#animalkind

Open-world cooperative town-building adventure game ANIMALKIND will launch in Early Access for PC via Steam on March 30, developer Uncommon Games announced. 

“Our goal with ANIMALKIND has been to create a cozy world where you can play with friends, and launching into Steam Early Access lets players jump into that world now,” said Uncommon Games head of product Brian Guenther in a press release. “With the help of our players we will expand the game with new places to explore, characters to meet, and ways to be creative. We can’t wait to grow the game together with our community.”

Here is an overview of the game, via Uncommon Games:

About

In ANIMALKIND, you’ll step into the paws of adorable animal heroes piloting ancient mechs across a vibrant, post-paw-calyptic wilderness. Whether playing solo or with up to three friends in online cooperative play, players will gather resources, explore dynamic biomes, recruit charming townsfolk, and build a thriving community from the ground up. Blending relaxing town-building with playful multiplayer chaos, ANIMALKIND offers a world where corgis, cats, and raccoons wield industrial-grade opposable thumbs to shape their future, one mech-powered adventure at a time.

Key Features

Play as an Adorable Animal – Play as an adorable corgi, tuxedo cat, or North American trash panda (common raccoon), each with unique animations and customizations.

Pilot an Ancient Mech – Use the power of industrial-grade opposable thumbs and an upgradeable chassis to traverse the world of ANIMALKIND, gather resources, craft, and flex your design skills.

Establish a Thriving Town – Gather a community of friendly animals by building homes, laying out paths, and planting gardens.

Explore the Ever-Evolving Wilderness – Travel to dynamic wilderness areas with their own biomes, recruitable characters, and resources.

Cozy Cooperative Play With Your Friends – Play solo, or invite up to three friends to be a part of your game.

Watch a new trailer below.

Early Access Release Date Trailer

To challenge your views and what you thought you knew about animal intelligence, then to learn how to live a compassionate life toward them.

To remember that we only view animals and the world around us through the human lence and cannot create a hierarchy in intelligence to justify abuse.

To wonder what intelligence really mean, and how it seems to have a different definition depending the species.

To remember our different types of intelligences cannot be compared and are too different; but we have many things in common that not only science, but also empathy can make us understand.

To acknowledge the fact no matter the degree of self awareness and understanding of the world, when beings feel emotions and pain, have their own personality, it cannot be justified to hurt them. "Animals who are not traditionally self-aware still experience pain, trauma, and other emotions".

Some friends sent me the link to this trailer saying "this game's got a cute corgi, check it out" and everyone who knows me knows that a game featuring a corgi is almost an instant buy for me.

But, corgi aside, I think Animalkind could be really fun - an Animal Crossing-esque type of game that takes the "animal" more literally, and the terraforming to a new level. Plus, it's planned to be released on all platforms.