Strange Seed news & patch notes

• Fixed wrong area name displaying when entering Abyss
• Fixed arena / Ocean jellyfish fight counter going off right side of screen in wide screen (16:10 and above)
• The Abyssal Dreamer (TAD from here on) now drops a unique shark fin accessory from his rematch fight
• Added an extra attack to TAD
• Hitting the main body of TAD does 0 damage (instead of no result at all)
• Messages now mention TAD's heart being exposed
• Light pillars now highlight the turrets at the start of the fight
• Increased damage a bit on some of TAD's attacks
• In cases of save data corruption, the game now attempts to load from a backup

• The Abyssal Dreamer tombstone added
• Added Swim to mantis shrimp tail, crocodile tail, frog arms
• Fixed shrine icon not turning green in Ocean
• Swim now allows fast movement in ponds, lakes and rivers (not 3d movement though, that's limited to the ocean)
• Fixed (hopefully) enemies deactivating when they get pushed during combat in Ocean / Abyss
• Made plankton not turn off at long distance (so they should be easier to find)
• Fixed screen size video setting dropdown not displaying localized language
• Increased light brightness on Low graphics setting in Ocean

• Updated character sets for Simplified Chinese, Japanese & Korean
• Fixed accessory placement on Clam head, Urchin torso and Abyssal head
• Added tombstones for Seal Mutant and Neighptune (still working on the boss tombstone)
• Added a little speed boost to the start of flying off the cliff at Honey Cliffs
• Russian localization for Ocean improved by IgorCatty

Hi Seedlings!

Time for the new content you’ve all been waiting for: the Ocean Update is here!

This expansion features 2 new ocean areas, offering plenty more opportunities for your Pink Blob to explore and evolve. Simply walk off the beach and you’ll find a colorful yet bizarre world in the depths. Just make sure to equip aquatic body parts beforehand or you’ll drown!

Thankfully, the game already comes with several body parts that let you breathe underwater. And once you are in the new areas, you can start picking up even more aquatic body parts of our new aquatic creatures: jellyfish, squids, sharks, and more! Time for some evolution experiments!

A major addition in this patch is our new 3D underground movement. In the ocean area, you can move in all directions and truly explore the waters from every angle. Pay attention to the speed boosts around the new areas, and don’t forget we have new parts to help you swim more efficiently.

At the same time, new activities and secrets with plenty of rewards are waiting for you. Explore every nook and cranny to discover what we have prepared for your evolution!

 Speaking of secrets, a mysterious danger is lurking in the depths…

Alongside the Ocean Update, Strange Seed is now on a historical discount! For those who have been thinking about grabbing our game, now is the perfect time! Hope you all enjoy swimming with the new evolutions, and if you like Strange Seed, don't forget to leave us a review! We'd really appreciate it!

For a full list of new content in this update, please see below:

Patch Notes

Areas

• Bright Ocean

• Abyss

Creatures

• 5 new wild creatures with full sets of body parts

  • Jellyfish

  • Seahorse

  • Squid

  • Shark

  • Manta Ray

• 2 new Shrine creatures

  • Sea urchin

  • Clam

• 1 new boss creature with 1 wearable body part

Activities

• 2 new shrines

• 1 new mission

• Boost gate challenge

• 1 new boss fight

Other:

• 7 new body part abilities

• New boost gate feature for getting around faster

Hi Seedlings!

The Ocean Expansion is almost here! In this dev blog, we have a new round of early preview to the upcoming area, so let’s dive in and check out what’s coming to Strange Seed soon!

Swimming in the Sea

The main highlight of the new area will be our brand-new 3D movement system. Unlike walking and flying, where you can only move laterally, your creature will be able to swim in all directions underwater. Be ready to explore the ocean from every angle!

(And also be ready to dodge attacks from every direction)

More New Creatures

You might have already seen a few of our new creatures in our previous blog post. And here’s another sneak peek!

The upcoming expansion will feature the tentacle-y jellyfish and squids, the deadly sharks and manta rays, as well as the adorable seahorses.

This also means new body parts will be available for your Pink Blob to play with. And before you ask, yes, there will be new boss fights for you to challenge in the new area. Are you ready for some aquatic combat action?

The new content is right around the corner, and we can't wait to deliver it to your hands (or claws/fins/tentacles/wings). Join our Discord to chat with fellow Seedlings and share your thoughts on our game! And don't forget to follow our socials to stay updated on more Strange Seed news!

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Hey everyone!

Summer is fast approaching and our Pink Blob is learning how to swim! We’ve been focusing on the underwater area over the last few months and this new map is shaping up to be a colorful wonderland (or wonder-sea?) for you to explore! This month, we have a few more screenshots of our WIP content to share. Ready for another early look at what’s coming this summer?

A Sneak Peek

Look at the Jellyfish!

This new area will be occupied by unique flora and fauna, with some familiar faces showing up as well. There will be several new species for you to defeat, and of course they drop new body parts that will grant you new powers!

A romantic date under the sea

As you can see from our pictures, some of these creatures aren't merely walking on the ground or flying in the sky; they are floating and swimming through the water. We are working to introduce a swimming mechanic to this new area, and we're excited to show you how it works when we get closer to the update!

Dunnn dun… duunnnn dun… duuunnnnn dun dun dun dun

Community Creations

It's been a while since we last shared all the weird creature designs conjured by our Discord community. So let us have a look at what they've been up to this year!

According to its creator Gear, this is a fast creature that just so happened to look like a missile. This streamlined body shape sure helps lower air resistance!.

A tanky boss-killer/arena fighter by Wafflemoose. Love how gentlemanly it looks, with the top hat and reading glass, contrasting with the powerful dragon body.

Another powerful dragon monster, though this one looks a bit... squishy? An intriguing design by Dragon Claw!

That's all we have for this month. What do you think about the new area (or at least, what you can see so far)? We are really curious on your thoughts so feel free to leave a comment here or join our Discord to talk about all things Strange Seed! And don't forget to follow our socials for more news!

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Spring is a season of growth, and with it, comes a new patch to help our pink blob evolve. This update includes new language support (the pink blob figured out how to speak Italian and Polish) and fixes to several issues we logged from your feedback (thanks for the reports everyone!). You can find the full patch notes at the bottom of this post.

Also, just want to take this chance to say a big thank you to all the adventurous souls who joined us on this evolutionary journey about experimenting with all kinds of body parts.

If you enjoy playing Strange Seed, we’d greatly appreciate it if you could take a few seconds to leave us a review on Steam. It really helps with Strange Seed’s exposure on the platform, especially during the ongoing Spring Sale, and let us spread the joy of eating and evolving to more gamers around the world!

Underwater Area WIP

As you may be aware, we are currently working on a new under water area as per the community vote result, and oh boy do we have some good news! We’re making good progress with the new content and are now looking to schedule the expansion by June/July.

Here’s a sneak peek at one of the new creatures coming to the waters of Strange Seed:

What do you think of this new look of Strange Seed? Feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments or join our discord! Also, be sure to follow us on our socials! We’ll be posting more news and development progress in the weeks to come!

Patch Notes:

• New player light source added, found around mid-game in a somewhat dark place

• Added Italian and Polish translations

• Fixed various font and UI issues for other localized languages

• Fixed softlock issue when positioning Anglerfish Lure

• Fixed bug which causes color sliders to reset part material to default

• Changed lower-left HUD button hints from text to image for mouse buttons

• Fixed settings not saving

• Fixed softlock bug caused by accessory rotation

• Fixed Ant Queen rematch issues (and hopefully her achievement too)

• Interaction range for NPCs now scales up if the player is gigantic

• Improved detection of player on the pageant stage

• Added Open Map to Controls for remapping

• Fixed Stag Beetle Mama not dropping her loot

• Minor physics tweaks to hopefully improve ground clipping

• Fixed localization issue in Bestiary + added missing strings for Tortoise and Spider

• Due to rendering issues, changed Russian font from PT Sans to Roboto

Hey everyone! Christmas is near and the Steam Winter Sale is here, with Strange Seed now 20% off. We are also partnering up with Horticular in the Slug Disco Colourful Creature Bundle. If you haven’t already grabbed our game, or if you’re thinking of sending the pink blob out as a present, this is the time!

Now, before we wrap up for the holidays, we have some wonderful news to share:

Supporter Pack

To start off, we are releasing a Supporter Pack with 7 new skins, 5 new accessories and 2 new parts to help you evolve in style. These are completely optional and you don’t need them to play the game. Still, we’d really appreciate it if you’d like to grab some new toys for the holidays and support us!

Evolve with style :)

Game Updates

At the same time, we are adding a series of free updates to upgrade your evolution experience in the base game:

Map

No more getting lost in the wild! This is a new map tool available from the start of the game. You can open it to check your location in an area and help search for secrets. It has icons for major points of interest (bosses, shrines, nests, FAC outposts); the icons only turn on after you've find them in person.

Boss Revives

Want a rematch? You can now revive every boss to fight them again. There won’t be new rewards or anything, but seems like many of you are very eager to go for round 2 just to try out new creature builds.

Farming Points

If you need more biomass and crystals, the Farming Points are where you go. You can farm resources from them, with one giant brain in Volcano and a crystal pillar in the Crystal Cave.

New Skills: Stamina Regen & Damage Reduction

• Stamina Regen: Continuously regenerates stamina even if you're running/flying. Perhaps some of you might figure out how to sprint towards infinity with this tech.

• Damage Reduction: Unlike Defense that blocks a flat number of damage, Damage Reduction absorbs a percentage of the incoming damage

Attack Part Scaling

Bigger parts mean bigger attacks! When you scale up a part that has an attack skill, the attack will also scale up in size. Do beware that it is not a 1:1 change though, and the attack area only increases by a certain amount.

Size Point Rebalancing

Some of the size point bonuses felt unimpactful while others were too powerful. That’s why we've changed them around to make the size scaling more balanced.

Hope you enjoy these changes. Once again, thank you for playing Strange Seed and making 2025 such an awesome year for us. We could not have asked for a more passionate and creative community to support our launch and making it as successful as it is.

With the community vote concluded, we are starting to work on the next steps of Strange Seed. Please look forward to what we have in store and in the meantime, follow us on Twitter, YouTube, TikTok and join our Discord to keep an eye on the latest updates! Have a wonderful Christmas and a happy New Year! (And don't forget to eat plenty of food like our little pink blob!)

Hey everyone! Thanks to all of you who picked up Strange Seed in its first 4 weeks on Steam. You are all AMAZING and I'm incredibly happy that over 12,000 people have now played the full game! We want to start working on a "big" update to the game; something that expands the amount of playable content and adds more hours of enjoyment.

The 5 ideas

We have a list of ideas that are achievable for our team, but we can only start with one. So we want to hear what you think that one idea should be! Here they are:

- Fixed Hargraves bugging out during his second phase conversion

- Yeti Mama nerf: lower HP, slightly lower damage on charge, significantly lower damage from her minions

- Ancient Chameleon: fixed buggy attack, gave a more unique attack pattern, reduced number of minions and their hp / attack strength

- Deer: added a pause in their non-aggro pathing

- Butterfly and mantis shrimp: another small nerf

- Increased distance that larger meat can be eaten from

- Fixed some ground in Crystal Cave not displaying attack indicators

- Fixed the historian's addition abilities (but really, did you expect a historian to do math?)

By the way, we've slowed down our build frequency as we work on some larger updates. More on that soon!

• Set Dragon wings to be given from his tombstone (in case they were missed)
• Dark Tunnels: fixed code dialogue and outpost door in #06 now opens properly
• CrystalCave: moved aggro butterfly away from nest to prevent complications
• CrystalCave: slight buff to enemies
• Honey Cliffs: removed some excessive particle effects for performance
• Added aquatic to seal head, moved dodge (2) to its arms
• Hid that special creature in the Bestiary until it's ready
• Some performance improvements

STRANGE SEED IS OUT.

Our creature evolution game has evolved into its final form! Thank you so much to everyone joining us on this journey and we really appreciate every single wishlist, share, demo download and feedback from you. Let's look at what's in full game of Strange Seed:

New Creatures (and Body Parts)!

With a full game comes a full range of body parts, and that's over 40 creatures and 7 body parts for you to experiment with. We did the math – there are over 4.5 billion possible combinations! The possibility of evolution is virtually endless!

New Areas!

Explore New Haven in its complete glory. From the scorching volcano to the iridescent crystal caves, there are over 10 different biomes for you to explore and numerous secrets to uncover!

New Puzzles and Challenges!

New maps mean new NPCs! Especially in the brand new town area, where you can find several NPCs offering a variety of challenges for you to complete. And don’t forget to explore every nook and cranny for hidden puzzles!

(🐸: What's a keypad???)

New Bosses

Encounter mighty and bizarre creatures. Take them on with your new arsenal of body parts and abilities! Will you be the predator or the prey?

Are you ready to assemble your own bizarre life form? Play the full game now! And don't forget to join our Discord community and show off your outlandish creations!

Without further ado, we're pleased to announce that full version of Strange Seed will be releasing Wednesday November 5th - we expect it to launch around 3pm BST!

To celebrate we've prepared a brand new trailer which shows off new parts and environments which will be coming to the full game.

The full game will feature:

• 10 semi-open world zones set in a variety of biomes.

• 40 full creatures for you to consume and unlock. (With 7 part slots this amounts to over 10 million unique combinations!)

• Hidden zones, challenges and special parts to further customise your creature.

• Unique boss fights for you to overcome - either with your combat prowess or through cheesing (you have access to a lot of parts after all)

If you haven't already, remember you can wishlist Strange Seed here:

• Adapt
• Green Again
• Horticular (with a surprise!)
• Strange Seed
• Ecosystem
• Primordial Empire

Hi Seedlings!

I hope everyone had a great summer! These past few months have been incredibly for us with game developement. With the new areas coming together nicely, we figured this monthly round-up is a good time to give everyone an early preview!

New Areas!

ICYMI, last month we’ve shared some blurred teasers of our new maps, and this time we are excited to show them in full HD. (We’d have loved to do it in 4K but alas, upload size limit…)

The Brazen Plains is a vast open area surrounded by mountains. Numerous creatures roam the plains, and the surrounding mountains have all the nooks and crannies (and a MASSIVE lake) for you to explore.

The Volcano is a blazing inferno filled with environmental hazards and dangerous creatures. Mind your steps, and don't step on the lava!

Here’s another new area not included in last month’s screenshots – the Scrapshire Village. Populated by quirky characters (you might spot some speech bubbles in the backdrop), you can take on many fun challenges for bountiful rewards!

Aside from the maps, we’ve been working on new body parts for the full game. Below is a screenshot of some of them combined on a single creature. What creatures do you think they belong to? Take a guess, and we’ll talk about them in the next monthly blog!

Community Creations

Before we go, let's check out what bizarre life forms our community made in the last month. We’ve received a number of awesome submissions from our Discord member Deathclawstudios. Here are some of their cool designs!

This dragonfly has some impressive stats: over 200 stamina! That looks more than enough to soar across any map with ease!

They also recreated other IRL animals like a vulture and a fly with tools available in the demo. Look at the vulture spreading its massive wings!

While this is all for this blog post, we'll be sharing more about the full game in the upcoming round-ups! Be sure to follow us on our socials and check back in next month!

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