Watch the latest Grounded dev vlog, new update coming September 30

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Grounded is a game that continues to grow in scale and ambition, despite the dimunitive nature of its inhabitants, and has promised monthly content updates as part of its Early Access and Game Preview. August delivered with its content update, but Grounded’s next update has been shrouded in mystery for all of September. Well, Grounded’s latest developer vlog reveals when players can expect the next feature drop, after going over how insects in the game go about their day.

According to the developer vlog, the various insects in Grounded follow a G.O.A.P., or “Goal Oriented Action Plan,” which dictates how and why insects do what they do. In the case of the aphid, these tiny creatures love exploring, but can also become quite sad if they spend too much time away from clovers. Give aphids lots of time with clovers, and they’ll give aphid honeydew in response. Weevils spend all their time searching for mushrooms, while ants do everything for the colony. Every insect has an agenda they want to follow, be it exploration, food gathering, or defense of their territory.

It’s an interesting look at how the Grounded team developed the insects, and why insects do what they do. Gnats are especially amusing, as apparently gnats just enjoy, well, “booping” players. However, this insight into Grounded’s life isn’t the climax of this developer blog, rather its the news that the September content update is dropping for all players on September 30, 2020, and will include new features for everyone to explore. We’ll hopefully learn a little bit more about the update right before it’s here, but we’re expecting this content update to be a little more on the conservative side.