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Dear Imgurians
You might remember us from our dev diaries when we showed you some concept art of our city building game. After all this time, we finally got some news:
We just released a demo as part of the steam next fest! It took a really long time for us to bring this concept to life, so we would be grateful to get your feedback :)
You can download it here if you like: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1121640/The_Wandering_Village/
mailipsi
Aah potential land for new adventure of Magrat and her sisters
Slamtastik
LoL someone really went through and downvoted all the positive comments
PirateArrrgument
Silence brand
ilavalamp
Watched Real Civil Engineer give this a go on youtube last week. Will see how development goes but I'm interested.
Yourname942
Very cool art style. My only critique is the grass is slightly too plain. There should be a slight variation/contrasting detail.
StrayFawn
You name it, its something we have delayed in the devvelopment, but will eventually be fixed
MininMark
Been playing it. It’s fun. Thank you so much for your hard work @StrayFawn. I’m excited to make a full purchase when it’s released summer.
StrayFawn
Thank you for trying it out!
TheRiverRat
I've loved watching different YouTubers get their but kicked in it, glad I saw y'all in usub awhile ago and followed, keep it up and fingers
TheRiverRat
Crossed we get to see maybe different beasts to live in with different color tribes
malachilenomade
Do they know they are on a creature's back? Does the creature know they are back there?
OOSpaceDwarf
Yeah I saw yogscast tom play it, trying to tell the grumpy dinosaur what to do is a major mechanic
idonotthinkitownswhatyouthinkitowns
Love the aesthetics @op
StrayFawn
Oh, thank you very much! :)
Bendmydickcuminhersnatch
What's the story about
superbest
I’m in! Gunna download it this weekend!
StrayFawn
let us know about the experience! have fun!
YsgramorsSoupSpoon
Love the concept, love the demo. Looking forward to tge full game
StrayFawn
Kind words :'D
AwkwardErection
Hope you can bring this to Switch looks great!
StrayFawn
this would be great! But I can't promise anything until we have had our hands on a switch dev kit and see how it performs.
shotty814
It's turtles all the way down.
srsgiraffe
What does that mean?
CallMeJerryBecauseIAmJerry
Atuins
IamElTorcho
… Introducing Metamodern Sounds in Country Music…
StrayFawn
The creature is called Onbu. But now I'm imagining that the ground it's walking on is another giant creature in form of a turtle xD
TricksForDays
That has four elephants holding up the world walking on the back of a turtle?
Sanotassard
that comes in the expantion
AwkwardErection
Turtception
ConfettiPanda
I think it looks great. Do you have any plans to release it on Switch? Yes, I know, I’m a console peasant.
StrayFawn
We do have an xbox release planned and will see how it performs for the switch in the future. This may take a while, though.
ConfettiPanda
Ah, good luck! I’ll keep my eyes peeled for the game on switch.
DeeDoubleYu
I've ranted so many times about imposing frame rate caps on appropriate animations in games! Big fucking kudos to you guys for doing it!
StrayFawn
I'll let markus, our animator, know :)
DeeDoubleYu
Markus is a saint
danlei
I wish Steam would email when a Demo is available. Pretty sure I wishlisted this some time ago there.
StrayFawn
why to rely on steam if you can have a developer to remind you about it ^.^
danlei
Luckily I did catch this post!
Slamtastik
Add caves on that monsters back, and stuff them full of bats
?noredirect
StrayFawn
good quote, but its nothing we have planned ^^'
Slamtastik
FindingSerenity9
Downloaded! As a writer/editor I will say: make sure your game’s writing is on point! So many games I find ruined by bad or poor writing
FindingSerenity9
2/2 Biggest thing is show don’t tell! So many games, especially indie, don’t focus on their writing enough
StrayFawn
Can't argue about that. As a small swiss studio that has all hands full doing art, game design and coding...
StrayFawn
it's hard to reach the quality of a professional english speaking writer. We are in contact with an american author for consulting, though.
FindingSerenity9
It’s hard even as a native English speaker to write well!! I don’t mind poor English but more-so how the story is told :) good luck btw!
AFrugalMoogle
It’s like Harvest Moon and Zelda had a baby
StrayFawn
Hmm love these games, but giant Onbu is a little to big for those parents ^^'
Malikhi
... On the back of a giant creature
Kiloran1
Just downloaded. I’ll give it a run tonight.
StrayFawn
: > would love to hear from you when you're done!
Kiloran1
Didn’t get through the tutorial, life came up.. enjoying the music and esthetic
Kiloran1
Finished expeditions could use a tone or a count down on the village screen to let you know they are done.
Kiloran1
I over built and wasted resources so I’m gonna restart next time.
Kiloran1
I found I wanted to pet the big guy with the mouse… not needed but I sure tried. Hope to see multiple types of beasty for variety.
Hitlersartcareer
Who are the mostly 3 downvoters on the comments and replies?? This looks awesome and I'm giving it a run tonight!
StrayFawn
How was it? :)
voltus
Fuck I seen a youtube playing this seems like a cool game but I'm a smooth brain and only watch let's plays rather than playing.
StrayFawn
Big brain move!
Spuduck
That looks cute
StrayFawn
thanks!
VagrantPirate
Got an email from you already :) It is on my list! Keep up the good work.
StrayFawn
keep up the feedback ; )
GravyEducation
Is there any combat, and do the turtles do it or the villagers? Heroes of Might and Magic springs to mind
StrayFawn
The game is not combat heave, but you'll have to defend your village and onbu, the giant creature, against toxic spores and parasites.
BeeSanz
It looks great!
StrayFawn
thank you beeSanz!
TheyCalllMeTIM
Shit. The ad made it to the fp.
macgerdo
So everyone who includes a link in their description for their web presence is adverstising? Are you new to imgur?
TheyCalllMeTIM
You must be if you’re not aware of the “indie gamer - I quit my job to make a game” FP tutorial that plagues Imgur now.
macgerdo
Never was a problem to me like the cosplay, RHM, THT, bs.
TheyCalllMeTIM
Appears we have reached common ground. I also agree all that’s bs too. To me Imgur is for dank memes and funny gifs. Not a real SM platform
SeePriceInCart
I had a blast playing the demo, definitely looking forward to launch
StrayFawn
Very cool! Is there anything you'd like to see fundamentaly improved :) ?
SeePriceInCart
Could be clearer that you need a special building to harvest the large rocks and stones, like bolding the name of the building in the text.
SeePriceInCart
It was a little frustrating in the beginning trying to figure out how to harvest them, until I looked at the tech tree for new buildings.
StrayFawn
Bolding important words in the building description sounds like a good idea. Thank you!
SeePriceInCart
No problem, something like that helps point out what exactly the player needs next to accomplish this task.