Dear pack

It’s been a while and we hope you have been doing well :)

We have some exciting news to share with you today 🎉
We teamed up with Makeship to produce more cute new Niche merch.



Is it a bear? Is it a hyena? Even worse, it's a Bearyena!
Who among us has not hasn't fallen prey to them on our adventures?
Luckily this one's still a baby, so we should be safe (for now).

We might actually be safe for good, because these plushies will only be produced if at least 200 people order one until December 3rd. So if you want to help unleash the Bearyena calamity on the world, please make sure to order yours asap ❤️
https://www.makeship.com/products/bearyena-plush





Cheers & Thanks,
Stray Fawn Studio

PS: Check out this video if you're interested in the plushie's creation process :)

Dear pack

We wanted to give you a quick heads-up that we launched a Kickstarter campaign for an Adam plush and lots of other Niche merch :D


Many of the rewards have been created by Niche community members.
We're already close to reaching our funding goal, with stretch goals waiting to be unlocked 😸

Please make sure to take a look 💖
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/strayfawnstudio/adam-plushies

Cheers & Thanks,
Stray Fawn Studio

Updated news section with Niche merch Kickstarter

Dear pack

We have two exciting news to share with you :D

First: Niche has been released on Xbox One and Xbox Series S|X!
You can check it out here.

Second: Our first ever mobile game, Niche - Breed and Evolve was just released on iOS and Android!
It took us a lot longer than we imagined to finish Breed and Evolve. It was planned to be a tiny project but in the end we worked on it over the course of two years! But now that it’s done, we really love how it turned out. It’s quite different from the original Niche. This time the focus is fully on the breeding mechanics and not on survival. It’s a chill casual game about building up your own pack, adapting to the world to unlock new islands and collecting all the genes. (Plus you can pet your Nichelings now ^^)
It’s a premium game and costs $2.99.



If that sounds interesting to you it would be AWESOME if you could support us once again by spreading the word and/or buying the game and writing a review asap ❤️
There are also some giveaways happening on Facebook and Twitter.


Cheers & Thanks,
Larissa, Philomena and the Stray Fawn team

Hi Pack!

First of all, we wanted to give you a quick heads-up about all the things that are currently happening in the Niche universe :)

- We are porting Niche to Xbox1 and PS4.
- We will soon release 'Niche - Breed and Evolve' (a new Niche game for mobile that focuses mostly on breeding and less on survival)
- We are soon running a Kickstarter for Adam plushies (and they turned out super cute!)
- We are writing a draft for a book with an author about the story of Adam's sister Nara
(though this is still very WIP and we're not sure what will happen with it)
- And Philomena (Niche's lead game designer) started programming a new Niche-related prototype and is documenting it in our forums ^^

Come join us in the forums or our Discord if you want to chat about any of these :D

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The second topic for today's community news is a bug we had with save files on MacOSX:
Since December 17th Niche is using a new folder for the save files on MacOSX. Unfortunately this caused problems with the Steam Cloud sync and it did not sync the files anymore. The Cloud Sync should now be fixed and work again. You might get a popup asking if you want to download the old saves or upload the new ones when you start the game.

To recover old save files that were created before the 17th of December you have to copy them into the new save folder.

Here is how you can do that:
- Open the Finder
- Click on Go in the top bar, hold the Option Button so you can see the Library Folder
- Then click on Library
- In Library/Application Support are two Niche folders:
unity.Team Niche.Niche - a genetics survival game/Saves <- This folder is not used anymore and contains the save files before December 17th.
com.strayfawnstudio.niche/Saves <- This is the new folder which contains the saves made after December 17th.
- Copy the old save file that you want to play from unity.Team Niche.Niche - a genetics survival game/Saves to com.strayfawnstudio.niche/Saves
- If there already is an new save for the same slot, it will be overwritten. So make sure to make a backup copy of a save before overwriting it, if you want to keep it.¨



We are sorry for the problems that this change caused.
Hopefully this guide helps you to recover your old saves. If you still have trouble write us an email to support@strayfawnstudio.com and we can help you.

Cheers & Thanks
Stray Fawn Studio

Dear pack,

Today we released a new update for Niche: a completely new Simplified Chinese localization done by our partner WhisperGames. We also fixed a bug where status effects were no longer visible when the Nicheling is underwater.

To celebrate, the game will have a -60% discount during Steam Winter festival.
We wish you all happy holidays and a great start into 2021 :)

Cheers!
Stray Fawn Studio

Dear pack

As indie developers it's very important to support fellow devs when they finally launch their game after many years of work :)

So we want to go ahead and give a shoutout to our friends from Slug Disco who just released their game pet/strategy/genetics simulator Beetle Uprising from Early Access to Full Release on Steam today. It didn’t do too great at launch in 2017 and they’re trying to breathe new life into it.

There have been some big changes for this release so if you’re into beetles, pet games, Real Time Tactics, or if you happen to be in the market for a really quite in-depth genetics simulator (which I'm pretty sure you are ;)), then check it out.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/662680/Beetle_Uprising/

And here is the new release celebration trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLwrxRcdAyU



Cheers & Thanks
Stray Fawn Studio

Dear pack,

We just launched the Kickstarter campaign for our next game: The Wandering Village!
The Wandering Village is a brand-new city-building simulation game where you build a settlement on the back of a giant, wandering creature. Have a look at our trailer to get a feeling what the game is about:


Mysterious plants are spreading all over the earth, emitting toxic spores as they grow.
A group of people seeks shelter on the back of a giant, wandering creature. Becoming their leader, players build both their settlement and a symbiotic relationship with the gentle beast to survive together in this hostile, yet beautiful post-apocalyptic world that now surrounds them.

For more information about the game please visit the Steam page and don't forget to wishlist it <3

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1121640/The_Wandering_Village/

Like we did with our other games Niche and Nimbatus we are launching a Kickstarter campaign for The Wandering Village where you can support us and get some awesome rewards in return! The campaign will be live for the next 30 days, please make sure to check it out :)

We also set up a new Discord server for the game. Come and join us to share your ideas about the game, chat with us and meet other fans!

Cheers & Thanks
Stray Fawn Studio

Our good friends over at Monster Couch have released their digital edition of Wingspan today, and we've teamed up with them to offer a special 10% discount for all Niche owners on top of their launch offer.



If you've not heard of it before, Wingspan is a relaxing strategy card game about birds for 1 to 5 players. Each beautiful bird that you add to your preserve makes you better at laying eggs, drawing cards, or gathering food. Many of the 170 unique birds have powers that echo real life: your hawks will hunt, your pelicans will fish, and your geese will form a flock.

Check out their trailer here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNmg0sJRn_I

And you can find it on Steam here:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1054490/Wingspan/



Cheers & Thanks,
Stray Fawn Studio

Dear pack

Today is the day, Niche has just been released on Nintendo Switch!


It would be amazing if you could help us spread the word about the launch.
And as a little thanks all of these options also include a Switch key raffle!

• Retweet the announcement tweet
  
• Share the Facebook announcement
  
• Comment & like our announcement on Instagram
  
• Join our Discord and leave a comment in the #giveaway channel

Thanks for your support,
The Stray Fawn Team