Hello villagers! Development of Village Monsters has really hit its stride in these early days of 2018. January was perhaps the most productive month of my entire life; it’s no exaggeration to say the game has changed more in last month than the previous 3 months before it combined. In today’s update we’re going to take a […]
Hello villagers! What an insanely productive month January was! Toward the start of the week I took the time to sit down and analyze the primary game loops. I came away from this exercise with a much clearer picture of what I wanted (and what I didn’t want!) from the game. Here are the 4 […]
It’s a new year. People are coming up with (and perhaps already abandoning) new years resolutions, so what better time to talk about what Q1 of 2018 looks like for Village Monsters? Earlier this week the last Alpha demo was released into the wild. In contrast to the Pre-Alpha demos before it, the Alpha series […]
Happy New Year! The final Alpha version of 2017 has been posted. It’s also very likely the final Alpha version period! Next up I begin work on Beta 1. Get hyped! Your download portal should already be updated with the new hotness. Here’s the patch notes for the release: Alpha 2.2 Additions The title screen […]
Oof, that’ll teach me to make a bunch of changes on a release day. It’s obvious now that Alpha 2 needed much more thorough testing of the last-minute changes; many of you have reported crashes and other problems that are preventing you from even playing. I was able to fix the majority of them and […]
Here it is! The first Village Monsters demo of the post-Kickstarter era. It’s called Alpha 2, and it’s hopefully a big improvement on Alpha 1. If you’re a Kickstarter backer that has pledged $25 or above you should be getting an email soon with instructions on how to download it. If you don’t fall in […]
We’re barreling toward the first release of the post-Kickstarter demo of Village Monsters, so I wanted to take some time to talk about what that means. First, the release date: Alpha 2 will be made available on December 11th, 2017! Following Alpha 2 will be several Feedback Releases which will come out between the 11th and the end […]