Category: Development Diary
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Building a Village, 02/03/2019 – Shroomin’
Hello Villagers! It’s that time again, y’all – that’s right, I’m talkin’ dev diary time. As the release date inches ever closer it’s becoming increasingly harder to write these. I’m working on so much right now that a true weekly recap would be… well, too long and too hard to write. So I’m changing things…
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Building a Village, 01/22/2019 – Welcome Back
Hello Villagers! It’s been awhile since I’ve written a vanilla dev log! Since the start of December I’ve been hard at work on releasing demos (have you checked out the latest one yet?) and patch notes and Kickstarter updates and ahhhh!!! Phew. Ok. Well, most of that is over with and I’ve settled into a…
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Building a Village, 11/24/2018 – Clash of the Cods
Hello Villagers! There’s no way to actually prove this, but I’m pretty sure more people have played fishing mini-games than have actually gone fishing. You can fish in Zelda, in Nier, in Red Dead Redemption 2, in Pokemon, in Deadly Premonition, in Torchlight, in Yakuza. You can hardly walk into a Gamestop without tripping over…
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Building a Village, 11/05/2018 – Mushroom Gardener
Hello Villagers! About a year ago I revealed what was then a new in-game hobby – Gardening. As I worked on the design I realized that while I knew what I didn’t want – I didn’t want it to be like Harvest Moon, and I didn’t want it to be just a mini-game – I couldn’t nail…
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Building a Village, 10/15/2018 – Home Improvement
The power of ten thousand souls flows through me as I open GameMaker. A cursed scream escapes my throat as I watch my possessed fingers furiously writing lines of flawless (though haunted) code. A demonic entity bursts free from my chest in a ring of fire. His terrible visage turns toward me and whispers, “This…
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Building a Village, 08/25/2018 – Trash Hog
Hello Villagers! The past couple weeks were so focused on the demo release that I went on a developer diary hiatus – but we’re back today, baby! (Also, why not check out the demo if you haven’t already?) You’ll notice a definite trend in what I’ve been working on this week: villager interactions. This’ll remain…
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Building a Village, 07/20/2018 – Words Words Words
Hello Villagers! I’ve got big news to share! The next demo of Village Monsters – code name Summer Sherbet – is coming out on July 30th. And for the first time since last year this demo will be made available to everybody! I’ve been working my butt off on this release since the end of spring, and it…