Four are the Rivulets of DoN,
Manifold are their forms within!
To Play Survival / Casual / Fantasy / Design is Fun,
Come now, give these a quick spin!
Dear Players, this is the biggest Presentation Update for Nature & Life - Drunk On Nectar yet!
Featuring a new 3D Menu World at the centre, this update brings DoN's various game modes under a single cloud (or four of them to be precise!), with clear guidance for new players.
Survival, Casual, Fantasy and Design are the Four Quadrants of DoN's new 3D Menu World.
New players will now find it much easier to gain a quick overview of what the game has to offer,
while experienced players will find themselves getting much more out of the game than ever before.
Read on to learn more!
Survival Quadrant
Lifecycles, Survival Simulation & Face Off are the game modes under the Survival Quadrant.
The "Menu World" plays a visual skit for each mode as you hover your mouse over the button,
giving players a hint of what to expect within!
Important changes here include:
1) Separate rosters for each mode.
For example, "Face Off" roster features combinations that more likely to be interesting and fun for players.
Similarly, "Survival Sim" features fauna in a specific order based on the likely enjoyment of players!
Lifecycles order is unchanged.
2) Random Map / Preset selection is no longer available for Lifecycles.
This allows the Lifecycles experience to be strictly designed to ensure a more uniform experience.
Note that all Lifecycles maps are still randomly generated; players just can't modify the internal preset anymore.
Sandbox Quadrant
Create & Design - Nature (formerly Nature Sandbox) & Planetary Ecology are the game modes under the SANDBOX Quadrant.
"Create & Design - Nature" is envisioned as an overhauled version of the previous Nature Sandbox.
Better User Interface, Tutorials (presented as "Sandbox Quests") & Editing Workflows are the improvements planned in this space.
Fantasy Quadrant
"Creature Quests is the sole game mode currently featured in Fantasy quadrant.
Fantasy Quadrant is envisioned as a collection of experiences that are not intended to be realistic or educational.
This provides a formal leeway for the game to provide players with more traditional gameplay experiences, deriving inspiring from the vast assortment of classic gaming experiences that are already proven to work and well-loved by players.
Story, Adventure, Platforming are the potential elements that this Quadrant could encompass in the future.
Casual Quadrant
Free Exploration is the sole game mode currently featured in this quadrant.
Zero Hunger & Infinite Stamina allow players to try out different creatures at their own pace.
While DoN's current Free Exploration is a very simple experience, when combined with random map generation (as well as procedural generation of world flora), interesting emergent experiences often unexpectedly arise, so do give this mode a try some time!
In the future Free Exploration will attempt to provide much larger play areas, greater flora and ultimately - biome diversity. Mini-games to encourage exploration and enrich the overall experience are also being considered.
Thank you
That's it for this Presentation oriented update!
I hope the new 3D Menu World inspires both new and experienced players to get the most of this game!
Thank you so much for supporting Nature & Life - Drunk On Nectar!
With Love,
- Venugopalan Sreedharan
(Developer of Nature & Life - Drunk On Nectar)
