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Genre: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Adventure, Indie

The Lonely Gorilla

Rolled back last update yesterday
The first AI/social interactions update was posted last night but I had to take it down temporarilybecause of a compatibility issue with the package. I am working on the patch now and hope to get that update out today or as soon as the issue is addressed.

Andy

Road map update
Hi there, I hope you have all had a positive start to the year.

I wanted to write a post about the next update in the works. I've been really struggling with getting the social aspects of the troop right. It's by far the most difficult part of the project but I wanted to reach out and say it is being addressed and to any player that thought the game development had finished it is far from it.

I have decided to implement another level of relationship between the gorillas which I hope will finally give the AI of the troop the feel I am going after. This is on top of the quests or tasks the females can ask the silverback to complete, giving more purpose to player.

I will keep you informed of the progress and hope to have some updates each week over the next three or four when I feel we can then have solid relationship structure for the troop to sit along side the survival elements in there now.

I really appreciate the support and I am striving to make this a unique and interesting indie title. Please reach out with comments, forum posts or private messages if you have any feedback, ideas.

Andy

Update live
A quick update which fixes camera clipping in the terrain and trees.

Also adjusted the volumetric light settings so they reflect time of day better and also the current weather.

Update live
Good evening all, The latest update adds a minmap radar system to the HUD. Some players have been having issues with the difficulty level so this feature should help.

Currently it only detects Female Gorillas. We can easily add predaotrs/rivals or in fact all the animals if this is reuired. I will test adding to all food and thes nests too.

Feedback would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Andy

Terrain Update
A new update is live which improves CPU performance. This is the first of several terrain updates that will move usuage from the CPU to the GPU. This should be especially helpful for AMD based rigs but everyone should benefit.

I noticed a few reports of slow movement which will be related to FPS, this should really help. I am going to open a couple of disussion threads so any reports can be placed there and if you could add you machine details that will be really helpful in targeting any issues.

Thanks

Andy

New update
A small update has been released adding a few more varieties of ferns to the rain forest biomes.

We have also added an action for the rival male gorillas. They can now steal your food. More actions for all the gorillas are being later in the week.

Andy

Update live and game is released tomorrow.
Special thanks to everyone who has helped support us in early access. The game goes full release tomorrow and then I will update on the roadmap for future additions with hopefully take further feedback and ideas.

Next week I will also try get some initial information out our next game which all Lonely Gorilla early access owners get the first episode free.

Thank you all!

New Update out now
Latest vesion is release candidate one for transitioning out of early access. 6 achievements added. New animals, biomes and activities.

I missed the publishing deadline for Friday night so we will be out of early access next week - the game is already live to all early access buyers of course.

Thanks for all the support and feedback. I still want to add lots more content and another game mode in the future. I also look forward to player feedback and feature/mode requests.

Thanks

Andy

Update live
More improvements to the vegetation and AI. We are just waiting for a few more small fixes to the AI damage and quest mechanics.

Initial release will be Friday night or Saturday morning depending on region.

Last chance to grab a free episode of our next game.

Thanks,

Andy

New Update out now
Another step closer.

Some small changes and optimisations.

Further work integrating quests. Fixed the crocodile bug. Added two survival based achievments. Survive a game day and survive and game week.

I still want to adjust the animals AI further before adding achievments relating to them.

We have two AI systems, one for the gorillas and one for all the other animals and we just need to get them communicating both ways. Currently all gorillas can hurt the other animals but it is not working the other way around.

We should be adding the quests for the baby gorillas and fixing the AI integration mentioned above and then the game will get first initial release.

Thanks

Andy
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