DreamStorm Studios offers, in early access, his brand new wildlife simulation / management game: Natural Instincts. In aerial view, you will have to manage the animals by learning the habits of each: rabbits, wolves, wild boars, deer, bears, it is up to you to develop an entire ecosystem taking into account the food chain.
A wild mode
Behind the fields of birds that rock the forest, hides a wild world where the law of the strongest reigns. But you will have to take care of the 5 species present, taking into account the vital needs of each of them. The balance is sometimes fragile, and the extinction of a species can be rapid and brutal. It also signs the end of the game.
A genetic ground
Natural Instincts opens with a series of tutorials to learn the traits of different species. The way to eat, drink, sleep, and reproduce. Every animal is born with a set of characteristic traits (eyesight, speed, fertility, etc.), some of which are hereditary. You will have to try to cross the right subjects, which is sometimes easier to write than to do. With his eyes on the counters, the player will try to maintain a balance so that everyone can have their fill.
A strong ecological message
This balance you can manage or let the game do it for you, because the animals continue to live even if you do not give them orders. Ultimately, it is human intervention that most often disturbs the fauna in place. Poaching, water pollution, household garbage are some of the random events that will give you a hard time. When it is not an epidemic of African swine fever which drastically reduces the population of wild boars.
Still in the development stage, Natural Instincts seek above all to be credible and close to reality. And he does it well. The following ? More possibilities in the gameplay, more animals, campaigns and quests, which DreamStorm Studios is giving itself a good year to develop, time to have the first feedback. It's time to enjoy it, the game is displayed on Steam for barely 8 €!
