Dear pack

The day has come. After one year of Early Access, lots of new features, content and countless bugs xD

A HUGE THANKS to every single person who helped with Niche's testing and improved the game with their feedback and suggestions.

Niche has shaped up to be a game we are really proud of. But, we think there is a more potential that we haven't touched yet. We want to keep expanding Niche with your ideas. In order to do so, Niche has to finance its further development. Please help us to reach as many people as possible so we can keep expanding Niche! We put together a list of helpful things <3

http://niche-game.com/supportniche/

Again, thank you all so much for being with us all this time, you are the best pack we could have ever wished for!

Cheers,
Stray Fawn Studio

Dear pack

The day has come. After one year of Early Access, lots of new features, content and countless bugs xD

A HUGE THANKS to every single person who helped with Niche's testing and improved the game with their feedback and suggestions.

Niche has shaped up to be a game we are really proud of. But, we think there is a more potential that we haven't touched yet. We want to keep expanding Niche with your ideas. In order to do so, Niche has to finance its further development. Please help us to reach as many people as possible so we can keep expanding Niche! We put together a list of helpful things <3

http://niche-game.com/supportniche/

Again, thank you all so much for being with us all this time, you are the best pack we could have ever wished for!

Cheers,
Stray Fawn Studio

Hey pack!

We are just one more week away from Niche's full launch on September 21st.

After the launch, we want to keep expanding Niche with your ideas and feedback. In order to do so, Niche has to finance its further development.
Please help us to reach as many people as possible so we can keep Niche alive! Here is what you can do to help: http://niche-game.com/supportniche/

Thanks to all your support with testing, we are happy to now push the build with all the new features (such as a story mode, a tutorial, a new pattern system, hybrids, many new islands and much more) to the main branch for all players to enjoy. A huge THANK YOU to all testers!
Another huge THANK YOU goes to our translators who took the time and translated Niche to 8 languages!



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We hope you enjoy the new build!

In case you keep playing with a now outdated save game, please remember you can always switch back to older branches:
http://niche-game.com/updates/

If you encounter problems with the new update, please let us know here: http://steamcommunity.com/app/440650/discussions/1/1473096694456263024/


Thank you all very much for your time and support :)

Cheers,
Stray Fawn Studio

Hey pack!

We are just one more week away from Niche's full launch on September 21st.

After the launch, we want to keep expanding Niche with your ideas and feedback. In order to do so, Niche has to finance its further development.
Please help us to reach as many people as possible so we can keep Niche alive! Here is what you can do to help: http://niche-game.com/supportniche/

Thanks to all your support with testing, we are happy to now push the build with all the new features (such as a story mode, a tutorial, a new pattern system, hybrids, many new islands and much more) to the main branch for all players to enjoy. A huge THANK YOU to all testers!
Another huge THANK YOU goes to our translators who took the time and translated Niche to 8 languages!



---------------------------------------------

We hope you enjoy the new build!

In case you keep playing with a now outdated save game, please remember you can always switch back to older branches:
http://niche-game.com/updates/

If you encounter problems with the new update, please let us know here: http://steamcommunity.com/app/440650/discussions/1/1473096694456263024/


Thank you all very much for your time and support :)

Cheers,
Stray Fawn Studio

Hey pack!

Things are getting serious.
We decided on a launch date: Thursday, September 21st 2017.
That is just four weeks from now! Until then all new versions will remain on their separate branches. On launch day they will be pushed on to the main branch. Now we need all the help we can get to make sure the release version runs like a charm, so all new pack members discovering the game on launch have a great time experiencing it for the first time ^^

Please note: If you just want to play and enjoy the game DON'T play this version. This version is for bug testing and feedback. Your game will automatically update itself as soon as the update runs well and is pushed to the main branch.

Please help us test this version and report feedback here: http://steamcommunity.com/app/440650/discussions/1/1471969431578238854/
In case you speak German, French, Spanish, Chinese or Russian, please play the game in your language and report translation issues :)

The launch will be an extremly important event for Niche and our studio. We would love to keep adding more features to the game and really hope it will sell well enough to enable us to do so. All infos about Niche’s future here: http://steamcommunity.com/app/440650/discussions/1/1368380934282493056/

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What is new?
- Distinction between story and sandbox mode
+ selectable start islands in sandbox mode
- Tutorial (finally!)
- Steam achievements
- 5 available save slots
- Polishing and bug fixes
- Ui is completly reworked (It took me a while to get used to it xD)
- Localisation to French, Spanish, Chinese, Russian
(a huge thanks to our translators <3)



The tutorial includes a few references to the intro video (which is currently in production and looks awesome :D) which are probably a but confusing.

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How to get the update:
> right click on Niche in your library
> click on properties
> select the beta tab
> select the dropdown and choose “release_preview"
> the game will update, please wait (restart Steam if the game is not updating)
> play :D
> report bugs and leave feedback here:
http://steamcommunity.com/app/440650/discussions/1/1471969431578238854/

If you are a Youtuber/Streamer:
Please inform your viewers how to access the update and let them know it is a preview version.

This update features a lot of new content and we had to rebuild the game quite a bit. Because of this older save files will unfortunately not be compatible with this update.

We are really curious to hear if the game runs well on your computers now since we hope to have fixed some of the performance issues.

Known issues (currently fixing):
- Some animal textures (mainly for right paws) are misplaced
- Blue bird fly around weirdly
- Title screen not fit for all screen resolutions

Thank you all very much for your time and support :)

Cheers,
Stray Fawn Studio

Hey pack!

Things are getting serious.
We decided on a launch date: Thursday, September 21st 2017.
That is just four weeks from now! Until then all new versions will remain on their separate branches. On launch day they will be pushed on to the main branch. Now we need all the help we can get to make sure the release version runs like a charm, so all new pack members discovering the game on launch have a great time experiencing it for the first time ^^

Please note: If you just want to play and enjoy the game DON'T play this version. This version is for bug testing and feedback. Your game will automatically update itself as soon as the update runs well and is pushed to the main branch.

Please help us test this version and report feedback here: http://steamcommunity.com/app/440650/discussions/1/1471969431578238854/
In case you speak German, French, Spanish, Chinese or Russian, please play the game in your language and report translation issues :)

The launch will be an extremly important event for Niche and our studio. We would love to keep adding more features to the game and really hope it will sell well enough to enable us to do so. All infos about Niche’s future here: http://steamcommunity.com/app/440650/discussions/1/1368380934282493056/

--------------------------------------------------

What is new?
- Distinction between story and sandbox mode
+ selectable start islands in sandbox mode
- Tutorial (finally!)
- Steam achievements
- 5 available save slots
- Polishing and bug fixes
- Ui is completly reworked (It took me a while to get used to it xD)
- Localisation to French, Spanish, Chinese, Russian
(a huge thanks to our translators <3)



The tutorial includes a few references to the intro video (which is currently in production and looks awesome :D) which are probably a but confusing.

--------------------------------------------------

How to get the update:
> right click on Niche in your library
> click on properties
> select the beta tab
> select the dropdown and choose “release_preview"
> the game will update, please wait (restart Steam if the game is not updating)
> play :D
> report bugs and leave feedback here:
http://steamcommunity.com/app/440650/discussions/1/1471969431578238854/

If you are a Youtuber/Streamer:
Please inform your viewers how to access the update and let them know it is a preview version.

This update features a lot of new content and we had to rebuild the game quite a bit. Because of this older save files will unfortunately not be compatible with this update.

We are really curious to hear if the game runs well on your computers now since we hope to have fixed some of the performance issues.

Known issues (currently fixing):
- Some animal textures (mainly for right paws) are misplaced
- Blue bird fly around weirdly
- Title screen not fit for all screen resolutions

Thank you all very much for your time and support :)

Cheers,
Stray Fawn Studio

Finally the update is on the preview branch :)
Pretty much the WHOLE dev team was sick during the last weeks, so please excuse the delay! As usual this version is not quite finished and still rather buggy, that's why we uploaded it on a separate branch.

Please note: If you just want to play and enjoy the game DON'T play this version. This version is for bug testing and feedback. Your game will automatically update itself as soon as the update runs well and is pushed to the main branch.

What is new?
- Lots of new island + special challenge islands
- More content for swamp and savanna biomes
- New dynamic pattern system
- New gene unlocking/ mutation system
- Interspecies breeding with Bearyenas
- New textures
- Small adjustments and fixes
(Sickness lasts only 2 days, healing plants cures sickness, ...)
- Lots of new bugs xD



--------------------------------------------------
How to get the update:
> right click on Niche in your library
> click on properties
> select the beta tab
> select the dropdown and choose “buggy_0.5_preview"
> the game will update, please wait (restart Steam if the game is not updating)
> play :D
> report bugs and leave feedback here:
http://steamcommunity.com/app/440650/discussions/1/1457328927835841598/

If you are a Youtuber/Streamer:
Please inform your viewers how to access the update and let them know it is a preview version.

This update features a lot of new content and we had to rebuild the game quite a bit. Because of this older save files will unfortunately not be compatible with this update.

We are really curious to hear if the game runs well on your computers now since we hope to have fixed some of the performance issues.

Known issues (currently fixing):
- Animals don't have textures currently
- Animal patterns sometimes don't match with portrait and family tree image

The full release of the game in September is coming closer and closer!
This will be the last "update" before release. However we will keep pushing new builds to the preview branch every few weeks until launch.
All infos about Niche's future can be found here:
http://steamcommunity.com/app/440650/discussions/1/1368380934282493056/

Thank you all very much for your time and support :)



Cheers,
Stray Fawn Studio

Finally the update is on the preview branch :)
Pretty much the WHOLE dev team was sick during the last weeks, so please excuse the delay! As usual this version is not quite finished and still rather buggy, that's why we uploaded it on a separate branch.

Please note: If you just want to play and enjoy the game DON'T play this version. This version is for bug testing and feedback. Your game will automatically update itself as soon as the update runs well and is pushed to the main branch.

What is new?
- Lots of new island + special challenge islands
- More content for swamp and savanna biomes
- New dynamic pattern system
- New gene unlocking/ mutation system
- Interspecies breeding with Bearyenas
- New textures
- Small adjustments and fixes
(Sickness lasts only 2 days, healing plants cures sickness, ...)
- Lots of new bugs xD



--------------------------------------------------
How to get the update:
> right click on Niche in your library
> click on properties
> select the beta tab
> select the dropdown and choose “buggy_0.5_preview"
> the game will update, please wait (restart Steam if the game is not updating)
> play :D
> report bugs and leave feedback here:
http://steamcommunity.com/app/440650/discussions/1/1457328927835841598/

If you are a Youtuber/Streamer:
Please inform your viewers how to access the update and let them know it is a preview version.

This update features a lot of new content and we had to rebuild the game quite a bit. Because of this older save files will unfortunately not be compatible with this update.

We are really curious to hear if the game runs well on your computers now since we hope to have fixed some of the performance issues.

Known issues (currently fixing):
- Animals don't have textures currently
- Animal patterns sometimes don't match with portrait and family tree image

The full release of the game in September is coming closer and closer!
This will be the last "update" before release. However we will keep pushing new builds to the preview branch every few weeks until launch.
All infos about Niche's future can be found here:
http://steamcommunity.com/app/440650/discussions/1/1368380934282493056/

Thank you all very much for your time and support :)



Cheers,
Stray Fawn Studio