Iron Village Alpha Demo

Devlog

• Diary #30 - 0.6.33 Release Notes
  November 08, 2024 by Chappington#godot, #train, #release notes, #town builder

  So uh, this has been a week, right? I did actually manage to get some work done before the election shitshow, and a bit last night and this morning, so here's a surprise demo update! Also of note, the... Continue reading
• Diary #29 - Demo Mk. III
  November 03, 2024 by Chappington#release notes, #demo, #steam, #town builder, #city builder

  Hi all – it’s time to drop another demo! Huge shout out to Bea for testing and logging a bunch of bugs, this new build doesn’t cover everything but should address the majority of issues raised... Continue reading
• Diary #28 - Train Cars
  October 20, 2024 by Chappington#town builder, #city builder, #train, #train car, #trains, #choo choo

  Those of you who have followed Iron Village for awhile may have noticed the train cars getting a little more colorful recently - some parts get a little splash of color, others getting a full paint jo... Continue reading

  
• Diary #27 – 0.6.16 Release Notes
  October 11, 2024 by Chappington

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  #town builder, #city builder, #godot, #release notes

  Thanks everyone for playing the Iron Village Demo – the feedback so far has been really helpful! I took care of some of the more urgent feedback (IMO) and put out a patch on Monday, but I’ve only... Continue reading
• Diary #26 - Steam Demo Release! (0.6.11 Release Notes)
  October 03, 2024 by Chappington#steam, #demo, #godot, #town builder, #city builder, #pixel art, #train

  The Iron Village Demo is up on Steam now! I know the demo has been up for awhile now, and it's not a full release on Steam yet, but this is still a pretty huge milestone for me, IMO. I'm really hoping... Continue reading
• Diary #25 – Steam Demo & Flour Power
  September 16, 2024 by Chappington

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  #city builder, #town builder, #steam, #demo

  Hi all, I’ve got another dev diary for your consumption today. First off, an announcement: the Iron Village Demo will be launching on Steam on October 3rd! There’s been quite a few updates since t... Continue reading
• Diary #24 – Steam!
  August 27, 2024 by Chappington

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  #steam, #steam deck, #godot, #city builder, #town builder

  Hey all, so it’s been awhile! I’m back at my day job, so there’s been less dev time, but I’ve still been busy. The biggest news is Iron Village is up on Steam ! You can go ahead and head over... Continue reading
• Diary #23 – 0.6.00 Release Notes
  August 05, 2024 by Chappington#city builder, #town builder, #pixel art, #release notes, #godot

  There have been enough changes in the past week to put out another demo release, plus I’m going to be mucking around with things that affect the build system (like setting up the Steam version), so... Continue reading
• Diary #22 - Clothes, Hair, and Mailing Lists
  August 02, 2024 by Chappington#city builder, #town builder, #pixel art

  Yeah, this is a weird title for sure - but I'm touching on a bunch of different things in one post, so I can't really think of anything wittier. First off, some marketing housekeeping: we're going ret... Continue reading

  
• Diary #21 - 0.5.09 Release Notes
  July 19, 2024 by Chappington#city builder, #town builder, #alpha, #pixel art, #demo, #release

  Not too much in this fortnight's dev diary, since we're leaving for a family trip to Ontario tomorrow, but I did manage to sneak in an update of the Alpha. Here's what's inside: Added shadows to pops,... Continue reading

  
• Diary #20 - Storage & Alpha 1 Release Notes
  July 04, 2024 by Chappington#trains, #city builder, #town builder, #pixel art, #godot

  The last big game mechanic being added is storage - basically, a mechanism to cap how many resources you can have at once. Every type of resource besides gold is now capped, so you can't accumulate a... Continue reading
• Diary #19 - Homelessness
  June 22, 2024 by Chappington#city builder, #town builder, #godot, #mechanics, #landlord simulator

  After the 0.4.03 release, there were two main game mechanics yet to be added: homelessness and resource storage. Resource storage is currently in progress, but homelessness is now fully in place, so I... Continue reading
• Diary #18 – A Comedy of Quirks and Errors
  June 11, 2024 by Chappington#godot, #macos, #mac, #notarization

  This diary entry is going to be a bit of an odd one – partly a rant, and partly just a retelling of an “adventure”. It’ll go into some technical details that most people probably don’t care... Continue reading
• Diary #17 – 0.4.03 “Pride” Update
  June 09, 2024 by Chappington#city builder, #town builder, #godot, #train, #pixel art

  I wanted to drop another update this week before I’m off to California for an extended weekend/vacation. Mostly it’s just a bunch of bugfixes after the 0.4.01 release two weeks ago that unlocked t... Continue reading
• Quick Note on MacOS
  June 07, 2024 by Chappington

  Just wanted to add a little note here - it turns out the MacOS build has been broken since 0.4.01. Whooooops, sorry about that. (To be fair, it's only broken in the build, it works within the editor.)... Continue reading
• Diary #16 – The 0.4 Pre-Alpha Demo
  June 01, 2024 by Chappington

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  #train, #town builder, #city builder, #prototype, #demo

  Last week I put out the closest thing to an actual game that’s been available so far, the 0.4 build. Not only is the second progression level in place, but it’s actually accessible to the player n... Continue reading

  
• Diary #15 - Minifantasy Mashup
  May 18, 2024 by Chappington

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  #pixel art, #city builder, #town builder

  Slower than expected progress for the past two weeks (day job and mental health), but: Lunar Chippy LLC has now been formed! I am officially a member of the petit bourgeoisie! The second progression l... Continue reading

  
• Diary #14 - Settings & Smoke
  May 03, 2024 by Chappington

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  #city builder, #pixel art, #trains

  The last two weeks have been relatively light on game work. The main things have been: Research into setting up an LLC (i.e making this a “legit business”) Making the settings menu Adding smoke to... Continue reading

  
• Diary #13 - A Fortnight Later
  April 20, 2024 by Chappington

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  #citybuilder, #town builder, #city builder, #trains

  The fun thing about having three kids is the waves of various unknown diseases you collect. That, plus my day job ramping up, meant that a weekly dev diary was not really feasible. Moving forward, I t... Continue reading

  
• Diary #12 - New Progression & UI
  April 05, 2024 by Chappington#city builder, #town builder, #pixel art, #trains, #ui, #progression

  As per usual, I underestimated the amount of effort involved in putting together a new user interface. So why did I go through the effort of redoing some of the UI? Game progression. So far in the pro... Continue reading

  
• Diary #11 - So You Want a Resolution
  March 29, 2024 by Chappington#iron village, #town builder, #city builder, #pixel, #pixel art, #resolution, #train

  As mentioned on the various social mediums, I was attending PAX East at the end of last week, and didn’t have time to put together a dev diary. In hindsight, it’s silly that I even thought that wa... Continue reading
• Dev Diary #10 - Pricing
  March 15, 2024 by Chappington#iron village, #city builder, #town builder, #godot, #pricing

  (Where are #1-9? On my website , as well as on itch.io before I created this page. Future dev diaries will be posted here going forward.) First off, a new build is up, including Linux! The linux build... Continue reading