Fresh out of the Southern Wizarding Academy and finally ready to face the world, you build your own wand, prepare your robes and reach the land where you’ll settle. Some potatoes here, a few mushrooms there…some chickens maybe? A cat for sure...the necessary ingredients for a potion or two and the broom of course… it’s time to make this new land your home!
The world of Farmwand is a rich land inspired by classical fairy tales full of enchanted forests, potions brewing under the moonlight, towns buzzing with merchants and travelers, magical creatures both friendly and hostile, as well as mysteries to uncover under every rock and around every corner.
A living world where most characters have stories to tell and your actions can change the way people interact with you.
- Art Style : We are going for a unique children's storybook graphics style with original designs for all the creatures in the game.
- Farming : Dozens of crops, flowers and animals to harvest, garden and care for, with a deep and rewarding magically enhanced farming system that allows for endless surprises.
- Pets : There are all sorts of animals and magical creatures that can be kept as companions in our game. They can be trained, they can be fed, they can wear cute outfits and, of course, they can be hugged and petted!
- Characters & Relationships : All sorts of creatures & characters, magical and non-magical to interact with. Build friendships, rivalries, fall in love and be an ally or foe of both individuals and factions that you cross paths with during your adventure. Tons of characters are ready to meet you, all with their own stories, wants and needs.
- Customization : Both your character, your home and most of the accessories and items can be customized to your liking, so you can be who you wanna be.
- Magic : Dozens of spells and potions to discover and master over the course of your adventure, to use in inventive ways to solve puzzles, help (or annoy) the people in town and even mix them for unexpected results.
- Combat : The further away you get from home, the more dangerous and wild that the land will become. Grab your wand and some potions, make use of all your wits for there are foes in every corner, and with our real-time magical-based combat you have to be ready to face them all!
- Exploration : The world of Farmwand is vast and full of things to do. From mini-games all over town, special events and holidays, enchanted forests and dark caves and dungeons, you can see it all. If your destination is too far away, fly on your very own, customizable broom…but careful! They need to rest too!
- Crafting & Trading : Cut down some trees, mine, forage and gather resources to build new furniture, more efficient tools, powerful potions and so much more. Maybe bring them to the market, get a good bargain!
- A Deep Lore : A living world with its own culture, traditions, festivals and history to explore and take part of as the newest resident in town. Every faction and creature has more to them than it seems at first glance, and the most rewarding secrets await for the most curious of explorers!
- Co-op : Want some help and company in the new place ? Join a friend to water your crops or fight monsters together in local co-op.
- Original Soundtrack : The soundtrack of our game has been composed by Sean McRoberts, it currently has all the core tracks and we plan on expanding it!
Hello Saeges! \n\nLong time no see. Since our last devlog back in *checks notes...April, there have been a lot of new features, updates and general improvements added to the game as we continue our way towards our big demo.
Let\'s jump right into it!
The Enchanted Forest
First, let us be fully transparent: we took a small vacation at the end of April. It was our first vacation in years, the first since our honeymoon over four years ago. We visited some friends and family, disconnected from the world for a couple days, and came back fully recharged, ready to tackle the work head on.
One of the first things we began working on was The Enchanted Forest
[img src=\"https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/44392241/722bd305b43ead8fc12b718a3c1df5dc44fd2f85.png\"][/img]I wonder who lives in here...
The Enchanted Forest is a large area in the world of Farmwand (which will be partly available in the demo), full to the brim with magical creatures and plants, ancient sites and lots of secrets to uncover. It also has a very different topology from other areas of the world, as it is full of many, many rivers!
But that required us to create a whole new set of shaders to be able to render those rivers properly.
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These rivers are placed as small flat models by hand, controlling the flow of the water as they are placed to ensure that the different arms of the river can merge into each other and move over the terrain in a believable (yet stylized) manner. And they look so pretty around trees!
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Speaking of trees and plants, those are kind of a very important part of a forest! We wanted to make sure that the plants for this new area were distinct and very colorful, just like the trees:
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And we already have a LOT of magical plants (including some very interesting and, dare we say, unexpectedly irritable ones!)
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New Locations
We\'ve also been working on new locations for Lunahweld town and the surrounding areas. There are too many characters to meet, and even more places to visit!
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These locations require a lot more work than simply the models and graphics. They have to be populated by many different critters, each one with their own lives and needs that have to be properly simulated so that the world feels truly alive!
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There are also some little neat tricks that we had to develop in order to make transitions between the outdoors and the indoor areas (such as the inside of your house, a dungeon or a lovely bakery) as smooth as possible. We don\'t want to subject you to endless loading screens!
So, a little peek behind the curtain. Wonder how we make the transitions between exterior and interior locations? To ensure that there are as few loading screens as possible, we just \"spawn\" the interiors whenever needed right below your feet, and teleport you there.
That way, once you go out again, the exterior world (which is much bigger) was already there waiting for you. While our open world is much smaller than, let\'s say, Skyrim\'s or BotW, we still want it to be as seamless as possible.
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And so far, loading times are under a couple seconds. So far, so good.
The big one. Decorating to your heart\'s content!
While it is still a work in progress, we\'ve been developing the decorating and building mechanics for Farmwand. This has taken us a while, as we have been trying our best to find the right balance between creative freedom and ease of use. Some of us prefer neat, organized grids and some others prefer the full control that a grid-free system allows. \n\nSo what was our solution? We decided to implement both and make switching between them as easy as pressing a button!
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Things can be moved, rotated, placed on top of each other, customized...so many possibilities!
We can\'t wait for you to try all the things we\'ve been adding. There\'s still a lot of work ahead of us, including some playtesting rounds before the demo comes out (*wink!), but the work continues and the game is going on better than ever. The little world of Farmwand keeps taking shape and coming together, right before our eyes :D
Thank you for reading!
Minimum Setup
- OS: Ubuntu 16
- Processor: Intel Core i5. 6th generationMemory: 4 GB RAM
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia GeForce 940MXAdditional Notes: This is a game in development and as such. requirements will change over time before the release.
Recommended Setup
- OS: Ubuntu 16
- Processor: Intel Core i7. 7700HQMemory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVidia GeForce GTX1060Additional Notes: This is a game in development and as such. requirements will change over time before the release.
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