Mudborne Game Secrets
Mudborne Game Secrets
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A portion of the money made will be donated towards national and international amphibian, wetlands, and environmental charities to help keep our little green friends and their homes happy and healthy
Ell is currently getting distracted by making Mudborne (a spiritual sequel of sorts to APICO) that had a new demo released in 2024 and is scheduled to release in early 2025, after which Snacktorio's full release will be worked on.
You don't see too much of this in the demo but there’ll be a lot more aesthetic control too outside the frog ‘decor’ items like the spas and the arches - flooring, decoration, ability to plant and move natural resources etc
You awaken from your hibernation to find your pond abandoned and empty. Through a combination of crafting minigames, menu management and puzzle solving, experiment with genetics to breed new frogs and recover what was lost.
Mudborne is being created by ellraiser, one half of the indie-dev studio, TNgineers. A spiritual successor of sorts to APICO, Mudborne instead focuses on genetic manipulation and generational puzzles to create and discover all sorts of frog species, with experimentation being encouraged.
It originally started as a gamejam entry for FletchFest 2023, with the theme of ‘pond’. Ell had always joked about ‘what if APICO but frog?’ before, and this seemed a perfect opportunity to play with the concept and how to take things in a new direction.
Mushrooms are the key component to changing the traits of the frogs you're breeding as you pass through generations by way of the magic muds you include in the nursery with the frogspawn eggs, so if you need to change a specific trait, be sure you've got the right kind of magic mud in as the tadpoles form. If not, you'll need to try again with a new bunch of frogborne eggs and a new batch of mud.
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It has since turned into a spiritual successor of sorts to APICO, with a similar menu system and 'collect them all' style gameplay - however Mudborne instead focuses on genetic manipulation and generational puzzles to create and discover all sorts of frog species, who's genetic keys unlock paths between the waking and dreaming worlds...
Development was started in 2021 on and off alongside APICO, once APICO Mudborne Game was finally released focus shifted fully to getting a demo finished. In 2023 the game was moved to the LOVE engine, and a demo was released in the fall. Download Assets Development + Art ellraiser
Followed Mudborne is a casual nature management sim about discovering & breeding frogs! Awoken from hibernation you find your pond abandoned.
Bees are integral to our gameplay, as they are to our real-world ecosystem. As part of our charity efforts we will be donating a portion of the money we make towards national and international bee, beekeeping, pollination + conservation charities. Download Assets Development + Art ellraiser
A portion of the money made will be donated towards national and international amphibian, wetlands, and environmental charities to help keep our little green friends and their homes happy and healthy
Keep in mind, though, that the placement of your composter is critical. Put your composter on the terrain where the mushroom you need grows, or you'll find yourself with a wealth of mushrooms you weren't trying to grow.
There’s other bits that I don’t want to spoil, but I think that should give you a good idea of what to expect!