Developer posts and news about this game.
NIGHTLY UPDATE | 0.1.0.9 OVERVIEW This update continues to improve TGC's animals ability to communicate via sound, respond to social cues, and establishes the ability of animals to create relationships with other creatures and to remember positive and negative associates they've
NIGHTLY UPDATE | 0.1.0.8 NIGHTLY UPDATE | 0.1.0.8 NEW CHARACTERS Springbok Cheetah Serval NEW MECHANICS ADJUSTMENTS Improved social communications process between animals Improved factors of leadership selection (Animals tend to favor the highest level & size, but not always)
NIGHTLY UPDATE | 0.1.0.7 NEW CHARACTERS NEW MECHANICS ADJUSTMENTS Added initial life conditions for the player (Offspring, Ophan, parental fates) Added edible mushroom foods (WIP.../.anti-poison/venom) Added damage types (WIP...bleed, venom, burn, bone break, gunshot, disease, cr
Good news everyone! I was able to find an unfinished component that was having a negative effect on performance and was able to fix it. I will be rolling out the next update with the fix applied as well as the next group of features soon! TJ Developer
Hello everyone, The Great Circle will temporarily be rolling back a few versions to compare performance and make sure new features I'm preparing to install are compatible. This is a temporary measure. I expect that everything will be fine and I will move ahead with the new update
NIGHTLY UPDATE | January 21 NEW MECHANICS New Mechanic: Bleed from injury (WIP)...Bleed damage, Bleed icon, New Mechanic: Enemy icon shows when player is targeted New Mechanic: Reintroduced combat music Added Bleed icon to status bar Added Build version with numbered format to pl
NIGHTLY UPDATE | January 12 Survival Mode(Early Access), will temporarily use the same map as Survival Mode(Demo) New optimizations are applied to the larger official world map, after that Survival (Early Access) will switch back to the unlimited official map. Survival (Demo) wil
ANIMAL COMMUNICATION AIRWAYS SYSTEM Everyday we step outside we overlook the network of animal sounds which blends into the background of our commutes to and from work, school, the gym and beyond. What we call ambiance is nature's own information highway for creatures that can un
Hello everyone I wanted to let you know that I will be releasing nightly build updates to steam for The Great Circle demo. These updates include a variety of changes and improvements to the game. I understand that it can be hard to keep track of all the changes so I will do my be
This roadmap lays out developmental gains being targeted for the month of August. July was productive however not all the goals were accomplished. Not to worry! Unfinished July goals will rollover into August and the work continue around the clock! July Gains +Rem Sleep: 8 hour s
JULY UPDATE #6 -New Ai behavior: Show Affection -New Ai behavior: Search for offspring -New Ai behavior: abandon offspring -New Ai behavior: Look at offspring -New Ai Behavior: Mother match baby speed while traveling -Added exit game to pause menu -New sprint behavior for baby gi
JULY | UPDATE #5 -New Mechanic: Scent direction (tracking arrow) -New Mechanic: Distance to points of interest (Meters in compass) -New Spawn: South Desert Region -New Logic: animals intimidate via Warnings & Size -Password entry is saved until exiting the game -Moved Metabol
JULY UPDATE #4 -New Mechanic: Parent, Herd Leader Activity/Emote under name -New Mechanic: Daily Imperatives (Routine aka Gameplay Loop) -Set REM sleep to vary between 4-10hours -Removed target from guineafowl -Added more activity cues for Mother communication -Added status/Abili
JULY UPDATE #3 -New Mechanic: Hunting Grounds -Improved fade in/out for compass -Improved Lion mane physics/performance -Improved damage text calculation & visibility -Removed player trample damage against plants -Improved collision rules for medium bushes & trees -Improv
JULY | UPDATE #2 -Documnentary mode now restricted to Patreons & Content Creators -New Compass icon: Hunting grounds (Meat symbol) -Improved roster menu spacing -Fixed Content Creator passwords not working -Fixed lighting strikes showing danger radius] -Fixed camera colliding
JULY | UPDATE #1 New access for Patreon supporters & Content Creators (password in discord) New Mechanic: REM Sleep(Long Sleep) New Mechanic: Naming System for animals (Mother, Herd Leader) New Intro/Disclaimer message Improved Hippo & Croc water behaviors Improved Perfor
This roadmap lays out the gains I'm targeting for the month of July. Updates & patches are going to be coming fast and in clusters so stay tuned! ROADMAP: July 2022 +More optimized performance +8hr Sleep, Short naps, and Time skip System +Deadly Poachers, Dogs, traps +Deadly
UPDATE | June 30- 2022 -New Mechanic: Unique names for all animals -New Situational Music: Mother death -Mothers try to fetch baby before running from prey -Removed Will Smith quote, because he slapped Chris Rock -Fixed mother spawning too close -Fixed mothers getting male sex -F
PATCH | June 29- 2021 Added 3 Playable Animals (Random) New Natural Distaster: Lightning Strikes New Mechanic: Trample damage for food bushes New Mechanic: Grooming/Bathing Corrected Giraffe def stats Increased water loss while sprinting Increased Giraffe mother visibility distan
Welcome back to The Great Circle! Since Dev Blog #1, TGC has released 8 significant updates and patches. Towards the end of April, I discovered a serious bug that required me to stop updating and do a comprehensive audit of the entire game code. Thankfully the the flaw was found