Starting Work on my New Farming Game!

[@PolyMars]

looks awesome so far, pretty crazy how much progress you’ve made! super excited for this new journey

[@ThinMatrix]

Thanks!

[@leoingson]

@@ThinMatrix Take a guess when it will be shipping! Just as an exercise in prediction as a dev :) And to get an idea on dev time when someone is fluent with his tools.

[@Takehere]

Hey, what are you doing here x)

[@weslleymatheus3643]

@@ThinMatrix Olá caras pretendo começar a programar, sou brasileiro e não acho muito conteúdo. Poderia disponibilizar o códigos?

[@tom_70_ads]

@@weslleymatheus3643 olà pensei estranho um português aqui 🇵🇹🫠

[@robertmouse3782]

When you're making the icons it looks like you're using GIMP's fuzzy select to delete the default grey background. Blender can actually output with transparent background. On the sidebar: Render Properties -> Film -> Transparent. You can even add your white outline in blender. Render Properties -> Freestyle -> Tick the box and select the desired line width. Then in View Layer Properties -> Freestyle you can set Edge Type to Silhouette and FreeStyle Color to white. Now you can generate your icons entirely in blender and skip needing to open them in GIMP.

[@dandymcgee]

Cool!

[@ThinMatrix]

Ooh thanks, that's good to know!

[@bsherman8236]

I'm writing that

[@FeedMyKids1]

What a beast tip. Thanks.

[@bowler28]

I can't believe you spotted that. Also good to know, so thanks :D

[@Danidev]

Letsgoooooooo

[@brechdt]

Letsgoooooooo

[@jinghongwang9640]

is this you new plain next ^_^

[@semechko.6430]

One of the milk cups wasn't milk. 😄

[@Mayawayya]

Come back

[@wicked_sash]

Is the stuff u said in the randy üodcast still tru

[@barj]

You've done so much in just a month, really looking forward to seeing this progress :)

[@cubee4108]

you are known as dani's idea machine

[@aw_dev]

@@cubee4108 so true

[@BigVirusBoi]

hello Bargy.

[@MujjMujj]

Barji go away

[@kairu_b]

Hello there sir

[@DevDuck]

Awesome start to this project! Your plan to focus on fundamental gameplay systems first really resonated with me - every week I tell myself that's what I'm doing, but I find it so difficult to stick to that sometimes. Excited to see how you tackle it!

[@James4President]

When he mentioned this, first person I thought about was you. I remembered you talking about this in your videos, and it feels like you have been focusing on it these days. Definitely feels like you're working on the important, fundamental systems. Tackling the diving system has been awesome to watch :)

[@kinsondigital]

I have been trying to do that as well with Velaptor. It is easy to be implementing a feature and then think, "well, its easy to do. I might as well add this extra thing right now." Then at the end I realize that I have more things added then what I originally planned for a planned release. 🙄

[@LucasStraub]

Nice to see you here

[@LixianTV]

This is looking fantastic. Great progress so far. Really excited to see more of this.

[@CurtisDoesADig]

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[@hengstus8411]

You've nailed the low-poly aesthetic to the point where your games always look very polished (even if they're still very far from being done!)

[@NotGeri]

Awesome, very excited to see how this evolves!

[@slweeb]

youre early..

[@jackthehacker05]

You had the option to say grows! "Awesome, very excited to see how this grows!" THE PUN WAS SET UP!"

[@NotGeri]

@@jackthehacker05 I almost did but it would have been too easy ahah

[@ashleyedwards9523]

I've always loved your style of devlogs, so relaxing yet really informative and creative. Excited to see more on this series :)

[@ani_dimpu]

i just took a game programming course as an elective in my university, and we used ECS for that course, and seeing you use that same sort of structure just made me feel like I know what you're talking about!

[@bud5061]

Hey, ThinMatrix. You, as a person, are overall an inspiration to me. You manage to produce awesome games, quality content and live a fulfilling life all of your own. Thank you for making your work, and thank you for entertaining all of us in the process.

[@TesseractDev]

Looks great! You’re an inspiration to all of us indie devs and devlogers

[@PierreThibaultMusic]

I love that you love making this game

[@learnlanguageswithvideogames]

I love that you're reusing the assets and time/effort that you put into Equilinox and the city builder game. It's like you're creating an expanded universe that connects your games together with the shared art style. Honestly such amazing work so far, keep it up!

[@MichiGombocz]

Hey @ThinMatrix, I spotted a equilinox picture (or maybe printed linen?) at 5:35 on your left wall. The community and I don't think about the city builder as failure, neither should you even if you leave the project behind forever. If you are eager to add your city builder to the wall as well, to remind yourself about the acomplishments you had within the project, something you can still be proud of including the community you managed to grow - I'd like to sponsor you such a picture in the same style. It sure as hell would fit below the equilinox project! Looking forward for your efforts as always, keep up the good work!

[@OnyxIdol]

3:50 Minimum viable product is such a fruitful approach. I'm "only" a hobby dev but it has absolutely helped me with staying focused and getting my game out there to gather feedback.

[@SammRod2008]

Bro, I watched you a year ago, forgot, stumbled upon you again, and am starting to watch about homegrown again

[@IAM-zp1di]

I dont usually comment, but I love the game so far! Specially the carrot model

[@GamesBySaul]

The progress you've made on this is astounding! Amazing work, can't wait to see more of this! Also that Equilinox print! I love it! Really nice touch to your office area!

[@FyberOptic]

Nobody has been able to recreate your style of video. I'm glad you're back to something you enjoy, because I missed seeing these regularly.

[@blockappella]

Hey ThinMatrix! Sad about the city builder game seeing as I was really excited about the progress and concept about that but this will be good for you so that's awesome too. I'm sure you have things in mind for where you want the game to go but just as an idea some games will have durability for tools. Either way could work because sometimes it is tedious and annoying to have to continually buy new tools but if you feel like it would help balance your game then it might be a good addition. Whatever you decide to do will be awesome - I love your work and what you've put out so I have full faith in your abilities. Anyway keep at it my guy we love you and everything you bring to the table!

[@ThinMatrix]

Thanks :) I've been thinking quite a lot about durability and haven't been able to decide yet whether it would be good for the game. I guess I'll try it out when the game is a bit further and see if it helps to balance the game or if it's just annoying.

[@AllDayRayRay]

Watched your latest video, and came to watch it from the start in the playlist. Not sure how I missed it in the first video, but I didn't realize you were programming from basically scratch! What a beast.

[@AaronGrosch29]

Yep, this feels like a great move! Godspeed this week with development!

[@__leftistVegan]

If you've seen the film This Beautiful Fantastic I like the idea of needing to weed and tidy a space to allow you to grow a beautiful garden and the mechanic of being able to sell the produce to clear more area make improvements to the space over time. Maybe the narriative could be you've enherited this space but it's seen better days your goal is to give life back to the space.

[@CodeNoodles]

Looks absolutely amazing I can't wait to see where you take this project!

[@mrnickhox]

You are one of the most inspiring people on KZbin, your work ethic is impeccable and your videos are calming and exciting in the best way possible, thank you for sharing your journey and keeping me on the path to mine!

[@Sean_mag]

Wow. Love it so far, couple of suggestions: 1) the shovel should have durability, gives the player a reason to frequent the shop 2) crops should have a chance of rotting adds some variety and risk 3) if weather is implemented, it should affect growth rate and increase / decrease chances of rotting 4) if animals are implemented, fences should be added to the shop to give the player a way to protect crops

[@slimenian3457]

Always excited to a new video of yours pop up in my feed!

[@c10ud]

Can even hear in your voice how much more excited you are about this game than the city builder! Can't wait for more dev logs - looking fantastic!

[@iba001]

City Builder Game LIVES through New Farming Game! Glad to see some of the stuff you worked on in City Game make it into your new game!

[@eric-jt4ij]

You seem to have so much more fun with this project than with the city building one already! After feeling like the city building game was stagnating a little bit over the last years, this feels so good! Keep it up, man!

[@ILiberoI]

It's really nice to see this new project coming along so nicely and it's also good to see all the suff you have learned and coded over the last few years pay off in this game. I feel like this new farming game is the logical combination of Equilinox and the city builder.

[@BastiaanOlij]

You sound much happier so this was definitely the right choice. It's hard but often necesairy to make tough choices and I think this will work out for you in the long run. I just enjoy following you on your gamedev journey and watching you grow.

[@rawlespringer3917]

i absolutely loved that camera shot at 8:38

[@eos_rf]

It's only been two hours and you've already earned the prise of many game devs. It says a lot about your work!

[@simoncodrington]

Great to see how you've leveraged previous projects to speed up your initial development. Building a city builder is one of the most complex and draining genres to build for, it took me years to get my city builder released. Hopefully you can get this game out and push forward!

[@spoopy6359]

I really love watching people do things they are patio ate about. Amazing content keep it up!

[@jorgerangel2390]

You are one of my heroes since when I wasn't even a programmer, the lifestyle I have is in part because of your videos thanks and keep it up dude!

[@Allexz]

How cool is this man..... Super awesome! It's easy to notice how much energy you get from doing this instead!

[@gamemeh]

Best of luck with the new game. Nice to see devlogs back. You make game development seem so much simpler than I've thought it was.

[@ChristianRuppelt]

This looks awesome! Free idea for a coming project: Grow and maintain your zen garden!

[@detpikachu]

It's important you do what you love and what makes you happy! As a fellow programmer, I can relate to starting a project and at some point not feeling it anymore for various reasons. Great work so far and I love the idea of this game!

[@dascandy]

So happy to hear you put yourself first. I think I've finished Equilinox so I'll be looking along (and maybe dabbling a bit in graphics programming myself).

[@whoisain1370]

man, you have given me so much inspiration to create games without using any sort of third party game engine, only LWJGL and OpenGL

[@bmxchamp4]

man i've wanted to build a simple gardening/farming game like this for years but could never find the time! I'm working on something else at the moment but I wish you luck here! This is a great idea to switch gears and focus on something more manageable for your motivation, health, and enjoyment of the craft.

[@coling.4476]

I find it impressive how you still use eclipse, keep up the good work and the update was very cool to see!

[@stints]

So much progress in one devlog, even with borrowing code from previous projects. Bonkers. Well done.

[@majoor404]

Good luck with your new project, already looks good. Enjoy watching your video every time.

[@Squirreled_Studio]

So excited to see where this project is going to go. Your videos are so relaxing to watch and always put a smile on my face. So glad you're back and feeling well!

[@GustafLindqvist]

Great progress with the new project! You made the right decision, based on your gut feeling! This is the hard part of game development indeed!

[@asted-douglas]

The progress for this game was so fast for just a month! The game is looking really good, i'm excited to see more

[@skellious]

Glad you've made the change of direction! looks great!

[@krystianfrancikowski1497]

I think you've made a good decision. I'm a developer too (well not game developer but still) and i totally understand how hard and demotivating can be larger projects, especially when you're doing them just by yourself alone... Making something smaller is a good idea to get rid off the pressure. Also you could use some ideas from that small project in your City Builder later. For example you could add some micromanagement for factory buildings based on this farming game mechanics :) Keep up the good work!

[@aulaoenem-prof.adilsonrosa6895]

i hope you continue this project, i'm so excited to see foward...

[@nedalturas]

As soon as the video popped out on my notification I was very excited to watch this.

[@irishbruse]

I love the reuse of stuff from other games they save you time and also act as sort of eastereggs/refences

[@michaelmoore830]

I'm glad you're feeling in a better mood. Make the right move for you, i think the people here would enjoy and kind of devlogs you put out. No shame in reusing components, especially at the start.

[@StregasGate]

Awesome choice with this game. Equilinox fans are will appreciate another game based on one of your passions. And you go to some much done already!

[@ArmanNobari]

It looks amazing so far! The city builder will live on in spirit, and we'll be right along for this journey cheering you on.

[@gurtuggungor9786]

This looks amazing! I've been following you way back from when you started creating Socuwan with all the tutorials and after all those years I can confidently say: You are a prodigy, incredibly talented and determined. Love the devlogs, good luck for the new journey!

[@MisterBerdill]

This is so exciting! I love this kind of game, and I'm so glad you're happier working on it! This is a bit of a polish thing, but I think it would be nice at some point if each plant had a small offset from the center of the tiles so they weren't so rigid and looked a little more organic.

[@lazerlord_lance]

I find it very nice to see you being so engaged making this game! Have had much fun watching and as long as you have fun this was definitely the right call

[@Hughsie28]

I love to see your progression videos because they are so wholesome, relaxing, fun to follow and actually inspire me to get into a coding spree each time I see them, You were one of my inspirations to vastly improve plants around me and to make my office feel as homely as you made yours and its really helped my mental wellbeing after all the lockdown events staring at my code where previously it was just drywall. Even if projects would never get seen to completion and new ideas emerge, I love these kinds of videos and I hope you keep them coming in the future 🙂

[@alexanderrotmg]

Found your channel when you were close to finish Equilinox. Since then I've always been looking forward to your uploads! Keep it up!

[@scoobsdogg]

Happy to see you're making vids and programming again. Also, I really like your desk and setup. Very minimalistic yet warm. :)

[@Ch1ll3dkro3te]

Love your videos, props for admitting to yourself that the city builder project was just too big for the moment. Keep up the good work. Please also include cooking, pet & outdoor content in the future as well. cheers

[@evanrobison567]

Looks great! I am already excited to play the game! One idea you have probably already considered: You could implement being able to buy additional plots of land to expand your garden.

[@jaywha]

Been looking for some sort of direction on a farming game; thanks for the inspiration!

[@CrazeIs1337]

I sense the magic that you've recaptured, glad you made this choice!

[@ZygerGFX]

awesome to see you back on KZbin. and this looks really cool. cant wait to see more !!

[@isakhejnesen]

It's really great to see you back and working on something your really passionate about! I all ready want to play the game, can't wait!!!

[@chriswych.2656]

I am glad you are back with another video!

[@jobje325]

Just stumbled upon this video and I'll definitely be watching a bunch of the other videos too. Great content!

[@BrandonS-lk2qc]

Brilliant! Been watching for a long time, and it's good to hear the passion for the project in your voice mate. Cheers!

[@JasonWi11iams]

Really excited to see how this turns out

[@rare5x]

I'm glad you're finding your rhythm again, you are the most humble youtuber I've watched

[@netfusionuk]

Love your natural routine/simple style of presentation and the videos really inspire me to code.

[@Klatuu82]

Looks great so far. This was definitely the right decision. I like the content, really great work.

[@Tuwakan]

Thank you for the video. Just popped up on my feed, and was taken back to equilinox in the early days.

[@chadzulu4328]

Your work is always top-notch! I love that you're repurposing CityBuilder assets for your new project. Lots of opportunity there.

[@feedmind4669]

The OG is back thank you for inspiring us all and rekindling out hearts to ablaze and persue game development.

[@atabbeysside1192]

If you're planning to add additional tools, here's an idea that popped into my head watching this: farming with the wrong tool damages the crops, farming with the right tool damages less, and upgrading the tool damages even less with each upgrade. This would add a lot of item variation without the need for many different crops and would also be a good incentive to invest in better tools. :3o

[@lennysmileyface]

I've been making a ton of progress on my small MMO, planning to have a complex farming system with a similar idea as this. There's something great about managing your own farm in a game! Might grab this game when you release.

[@TutePlays]

I'm so happy to hear your enthusiasm for this new project. Glad to follow your progress over the next months :)

[@TheJobCompany]

Absolutely adore these videos. Excited to see this project evolve 😍

[@kemptcode]

This looks really fun!

[@CommieG]

Such a wholesome comment section

[@grilleFire]

You know, i was actually working along with you when you started the city builder game. Only i was doing it in 2D with a glitchy 3D mode. I was building it for Android. I ran into some very complex problems and was going to see how you would deal with them in your engine. I kinda knew in the back of my mind that we got way in over our heads! I'm just glad I was not the only one. Great job so far!

[@mattrenyard]

Love it - great to hear the excitement in your voice as to where this project is going :)

[@narkocat]

So much stuff, in so little time. Awesome.

[@Skeffles]

Excellent start! It's so handy to have those other games to nick code from to get this going.

[@codehawkfalcon]

Wow, it already looks like something I’d want to play. Nice job!

[@wesleyjones1667]

This looks like a really cool game! I think that a vibrant color set would work really well with this lovely little project.

[@sockman3288]

I'm really exited for these devlogs, they're so relaxing

[@jonathanaspeling9535]

Really cool to see you reuse items from other builds. Testament to good design - epic

[@ipadpro8527]

Really excited about this new game. Love to see more of the game mechanics or how the will economy work.

[@AlexMerlin1985]

That's one small step for man, one giant leap for ThinMatrix! Keep up the good work and hope to see your garden game soon in the store. :)

[@vncs96]

Awesome project! All your devlogs are very inspiring!!

[@kiki-drawer2669]

I'm amazed at this progress and seems like you made the right call! Your work is wonderful! I can't wait to see the amazing things you come up with♡

[@pallascat6767]

I'm excited about your new game! Can't wait to see what you expand on and add.