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[sortris]

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Current state of the game
We implemented some game mechanisms so far but please take into consideration that WE ARE USING MOCKUP GRAPHICS:
First of all we created some voxel models:



Then:
Performance benchmark


Animals and building construction - first look


New building construction and animal assignment


Basic animal production


Animal state and info window


Farm happiness and experience level


Silo & warehouse.


Wheat field

[sortris]

Hi there.
This week was full of code refactoring and bug fixing but we were able to implement one new feature. This #10 devlog update is our small jubilee, so we have something special for you, but first

We are happy to set our game development progress to 30%!

Treasure chests as a premium item
After a long analysis and brainstorm process we decided to make treasure chests as a premium item. Chests can be obtained as a reward from daily tasks or for a small amount of money. Every chest will contain from 3 to 5 common items and from 1 to 2 rare, special items. More details will determine at the end of the development process.



First official graphics renders!

Scarecrows


Apples


Trunks


How do you like it? We would be thankful for your feedback!

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[sortris]

Hello there everyone. We have some interesting features for you today. Just take a look:

Loading game parameters from remote bundles
The ability to load game parameters remotely is very important for us. It will allow us to balance key values without official updates. The flow of the process is to set proper value in our Google Sheet with parameters, then export it to JSON, generate Unity Asset Bundle with this data and put it on our server. Then game will try to download everytime someone will start to play. In case of no internet connection, locally saved data will be used.




Shop items with minimal farm level
Thanks to the previous feature we were able to add minimal farm level necessary to construct every building. It will help us to balance the game. After every farm level, player will get access to new buildings, etc. So now every item has one of three possible statuses:

• unlocked
• available to unlock but not unlocked
• not available to unlock

Just look at the gif:




Products collection & HUD animation
Item collecting process has now its dedicated interface animation. Just like that:




New renders
Barbecue Grill
One of the production facilities in Blocky Farm is a Barbecue Grill. It will allow us to produce some tasty food. There are 3 levels of development below:




Mill
On this render you can see a Mill and its three levels of development. Player will be able to produce food for animals.




Thanks for following us and see you this Saturday!

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[sortris]

Hello everyone, here you have episode 12. of Blocky Farm devlog. Have a nice read!

Game loading screen
After remote game parameters implementation it was high time to add a game loading scene. It is as simple as that: game logo (don’t worry - it is just a temporary placeholder :D), some game hints and smooth progress bar animation.




Shaking fruit trees
You can remember that there are some kinds of fruit orchards in Blocky Farm. Every tree gives a fruit after finished production but it requires player’s interaction to collect. It needs just a single tap on the tree to shake it and dump the fruit on the ground. Then fruit is automatically collected to the barn.




Highlight decoration slots
Decoration slots is a great feature but now it is easier to find free slot for your decoration. Just look on the gif:




Moving buildings to other slots
We implemented this feature to give a player some freedom in placing buildings on the map. Of course every decoration will be moved with building too. As you can see, it works fine.




Renders
As always we have some nice renders for you: wheat, carrot and sugarcane fields on 3 levels of growth.

Wheat field


Carrot field


Sugarcane field



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Hi everyone. We have some great features to share with you as always. We would be thankful for your feedback!

Tractor prototype
One of our goals in BlockyFarm is to engage and entertain a player at every stage of gameplay. Going this way we decided to add a tractor that will be available to use later in the game. A player’s task will be to repair this vehicle and as a reward it will become our next tool useful for collecting crops. It will also be possible to drive on the whole map.



And remember: don’t drive drunk!




Building construction process
The next big thing in Blocky Farm is improved, awesome building construction process. This process is separated into four stages:

• the appearance of the scaffolding
• the actual construction process - building is getting bigger and more visible
• the disappearance of the scaffolding
• ribbon cutting

How do you like it?




Renders
Bee hives - three levels of development



Cherry orchard - one of three levels of growth stage



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[sortris]

Hello everyone, here you have episode 14. of Blocky Farm devlog. Have a nice read!

Bridge and unlocking new area
There are some inaccessible areas on the map that can be unlocked by completing some simple objectives. This week we’ve implemented destroyed bridge that player has to repair with some boards, ductapes, etc. Repaired bridge gives an access to the new area.




Farm gate
We’ve also added a farm gate that is not only a customisable decoration, but also display the farm’s name. Of course the player will be able to change it!




Global events
There are some global events in the Blocky Farm. For example, player can get 2x more experience/coins from completed orders with delivery truck. Events are temporary and last around 3-5 days. Everything is of course remotely parametrized.






Renders
As always, we have some nice renders for you:

Pigsty - three levels of development




Sheep Pasture - three levels of development




Garden




They are beautiful, aren’t they?

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[sortris]

Hi all! Welcome to the next Blocky Farm devlog episode. This week we have two really nice feature for you!

Tractor
One of our goals in BlockyFarm is to engage and entertain a player at every stage of gameplay. Going this way we decided to add a tractor that is available to use later in the game. A player’s task is to repair this vehicle and as a reward it becomes our next tool useful for collecting crops. It is also possible to drive on the whole map. On the gif you can see updated steering system.

The whole GUI is hidden except three buttons necessary to drive the vehicle.



Is it wheat or rather mine field? Oo



What will happen when we connect Kerbal Space Program, Interstellar and Blocky Farm together? :D




Cat
Finally, our dog has a nice companion. Meet the Filemon - the second pet that is available to care of. Cat has special set of behaviours. Just look on it, how sweet our cat is! For example it can:

Jump on the roof


Catch the mouse


And get fun with just a ball of wool.
Do you have any ideas for other cat’s behaviours we can implement?


Renders
As always we have also some renders.

Cowshed - three levels of development


Dairy - three levels of development


We would be thankful for any feedback

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[sortris]

Hello there everyone. We have some interesting features for you today. Before you start, remember that we are still using placeholders :D

Pathfinding
Our pets now are able to find paths among building, decorations and other obstacles. We’ve implemented this feature basing on the A* algorithm. Everytime the player builds something, graph with all possible paths is recalculated and saved in the memory. Thanks to that, our pets can find a shortest possible way to the toy or something like that.

Generated graph with all possible paths



How it works?


Pathfinding during play with ball



Medicines production
As you probably know, animals sometimes become ill in Blocky Farm. To heal them, player needs medicines. So we’ve added a Herbalist where some healthy syrups can be produced. The important aspect of this feature is that we’ve created a special area on the map where some buildings stand - useful but not directly related to the farm. (More info in the next devlog)



Camera focus
Camera focus was fixed. Just that




First animation
Our animals will be as much interactive as possible. To achieve that, we will need many animations. Just look on the first one. How do you like it?



Bigger resolution

That is all for today. We would be thankful for any feedback. See you next week!

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Hi all!
This is a last post in this year. We just wanted to wish you all the best, a special time with your families, many gifts and simply Merry Christmas from us - Jet Toast and our Blocky Farm's pets: cat & dog!

Moreover we want to say a big THANK YOU for your support and many kind comments in this thread. You don't even know how important it is for us.

See you in 2016.

Ho ho ho! *disappeared in the snow*

[Pixel Noise]

Just found this - and it looks super cute and polished already! Can't wait to see more next year - happy holidays

[sortris]

Just found this - and it looks super cute and polished already! Can't wait to see more next year - happy holidays

Thank you! Happy New year to you too.
See you in January!

[sortris]

Hello everyone after this long Christmas break. We missed you so much, but we are back and as always, we have a bunch of great features! This week we’ve done some simple polishing tasks.

Flattening animals
Animals gets temporarily flatten after collision with tractor or any other vehicle. Is it fun enough? We don’t want any kind of violence in our game.




Animals react to noise
User can destroy rock with dynamite, can chop down a tree with a saw - that makes noise. Animals are fragile creatures thus there is chance that they will get panic when they hear a sound.




Shaking trees after vehicle collision
It is simple and fun feature. Trees will shake every time player will collide with it. Do you like it?




That is all for today, but stay tuned. Here you have a placeholder model as a sneak peek of upcoming AWESOME FEATURE



See you!

[sortris]

Hi all. We are happy to show you these great features.

Disco Mode
Disco mode is one of Blocky Farm’s special features that makes this game unique in our opinion. How does it work? Disco Hummer arrives to our farm from time to time and allows the player to start a big party. Huge speakers set appears, music is playing, animal are dancing and everyone is happy. Goods production is hastened by 50%. How do you like this idea? (Remember that we still use placeholder graphics).








Pet houses
We don’t want to leave our pets homeless, so we’ve added some simple buildings-decorations for Cat & Dog separately. There are several dog houses, a big pillow to lay on, some huge cardboard boxes and a cat tree. These are the rest points where pets feel comfortable and more happy. We are going to add tens of different pet houses in the final version of the game. Once again: how do you like this idea?




Stroking animals
One of our goals is to encourage the player to interact with ingame world as much as possible. One of the ways of interaction is stroking animals. Player can have fun with pets using simple gestures that trigger various behaviours. Our pet can jump, lay on the ground, chase its tail, etc.




Did you like this Blocky Farm update?
We prepared something special for the next week - new game graphics that looks awesome - trust me!
See you!

[sortris]

Hi there!
Today we have something very, very special for you and for us. First of all - we are proud to set the game development progress to 40%. Secondly, we are proud to show you completely new game map and completely new graphics. Just tell us how do you like it? We are so, so excited about that, but any kind of feedback would be helpful.

Here you have some screenshots from the game (actually Block Farm runs with over 30 fps on HTC One - no optimisation yet).

Full resolution here



Full resolution here



Thanks for your support and see you next week

[sortris]

Blocky Farm new features:

Animal selfies
Animal now can take a selfie photo :D Then this image is used as an animal potrait in some UI panels. Just take a look.




Dog chasing a cat
Everybody knows that dog and cat don’t like each other. That’s why dog can start chase a cat. Sometimes the conflict is exacerbating and chase lasts a very long time, and sometimes ends after a while...



..or sometimes something goes wrong xD




Bonus
On the following gif you can see the whole process of creating game map.

[sortris]

Hi, last days we were focused on improving UI, so there is not so much to share with you, but we still have two interesting new features.

There are some obstacles on the map that blocks parts of a play area. The player can destroy it with a saw or a dynamite and get useful resources: stone or wood. Just take a look:

Destroy stones animation + animal response




Cutting tree animation + animal response




Thanks and see you next week

[Poya]

Awesome, this is looking great and you are moving fast!

I'm also working on a (startup) simulator type game and I'm finding it an interesting challenge to put in just enough UI and pieces in place to be able to test the game-play, without wasting too much time on visuals which will likely get replaced later.

Curious: are you using any frameworks for dealing with Unity UI more easily (e.g. MVVM pattern or the like)? Or do you update the UI values directly?

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Hi all. Today we have for you a collage of animal gadgets. 
Do you like it? Have you got any ideas for the new ones?



@Poya: We are using just a Unity3D built-in tools to create UI for now so we update the UI values directly.

[sortris]

Hi!

We just wanted to share our Global Game Jam game with you. Why? Because we think that it is really interesting game. We are proud of it. 'Good morning' was created in 48 hours (that are the rules of GGJ). The theme was 'ritual'. We didn't want to make another game about shamans, voodoo, etc. so we made a game about breaking daily rituals.

Game is free and we don't have plans to develop it in the future. Grab and play if you want to (Don't forget to put on your headphones)

Game site (download link inside): http://globalgamejam.org/2016/games/good-morning-0




Screenshots:






Jury honorable mentioned our game. Feel free to ask me anything

Now we are back to the work on Blocky Farm :D

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Hi there!
We are back on developing Blocky Farm after Global Game Jam competition. This week we were hard working on UI design and new animals with animations. Just take a look on these sweet domestic pets

Pig
On this gif pig wears hipster glasses and winter cap.





Eating Sheep





Eating Cow





Happy Cat





Please, tell us what do you think about it. Do you like these animations? Is there anything that we should improve? Thanks from advance!