Playing Niche for the first time

[Cloverr39]

(This is my first post in the forums. Please be nice.)

I've been dreaming about the day I finally get Niche for like 7 years. I absolutely love this game because genetics is one of my interests and so is breeding animals. I couldn't get it on my computer, so for years I just spent hours of my day watching playthroughs on YouTube 🥲. But I got a PS5 now and guess what?? I finally got Niche!!!! So let me tell you how it's going.

I'm playing in story mode right now. Everything was going great until I traveled to a swamp island. There were barely any sources of food and those bugs kept attacking. I left that island as soon as possible, but I lost most of my food there. The next island had a lot of jungle and not many berry bushes or bunnies. Only a few could fish and almost none could pick berries. I thought it was the end for me, but I somehow managed to survive with 4 creatures. I left that island and went to a much nicer grass/savannah island. There were a bunch of rouge males there though. I was able to get a lot of food again and prepare for the next island better. So now I'm on a snowy mountain and everything's going great again. I have a lot of the bearyena genes and I'm getting the heat body in there as well. Food is not hard to find at all. I think the balance bear alone gave me like 30 food. The next island looks to be a jungle and tbh I'm kinda scared, so any tips for surviving in the jungle are much appreciated. 

So yeah, that's how it's going. Should I write updates?

[Stranger]

4 hours ago, Cloverr39 said:

(This is my first post in the forums. Please be nice.)

I've been dreaming about the day I finally get Niche for like 7 years. I absolutely love this game because genetics is one of my interests and so is breeding animals. I couldn't get it on my computer, so for years I just spent hours of my day watching playthroughs on YouTube 🥲. But I got a PS5 now and guess what?? I finally got Niche!!!! So let me tell you how it's going.

I'm playing in story mode right now. Everything was going great until I traveled to a swamp island. There were barely any sources of food and those bugs kept attacking. I left that island as soon as possible, but I lost most of my food there. The next island had a lot of jungle and not many berry bushes or bunnies. Only a few could fish and almost none could pick berries. I thought it was the end for me, but I somehow managed to survive with 4 creatures. I left that island and went to a much nicer grass/savannah island. There were a bunch of rouge males there though. I was able to get a lot of food again and prepare for the next island better. So now I'm on a snowy mountain and everything's going great again. I have a lot of the bearyena genes and I'm getting the heat body in there as well. Food is not hard to find at all. I think the balance bear alone gave me like 30 food. The next island looks to be a jungle and tbh I'm kinda scared, so any tips for surviving in the jungle are much appreciated. 

So yeah, that's how it's going. Should I write updates?

I think you should write updates, sounds like things are going grand for now! And also to survive in the jungle I recommend stripes and fur colours that camouflage easily (brown, grey). Don't step on the little twigs on the ground, and try not to call from tree stumps. When you eat from stinky trees remember to lick the scent off your nichelings. This will make it harder for an ape to spawn (though not guaranteed because once an ape spawned for me ten days into being on a jungle island). Good luck!

(Also welcome to the forums!)

[Cloverr39]

Alright, update time!

I got scared of the jungle and moved to an easier island instead. From there I took some time to prepare for the jungle. I bred in some jungle genes and split them into two groups - one living in water and one on land. When I had most of the genes I wanted bred in I moved to the jungle island. So far I've been doing great on that island. I believe I have around 1000 food. I did run into an issue in the underwater group. First I somehow managed to breed out like every other immunity gene besides I and C. I think I have like one creature with home island immunity. Then while I was more focused on the land group, I lost all my females in the underwater group. My last female had two sons before dying from having two I immunity genes 😭. I think the next island I'm headed to is another snowy mountain, so I will start breeding in some genes that will help me there. I might combine the underwater group and the land group.

[Stranger]

Oof Immunity genes are kind of a problem for me as well. Good luck on the snowy mountain