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This Week in the Forest! #100!!!

HOOOLY MOLY. 100 of these suckers already. Fuuuuck time goes by way too damn fast.

SO! I've got a lil Halloween thing in the works, but it's obviously not gonna be ready for Halloween lmao. Also to be fair, it's not a "Halloween" event, but some specific TFOL celebration x)

Anywho, due to all the shenanigans from holidays, and struggles on my end, we weren't able to put out a monthly build last month :( - SO we are aiming to get one as soon as possible this month! I've still got ...

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This Week in the Forest! #99

YO FOLKS~!

Here's what we've been up to this week :>!

Starting with a word from Vixel!

10/24 weekly update:

Hey all! Last week I started adding our monthly content for the "Booty Line Up" story to the Act 2 project. That story's a little more involved than some of the others, so we're prototyping it first to refine the look and feel. This week we'll finish it up and make the October builds!
I also co...

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October Content Poll!

YO FOLKS~! I was gonna do something Halloween based, but figured it could be something potentially a lot bigger :O! So for now, we'll continue with our regularly scheduled voted content!

Y'all know the drill! And if you don't, here's the drill. You can vote on as many as you'd like, but the top one will be added to the game next month!

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This Week in the Forest! #98

YO FOLKS~! Oh man, SPOOKY TIME is coming up on us reeaaaaal soon! I wonder if I'll be able to draw something for it... maybe make a lil mini spooky themed TFOL thing? We'll see... It'd be in next month's build so it would be late anyways, but still fun? ;O

Anyways here's what we've been up to this week!

Starting with a Word from Vixel!

10/17 weekly update:

Hey fluffs!
I expanded my debug tools last week...

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This Week in the Forest! #97

(Compression's kinda gross... click for full view crispy!)

YO FOLKS~! Hope y'all enjoying your October! We've got the fuckin' >best< weather outside these days! I've been doing my best to squeeze in some out door time when I can.

I've also been getting back into drawing xD I've been slacking SO HARD on that over the past year or so. Not ok! Fortunately I've been able to muster more energy to squeeze in some drawing time here 'n there! Including this lil' Fall image :> I ...

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This Week in the Forest! #96

YO FOLKS~!

We just launched our Android build on Itch.io :>! Thanks so much for helping test out the bugs! That'll make that release a lot smoother!

Onto what we've been up to this week! Starting with a word from Vixel!

10/3 weekly update:
Last week I worked on adding the rest of Bucky and the Bears content and preparing our monthly builds!
I also finished out all remaining graphics...

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V.0.25! THE BEARS~!

OOPS, we ran a lil late - But never the less hears the build! Here's what's in it!

Download here! 

v0.25 changelog:

- Two new Bucky gossips that unlock illustrated stories with forest Bears. Get to these by gossiping about his Mate.

- Fixed bug causing plant minigame to appear in destination chapters when usin...

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This Week in the Forest #95

YO FOLKS~! Here's what we've been up to this week!

Starting with a word from Vixel!

9/26 weekly update:

Heya floofs! Short update from me this week!
I've finished nearly all the graphics optimization tasks in the Upgrade project! Most of our large art assets are now compressed and smaller sprites are combined into texture atlases for improved performance. Next I'll be fixing issues in Acts 1-3 story scripts t...

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September Polled Content!

A LIL LATE, but still in the month!

Same rules as before: Vote on your favorite of the 3! You can vote multiple times. The top one will be what's added next!

That's all!

(Sorry for the double upload. I keep forgetting it's no longer default to allow folks to multi-vote)

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This Week in the Forest! #94

AYO~! Here's what we've been up to!

Starting with a Word from Vixel!

9/19 weekly update:

After more playtesting for the new Itch builds, I had to fix another slew of bugs! ;w;
Chapter selecting to "Pick up the Sweater" corrupts the savegame. Traveling to the Ruins without picking up the sweater makes critters confused which part of the quest they're in and say stuff out of order. The fix for this was rather i...

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This Week in the Forest! #93

YO FOLKS! Here's what we've been up to this week!

Starting with a Word from Vixel!

9/12 weekly update:
Hello all! <3 More Android issues popped up, so last week I worked on a few more fixes. Finally got a stable fix in place for Dpad responsiveness and a partial fix in place for overheating phones (all should run a bit cooler now, though some still heat up pretty good). The Dpad fix was difficult, I had to make ...

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This Week in the Forest! #92

YO FOLKS! Here's the weekly update!

Let's start with A Word from Vixel!

9/5 weekly report:

Heya floofs! Last week I finished preparing an Android build we'll be sharing on Itch. This'll give Android users who discover the game through ads, tweets or furry conventions a way to quickly try the game on their phone. We'll also be updating the desktop Itch builds with some bugfixes from the last few months. Content will be the same (thro...

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Version .24! Melody's Friends~

Here's the build!

We actually have updates for the Android SDK here too. Bear in mind it DOES NOT have any of the optimization fixes that we've been working on. 

Download Here!

Here's what's new!

  • Melody now spawns back at the cave after her photoshoot!
  • New Gossip with Melody! - Meet some...

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This Week in the Forest! #91

YO YO!

Here's what we've been up to this week!

Starting with a Word from Vixel!

8/29 weekly update:
Heya floofs, happy new week to you! ^w^
Last week I worked on scripting the rest of the new content for this month's build! Also fixed a long standing bug causing typewriter sounds to stop playing sometimes. (Especially when spamming the Continue button during dialogue.)
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This Week in the Forest! #90

WHOOPS, Super late weekly post! My bad lmao. Totally thought I posted this days ago.

OK SO HERES WHAT WE BEEN DOIN! Starting with A Word from Vixel!

8/22 weekly update:

Heya floofs! Working on the Android builds has shown us some performance bottlenecks we need to improve! Long load times, hot phones, and low framerates being common issues! :O
Last week I worked on graphics optimization in our Upgrade project...

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Life Stuff. A Word from Vixel

Hey floofs! I have an announcement that's a bit more serious! :O My dad is reaching the advanced stages of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (an autoimmune disease that stops muscle tissues from regenerating). He's living at home in a fancy medical bed, hoyer lift and wheelchair, and still has partial use of both legs and right arm. The disease has now progressed to the point he is having severe breathing issues. It's tough stuff and really hard to watch him go through it, but he keeps a positive...

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CakeDoodles

So yeah. I'm a Cake main >:D

Trying to doodle more often these days! Mostly traditional to switch it up!

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This Week in the Forest! #89

Here's what we've been up to! Starting with a Word from Vixel!

8/15 weekly update:

Happy new week! ^w^
Last week I worked on Android bugfixes. Movies would stop playing in the Start Menu Gallery, and it was possible to softlock the app during the Plant's minigame if players button-mashed too close to a glyphstone by the side of the path. Got these bugs and half a dozen others squashed for our next Android build. View Post

This Week in the Forest! #88

YOOO CHECK IT OUTTTT! We've got ourselves an Android Build! We definitely need y'alls help for testing, but more on that in a bit.

First A Word from Vixel!

8/8 weekly update:
Happy new week! <3 Last week I worked on more Android bugs that popped up! Phones under high CPU usage had an audio stutter, requiring a tricky fix. We needed a load screen to help with longer loading times between certain screens, which wa...

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August Poll!

OK, we've gotten a lot of lady love in the past few bunches of content. So let's get some dude action!

Same rules as before! Vote on as many as ya like, and the winner will be get their own scene and bein the next build!

Just two choices since I think they are both baller.


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This Week in the Forest! #87

YO FOLKS~! Here's what we've been up to this week!

Starting with A word from Vixel!

8/1 weekly update:

Heya floofs! Last week I worked on Android build troubleshooting. The app would run great on some phones, but wouldn't even start on others. I researched ways to improve compatibility, changed a bunch of stuff under the hood, and now we're not getting any install issues on the phones we've thrown it at. Yay!
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Version 0.23! Naughty Therapy Part 2!

>Download Here!< 

Here's what's new!

  • New Gossip with Charlotte continuing the "Naughty Therapy" mini-arch!
    - This has 3 separate paths with their own set of illustrations!
    - To unlock the first Naughty Therapy, examine the bookcase to unlock the first gossip. ...

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This Week in the Forest! #86

YO FOLKS~! Hope y'all have been gucci~

Here's what we've been up to this week! BUT THIS TIME, it's just me. But I'll tell you what Vixels been up to :>

Last week y'all saw he got an Android build up and running! He also mentioned the gallery doesn't work for some reason... Well he was trying to do some code updates that will make the game NOT break when it's buried too deep within Windows File Explorer. The fix did work, BUT it also broke the gallery for ALL bu...

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This Week in the Forest! #85

YO FOLKS~! SEE THAT? THAT'S AN ANDROID BUILD~!

Here's what we've been up to! Starting with a Word from Vixel!

7/18 weekly update:

Heya floofs!
Spent last week getting new content ready for our July monthly build! Added a steamy new Charlotte gossip with several unlockable illustration sets featuring Rascal goin' solo. Yumb! ^w^
Also dug into stuff we'll need code-side for publishing th...

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July Content Poll!

OK! This time I'm gonna just grab the remaining poll content from last month!

Same rules as before, you can vote on as many as you'd like, the top one will get its own set of illustrations and dialogue content!

(EDIT: Whoops, looks like patreon changed the default settings of polls, so I remade this. To be fair, allowing multiple choices seemed odd as a "default" setting...)

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This Week in the Forest! #84

YO FOLKS~! Here's what we've been up to this week!

Starting with a word from Vixel!

7/11 weekly update:

Hey floofs! Happy new week! <3
Last week I worked on the Upgrade project converting scenes and cutscenes to our snazzy new modular format that lets us toggle interactions on or off, swap out artwork, push updates and bugfixes to a bunch of objects at once, and clean up all our trigger scripting. Got seve...

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This Week in the Forest! #83

YO FOLKS! Here's what we've been up to this week!

Starting with a Word from Vixel!

7/4 weekly update:

Happy new week! <3 Short update from me - last week I worked in the Upgrade project, converting the interactive objects in almost* all areas to use the new design I talked about last week! I still need to finish upgrading Mountains and Central Forest, and should be able to close that loop tonight.
This wee...

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WE ARE ON STEAM! THIS IS NOT A DRILL! (This Week in the Forest #82)

WISHLIST US PWEEZE?? 

AHHHHHHHHH! SO fuckin' stoked :> DREAMS DO COME TRUE!

MOVING ON - Here's what we've been up to this week! Starting with a Word from Vixel! I wonder if we should rename this to like, Vixel's Logs. I'll ask him.

6/27 weekly update:

Howdy floofs! I spent la...

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This Week in the Forest! #81 (The steam page is not launched yet)

YO FOLKS! Here's what we've been up to this week!

Let's start with A Word from Vixel!

6/20 weekly update:

Heya floofs, happy new week! ^w^
Last week I worked on finishing up the monthly builds! Focused mostly on details and polish for Melody's quest steps, adding some missing dialogue, and smoothing out camera transitions during cutscenes. We published the builds on Friday! Be sure to check them out! :}} View Post

V0.22! The Photoshoot! Charlotte and Melody's Debut!

AYY! Build v0.22! LES GOO!

>>Download here!<<

Here's what's new!

  • More Story Content! - Meeting Charlotte and Melody continues after you deliver the cookies!
  • New Animated Scene! - Melody's big debut! Continue t...

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