From March 01 to March 08, we are participating in the Digital Vikings event.

For this occasion, we have prepared a livestream for you.
Have fun!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1059900/Tribe_Primitive_Builder/

Spell new Up angle variable
Counter Node add Hide after Threshold option
Counter Node Fix Cicrle not hidding
Auto save when toggle play
Fix crash when loop fast trigger with spell as source
Spell Trigger zones now use trigger location

Frack the World is available now!

Wow. So I made a Reddit post this morning hoping to drive my expectation for 5 players up to 6. A sincere heartfelt thanks to the Reddit community for making this not only one of the most memorable days of my life - but leaving me totally speechless. As of writing this, my hope of 5 players has been far succeeded and there are over 100 people fracking the world. You have no idea what that means to me.

I have worked on this game for so long. I'm so proud of it. And I am so excited that so many people are playing it - even if it does kind of terrify me. Please please let me know if you stream the game, I will try to pop in. If you have any questions or feedback, don't hesitate to let me know. I want to listen to all feedback earnestly.

I want to quickly make some context before the next bit. I am a solo developer with a full time work schedule and this is my first big release. I say this so that the pacing of patches to improve the game - which I'm insanely proud of - is set with realistic expectations. That said I've loved the feedback I've heard so far from people playing the game today while I was at work. Great stuff and stuff I take to heart.

I will have a hotfix made available within a week addressing three points of early feedback:
-an error with the volume setting not loading correctly when adjusting in prior sessions
-a visual queue to sell oil to help make the system more intuitive (its the S key)
-prevent the player from purchasing buildings when they don't have the funds (this was something I intentionally chose, but considering I've seen it several times in the early feedback, my intention was wrong and I will adjust it)

Thank you all for making this a day to remember, and frack away!
Kyle

• Increased building cost
  After 20 buildings placed, every building should increase building costs by 5% This does not include buildings created by organic growth
• Base upgrade options increased
  From 1-3 to 2-3
• Removed randomization for tutorial mission
  The objective is now always "survive for 10 minutes"
• Organic buildings have no value
  This just means that you can't just sell organic structures for astronomic amounts of resources
• Reduced exterminate numbers
  Base numbers reduced from 300-480 to 180-480 This number is still further reduced according to enemy variation within the initial biome

• Fixed level up screen taking longer when FPS is low
  Now it will always be entirely visible within 0.2 seconds It also won't be clickable during those 0.2 seconds
• Fixed crits being always active
  Now you actually need the upgrade in order for it to work
• Fixed 0.00% on equipment drops
  Used to show up when Level 0 equipment was displayed. Now shows stats for the Level 1 version of it instead.
• Fixed several typos and text errors

Testing the new (pre-6.0) version of the game, I encountered a bug in which docking with the Mothership Altair was not working. In the process of testing I loaded up the (then) current version 5.3.4, and lo and behold, the mothership interior was way too dark!

I figured out what happened and have been able to fix the issue. The shader I use was not working and the map just had to be re-compiled with the corrected shader. Now the mothership interior (while still fairly dark) will look much lighter and have the lighting effects it always should have (and indeed thought it did until very recently).

Check out the dimly lit corridors leading to your landing dock...


Grab a cup of coffee at the Starbux...


Go to the lower level and stop in at the Starbux ... or visit the Cygnus Lounge (now serving Starbux Coffee)

Note: This update is for the Steam Deck Beta and Preview channels, and includes new features that are still being tested. You can opt into this in Settings > System > Steam Update Channel.

General

• Fixed shortcuts regression in this beta when users or 3rd party utilities add command line parameters to the shortcut exe path
  
• Move advanced HDR options to Developer Settings
  
• Streamable games are now included in the "Ready to play" game filter, though the default action is still to install them locally.
  
• Game invites in the Quick Access Menu will now default to opening a context menu to accept the invite rather than navigating to the chat tab and having to hit "Accept" there.
  
• Fixed crash when in a voice chat
  
• Fixed crash when authorizing a microtransaction purchase in the overlay
  
• Fixed the Play button stealing focus when a game is launching
  
• Fixed "Find games to play with friends" not working in Big Picture Mode

Steam Input

• Fixed Logitech F310 controller input on macOS and Linux
  
• Added mapping for DualSense Edge Wireless Controller on Linux (note that advanced feature support require Steam to be able to access the /dev/hidraw* devices)

Minor bug fixes

- Fixed: Crash penalties displaying without delay
- Post-race screen simplified
- Pre-race animation is smoother

I've added new names and a Chinese translation!

Hey friends!

February has been and gone - I know it's the shortest month but damn that was quick! Here's what's been going on:

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Our favourite moth composer released their debut album, Moth Symphony! Moth is currently three for three on composing TNgineer game music so might as well be one the family and they deserve the shoutout!

If you’re a fan of APICO’s music then you’ll very much enjoy this, you can grab it on Bandcamp, Spotify, YouTube, and Amazon Music.

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As you might have seen, we’ve started planning out the next major content update for APICO - What Lies Beeneath!

This update will cover fishing, deep sea diving, coral reefs, more bugs (and actual bugs), and a whole lot more! Follow along on Ko-Fi for the February devlog that’ll be out in the next week or so to find out what we’re up to <3

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God help us all I’ve only gone and make some Tiktok accounts! But fret not, for next month we’ll be introducing our first new TNgineer to join the team who’ll be taking over our social media + community management and will be at least 40% less cringe than me*

If you want to get in early you can follow APICO, FTBS, and Rift Breach over there RIGHT NOW

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This month we also applied for the Xbox Dev programme and got accepted! We’re still signing some paperwork but once settled it means we’ll have our own Xbox DevKit, Hivemother help us all…

We got accepted from proposing Rift Breach (so guess thats happening now) - but should also help us sort out APICO’s Xbox build, which has been in limbo for a hot minute/hour/day/year/century

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So that’s a wrap on February, bee safe and we’ll see you next month!

Love,
Ell & Jamie <3

*thats a big ask I know