Category: Development Diary

Hiya Villagers! It’s been awhile since I’ve done a proper devlog, so I want to start with something small. So small, in fact, that it’s only 48×48 pixels: today I’m talking dialogue portraits! Portraits are an important part of any game with a lot of dialogue text, but for a solo project like Village Monsters […]

Hello Villagers! The next major update coming to Village Monsters is already well underway, so I wanted to share a dev diary outlining some the cool stuff I’m working on. I’m calling this release the Living Lands update, and its focus is on making the world of Village Monsters feel immersive and alive. After all, it may […]

Hello Villagers! Phew, it’s been a while, huh? Seems like summer is already over. In today’s dev diary, I’m going to talk about the most substantial update I’ve worked on so far: Village Monsters v80.0, aka the update that finally implements the long-awaited Village Restoration Project. And it’s releasing soon: September 8th! But before I get into that, let’s address the elephant […]

Hello Villagers! It’s now officially summer! Maybe for some of you it’s been summer for awhile already, but here in Seattle, summer always starts later than you’d hope. This is a very important summer for me! These next three months will be spent on working as hard as I can on Village Monsters to prepare […]

Hello Villagers! Let’s talk friendship. There are 32 monster pals in Village Monsters that you can befriend, but until now there hasn’t been much of a benefit beyond watching their little heart icons fill up. That’s about to change. Today’s dev diary is going to feature one of the biggest and most exciting new additions […]

Hello Villagers! How’re your gardens doing this year? My physical garden has been shamefully neglected (per the usual), but as for my virtual garden…? It’s literally never been better! Since my last update I’ve working super-duper hard on the next version of Village Monsters – which, incidentally, will feature a brand new Gardening hobby for […]

Hello Villagers! For a very long time now – as far back as March 20th, at least – I’ve wanted to make big, sweeping changes to Village Monsters. Well, today seemed as good of day as any to finally announce these exciting changes. Without further adieu, let’s take a look! New Focus! Living in a forgotten game world is cool and […]