktorio News

Hey Engineers!

So today I had a lovely* conversation with the creator of the FTB modpack creator - turns out the idiom "Feed The Beast" was copyrighted by them in the UK in 2021 under "computer games".

We need your name to come up with something!
We've come up with some options here you can vote on - sorry they all suck ASS
Voting Form

Please add your suggestions to the thread below if you have some, we think we should do something short/punchy (like APICO, Mudborne)
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*it wasn't lovely lmao

Hey friends!

May has flown by, and it's an important anniversary month for both APICO and myself personally, marking the start of me making games 3 years ago. Here's whats been going on:

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May 20th was APICO’s birthday! We had lots of deals and sales to celebrate - don’t worry if you missed out though as we have an Itch.io one still to come!

The hive doubled in size in just a week, so thank you to all the newbees that have joined us - we hope you enjoy
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Voting has now ended for the “Design A Butterfly” competition, and the winner was @Hollibee’s “Sunset Butterfly”

Everyone had such a difficult time deciding, thank you for all the artists for their wonderful entries!

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So it’s been confirmed APICO will be coming to Xbox soon, stay tuned next month for some date announcements!

Xbox initial release will include the 2.0 butterfly update by default
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The groundwork for 3.0, aka ”What Lies Beeneath” has started, with a hefty devlog you can read over on Ko-Fi or Steam!

No dates to announce yet but we’re still aiming for Q3/Q4 this year
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So that’s a wrap on May, bee safe and we’ll see you next month!

Love,
Ell & Jamie

Hey friends!

April has been and gone, finally bringing some sunshine and bumblebees to the garden! Here's what we've been up to:

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In case you missed it, a release date for consoles for the 2.0 Butterfly Update has now been announced!

“I Can’t Beelieve It’s Not Butter(flies)” will be fluttering over to Nintendo Switch & Playstation on May 11th - save the date!

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The “Design A Butterfly” competition has now ended!

Thanks so much to everyone who took part. We’ll setup a post soon for voting to let you all decide your favourite that will be added into the 3.0 update!

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Mudborne has now already reached over 1000 wishlists!

Thanks so much to everyone who’s checked out the demo - we’ll absolutely be coming back to this one later in the year, and start planning a full game!
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We’re super happy to say that the Family Gaming DB gave APICO the family gaming award + recommendation for 2022

We’ve spent a lot of time making sure APICO is enjoyable for all ages, so it means a lot to be given this!

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So that’s a wrap on April, bee safe and we’ll see you next month!

Love,Ell & Jamie

Hey friends!

It's been a bit of a busy month, what with me deciding to create ANOTHER game (please help me I can't stop) - this time making Mudborne, a small APICO-like for #FletchFest, a 1 week creative jam hosted by FletchMakes!

However that was only a week or so of the whole month, so I had plenty of time to dig into FTBS, and got some nice chunky things out the way in the process!

Read the devlog over on Ko-Fi:
https://ko-fi.com/Post/Feed-The-Beasts--March-2023-Devlog-O5O2JXEV6

~ Ell

Hey friends!

March has flown by, and with it the weather has slowly turned from wet and rainy to... well still wet and rainy cos it's the UK baby!!!! Here's what's been going on…

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Another friend joins the gang! Ell took part in a week long game-jam, and the result was Mudborne, an APICO-like focused around frogs + mushrooms.

You can read more about the development of the game over the 7 days, or just try the demo out for yourself on itch.io or Steam!

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Speaking of friends joining the gang, we have a new TNgineer! Some of you might recognise StarVenus/Beenus from Discord or /r/APICO, we’re delighted to announce she’ll be joining us as a social + community manager!

It’s getting a bit hectic managing 3 (now 4) games, so reinforcements were needed, and have arrived!

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Feed The Beasts finally has a steam page, so you can get those wishlists in and follow us for updates on the progress of the game!

We’re slowly edging towards a demo release, and can’t wait to share it with you all!

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Some of you may remember our “Design A Bee” competition back before the butterfly update - well we’re doing another one, and this time it’s for designing your own butterfly!

The winning design will be added to the game, plus the designer will win a bunch of prizes too - check the announcement post for more info!

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So that’s a wrap on March, bee safe and we’ll see you next month!

Love,
Ell & Jamie (AND BEENUS)