Don Schmocker

Alright, due to popular demand, let's start talking about the

🎶 Beasts with the fur (with the fur) 🎶

in ✨HERDLING ✨

Here's a 🧵 with the process and tech behind the fur on our fluffy Calicorns:

Initial tests featured realtime mesh SDF generation for the collisions, but that was hella slow, so I kinda hacked with a quick check:

If the dot product of the vertex normal and the vector going from point A to point B on the chain is less than 0, push point B up a bit

Silly, but works 🤷‍♂️

(11/16)

Herdling's soundtrack by Joel Schoch will release this Summer around the release of the game itself. Here's a first glimpse behind the scenes of his work 😍

I hope they didn‘t tell you about the secret passage through the sewers, between our office buildings..

YouTube video by Panic Herdling Future Games Show & Demo Trailer

I worked on HERDLING (coming out soon!) for the past ~3 years and there's a lot of tech-art goodness there, from fur and foliage to clouds and water shaders ✨

I'm planning on sharing some behind the scenes goodness, but is there anything in particular you're interested in learning more about? 👀

Time Flies is OUT NOW!!

For Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, and Mac/PC. On sale for a limited time. Hand-crafted, delightful, short and sweet. And most of all: fun. timeflies.buzz 🪰

Spread the word!

Where will this bridge take us?

The road ahead is long ⛰️

Screenshot from our upcoming game Herdling: A herd of differently sized fluffy beasts runs across grassy hills, shepherded by protagonist Via and her staff. The creatures' fur glows in red, yellow and blue as the herd stampedes

With the powers of flowers 🪻

I played 10 free Steam demos this week: here are the 5 games that made it onto my wishlist Load up your wishlist—a lot of great games are headed your way.

"I already feel protective of my small herd of critters."

Thank you for featuring Herdling, @pcgamer.com 🙏💖

www.pcgamer.com/games/i-play...

Yes you can pet the Calicorns 😌

so excited for Herdling I did some art before it's even out. Had to sneak Rein in there too, I they'd want to meet a Calicorn @okomotive.ch #art #fanart #artistsofbluesky

Screenshot of our upcoming game Herdling: shepherd Via is travelling with her herd of Calicorns. They're shown from the back, moving away from the viewer across a slanting mountainside. Snowy peaks rise in the distance.

The mountains are getting closer... ⛰️

We have a Release Date! 🤍

Screenshot of two Steam capsules: FAR Changing Tides is 70% off and FAR Lone Sails is 90% off

Both FAR games are currently heavily discounted in the Steam Summer Sale 🥰
A perfect time to gift it to friends or tell people to play it 🙏

store.steampowered.com/developer/ok...

Painting of crow with spiky wings on ground

Had to paint it. Such a cool photo and bird!

screenshot of our upcoming game HERDLING: it shows a view of an autumnal birch forest, with visible rays of sunlight falling onto Via and the herd as they cross a river

Forest lighting mood appreciation post RT if u agree

From the gaming community on Reddit: FAR: Changing Tides, finally found time to play this indiegame. Amazing and inspiring art design, which led me to drawing this fan artwork. Hope you'll enjoy! Explore this post and more from the gaming community

Thank you for sharing this wonderful piece of fan art, /u/CptDies 😍😍

www.reddit.com/r/gaming/com...

HERDLING will be coming to PC and Consoles this Summer 💙🩷

Full trailer on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPaS...

Thank you so much for this wonderful review 💖💖💖

Herdling is a strangely captivating narrative herding simulator with a new demo you can check out now Herdling sees you herding a group of strange creatures up a mountain, and it just received a demo for you to have a go at.

Rock Paper Shotgun: I find the idea of having such a leadership role over animals that don't quite have as much autonomy and safety as its world might allow to be an interesting one, so consider this a demo that has successfully caught my intrigue.

www.rockpapershotgun.com/herdling-is-...

Herdling will be here so soon, and we can’t wait for everyone to go on this journey with us 🤎🧡💛

Herdling

I don't know what these guys in Herdling are, but each one is my precious child
aftermath.site/herdling-demo

Herdling artwork on a very big widescreen during the future games show

This was so cool to see :D @futuregamesshow.bsky.social

You can try the demo of Herdling on Steam NOW 😱

Quick drop everything, become a post-apocalyptic shepherd, drop the shackles of life under late stage capitalism and relax by hanging out with a herd of shaggy horned weirdos 💪💪

A small girl pets a large monster (known as a Calicorn) that looks like a yak or bison with colorful horns and lots of fuzzy fur. Apartment buildings are in the background.

The sun is setting in the distance, over the mountains. A girl and three Calicorn are in the foreground, watching the sunset.

A group of Calicorn are crossing a river, with a young girl behind them, directing them to keep moving forward.

A herd of Calicorn race through a grassy field, as a young girl follows after them. They are running towards the snow capped mountains in the distance.

Got a chance to play #Herdling by @okomotive.ch a few weeks back. My takeaway?

"In an industry that sometimes prides itself on challenge, the magic of Herdling may very well be in its relaxed pace and environmental storytelling."

Full preview is at WorthPlaying:
worthplaying.com/article/2025...

YouTube video by Panic Herdling Future Games Show & Demo Trailer

💙NEW TRAILER & STEAM DEMO OUT NOW 💙
HERDLING is coming to PC and Consoles in Summer 2025

Watch Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPaS...

Play Demo: store.steampowered.com/app/3047750/...

#FutureGamesShow

Tune in for a brand new HERDLING trailer today 🎉

www.youtube.com/live/3F3ivfA...

Promotional graphic featuring a screenshot from our game Herdling: a small person in a red hoodie reaches out her hand to a large furry beast, against the backdrop of a mountain range. The image is framed by information about Future Games Show, reading "Join us Saturday, June 7 | 1pm PT | 4pm ET | 9pm BST"

Are you ready for tomorrow? 😍 We'll have exciting news at #FutureGamesShow

Screenshot from HERDLING: it shows a Calicorn (a big furry horned creature) wearing trans pride color decorations dangling from its horns

BREAKING: All the calicorns in Herdling are canonically transgender now. Happy Pride Month.