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| Published | Kind | Announcement | Build |
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| Community | DLC Announcement: Tropical Fish Pack! 🐠 You might have seen some very blurry images over the last couple weeks on Steam or on our socials, with some of you getting the correct answer surprisingly quick. That's right, Ecosystem is getting a DLC - Tropical Fish Pack ! Coming on August 1 , this new DLC will feature 5 new creature heads , aiming to add more biodiversity to your ecosystems and more freedom to experiment and create new out… | — | |
| Community | A Curious Presence Looks like something else noticed our lively habitats, and is approaching to investigate a bit more. Will it be a cheerful presence, or a menace of the sea? I wonder what this might be? | — | |
| Community | Something's coming... Smelling blood from the brutal struggles for survival, a new danger is coming soon to the waters of Ecosystem. Hungry, and ready to hunt... Can you guess what it might be? | — | |
| Community | Ecosystem in Earth Appreciation Festival 🌎 Hey everyone! Ecosystem is taking part in the Earth Appreciation Festival from April 1 to April 8! It’s an event for games that share the same love for our planet Earth, to showcase nature at its finest and highlight the consequences if we fail to protect it. Join us in this event and check out all the amazing discounts and demos of the nature-themed/eco-dystopian titles, both released and upco… | — | |
| Community | 2024 Round-Up Greetings Evolutionaries! How’s everyone doing? We hope you all had an amazing Christmas! We’re at the end of 2024 now, and this has surely been a year to remember for Ecosystem, especially with our 1.0 full release. Let’s quickly recap what we have achieved during this wonderful year. Updates + FULL RELEASE On November 8, after 4 years of early access, Ecosystem finally moved into 1.0 full rel… | — | |
| Game update | Ecosystem 1.01 - Bugfixes PATCH NOTES Ecosystem 1.01 Improvements to the 'force bilateral symmetry' option in the evolutionary parameters panel: Fix: several bugs in mutation code that could result in a loss of symmetry even if 'forced symmetry' is enabled. Fix: limbs on the back or belly can be offset from the center, and twisted into asymmetrical positions. Fix: paired limbs on the end segment of the body can result i… | 16721484 | |
| Community | November Community Update! 🦀 Hi everyone! November has been such an incredible month! On November 8th, Ecosystem finally entered full release with the arrival of our crustaceans. We’d like to thank each and every one of you for your continued support – for playing our game, providing feedback and suggestions, or supporting us on our social media. Every bit of support means the world to us as a solo dev and a small publishi… | — | |
| Community | Nominate Ecosystem for Steam Awards 2024! Greetings everyone! Thank you so much to everyone who has played Ecosystem, whether you have been here since early access or just joined us recently. We are very delighted that Ecosystem’s 1.0 full release has been met with such positive response from the community. Now the Steam Awards 2024 is around the corner and we hope you could consider nominating us for this year’s Most Innovative Gamepl… | — | |
| Major update | Ecosystem 1.0 - The Crustacean Update is OUT NOW! The day has finally arrived! Crustaceans have come to your ecosystems, bringing the game version up to 1.0! It's been a long journey from our initial early access release back in March 2021! Since our initial early access launch we have had 12 major update alongside smaller bug fixing patches: · Information Update · Plant Progression Update · Aquarium Update · Steam Workshop Update · Terraformi… | — | |
| Community | October Community Update! 🦀 Hi everyone! We’re back for an October community update and, you might already know, we have some major news to share this month! Let’s jump right in! 1.0 Full Release Incoming! After 4 years in early access, Ecosystem is finally getting our 1.0 full release on November 8th ! Crustaceans will be crawling out of hiding to join this brutal struggle for survival. Alongside the seafloor dwellers we… | — | |
| Community | September Community Update! Greetings everyone! Ecosystem was in some wonderful events during the month so you can say our September was... eventful. *Cough* Bad puns aside, let us get right into today’s monthly update! One Special Day We got to participate in One Special Day 2024 , organised by Special Effect , to help level the playing field for physically disabled gamers. Gamers were getting more than just games in thi… | — | |
| Community | August Community Update Hey everyone! We're at the end of August and summer is almost over already? Where did all the time go? And it's time for another monthly update already! Back to School Celebrations When summer ends, school begins. To get everyone up to speed for their biology class, we are taking part in the Back to School Games Celebrations organised by Spirit City Lofi . The event is still ongoing at the time… | — | |
| Community | July Community Update 🦀 Hi everyone! The first half of 2024 really went by in a blink of an eye and July is already almost over. In this monthly round-up, we have some exciting news to share! New Models Yes, crustaceans are coming! You might have caught a glimpse of them on our Twitter or TikTok , and here’s another display of the crustacean head models from different angles. They will be part of our 1.0 release and d… | — | |
| Community | June Community Update June is ending and we are well into the summer heat. Here’s another monthly wrap-up for Ecosystem! Games for Waves 8th June is World Oceans Day, and to celebrate this occasion, we took part in the amazing Games for Waves 2024 to support the Whale and Dolphin Conservation . Other than a discount on our game during the event, part of our proceeds also went to help WDC’s work on protecting whales… | — | |
| Sale | We're taking part in Games for Waves 2024! Today (8th June) is World Oceans Day, which catalyzes collective action for a healthy ocean and a stable climate. That's why we're pleased to share that Ecosystem is taking part in Games for Waves , to help support Whale and Dolphin Conservation! Ecosystem will be offering a 20% discount until the end of the event, and we'll be contributing a portion of our proceeds during the event to the caus… | — | |
| Community | May Community Update Hey everyone! May is almost over and it’s time for another monthly update! We've got things scuttling about in the depths that we need to cover... Thank you for the support! First of all, a massive thanks to everyone for checking out Ecosystem and the Behavior Update. We really appreciate all your support to our indie project, whether you're new to the game or have been with us for some time. S… | — | |
| Community | April Monthly Wrap Up 🌊 Hey everyone! April was a big month for Ecosystem, so we thought we'd share a monthly round-up of everything we got up to in case you missed anything. The Big Behaviour Update After an extended open beta, the Behaviour Update launched for all players last month, and was jam-packed with new features for your ecosystem. From building nests, swimming in schools, and even singing , this update intr… | — | |
| In-game event | Ecosystem is taking part in Earth Appreciation Festival 2024! Today marks World Earth Day, an occassion where we mark the importance of our planet and the factors that are impacting it. But with human-made issues such as climate change, pollution, overpopulation, lack of sustainability, and conflicts, it's a stark reminder not to take our planet for granted. That's why we're taking part in Earth Appreciation Fest 2024, which contains both post-apocalyptic… | — | |
| Major update | The Behavior Update - Out Now! Hello everyone! After an extended open beta we're pleased to announce that the Behavior Update is out now for everyone! There are a lot of changes and fixes in the update, full patch notes below, but lets take a look at the new changes in the latest trailer. PATCH NOTES FEATURES Increased creature autonomy: after learning first to swim and then to seek out targets, creatures enter a life stage… | 14132098 | |
| Steam news | The Behaviour Update - Open Beta Out Now! Hey everyone! We're happy to announce that the beta for the Behaviour Update is now live on the OpenBeta branch on Steam. As always, if you'd like to participate, be sure to back up your saves! BACK UP YOUR SAVES - Before taking part in the beta, if you have some ecosystems you love and want to test out the combat, please back them up. You can find the save files in your "My Documents/Ecosystem… | — | |
| Community | The Behaviour Update - Coming Soon! Hello Everyone, Welcome to the March development update! My work on the next major update, the Behavior Update, is coming to a close and should be ready for a March release date. With the new batch of features, I hope to give creatures more autonomy, more to do with their lives, and more ways to differentiate themselves from other species. Creatures now need to find shelter and rest, can build… | — | |
| Community | IndieCade & What's Next For Ecosystem Hello! Dan here, community manager for Ecosystem, with a couple of updates to share about Ecosystem. We'll hear from Tom further down about what he's been working on and what he will work on next, but first we have some big news! IndieCade We're super excited to announce that Ecosystem is part of of the 2023 IndieCade Nominees ! As well as being eligible for the following general awards: · Gran… | — | |
| Steam news | Open Beta - Performance Improvements Hey folks! We've just released a small Open Beta which brings some performance improvements to the game. As always. please be sure to back up your saves before swapping to the beta! Patch Notes Performance improvements due to reworking all Coral and some Misc food source level-of-detail meshes. Performance improvements due to reworking the minimap to be more efficient when there are large numbe… | — | |
| Community | Ecosystem Demo Now Supports Japanese Localisation Just a very small post to let you know that the games demo now supports our newly added Japanese language following it's addition when we took the game to Tokyo Game Show. The new update for the demo should be ready to download now :) | — | |
| Community | Ecosystem Chosen As Finalist for SOWN2023 at Tokyo Game Show! From the 81 game titles participating in the Selected Indie 80, TGS2023 nominated and announced the eight finalists who will compete at SOWN2023, a pitch event for indie game developers. The finalist presentations will take place at the TGS studio of Makuhari Messe on Sep. 22 (Fri.), Day 2 of TGS2023. The event will also be live-streamed as a TGS official program. The winners of the seven award… | — | |
| Major update | Combat Update Out Now! Hello! After an extended open beta we're now ready to release the Combat Update onto the main branch of the game! You can see the new update in action in the trailer above! This update adds a whole new combat layer to the simulation which should change how the game plays in some interesting ways. Previously the main strategy for success in a creature was speed, if it could swim fast, then it wa… | — | |
| Steam news | Combat Update Open Beta - New Patch! Thank you everyone for your continued help testing the combat update! We have one last patch (hopefully!) before we look at launching this onto the main branch. Changelog: · Add visualizations for the following traits: thick skin/protective fat, carapaces, and spikes. · Health bars, damage/status text, and particle effects now fade correctly with distance. · Show current status effects on the c… | — |
Announcements are the developer’s own posts to the game’s Steam news feed: updates and their patch notes, in-game events, releases and sales. The important ones are marked on the players chart.