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DISCORD SERVER!!!

IT'S HAPPENING.

Farmers of Gorge Valley and adventurers of Wyldon alike are all invited.

In fact. ALL of you are invited.

We've finally got an official Patreon Discord server! Just connect your Discord to Patreon and come on in!

Please be respectful, read the rules, all that. Y'all know the drill. :)

This will allow me to have way more interactions with y'all and keep everyone up to date on what's going on!

I'll of course continue to post e...

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TAILS OF GREED | Character Creation - Part 10!

IT'S TIME TO CUSTOMIZE!

We've got ourselves a female wolf! Now, it's time to figure out what they look like, where they come from, and how they'll survive out in Wyldon!

Want to help customize them? In a comment below, make sure to include:
1) What Background the character should have.
2) A physical description of what they wear and look like.
3) Name suggestions!

Or, you can see what comments people have already left and leave a he...

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TAILS OF GREED | Character Creation - Part 9 - PLAYER CHARACTER!

AT LONG LAST, THE FINAL CHARACTER CREATION! THE PLAYER CHARACTER!

The race options are both of the runner-ups from the race vote, who were pretty neck-and-neck! As such, I've decided to include them both as options for this vote. :)

The player character will be the character that you all control directly through the story. They will be the leader of the party. When you request that other characters take various actions, it will be through com...

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TAILS OF GREED | Character Creation - Part 8!

AND NOW, THE THIRD MEMBER!

This is the last one before we make our proper "Player Character", and then we can finally begin! >:)

(PLUS I FINALLY FIGURED OUT HOW TO KEEP PATREON FROM DESTROYING GIF QUALITY, YIPPEE!)

Willow vs. Luna!

Who will be the party's third member?

Willow, the Dark Enchantress!

Dressed proudly in a wit...

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Overindulged

Aaaaaand finished!

Feels wild to finally be drawing something that isn't pixel art for a change.

Did something a lot different with the rendering on this one. Much softer than my usual shading. Let me know what y'all think!

An anonymous was lovely enough to offer to be a model to help me get a bit of practice in with drawing some chubby girl body after all this time to shake the rust off :)

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Overindulged (WIP)

WHAT'S THIS??? DANDY CHEST ART IN 2024??

Seriously though, man. I need to find the time to draw more.

An anonymous was lovely enough to offer to be a model to help me get a bit of practice in with drawing some chubby girl body after all this time to shake the rust off :)

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Quick Update

Hey guys! Sorry for no updates over the last couple days! I've been feeling super sick lately and haven't gotten a ton done. At first I thought it was food poisoning, but it's looking like it might be some sort of stomach sickness since it's lasted a few days now. Luckily it feels like I'm over the worst of it (fingers crossed).

That said, there's a few things in the works. We're almost at the end of the Tails of Greed character creation. Just need the last party member finished up and...

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TAILS OF GREED | Character Creation - Part 7 - Rabbit Warlock!

AT LAST, THE THIRD CHARACTER! This will be the FINAL party member other than the "Player Character" who will be customized last! >:)

We've got some fun options here, since different flavours of warlocks can have VERY different playstyles from one another. So let's see what we end up with!

(DON'T FORGET TO LEAVE SUGGESTIONS FOR NAMES BELOW!)

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Stable Build Survey

Hey Farmers!

To everyone waiting for the Stable build to come out, I want to get some opinions.

Since Sky gaining weight isn't currently in the game, I want to know, would you all rather have the Stable build come out as soon as all the bugs are taken care of, or would you all prefer to wait a bit longer and have the first taste of Sky's weight gain in once its released?

If it doesn't come out with it right away, it'll likely just come a bit later. I jus...

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TAILS OF GREED | Character Creation - Part 6!

AND NOW, THE SECOND MEMBER!

Penelope vs. Terra!

(Grabbed one of the previously-suggested names, since it felt fitting!)

Who will be the party's next member?

Penelope, the Gentle Holy Sister!

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Second Party Member Note

Okay, so while option C is winning the vote, people are raising a good point about option B.

It'd be good for the party to have a healer, and having an entire shortstack gang would mean very little body type variety.

So in this one very specific scenario, we might have to veto Option C in favour of variety.

Democracy is dead and we killed it.

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TAILS OF GREED | Character Creation - Part 5 - Deer Paladin!

AND NOW, ONTO THE SECOND CHARACTER! DEER PALADIN! TIME TO CUSTOMIZE!

For this one, it's a bit of a wildcard. One of these is more gazelle than deer, and one of them is a cleric instead of a paladin. But figured it was good to give a bit of variety for the vote! :)

(DON'T FORGET TO LEAVE SUGGESTIONS FOR NAMES BELOW!)

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TAILS OF GREED | Character Creation - Part 4!

AT LAST, WE WILL HAVE OUR FIRST PARTY MEMBER!

This is the last vote for her! Cora vs. Sierra! Who will be the party's first member?

 Cora, the Swashbuckling Treasure Hunter!

Adorned in jewels and trinkets, and with pockets jingling with 50 Gold leftover from previous jobs, Cora makes a fine addition...

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TAILS OF GREED | Character Creation - Part 3 - Snake Gunslinger!

THE FIRST CHARACTER HAS BEEN DECIDED! SNAKE GUNSLINGER! It's time to customize!

First up, stats, appearance, and fighting style!

(ALSO! LEAVE SUGGESTIONS FOR NAMES BELOW!)

  2024-04-23 22:13:51 +0000 UTC View Post

TAILS OF GREED | Character Creation - Part 2!

"Steel and hammers. Daggers and potions. Spells and scrolls. Gunpowder and trickery.

The adventurers of Wyldon have their specialties and techniques. Their methods for surviving in such a wild world. When you don't have the walls of the cities to call your home, you get creative. You figure out ways to make yourself useful to the party... and to make sure you don't get left behind.

Those that are left by the wayside... well, they never com...

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TAILS OF GREED | Character Creation - Part 1!

"Long before this world looked as it does now, the races of Wyldon clashed amongst each other. The kingdoms of animals were separated by predator and prey. The hunters, and the hunted.

But as ages passed, magic crept into this world. The magic of the Fey. The dark magic of the Underworld. The long-lost arcane. And the holy magic of the Gods.

Magic poured into Wyldon like raging rivers, and with it, came the dangers it often breeds. Monster...

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Tails of Greed - Announcement Teaser!

"For centuries, the land of Wyldon has prospered. Peace reigned amongst the animal kingdoms, and a golden age brought most animals from primitive tribes to sprawling cities.

But in their arrogance, they forgot an ancient threat. The Greed Witch, cast away by wizards long ago, imprisoned far to the North. At last, she has regained her power and broken from her chains. Now, her greed manifests into shadowy monsters across the land, bringing Wyldon ...

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Gorge Valley - Update 0.0.4.4: Fresh New Style!

(THIS IS THE UNSTABLE BUILD! YOU GUYS KNOW THE ROUTINE BY NOW. SAVE OFTEN AND EXPECT CRASHES AND ISSUES. THIS VERSION IS FRESH OFF THE GRILL.)

The patchnotes and stuff are below, but of course, let's start with the good part... THE LINK!

DOWNLOAD UPD...

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Gorge Valley - Update 0.0.3.8: Barn & Buffet!

(THIS IS THE PREVIOUS STABLE BUILD! IT SHOULD BE DECENTLY LOW ON BUGS, BUT OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS STILL EARLY DEVELOPMENT. BE WARY OF CRASHES.)

Before we get to all the patchnotes and stuff, the good part for everyone who wants to skip all the nonsense... THE LINK!

2024-04-10 15:59:02 +0000 UTC View Post

Devlog #7: After the Long Wait

HEY FARMERS!

Before I start this, I want to take a second again to just try to voice how grateful I am to everyone who's taken interest in this project, and who's supporting it even through these long periods of no updates.

Your generosity and support, seriously, is why this game exists. From the bottom of my heart, thank you. Gorge Valley wouldn't be possible without all of you. You're the reason I can make it. You're the reason this project started, and you're t...

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Let's See What Sky's Up To! (Sneakpeek)

Oh, she's just hangin' around!

Hey Farmers!

Just another little update on stuff. Not a full on dev log, just some transparency so y'all know that this build is coming soon!

I still really want to get it out within the next couple weeks. I don't know if I'll be able to hit that goal, as I've still got a new dryad to finish implementing and I need to finish adding Brie. But most of the portrait stuff is done for now (until I add the further sizes for ...

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Elf Lawyer!

AFTER CENTURIES, AN ACTUAL PIECE OF FINISHED ART

Finished that WoW character piece for a friend! :)

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More WoW Girl Sketch!

This time it's a birthday gift for a friend!

Her lawyer elf, Montell!

Something to fill the content downtime. Gonna actually finish this one.

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Pang-lu and Pang-li!

While I've been tinkering away on the game, I wanted to throw together a super basic uncleaned doodle just to shake the rust off, since I haven't drawn anything in a good while.

So here, have some panda sisters.

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Devlog #6: Steady Pace

HEY FARMERS!

I just wanna start off by giving everyone a massive thanks for the patience and the support. I'm only able to sink so much time into this project due to the insane generosity of all of you guys. So thank you all for making that possible.

As for how things have been coming along, I've been wanting to put another one of these devlogs together for a while now just to keep you all posted on what's going on. Especially since how much work needs to go into ...

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Dryad Guardian Sneakpeek!

Hey Farmers!

Whilst art's being made for portraits and devlogs are being cooked up, I figure these sneakpeeks are a good way to let y'all see what's being worked on and what there is to get excited for.

So, appropriately, here's a little glimpse at the game's first proper antagonist, The Dryad Guardian!

2024-02-15 21:21:27 +0000 UTC View Post

Some Izzy Sneak-Peeks!

Hey guys!

Just wanted to share some Izzy portraits, since I decided to take a break from remaking all of the lost Sky portraits for the sake of my own sanity.

Figured I'd give y'all a little peek at how ...

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Setbacks

*Sigh*

Today I had a major computer crash that corrupted the project file and made a large majority of the files unreadable. Luckily, I made a backup just a few days ago, but it's certainly not going to be fun to remake the 40+ lost portrait variations that I've done over the last week.

That said, I'll try to keep nose to the grindstone to make sure this doesn't result in a massi...

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Devlog #5: Portraits and 100% Beef

HEY FARMERS!

Sorry for the long silence! Between lots of IRL life stuff, tax season, and various other complications, I realize that updates on the project have been pretty slow lately!


This was also partly due to a sense of burnout after trying to keep up the major builds coming at such a rapid rate. So, in order to combat that, I've been taking a bit of a slower pace with working on this one. Hence why there's been so little to post about here.

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Crew Analysis: Nora Littlepaw

Adding crew member to archive: Nora Littlepaw. According to the diagnostic, she seems to be a great addition to the team, and has been able to-... that's strange. There's a... pretty unusual secondary transmission to go with it.

Probably just a glitch. No sense adding it to the terminal.

What's this??? Actual Dandy art instead of just devlogs???

Sorry to everyone who's been wanting more art. I wish I could say there'd be more to come, but ar...

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