Somehow, we're already nearing October...when did that happen? Luckily, that means we have another monthly round-up for you! Shall we dive straight in?
Demo Update
September saw an update to Adapt's demo, featuring some exciting new additions and improvements to the game! There are now new ways to earn those precious DNA points as you're playing Adapt, including killing enemy creatures, having your offspring reach adulthood, and befriending other creatures as you roam around. This comes at the perfect time, as we also added brand new parts to the creature creator - have you had the chance to try them out yet? You can see the full changelog for this latest update here, or simply update your game to try it out if you haven't already.
Creature Creations
Of course, we had to include some of our favourite user-created creatures at the end of our monthly round-up! Let's take a look at what the community have been creating this month...
First up, we have this 'semi aquatic insect eater' and 'plant mimic' by Azedo on Discord - it spends most of its life in the water, but will move to land if the food is scarce, so keep an eye out!
Introducing Proceacanth by younastyworm on Discord! Another insectivore, Proceacanth also roams the water searching for prey.
You'll never go in the water again when you spot this creature by fisch on Discord! This shark-like creation is enough to have us running for the beaches...
That's everything we've got for you for September, but come over and join us on TikTok, Facebook, or Twitter for all the latest news.
Adapt Demo Update (0.50) Out Now
Patch Notes - 0.50.0a
A new update has been released for the Adapt Prologue Demo. Come give it a try!
Changes
General
DNA can now be earned by:
Befriend animal (+5 DNA)
Kill animal (+5 DNA)
Offspring reaching adulthood (+2 DNA per child)
Eggs now hatch when waking up 2 days after being laid
Children leave parent’s group on the morning after becoming adults
Improvements to Tutorial Structure
New Inheritance Menu
The morning of your offspring reaching adulthood, you’ll be prompted with a new inheritance selection scene. (Selecting offspring to inherit will only be available at full release).
Editor
New Parts!
Added 3rd Color selection
Animals no longer require legs
Animals wiggling while being edited
Minor improvements to part shop
Balance changes to DNA and metabolism costs of parts
Increased part scaling range to (40% - 250%) from (50% - 200%)
Added target tracking to eye parts
Accessibility
Added Look Sensitivity Settings
Added Look Inversion Settings
August Round-Up!
Hey Creature Creators!
How is it the end of August already? Does 2024 seem to be flying by for anyone else? Phew! Shall we take a look at what's been going on for Adapt, this month? Let's go.
New Key Art Reveal
Your eyes are not deceiving you...we've completely refreshed our Key Art! We're really excited about this new artwork, created by the incredible Júlia d'Oliveira, and we hope you all love it as much as we do!
Gamescom 2024
ICYMI, Adapt managed to snag our own booth at Gamescom 2024 as part of the Indie Arena showcase! Visitors to Gamescom were able to try out the latest version of Adapt, with refreshed tutorials and some exciting new parts for creatures; we even gave away some special Adapt badges at the event - let us know if you got one! It's always incredible getting to watch new players discover our game, and we appreciate every single person who took the time to stop by our booth.
Creature Creations
As always, we had to finish this month's round-up with a couple of our favourite creature creations from our incredible community!
Huh on Discord shared this incredible creation, inspired by the name generated by Adapt, Drakofelis - we think he embodied the name perfectly, don't you?
The Rammer, created by Karn on Discord, is a medium-sized carnivore inspired by horned chamelions, who uses camouflage to hide from its prey...you'd never even see this creature coming!
That's everything we've got for you for August, but come over and join us on TikTok, Facebook, or Twitter for all the latest news.
July Round-Up! (Spoiler: We're heading to Gamescom!)
Let's just jump straight to it - Adapt is coming to Gamescom!
We've had the privilege to be selected for the Indie Arena Booth alongside some other amazing games - take a look at the announce trailer (which we unfortunately didn't make it into)
Meet developer Paul at the booth and ask him your burning questions and play the latest updates to the game (can't make it to Cologne? We will be pushing a demo update closer to the time with some of these new improvements)
Another exciting event which is happening RIGHT NOW is SimFest: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/simfest2024
SimFest is the annual celebration of all things simulation - be sure to check the event out!
And with that, let's take a look at some creature creations from the games Discord!
First up we have this cutie submitted by users Coffee!
And finally this sea bound creature from Astronimal
June Round-Up!
Hey Creature Creators!
Now that June's flown by, we've got another monthly round-up for you, in case you missed anything that was going on with Adapt this month. Shall we get stuck in?
Games for Waves 2024
We were very excited to have taken part in Games for Waves 2024 in June, which sought to help support Whale and Dolphin Conservation's vital conservation work to create safer seas for whales and dolphins. Quite a few of you discovered us during this time, so hello if you're new here!
Creature Creations
As always, we like to spend some time rounding up some of our favourite creature creations from the Adapt community from the previous month, so let's take a closer look at what you've been creating in Adapt!
Introducing Otuliis from ☾ ⋆⋆*･ﾟ⋆𝚖𝚒𝚔𝚊⋆*･*･ﾟ ☾ on Discord! Otuliis are medium-sized, semi-aquatic herbivorous creatures. mainly defensive and not usually aggressive except when offspring or the chance to attract a mate is present, they rely on their big sails and brightly coloured chest spike, head fins and bone-shattering dome head to deter predators.
Your_Best_Apyr on Twitter shared this incredible new creature - Hydrocanth! Between those teeth and its striking colour, we're sure Hydrocanth is ready to make a stir...!
That's everything we've got for you for June, but come over and join us on TikTok, Facebook, or Twitter for all the latest news.
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 Adapt is taking part in Games for Waves, to help support Whale and Dolphin Conservation!
Games for Waves features over 100 games, and all purchases made during the event will help to support Whale and Dolphin Conservation's vital conservation work to create safer seas for whales and dolphins, so make sure you check out the full line-up of demos and games available here!
May Round-Up!
Hey Creature Creators!
It's time for another monthly round-up! May was an exciting month for Adapt, and we know there are quite a few new faces around here, so let's get straight to it!
Cozy & Family Friendly Games Celebration 2024
We're really excited to share that Adapt is taking part in this year's Cozy & Family Friendly Games Celebration, which highlights both current and upcoming cozy games. You can check out the full selection over on the Steam event page.
Going Viral
Adapt is very much an Indie labour of love, so when we had a recent Tweet blow up, it was both incredibly exciting and totally unexpected - and it bought a lot of new wishlists and followers to our Steam page. Whether you're new here, or have been following from the early days, we appreciate each and every one of you! Make sure you're following us on Twitter for more of our only-slightly-unhinged content.
100k Wishlists!
Yep, you read that right - we have now reached an incredible 100,000 wishlists on Steam! We appreciate every single one, so thank you if you've taken the time to add Adapt to your Wishlist 💛
Creature Creations
It wouldn't be a monthly round-up without us sharing some of our favourite creature creations for the month, would it? Let's see what the community has been getting up to in-game!
First up is the exceptionally-named 'Jeff' from JustGoron on Twitter - how cool is that colour combination?
Coming up next is this formidable creature by SLASHlogin on Discord, named Procepsis. Look at those legs! You wouldn't want to see that running at you...
Last but by no means least, Astronimal on Discord shared this wonderful new creature - Grampus! We wouldn't want to end up on their bad side.
That's all for May's monthly wrap-up, but come over and join us on TikTok, Facebook, or Twitter for all the latest news.
April Round-Up!
Hey creature creators!
We know it can be tough to keep up with what your favourite games have got going on, so we're starting a new monthly round-up of all the latest from the world of Adapt.
So, without further adieu, let's take a look at what we got up to in April, shall we?
Earth Appreciation Festival 2024 & WASD London
Adapt took part in two incredible events last month, Earth Appreciation Festival 2024, and WASD in London, both of which brought lots of new wishlists to our game; whether you're new here, or you've been following along from the beginning, we appreciate anyone who takes the time to try our demo and wishlist the game!
Creature Creations
Of course, we couldn't do a monthly wrap up without sharing some of our favourite creature creations from the incredible Adapt community, could we?
This first incredible creation comes from shekus_khan on Discord, and is called the 'Farquadasaurus primigenus'. A small but mighty creature (just look at that tail!), predators had better stay far away...
Our second creature creation comes from Lance on Discord. This adorable creature might be large, but we think its poofy lil tail makes it plenty cute, too.
Want to be featured in one of our monthly round-ups? Come and share your latest creatures on our Discord!
That's all for this month's wrap-up, but come over and join us on TikTok, Facebook, or Twitter for all the latest news.
Adapt is taking part in Earth Appreciation Fest 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 games that remind us of what we stand to lose, and nature-based games to help celebrate the incredible bio-diversity of the planet we call home.
You can check out the full range of games taking part in Earth Appreciation Festival here.
Psst! Don't forget Adapt is also exhibiting at WASD 2024, where you'll be able to try out the latest build of the game from 25th - 27th April!
Adapt Demo Update
Patch Notes - 0.49.1a
The key focus of this update has been laying the foundation for long-term player progression, with the primary time investment being the development of the upcoming questing system. With this update, you’ll see the first piece of this system, in the form of tutorial quests, and the Quest Manager! Additionally, I’ve taken some time to implement a few fun additions I’ve been playing with for some time. Discoveries, Shelters and Claims, are all new features which are a bit simple in this first release, but add some really interesting gameplay by giving animals more ways to interact with the world around them. It’s worth noting that I’ll be further developing these mechanics in future updates, but would love to hear your feedback in the meantime. Finally, this update adds an important accessibility feature and QoL improvement that has been highly requested. Key Rebinding! So get in there and rebind some keys. *Note that there are some limitations to rebinding controller keys that I plan to improve as soon as I have the time.
Changes
New
Discovery mechanic
Tutorial quests
Key Rebinding
Shelters
Claims
General
Season length increased from 1 day to 3 days
Food eaten per interaction reduced to 25%
Holding some behavior keys now restart the associated action on completion
