Monthly Archives: January 2016

Species Gameplay Preview – Jumping Spider “Phidippus Regius”!

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It’s been a while since our little friend the Jumping Spider “Phidippus Regius” was introduced to the game so I thought this was a good time to gather some of the videos I’ve posted elsewhere on the web and write a short post on it.

The Jumping Spider is considered to be the wild cat of the spider world; it has excellent vision, the physical gifts of a gymnast and some serious stalking skills considered unusual for a creature with such a tiny brain. In other words – a perfect new entrant to DoN the Nature game! The species I’ve selected (Phidippus Regius) is a “regal” Jumping Spider that is amongst the largest Jumping Spiders and is a beautiful creature on all counts!

I’d love to do a deep dive video on this species and talk about some of the wonderful gameplay opportunities and prey/predator “setpieces” that come with this, but considering all my time is dedicated to DoN’s demo preparations (Yes! DoN’s free alpha/demo is coming soon!), I’ll leave that video for another day!

Meet DoN’s Developer

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So far I’ve taken an impersonal approach for most videos of DoN, but for 2016 I’m going to try changing the format a bit. In coming videos I’m going to personally walk you through the game’s progress, features that I haven’t shown yet and topics that may be of interest to other game developers too. Before all of that, I want to introduce myself with this video and set the tone for all things to come! I hope 2016 is a new Dawn for DoN!