Penguin Garden
@gardenpeng.bsky.social
We are a small team of 2 that makes strategy games (with penguins)
Check out our first game here:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1872100?utm_campaign=bsky
Check out our first game here:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1872100?utm_campaign=bsky
Desu Vult joins the steam summer sale, you can now get it 50% off until July 10!
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A new power is rising on Flat Earth! Figure out who the villain is in this old-school turn-based strategy game and save its mostly innocent denizens with the help of the world's most unhelpful sidekic...
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June 27, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Desu Vult joins the steam summer sale, you can now get it 50% off until July 10!
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Made a short game for a game jam, check it out here!
gx.games/games/ywt4xt...
Had to rush it a bit to fit the time frame, maybe I'll come back to it later and polish it a bit 🤔
gx.games/games/ywt4xt...
Had to rush it a bit to fit the time frame, maybe I'll come back to it later and polish it a bit 🤔
June 19, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Made a short game for a game jam, check it out here!
gx.games/games/ywt4xt...
Had to rush it a bit to fit the time frame, maybe I'll come back to it later and polish it a bit 🤔
gx.games/games/ywt4xt...
Had to rush it a bit to fit the time frame, maybe I'll come back to it later and polish it a bit 🤔
I was gone on vacation for a while but it's time to get back to posting progress! Units now gain experience in combat and can level up. I'm thinking of keeping the upgrades automatic for now, picking an option for every unit sounds like it would take up too much time for players
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April 19, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I was gone on vacation for a while but it's time to get back to posting progress! Units now gain experience in combat and can level up. I'm thinking of keeping the upgrades automatic for now, picking an option for every unit sounds like it would take up too much time for players
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#gamedev #turnbased
Testing out some new sprites for the terrain, I wonder if this style fits 🤔 I think I like the grass and dirt more this way, the water still needs work.
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March 28, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Testing out some new sprites for the terrain, I wonder if this style fits 🤔 I think I like the grass and dirt more this way, the water still needs work.
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Units now have a list of passive abilities. I just need to find room for displaying their experience level because that's the next thing we're going to add 😅
Is there any other crucial information that I'm missing? 🤔
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Is there any other crucial information that I'm missing? 🤔
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March 11, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Units now have a list of passive abilities. I just need to find room for displaying their experience level because that's the next thing we're going to add 😅
Is there any other crucial information that I'm missing? 🤔
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Is there any other crucial information that I'm missing? 🤔
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I have been updating the tech tree. Now there are a lot more techs available and it's not all displayed on one page. I should probably make the window smaller in that case 🤔
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March 1, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I have been updating the tech tree. Now there are a lot more techs available and it's not all displayed on one page. I should probably make the window smaller in that case 🤔
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Made some new sprites for a lot of the resources on the map! They are still not final but it's better than using random pictures out of google search 😅
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February 21, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Made some new sprites for a lot of the resources on the map! They are still not final but it's better than using random pictures out of google search 😅
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Haven't posted any updates recently, I'm still mostly working on boring UI stuff (my favorite). Here's a notification for new turns. Hoping to show off some new sprites soon!
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February 17, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Haven't posted any updates recently, I'm still mostly working on boring UI stuff (my favorite). Here's a notification for new turns. Hoping to show off some new sprites soon!
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Roads now properly connect to each other! And the info under every city is a bit clearer and now matches the player color.
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February 8, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Roads now properly connect to each other! And the info under every city is a bit clearer and now matches the player color.
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I'm experimenting with more buildable structures for the engineer such as walls
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February 5, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I'm experimenting with more buildable structures for the engineer such as walls
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I want to add some neutral units/buildings for players to interact with. For now it's the UN Bases which will spawn over time.
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February 2, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I want to add some neutral units/buildings for players to interact with. For now it's the UN Bases which will spawn over time.
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Improved the hp bar a bit. Still doesn't look great but its better. It also changes colors from green to red. No more numbers displayed on the map - its all in the menu now.
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January 31, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Improved the hp bar a bit. Still doesn't look great but its better. It also changes colors from green to red. No more numbers displayed on the map - its all in the menu now.
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Experimenting with where to display passive unit skills. I put them on the right side of the menu as smaller buttons for now but they don't have icons yet. That is probably where the current buffs/debuffs will also go to.
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January 30, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Experimenting with where to display passive unit skills. I put them on the right side of the menu as smaller buttons for now but they don't have icons yet. That is probably where the current buffs/debuffs will also go to.
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The end turn button now cycles through all available actions before you can end your turn.
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January 27, 2025 at 9:32 PM
The end turn button now cycles through all available actions before you can end your turn.
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Still working on some UI improvements, a few more new icons and a new End Turn button. I also added snow on the top of the map! ❄️
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January 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Still working on some UI improvements, a few more new icons and a new End Turn button. I also added snow on the top of the map! ❄️
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I put some icons instead of the text at the top menu, looks a bit better now. Will have to add some hover text to them next.
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January 24, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I put some icons instead of the text at the top menu, looks a bit better now. Will have to add some hover text to them next.
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Early draft for the main menu.
I'll just put something together so I don't have to worry about UI for a while and can do something more pleasant 😅
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I'll just put something together so I don't have to worry about UI for a while and can do something more pleasant 😅
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January 23, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Early draft for the main menu.
I'll just put something together so I don't have to worry about UI for a while and can do something more pleasant 😅
#gamedev #indiegame #turnbased
I'll just put something together so I don't have to worry about UI for a while and can do something more pleasant 😅
#gamedev #indiegame #turnbased
I was picking a new font today for the descriptions. I ended up liking this one: RobotoCondensed
It has a slightly sci-fi theme but is still easy to read
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It has a slightly sci-fi theme but is still easy to read
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January 22, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I was picking a new font today for the descriptions. I ended up liking this one: RobotoCondensed
It has a slightly sci-fi theme but is still easy to read
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It has a slightly sci-fi theme but is still easy to read
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Right now there is no limit to how many of a building you can have. So for example you can only build science buildings and get a ton of science. I wonder if this is really more fun than having 1 of each though 🤔
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January 21, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Right now there is no limit to how many of a building you can have. So for example you can only build science buildings and get a ton of science. I wonder if this is really more fun than having 1 of each though 🤔
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Added some more new buildings! They are getting a bit too many, maybe I should think about adding separate tabs for different building types? 🤔
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January 20, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Added some more new buildings! They are getting a bit too many, maybe I should think about adding separate tabs for different building types? 🤔
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Right now capturing cities happens instantly but there are a few turns of revolt where you can't use the new city. I plan to add walls and maybe more options on what to do with conquered cities.
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January 18, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Right now capturing cities happens instantly but there are a few turns of revolt where you can't use the new city. I plan to add walls and maybe more options on what to do with conquered cities.
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You can now select terrain if you hold down ctrl. I will try to put a more natural hotkey for it in the future. I wonder how much information should this give you, right now it's very limited 🤔
January 17, 2025 at 11:11 PM
You can now select terrain if you hold down ctrl. I will try to put a more natural hotkey for it in the future. I wonder how much information should this give you, right now it's very limited 🤔
Currently, you don't make combat units out of your cities, but build them from separate buildings and they each have their own build queue. I do like this system so far but I will experiment more with how quickly they are trained and with their cost
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January 16, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Currently, you don't make combat units out of your cities, but build them from separate buildings and they each have their own build queue. I do like this system so far but I will experiment more with how quickly they are trained and with their cost
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The map generation is pretty basic right now but here is the Lakes script. It has a few large water masses and a lot of small lakes (shocking). I will try to add a few more terrain types and maybe snow at the top and bottom of the map!
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January 15, 2025 at 10:08 PM
The map generation is pretty basic right now but here is the Lakes script. It has a few large water masses and a lot of small lakes (shocking). I will try to add a few more terrain types and maybe snow at the top and bottom of the map!
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#gamedev #indiegame #turnbased
Here are the notifications that show up when you finish construction. There are also ones for finishing research and city growth. I wonder If I'm missing anything 🤔
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January 14, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Here are the notifications that show up when you finish construction. There are also ones for finishing research and city growth. I wonder If I'm missing anything 🤔
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