We've kept silent for a bit, and we're sorry that you've been kept in the dark. Your reviews and feedback about survival and city-building features made us discuss our ideas all over again. We would love to realize our vision, but only if you, as this game's players base, like it. That's why we've taken more time to rethink its further development.
We must ask you for a bit more patience. I know it's a lot to ask as you've been waiting for more specific information.
Yes, we're fixing the wolves campaign.
Yes, we're fixing bugs causing the game to crash.
We're trying to find a solution to improve the optimization further.
And yes, we have a lot of ideas for the game's development, but we're trying to meet you in the middle. And we're full of hope that you will be happy when we're ready to share details with you.
However, we don't want to talk about things that are still only ideas in our heads. We've got your feedback on adding city-building elements (such as river dams, feeding trays, bridges placed above roads so animals could cross safely, and so on) and survival ones. We're discussing what we can do. We've asked more players to play and give us their feedback as well, just to gain as many notes as possible.
This is not the end of Natural Instincts. It's just the beginning. And trust me, we love this project way too much to leave it in Early Access forever.
Stay safe, stay positive, and may your 2022 be full of joy and great games! Natural Instincts team
A little bit of information on the Natural Instincts' further development
Dear Nature Lovers,
first of all, we apologize that we've kept you waiting. Thanks to the feedback we've received after Natural Instincts' launch, we've spent a lot of time discussing possible scenarios for the game's future development. We wanted to figure out a way to satisfy the needs and expectations of as many of you as possible. Finally, we've made some decisions.
We've decided to add some survival and city-building features to Natural Instincts. We have our ideas that we'd like to implement in the game but it's your opinion that we crave the most. How do you feel about these elements in our game? How would you like them to work?
We were also discussing which new biomes should be added to the game for its full release. However, we must also think about the animals and the stories about their presence in a specific habitat. The research on this takes a lot of time as we check a lot of different species and their behaviors. We're also considering any possible danger factors that they are vulnerable to as we want to create meaningful stories about them.
We're awaiting your comments and suggestions. All of the feedback you keep supplying us with since the Early Access launch means the world to us!
Sincerely, Team Natural Instincts
About first fixes and updates!
Hello, Guardians!
Wow, where did that time go? It has been a week since Natural Instincts launched in Early Access. Meanwhile, you have written over 50 reviews and provided us with TONS of valuable feedback. Thanks to you we have a lot to discuss.
In the meantime, we've been working hard on improving the game. Here is a list of fixes that we have provided over the last week:
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Fixes to issues with time changing button
Fixes to issues with missing subtitles
Fixes to selecting units
Minor fixes to achievements
Fixes to issues with cursor manager
Fixes to attack activation
Fixes to selecting units
Fixes in saving system
Fixed heavy frame drops related to autosave
Fixed minor quest issues
Fixed rabbit campaign cutscenes
Fixed animal counter display
Fixed bugs related to selected units
Fixed outline bugs
Fixed bugs related to narration
Fixed bugs related to right-click
Fixed minor issues related to selectable elements in the map
Corrected achievements related to the animal population
Fixed quicksave location and path
Fixed game loading on the game over
Fixed issues related to animal ragdolls
Fixed issues with waypoints
Fixed issues related to tooltips
Fixed Russian and Chinese characters missing
Fixed main menu screen settings
Fixed issues related to animals sleeping in dens
Fixes to narration system
Fixes to game saving and autosaving failing to write to disk
Fixes to Steam API communication
Fixes to issues related to animal names
Fixed bug related to children highlight
Fixed bug related to orphaned children
Fixed bug related to mating action
Fixed bug related to attack action
Correction to fawn deer avatar
Optimizations to cars sounds
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We keep working on the game's optimization and lowering its hardware requirements. It will take a lot of time, so we must ask for your patience. We are also discussing and analyzing all of your suggestions and notes. Thank you for taking the time to write them! Thank you for taking the time to show our game on Youtube and Twitch. Thank you for taking the time to review it! Your support means a lot to us, and we would never dare to dream about such an active community!
Stay with us, keep supporting the game, and keep an eye on its development!
