Category: Development Diary
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Development Diary: Shacks, Weather, and a New Exhibit
Here’s last week’s screenshot roundup! By far the biggest thing I worked on last week was furniture and other decorations. The above gif is from the same house – your very first one, which is nothing more than a storage shed – that’s being furnished over time. The final release will have a *lot*…
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Development Diary: New Interiors, Dog Whistles, and the Moon Man
A roundup of screenshots from the last week’s worth of work. Experimenting with a prototype for placing furniture in your home. There’s going to be a lot of options for furniture and other customization in the final game, though for now it’s all pretty basic The above shot also shows off the new interior tileset.…
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Development Diary: Critters, More Critters, and Blunder Buzz
I’m a bit (very!) late on posting this developer diary, but here it is: Catching Critters in Village Monsters You’ll notice I’m careful not to call it ‘bug catching’, and the reason is simple: you’ll be hunting and catching far more than bugs. Sure, you’ll still catch the familiar and mundane Monarch Butterfly, or the…
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Development Diary: Dogs, Digs, and Dig Dogs
There’s a lot to do in an average day in Village Monsters – activities range from as the mundane, like shopping or talking with villagers, to multi-stage quests, odd jobs, and even exploration. However, the most involved type of activity is called a Hobby. Hobbies are generally ‘slow burns’ that you’ll work on each day, and…
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Sprint 18 – Why Not Both?
WHY NOT BOTH? Week of May 14th, 2017 WARP DOGS’ CORP LOGS The state of our WARP CORP continues to hold steady at ~doin’ fine~ The Extinction-Level-Event (ELE) is holding steady at ~39 weeks away. Rad! I’m trying something new! That’s what working for yourself allows for, yeah? Pivots, baby! Truth is, I was spending more time than…
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Sprint 16 – It’s Not Built For Shoes – Retrospective
IT’S NOT BUILT FOR SHOES Week of April 30th, 2017 OVERVIEW This was a pretty lousy week, if I’m honest. You ever have one of those days where it feels like you do a ton of work, only to you realize you don’t have a whole lot to show for it? Imagine that, but it’s all…
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Sprint 16 – It’s Not Built For Shoes – Planning
IT’S NOT BUILT FOR SHOES Week of April 30th, 2017 WARP DOGS’ CORP LOGS The state of our WARP CORP continues to hold steady at ~pretty ok~ The Extinction-Level-Event (ELE) is holding steady at ~41 weeks away. Rad! Not much new to add on this front – money is continuing to be spent, but not too much. We still…