Meowllo! We've implemented the $3 tier that includes all the rewards for $1 and $5 patrons.
For now, the mini-devlogs are available for all patrons to view until the end of the month. After that, the old tiers will be deleted and you'll be put onto a "no reward" sta...
2021-01-24 04:45:36 +0000 UTC View Post
We've written about our feelings about 2020 in a blog post here.
But this is an extra special thank you! Patreon has allowed us to have the wiggle room needed for something as unpredictable as game development...
2021-01-04 01:11:45 +0000 UTC View PostMeowllo! We've recently brought on Paige Marincak as an additional programmer to help us wrangle the giant ball of game code that is Snacko.
She has been helping us run automated test and fixing pe...
2020-12-07 06:36:22 +0000 UTC View Post
We got a lot of things smoothed out this week for the ranching! Unfortunately, we can't show any of it off yet. It's a secret 🤫
Fortunately, you'll be able to learn more about it in May during the Wholesome Direct! W...
2020-04-20 23:11:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Do you like my pun? I think I'm funny.
Our biggest thing to show off this week is the addition of farm animals! We still have a lot to add, though. We struggled a bit back and forth with whether or...
2020-04-14 00:04:45 +0000 UTC View Post
It's the first mini-devlog of April! And we've also decided to make all our Patreon posts this month public due to the world, uh burning down. It feels a little weird because I'm writing for a larger audience and it's sort of embarrassing. Hi!
Anyways...
2020-04-06 17:20:51 +0000 UTC
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First peek at the fishing mini-game! Featuring the original Place Holder Art™
2020-04-03 19:04:28 +0000 UTC
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Meowllo everyone! We hope you're all well. You've probably gotten dozens of emails already about COVID-19, and we'd like to add to that pile.
Since letters are passed through many hands and many facilities once it leaves our office, we'd like to minimize the risk to you by suspending physic...
2020-03-15 20:29:59 +0000 UTC View PostMeowllo!
An unexpected side of moving to another country became shipping costs. Due to the way Canada Post handles their mail and the prices for international (non-US and Canada) mail, it's not sustainable for us to send out monthly merchandise for Guild members.
Don't worry! We're no...
2019-09-01 03:23:35 +0000 UTC View Post
This month's tail-end has been a little quiet...because we're moving! On top of throwing everything we own into a shipping container bound for Canada, we're also transitioning to full-time work on Snacko in August....
2019-07-29 02:55:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's a super easy material in Unreal you can use for sandy shores! The concept of it can be broken down easily, since it's just math, so there's a bunch of different ways you can implement this for different purposes.
There are fancier variations of this shader for sure, but keeping in li...
2019-07-13 18:13:13 +0000 UTC View Post
If you've seen our roadmap, you know we were supposed to work on some existing systems like mining and fishing. Somehow along the way, we decided to completely rework the building system! The good news is, it was absolut...
2019-06-25 04:07:39 +0000 UTC View Post
We're giving both Snackie Heroes and Ambassadors to receive any merchandise they would like! To do this without going broke, here's how this is going to work:
Although this month has been a busy one outside of Snacko, we had the ball rolling on a couple of new things!
Last month we introduced the beginning of some new environmental changes, like snow! This month, we added fall sets of foliage and v...
2019-05-28 04:11:12 +0000 UTC View Post
I feel like every month I get ready to write one of these, it takes me a while to go through memory lane and figure what happened last month, and what happened this month. They sort of blend together after awhile...
April felt a little short - we spent a lot of time developing and designing...
2019-05-02 21:36:31 +0000 UTC View PostIt's been a hectic month! So hectic, I forgot what we did this month. During busy times, it's easy to feel like one week was one month, so looking back on the GIFs created within the past 30 days is always a nice surprise.
March was mostly focused on polish, getting the game to a state wher...
2019-03-31 01:36:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Keeping true to my word on our $150 goal (wow), I've upgraded Mikan's Magic Shop to handle discount codes for patrons! Here's a list of changes, in easy-to-read bullet point format:
Hurrah! Snackie Heroes can now visit the snackie secret shop to snag themselves the latest build - the current build is slightly different from the one last week, but no big changes. In the future, we'll release patch notes for every iteration of alpha build we put up for Snackie Heroes to play!<...
2019-03-26 16:31:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Wew, it's been a long week! We've been at the Game Developer's Conference this week, and were able to meet plenty of lovely people as well as have attendees play our game! Lots has happened for Snacko in the past couple of days, and there's much more work ahead to slough through. What are we goin...
2019-03-24 21:06:18 +0000 UTC View PostI don't really want to call it a trailer, because it's not really a trailer?
Enjoy this short video clip of music with game footage and text.
2019-03-18 05:00:27 +0000 UTC View Post
As college kicked into full force for me in fall 2018, development slowed down. We did spend a lot of our free time planning and talking about the game, but not a lot of time actually executing anything. At the end of the summer, I felt like something was off. I didn't like the direction...
2019-02-13 19:01:00 +0000 UTC View Postrecursive will be writing a tutorial or article about his process working on snacko. This will be early access to Patrons, but eventually published for all to read on our blog. What are you interested in learning about?
Thanks to the generous patrons (that's you!!) we were able to get TWO designs printed! Snackie Heroes will be receiving theirs in the mail at the mercy of the speed of snail mail.
We'll also be at the Game Developer's Conference in March, so if you're in the San Francisco bay are...
2019-01-28 22:15:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Ah, the sequel of Birth of the Town released in July 2018. After our overhaul, I couldn't use 99% of the assets I've already made. So, I had a good cry, and shelved them away. But, TA-DA! It ...
2019-01-23 17:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post“I’ve got a great idea for a game! Now what?”
One of the earliest hurdles that come up during creative work is the step that bridges “I know what I want” and “now I’ll start doing it”. Especially with something as large as games, there’s just too much to do. What seems lik...
2019-01-16 03:19:21 +0000 UTC View Post