Nature And Life - Drunk On Nectar News

Several improvements including rebalancing of predator interaction, visual and gameplay bugfixes and more come with this update. Watch the videos below for more!


Celebrating the release of Grasshopper Lifecycle, join DoN's Developer Venugopalan Sreedharan in an action-packed 4 part video walkthrough below!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2gc9Oun0e0


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_ZHh6Oj01g


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The Ladybug's lifecycle is planned to be taken up next. Further improvements to the Grasshopper are also being made along with a general round of bugfixing and other improvements for the larger game.

Hope you enjoy this update :)

With ❤,
Venugopalan Sreedharan
Developer of Drunk On Nectar

As DoN's first major update focusing on prey life, the Grasshopper Lifecycle includes Mating & Reproduction, Multiple Generations and plenty of exciting Prey-Predator action!




Check out this update and provide your feedback either in the comments below or on the forums! You can also use the in-game feedback form to quickly send feedback at any time by simply pressing the tilde (~) key.

Upcoming updates such as Ladybug lifecycle are expected to follow a very similar format, so your feedback is very important in shaping the course of upcoming content.

If you run into any issues or technical problems while playing this update please do make it known and it will be looked into promptly,

Thanks for playing "Life As Prey"!

The rewards of survival are worth it! Two Grasshoppers mating after surviving a storied adventure of Six Instars!

With ❤,
Venugopalan Sreedharan
(Developer of Drunk On Nectar)

Living as a swarm!


Experience the Grasshopper's complete lifecycle in Drunk On Nectar's next update!

As the first "Prey Lifecycle" in the game, you will be donning the role of a tiny first instar Grasshopper freshly emerged from its egg!

Life begins rather placidly, but prepare to be hounded by predators (who're also tiny like you!) looking to grow and sustain their own lifecycles, albeit by feeding on you!


Get ready to explore the dynamics between your Grasshopper swarm and a growing family of Jumping Spiders who're also growing and moulting along with you, as you and your humble swarm look to survive the onslaught while growing bigger onto adulthood.

Defend yourself with mighty kicks from your spiked hindlegs! As you grow bigger and eventually, as an adult, soar into the skies...where the freedom of flight and mating opportunities is indeed your ultimate prize!

Watch out, my little predator friend!

Nested size dynamics - So many possibilities! :)


The Grasshopper Lifecycles update marks the beginning of the effort to wrap up lifecycles for the entire roster so that the game can move on to new content and explore things like new biomes, etc.

For those wondering why things were quiet of late, I was preoccupied with work outside game dev that needed ongoing attention and am now transitioning back with the Grasshopper update :)

Let's trumpet this exciting Grasshopper Lifecycles announcement with some more teaser pics!

Exploring for food

Landscape POV

Safe under a leaf (hopefully!)

A walk in the glades

With ❤,
Venugopalan Sreedharan
(Developer of Drunk On Nectar)

PS: Thanks to the game's earnest players and ardent fans for all your feedback mail and messages. Your patronage is very deeply appreciated! :)

Experience the joy of Mating as Butterflies!

Featuring unique Butterfly "Mating Rituals", Female "Egg Laying", Male "Challenge Levels" and more, be sure to play as both genders when you try out this Act 3 update!


Multiple generations can now be experienced, ad infinitum!

Watch population levels explode across generations as you and your butterfly companions lay large clutches of eggs, each generation :)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uX-rCVV9oMc

The Ovipositor: Lay Eggs with millimeter precision. Total Control!

Flirt, Race and Conquer the skies!

Start your game as a female butterfly, Mate, Lay eggs, but then continue into the next generation as a male butterfly! Or you may do the opposite...

Either way, be sure to play both genders because male and female have drastically different gameplay. Male butterflies feature 5 mating challenge levels for you to master.

Can you complete the "Butterfly King" challenge? :)


Whether you're in it for the blazing high-speed mating races or to learn about "Spermatophore transfer" or to simply relax, this update has it all!

It is also well worth covering if you have a youtube channel as arguably nothing like will have been seen by your audience before :)

Mating Monarch Butterflies

Caterpillars now spawn on the underside of leaves... Enjoy the view! :)

Anatomy Mode is expected to add both gameplay and educational value!

Butterfly Ecstasy


Ultimately, this is a pure joy and happiness update. Donning the role of butterflies and experiencing their mating is a very happy and uplifting experience. Your mind needs beautiful and positive images of nature just as surely as your body needs nutritious food! I hope that this update will provide players young and old alike, with something soothing for your eyes :)

This particular update carries a certain depth and value beyond its visual and gameplay components, so players are highly encouraged to stay among the butterflies, for as long as you like!

Multiplayer would be an ideal addition to this update too, so hopefully that can be prioritized for development at a later point in time.


Apart from the comments below and the forums, you can also use the in-game feedback dashboard or even write to the official support mail.

Should technical annoyances like bugs, camera, controls, etc get in the way of your enjoyment, please do let me know! I certainly do not want your experience of this update to be diluted by any of those factors.


The game's next milestone will be revealed after your experiences and feedback for this update have been studied, enjoyed and processed!

There's a lot of territory to be covered in 2019 though, I'll say that much! :D

With ❤,
Venugopalan Sreedharan
(Developer of Drunk On Nectar) Steam Dev Profile

Drunk On Nectar wishes all of you a wonderful 2019!

With happiness, joy, beauty, prosperity and radiant vigor, may your love for Nature (and nature games!) provide you with immense fun, good health and the nectar of joyous life.

Onward we march! :D

Early January is the expected release date for Act 3 - Mating & Reproduction.

Dev for Mating & Egg laying is already complete (with an exciting "Free-form Ovipositor" precise egg laying mechanic added for your amusement :)).

Free Form Oviposition - Place your eggs with millimeter accurate control!

What is being worked on now is Multi generational gameplay (bridge point into Act 4) so that "circle of life" long envisioned by the game is finally complete with the Monarch Butterfly becoming the first species to achieve this milestone.


Here's the recent Dev preview again for those who missed it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfA0iPKljdM


Content updates will be the #1 focus of 2019 for Drunk On Nectar.

Shifting gears, the game will now focus on adding more species, new maps, landscapes, biomes along with a major focus on plant life too.

The Monarch Butterfly's Migration has been rescheduled into "Act 4 - A Tale Of Generations"; Act 4 is an experimental topic but has long been envisioned as the game's foundation for player progression with skills, traits, skins, and evolutionary pathways offering enormous replay value to players and their favorite species.


Big thanks to everyone who has supported and believed in Drunk On Nectar!

I'm pleased to announce that the player base is rapidly growing and as the game adds more content in 2019 (including the proposed multiplayer update) I'm confident that a rapid expansion of the game's player base is now truly imminent!

Thanks again for all your wonderful feedback, your kind wishes for the game and your indefatigable energy in supporting the game's unique foray into the natural world in a medium that has largely ignored it.... until now, that is! :)

A massive number of content updates are headed your way in 2019, I'm enormously excited for them and hope that you too will be excited to play them, hopefully very soon! :)



With ❤,
Venugopalan Sreedharan
(Developer of Drunk On Nectar)

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