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Slicing the horizon - December Kandria Update
2021.12.06 10:07:01November has been filled with horizontal slice development! Nearly all our time was spent working on new content, which is fantastic! The world is already four times as big as the demo, and there's still plenty more to go.
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GIC, Digital Dragons, and more - November Kandria Update
2021.11.07 17:50:38An event-ful month passed by for Kandria! Lots of developments in terms of conferences and networking. This, in addition to falling ill for a few days, left little time for actual dev again, though even despite everything we still have some news to share on that front as well!
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Patch update, holidays, and the GIC - October Kandria Update
2021.10.04 09:07:36A shorter monthly update for once, as this included two weeks of holidays, in which we were both morally, legally, and bound by higher powers unbeknown to us forbidden from working on Kandria. Regardless, progress was made, and news are here to be shared, so an update was written!
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0.2.2 Demo Release, Gamescom & more - September Kandria Update
2021.09.05 17:24:31Big news this month: there's a new free demo release (!!), news on the Pro Helvetia grant and on Gamescom, and a lot of stuff to look at that we worked on!
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GDC, fighting, and more - August Kandria Update
2021.08.01 09:48:57A big ole update for Kandria this month!
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Testing events - July Kandria Update
2021.07.03 19:08:41Another month filled with a lot of different stuff! We have a lot of conferences coming up, there was a bunch to do for marketing, the game has seen a lot of visual and gameplay tweaks, and we've started doing a lot of direct playtesting. Finally, the music has also made a lot of progress and the first few tracks are now done!
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Updates Galore - June Kandria Update
2021.06.06 15:49:46There's a lot of different news to talk about this month, so strap in!
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Eternia release and updated plans - May Kandria Update
2021.05.09 10:31:40Another hectic month gone by. Getting Eternia: Pet Whisperer done and published on Steam in such a short time was no small feat. There were a few hurdles along the way as well, especially when it came to getting it ready for Steam, but overall I'm really glad we managed to get it out. Having a bona fide released title is amazing!
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Slicing Up the Game - April Kandria Update
2021.04.11 18:50:50
What a hell of a month! We got a lot done, all of it culminating in the release of the new vertical slice demo! This demo is now live, and you can check it out for free!. This slice includes an hour or more of content for you to explore, so we hope you enjoy it!
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Going Underground - March Kandria Update
2021.03.06 13:33:35
I can't believe it's been two months already since the year started. Time moves extremely quickly these days. Anyway, we have some solid progress to show, and some important announcements to make this month, so strap in!
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Setting Up Camp - February Kandria Update
2021.02.08 15:27:46
I hope you've all started well into the new year! We're well into production now, with the vertical slice slowly taking shape. Much of the work in January has been on concept and background work, which is now done, so we are moving forward on the implementation of the new features, assets, and writing. This entry will have a lot of pictures and videos to gander at, so be warned!
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2020 for Kandria in Review - Gamedev
2020.12.31 17:31:42
Well, 2020 has certainly been a year. Given the amount of stuff that's happened, and especially the big changes in my life around Kandria, I thought it would be interesting to write up a review on the entire year. I'm not going to go month by month, but rather just give an overview on the many things that happened and how I feel about it all, so don't be surprised if I jump between things a little bit.
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Kandria is now on Steam! - December Update
2020.12.06 17:58:06
Kandria now has a Steam page! Please visit and wishlist! It would help us a lot to get the game promoted on Steam. As a result of the Steam page and other unexpected changes, this month was pretty hectic, too, so there's a lot to talk about.
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Closing in on Production - November Kandria Update
2020.11.07 14:01:07
October somehow flew by really quickly for me. It's already November, and we're nearing the end of the year, too. Just thinking about that is making me reminiscent, but I'll have to hold off on doing my yearly wrap-up for another two months! Who knows, a lot more can still happen in that time. Last month marked another release for Kandria, and this month marked the start of Kandria being an actual team effort!
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Expanding Outwards - October Kandria Update
2020.10.09 11:40:56
A new month, a new Kandria update! First of all, a new prototype version is now up for download. As always, you can get it here. A short list of major improvements:
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Coming Alive - September Kandria Update
2020.09.05 19:01:19
Another month already. Fortunately there's a lot of stuff to talk about for Kandria this time around, so I hope you're ready for a beefy summary!
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Harmony 2 - Confession 90
2020.09.05 18:07:16
It turns out that sound processing is pretty difficult. I've been hacking away at an almost from-scratch rewrite of Shirakumo's sound systems for the past few months and it's caused a lot of anguish.
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Moving On - August Kandria Update
2020.08.01 11:56:23
This month marks the release of the Kandria 0.0.2 demo! It also marks a change in focus, but I'll talk about all of that in a second. First, if you want to give the demo a try, you can get a copy here: https://kandria.com/prototype
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Engine Rewrites - July Kandria Update
2020.07.06 08:58:58
Last month I outlined a very rough timeline for the future development of Kandria. In the past month I managed to implement the first two of the tasks listed there, namely some very deep fixes to the game engine, and the improvement of the pathfinding AI. I'll try to boil these changes down to make them easier to understand.
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The Road Ahead - June Kandria Update
2020.06.01 08:06:55
Another month already gone by. Unlike last month, I have managed to work on a few things this month, though it isn't much yet. So, in order to bolster the content a bit, I thought I'd also talk about the rough roadmap I have for Kandria.
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Creative Block - May Kandria Update
2020.05.03 16:31:18
It's a new month, and that usually means I'm supposed to write a monthly update on the progress with Kandria. Thinking about that though made me feel very depressed because I realised that I hadn't really done anything at all for the game, all of April.
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The Beginnings of Combat - April Kandria Update
2020.04.04 15:21:48
It's April! … already. Man alive, March shaped up to be quite the month, didn't it. For reasons you can probably already guess at, not too much progress was made this month, but after the splash of excitement that was last month, I don't feel too bad about that. Well, actually I do, but I'll try my best to tamper my disappointment and just move on.
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March Kandria Status Update - Gamedev
2020.03.01 11:57:06
Another month has flown by, and this one has turned out to be much more exciting than I ever anticipated! Primarily this is due to me making a surprise decision to try and apply for a grant to help get this project funded. This prompted a lot of changes, which I'll talk about today.
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Library Policy Update - Confession 88
2019.09.05 10:19:36
Recently there's been a few changes to the libraries I maintain, as well as to the new libraries I publish. I thought that these changes would be of general interest, even if you might not use my libraries at all.
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The End of Daily Gamedev - Confession 87
2019.08.20 10:32:41
It's been two months now since I started to do daily game development streams. I've been trying my best, but it is time for this to come to a close. In this article I'll talk about the various things that happened, why I'm stopping, and the future of the Leaf game. Strap in!