ThinMatrix

Been working on some final features before Gamescom, like this maple syrup update! You can grow maple trees, extract the sap, and bottle up the syrup.
I also plan on adding an extra evaporation stage to the process, but that will have to wait till after Gamescom now.
#gamedev #farminggame

Added some more visual effects to many of the tools in HomeGrown to make the actions feel a bit more "juicy"!
#gamedev

I'm excited to announce that I'm going to be exhibiting HomeGrown at Gamescom in Cologne this year! I'll be in the indie arena booth area, so if you're going to Gamescom then do come and say hello, and give HomeGrown a try! #Gamescom #IndieArenaBooth

There are already invasive weeds that can take over vegetable beds, and I plan to implement pests as well. Perhaps I could also have weather events that the player needs to react to.
These things won't ruin your crops to the extent that you lose loads of money but they can dent your profits.

Thanks!

Working on some new effects for when you harvest your crops, so that the items now fly from the plants into your inventory instead of just appearing there. #gamedev

YouTube video by ThinMatrix One Week of Full-Time Indie Game Development

New devlog video!
youtu.be/iZwM4WA2eo4

Almost finished work on on the automation update!
The auto-harvesters harvest the vegetables and store them in a container for you to collect. The auto-planters take seeds from their container and plant them. #gamedev

YouTube video by ThinMatrix Automation Devlog Part 1 - Sprinklers!

Part 1 of the automation devlog is out now, showing how I implemented the sprinklers: youtu.be/yElUctgSySE

Part 2, which is all about the harvesting and planting machines, will be out in a week's time.

#gamedev #devlog

A bit more Equilinox news - it's currently being featured in the games category at the Athens Digital Arts Festival (April 3rd - 7th): 2025.adaf.gr/artworks-cat...

I made a short showcase video for the event, so I thought I'd share it here as well.

#indiegame #natureinspired #ADAF2025

Not too much I hope! I just see it like all the other upgrades, as something to help you farm more efficiently. And it's not full automation - you still have to collect the harvested veg, and fix the machines when they break down. So still some work involved, but less than manually harvesting.

The Earth Appreciation Festival is currently live on Steam, and runs until April 8th!

Equilinox is 50% off for the duration of the event, and there are loads of other awesome indie games on sale as well.

Check out the event here:
store.steampowered.com/sale/EarthAp...

#EarthAppreciationFestival

Continuing my work on automation this week with these auto-harvesters. Still a work-in-progress and they don't actually harvest yet, but they're coming along nicely! #gamedev

Moving back to farming gameplay features this week, and I'm starting off with an exciting one - automation! There are going to be a few simple machines that will take some of the farming work off your hands.

First up, sprinklers!

#gamedev

YouTube video by ThinMatrix Homegrown Devlog - Finishing the Town Area!

New #devlog video: youtu.be/WbP8hM8J9L4

It's all about the final gameplay feature for the town! Back to working on farming gameplay next week.

#gamedev

Almost finished the new marketing update for the farmers' market, which allows you to add marketing boosts to your market stall! There are various types of marketing you can choose from, each affecting your sales different ways. #gamedev

Here's the program, in case you're interested

The 8-bit breadboard computer I've been working on over the last few months is almost complete! Here it is running a program that calculates the Fibonacci numbers.

Based on Ben Eater's fantastic Youtube tutorials.

YouTube video by ThinMatrix Programming Better Shops for my Farming Game

It's devlog video time!

youtu.be/kq6HdJzpzCU

This devlog shows the process I went through to implement the new shop features and UI. #devlog #gamedev

Been doing some modelling for the new "Second Hand Shop" in Homegrown. Trying out a slightly different style of roof in this part of the town - I think I prefer it to the tile roofs.

New devlog video coming this weekend!
#gamedev

Been working on some improvements for the shop UI over the last week or so. Added a couple of new features like category tabs (will be more useful when there are more items!) and unlockable items, as well as doing a few general visual upgrades. #gamedev

YouTube video by ThinMatrix The 12 Days of Devlog Christmas

Merry Xmas everyone! My latest #devlog video is now out and it's my longest ever: youtu.be/h3L9KE-A3j4
I filmed my progress every day for a couple of weeks while implementing the behaviours, looks, and dialogue system for the villagers.
#gamedev

Here's how the new villagers are looking now. Almost done! Extra-long devlog video coming next week! #gamedev

New hairstyles for the villagers! I'll be working on their clothes today. #gamedev

Been doing loads of work on the villagers in Homegrown over the last few weeks. Implementing movement, simple animations, a dialogue system, and now I'm working on the models. Still needs further improvement but it's definitely a step up from the old model! #gamedev

Oh wow, that's a lot of wires!! Very cool!

Almost finished the 8-bit breadboard computer I've been building recently! Just the control unit left to do.

Based on Ben Eater's tutorial series: youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Thanks, I'm glad you liked it! I do have some other plans for the logs but that's a nice idea with the chipper; that could work quite well.

Euler angles - In this game I'm not doing anything fancy with rotations and usually I only need to rotate around one axis, so they work fine. But in previous games I've also ended up using both, using quaternions when I had to interpolate between rotations.

Next chapter of my #gamedev journey has just began ☺️. I have released my first, solo developed game "Bedroom Battlegrounds" on Steam! 😎
Catch it at the -15% launch discount! 👌
store.steampowered.com/app/2776110/...
#indie #game #release #strategy #turnbased #tactical #armymen #madewithunity