Hello monster friends! It’s the weekend, and that means another edition of the Village Monsters Dev Diary Digest (VMD3) Today’s update is both late and briefer than usual, but I hope i have a good excuse: with PAX being this week and the Alpha 1 release next week, I’m already pretty dang busy. But then last […]
Author: Josh Bossie
Development Diary – Seasons, Village Changes, and the Compendium
Hello Villagers! It’s the weekend, and that means another edition of the Village Monsters Dev Diary Digest (VMD3) This edition is an extra-large one. I typically try to pick out the 3 most important things I worked on to share, but I was a real whirling dervish of productivity this week, and just 3 things ain’t […]
Development Diary – Beaches, Ruins, and UI Improvements
It’s the weekend, and that means another edition of the Village Monsters Dev Diary Digest (VMD3) There is now less than a month to go until the version I’m working on releases for you all to play with. This’ll mark the very first Alpha version that I make public, and I’m pretty excited about it. September […]
Development Diary – Pets, Hail, and UI Improvements
It’s the weekend, and that means another edition of the Village Monsters Dev Diary Digest (VMD3)! Like last week I have a bit of housekeeping to do before diving in. Longtime followers know that I’ve tried several different ways to present progress updates, but none of them have really ‘stuck’. However, it seems this weekly format […]
Development Diary – Newsletters, Fishing, and Botany
It’s the weekend, so that means I get to share everything I worked on last week in yet another edition of the Village Monsters Developer Diary Digest (VMD3)! Before I begin, I wanted to quickly plug something. You might not know this, but I have a newsletter for Village Monsters, and I would absolutely love it […]
Development Diary – Holidays, Postal Services, and Birdsong
It’s the weekend, so that means I get to share all I worked on last week in another edition of the Village Monsters Developer Diary Digest (you know, the VMD3)! Event & Holiday System It seems like I’ve been putting off a holiday / event system for at least the last 6 months. It’s one of the […]
Development Diary – Potions, Item Cards, and Critter Domestication
It’s the weekend, so that means I get to share all I worked on last week in another edition of the Village Monsters Developer Diary Digest (VMD3) Since I released the demo on Sunday I’ve been working on experimental prototyping; not all of it will survive, but it’s a fun excursion. Potions! The most successful prototype […]