Mudborne News

Hey friends!

August came and went, my first month technically doing gamedev full-time! Both exciting and terrifying :'D

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Unless you’ve been living in a pineapple under the sea, you’ve probably seen that the APICO 3.0 update, aka, What Lies Beeneath has been announced as coming soon! Bee sure to check out the new trailer!

If you’re a content creator or streamer interested in trying out the new content you can also fill in our creator preview form.

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Pleased to say that the lovely Manon (also known as MibyleDraws) will be joining us as our PR & CM!

If you've been enjoying anything posted on socials this last month (like all the new cute tiktoks), then you have Manon to thank for it!

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G.Round is a playtesting platform where you can get your hands on a bunch of different indie games and feedback directly to the developers!

Currently you can playtest both Mudborne and Rift Breach, and give us feedback as well as chat with other players in the G.Round discord!

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Now that we’ve got 4 different games being juggled about, it’s impossible to manage 6 different accounts on each platform (we know, we’ve tried)

We’ve now combined all games into a single TNgineers account on each platform, so be sure to follow to not miss anything! (Tiktok, Twitter, Instagram, Steam)

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

Love,
Ell & Jamie & Manon

Hey friends!

Another month flies by, it feels like I was only just writing the June recap! Here's whats been going on.

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The lovely people at Wholesome Games have organised a Steam Sale that’s host to all sorts of cosy games, with some sweet discounts on offer!

As part of the sale, APICO will be 40% off until 7th August, with both OSTs 50% off as well.

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For the redditors among you, you might have heard of a little thing called /r/place - a community canvas where everyone can get involved.

Thanks to the help of the community, we were able to get APICO immortalised in a small section with a bunch of other indies you might know!

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We were lucky enough to have APICO selected for the Itch.io Summer Selects Bundle, a special bundle containing APICO and 5 other cool indies!

Thanks to everyone who bought the bundle and supported us, we hope you enjoy all your new sweet games
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For our console friends, 2.2.3 is now live on Xbox / Playstation. This was a small update but contained some important fixes and means the consoles are now in-line with PC!

Unfortunately Nintendo wasn’t as kind with approval and still won’t let the patch through, however you’re not missing out on anything major!

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

Love,
Ell & Jamie

Hey friends!

We're now halfway through the year, which is a scary thought given all the things I still want to get done in 2023... better get to it!

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So after a very long time, APICO has finally released on Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S.

This is the latest version of the game, and includes all the beeautiful butterfly content! We hope all the new beekeepers enjoy their stay at Port APICO
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Rift Breach got a bunch of new updates, and the demo was re-released for Steam’s Nextfest, which you can still try out!

Unfortunately it didn’t really gather any response or interest, so it’ll be going into cold storage for a bit while we work on the other games.

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Mudborne got nominated for the “Rising Star” award in the 2023 UK Indie Cup!

We didn’t win in the end, but the fact that a little 1 week froggy demo managed to get a nomination is still amazing to see!

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Feed The Beasts is now Snacktorio! We had to change the name for legal reasons and we asked the Factorio team as a joke, but they said yes.

It’s weird having to call it something different after 3 years but here we are - you can find us in all the same places just a different name and logo.

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

Love,
Ell & Jamie

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