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Home Grown 0.1.5 - Code Download
Here's the download link for the current code:https://drive.google.com/file/d/18RnlZ_DvzWzsvQr-Hg1JfIOax6eAlK1F/view?usp=sharingIt can be set up in Eclipse in the same way as the city-builder, which was explained in this short video: https://www.dropbox.com/s/jxl92yn8p776fq0/How%20to%20set%20up%...
Home Grown 0.1.4 - Game Download
Hey everyone!In the last month I've been working a lot on the compost system, which was demonstrated in the most recent devlog video. Some vegetables (such as the potato and cabbage) now require a suitable soil quality to grow, which means you'll need to add compost to the soil. Buy yourself...
Home Grown 0.1.4 - Code Download
Hey everyone,Here's the download link for the current code:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-0tt9KceWkjJfkSEu0wNjqJjwqNoH9aX/view?usp=sharingIt can be set up in Eclipse in the same way as the city-builder, which was explained in this short video: https://www.dropbox.com/s/jxl92yn8p776fq0/How%20t...
Home Grown 0.1.3 - Download
Hey everyone,Development has been going very smoothly lately, with lots of new updates to share with you! You can see the new changes in action in the latest devlog video:https://youtu.be/o8yL2lYZTOEIf you'd like to try the game out for yourself, you can download it here:https://drive.google.com...
Home Grown - Code Download 0.1.3
Hey everyone,Here's the download link for the current code:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1stltGVw3llId38MNO-cNun5JSYcFLfvg/view?usp=sharingIt can be set up in Eclipse in the same way as the city-builder, which was explained in this short video: https://www.dropbox.com/s/jxl92yn8p776fq0/How%20t...
Home Grown 0.0.9 - Download
Hey everyone,I hope you're all well. In the last few weeks I've implemented the save system and fruit producing plants.Currently there's no main menu, so the options regarding saving/loading are rather limited! The game automatically saves when you close, and will reload the garden when ...
Home Grown - Code Download 0.0.9
Hey everyone,Here's the download link for the current code:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nz_1CfJFoiXY2iJHjy8jZGJJCqgndWsf/view?usp=sharingIt can be set up in Eclipse in the same way as the city-builder, which was explained in this short video: https://www.dropbox.com/s/jxl92yn8p776fq0/How%20t...
Home Grown - Version 0.0.7 Download
Hey everyone!It's been another great couple of weeks of development on "Home Grown", my new farming game. I've been implementing the shops so that you can sell your produce and buy new seeds and equipment, and I also implemented placeable objects that can be added to your garden.Ther...
Home Grown - Code Download 0.0.7
Hey everyone,Here's the download link for the current code:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DxWhLt-U3t38G7BEqueRtwM8_xb29z8g/view?usp=sharingIt can be set up in Eclipse in the same way as the city-builder, which was explained in this short video: https://www.dropbox.com/s/jxl92yn8p776fq0/How%20t...
Code Download - New Farming Game
As explained in the post below, I'm now working on a small farming game. Here's the download link for the current code:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1f5ZpuaQ6wZ7rh-dk2mhgYXPwz8qauX96/view?usp=sharingIt can be set up in Eclipse in the same way as the city-builder, which was explained in thi...
Announcement: A Change of Plans for 2022
Hey everyone! I hope you’re all having a good start to 2022. I have a bit of news that I want to share with you.The video above explains it all, but I’ll put the short version here. Over the last couple of years I’ve struggled with the development of the city-builder game, as I’m sure many o...
Game Download - Version 0.1.2
Hey everyone,You can download the latest version of the city-builder game here:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SXNgXqMoVCpjDKouNWDKGQ1SOGNFM3JK/view?usp=sharingThere's a new mode for placing roads as demonstrated in the latest devlog video (hold shift+left-click to use this new placement mode. ...
Latest Code Download - Version 0.1.2
Here is the latest download link for the code for the city-builder game:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qUtibncdrJusKtCRRTz9nFMMuIDjjsMu/view?usp=sharingHere's a quick video showing how to set it up in Eclipse:https://www.dropbox.com/s/jxl92yn8p776fq0/How%20to%20set%20up%20engine.wmv?dl=0althou...
November Update (No Patreon Payments this month)
Hey everyone!Hope you're all well. This month I've been cleaning up a lot of the code for the roads and the placement tools in the game. The delete tool has also been reworked to allow the player to click and drag in order to delete large areas of the town in one go, instead of having to del...
Game Download - Version 0.1.1k
Hey everyone,You can download the current version of the city-builder game here:https://drive.google.com/file/d/16uZg-SP5dfieI-0CqnmJUnsVZen7-TnB/view?usp=sharingTo play, just unzip it and then run the relevant jar file (don't delete any files in the folder!). You'll need to have Java instal...
Latest Code Download - Version 0.1.1k
Here is the latest download link for the code for the city-builder game:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hBEC22hDzX_r0mFzCv5r0KmrN-UEfag4/view?usp=sharingHere's a quick video showing how to set it up in Eclipse:https://www.dropbox.com/s/jxl92yn8p776fq0/How%20to%20set%20up%20engine.wmv?dl=0althou...
October Update - Road Improvements
Hey everyone!After finishing off the basic Activity system at the start of this month I moved onto working on some improvements to the road system. The biggest change was allowing the player to place multiple roads at once (no more individually placing every single road tile!), plus there are a few ...
Game Download - Version 0.1.1h
Hey everyone,You can download the current version of the city-builder game here:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1B7rMIK2FNBa5upWn89jW68zNgCqQn-7X/view?usp=sharingTo play, just unzip it and then run the relevant jar file (don't delete any files in the folder!). You'll need to have Java instal...
Latest Code Download - Version 0.1.1h
Here is the latest download link for the code for the city-builder game:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FaanDCzf9ekBCJwUSIO-GAPhnrtxtc6Q/view?usp=sharingHere's a quick video showing how to set it up in Eclipse:https://www.dropbox.com/s/jxl92yn8p776fq0/How%20to%20set%20up%20engine.wmv?dl=0althou...
September Update - Save System Changes
Hey everyone!It's been another decent month of progress on the city-builder game, although I did get a little bit stuck on some issues regarding saving and loading the new activities. After a few unsuccessful redesigns of the serialization code I finally made the breakthrough last week and it...
Game Download - Version 0.1.0h
Hey everyone,You can download the current version of the city-builder game here:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UND_SnYyOLIKfSMbuhiRi8AbsWSha1QK/view?usp=sharingTo play, just unzip it and then run the relevant jar file (don't delete any files in the folder!). You'll need to have Java instal...
Latest Code Download - Version 0.1.0h
Here is the latest download link for the code for the city-builder game:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yfCxgrbCwznEX49ZgZdBIJTdMNje3fAL/view?usp=sharingHere's a quick video showing how to set it up in Eclipse:https://www.dropbox.com/s/jxl92yn8p776fq0/How%20to%20set%20up%20engine.wmv?dl=0althou...
Game Download - Version 0.1.0f
Hey everyone,You can download the current version of the city-builder game here:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OfGP0WFNY1l2O9BtqYHKJRe6o9UdkZkm/view?usp=sharingTo play, just unzip it and then run the relevant jar file (don't delete any files in the folder!). You'll need to have Java instal...
August Update - Lots of Progress!
Hello everyone!I hope you're all doing well. Since getting the good results from my operation last month, development on the game has been going so much better. I'm completely back in the gamedev flow, making lots of progress and enjoying every minute of it. I don't think I've been t...
Latest Code Download
Here is the latest download link for the code for the city-builder game:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kcnVxkRAM_NcU5OoUwTCKzX_TrSUBWZz/view?usp=sharingHere's a quick video showing how to set it up in Eclipse:https://www.dropbox.com/s/jxl92yn8p776fq0/How%20to%20set%20up%20engine.wmv?dl=0althou...
What's Been Going On?
Hey everyone!I want to quickly update you on where I've been for the last month or so, and why there still haven't been any new devlogs or new progress updates.I had to have another small operation on my tongue last week to remove a suspicious looking area close to where I had the cancer 3 y...
Development Update (Payments still paused)
Hey everyone!Just wanted to let you know how development has been going this month. Things are definitely on the up again and progress in May has been pretty good - "slow and steady" is probably the best way to describe it!I'm currently working on an activity system, which allows the lit...
Quick Update
Hey everyone,Just a quick update for you. The last month has been a bit of a write-off for me unfortunately. I had a few small health set-backs which took up a lot of my energy and time and so I didn't make much progress on development of the game. I of course paused the Patreon payments, so you...
Version 0.1 Finished - Game Download
Development has gone really well this month, and I've been making a lot of important improvements to the base systems of the game to finish off version 0.1. I've made some big changes to the save system, art creation process, UI library, as well as just generally tidying up much of the code ...
Code Download - Version 0.1.0
Here is the latest download link for the code for the city-builder game:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MqkFr5VDvo9OQA8iVp_i3alOGJawGkJk/view?usp=sharingHere's a quick video showing how to set it up in Eclipse:https://www.dropbox.com/s/jxl92yn8p776fq0/How%20to%20set%20up%20engine.wmv?dl=0althou...










