diff --git a/content/news/042/idu-newsletter.jpg b/content/news/042/idu-newsletter.jpg new file mode 100644 index 000000000..258dfa362 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/news/042/idu-newsletter.jpg differ diff --git a/content/news/042/index.md b/content/news/042/index.md index d980fa0fe..a91909a3a 100644 --- a/content/news/042/index.md +++ b/content/news/042/index.md @@ -152,6 +152,35 @@ any game made with [`bevy_ggrs`][bevy_ggrs]. [bevy_ggrs]: https://github.com/gschup/bevy_ggrs [cargospace_cross_platform_video]: https://mastodon.social/@johanhelsing/109681997649114818 +### [Idu] + + +_Screenshot of a tree emerging from a cave in Idu_ + +[Idu] ([Discord][idu_discord]) +Idu is a strategic sandbox game about growing plants that wish to reclaim +nature, developed by [Elina Shakhnovich][eli_mastodon] and +[Johann Tael][johann_mastodon] featuring a bespoke Vulkan-based engine in +Rust. + +After almost a whole year of relative silence, they begun releasing new demos +in January. The new demo version 8 comes with a new renderer supporting +interactive, flowing water. Also, the simulated trees in Idu changed +a lot, as they're now able to flower, in addition to dropping leaves. +The new demo features a lot of new plant textures, branching logic, and better +rhizome and root simulation. + +Player accessibility and the gameplay itself is better now as well, due to +a completely new menu and a lot of new items, such as porous gabion blocks +and ladders. + +Read more and download the newest demo from [Idu's page on itch.io][itch]. + +[idu_discord]: https://discord.gg/MeGauteMj3 +[eli_mastodon]: https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@eli +[johann_mastodon]: https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@johann +[itch]: https://epcc.itch.io/idu + ### [Veloren][veloren] 