Fireside

Devlog

• Pre Alpha Content Patch
  March 13, 2022 by PaulRdy

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  #cozy, #cozygame, #wholesome, #wholesome game, #patch, #pre alpha, #fireside, #breaks, #calm

  Greeting Travelers, There was one core takeaway from the feedback and data we got from the playtest on Steam back in January: Fireside has a great atmosphere and okay gameplay. This means the way we c... Continue reading

  
• Contacting the Press
  February 16, 2022 by caphhe

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  #wholesome game, #marketing, #feedback, #fireside, #Pressrelease

  Greetings travelers, After wrapping up the playtest feedback ( last devlog ) we revisited the strategy behind our marketing for fireside. We have lots of ideas for what we can do to promote the game,... Continue reading

  
• Wishlist Fireside on Steam
  February 01, 2022 by Linus Gärtig

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  #steam, #wishlist, #discord, #characters, #art, #quick update, #update, #visiblity, #social media, #fun, #narration, #story, #cozy game, #wholesome game, #adventure

  Greetings travelers, did you already know that Fireside has a Steam-Page by now? You did? Nice. Did you wishlist Fireside yet? No? Well, you can do that now on Steam if you would like to support us. W... Continue reading

  
• Results of the latest Fireside Playtest
  January 24, 2022 by PaulRdy

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  #wholesome game, #game design, #testing, #feedback, #fireside

  Greetings travellers, the new year is here, we’ve evaluated the first Fireside semi-public playtest since Gamescom and would like to share the results! Generally, we’re very happy with how the pla... Continue reading

  
• Finishing the Prototype
  October 20, 2021 by PaulRdy

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  #wholesome, #adventure, #characters, #concept, #calm

  Hey everybody, it's time for another Fireside update! Since GamesCom we've been hard at work implementing your feedback and finishing the Fireside prototype. So let's take a look back and see what we'... Continue reading

  
• Thank you for playtesting Fireside at Gamescom 2021!
  August 31, 2021 by PaulRdy

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  #wholesome, #indie, #exploration, #break, #calm, #fireside, #playtest, #insight, #statistics

  Gamescom has passed and it's been quite the ride for us! It was the first time showcasing the current version of Fireside publicly. And while nothing beats meeting you in person and seeing your reacti... Continue reading

  
• Fireside Gamescom Update
  August 23, 2021 by PaulRdy

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  #exploration, #exploration game, #wholesome, #wholesome game, #english, #adventure, #trading system, #narrative, #animals, #non-violent

  (Download below the post) A new Fireside prototype! We've been keeping you posted for over a year now, sharing insight into the development of our game. And finally, we're able to share a new playable... Continue reading

  
• We're going to gamescom!
  August 07, 2021 by PaulRdy

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  #gamescom, #demo, #wholesome game, #wholesome, #adventure, #non-violent, #play, #fireside, #narrative, #narrative game

  Hey everyone, we've been trying to keep up our monthly devlog schedule, but for July we didn't manage to publish a devlog. That's because (you've seen the headline) we're going to Gamescom and are occ... Continue reading

  
• The First Playtest
  June 22, 2021 by PaulRdy

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  #2d, #wholesome, #adventure, #test, #user test, #playtest

  Last week, on June 11th, the new & improved version of Fireside made first contact with its players. This was an exciting moment for us as developers since it was the first time showing our game to an... Continue reading

  
• Be flexible with colors - Implementing a dynamic color system with Unity
  May 25, 2021 by PaulRdy

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  #csharp, #unity, #tech art, #dynamic colors, #coloring

  Hey everyone, it’s time for another Fireside devlog! This time we’re exploring how we’re applying colors to sprites in Unity. We wanted a flexible system for this, since it allows us to quickly... Continue reading

  
• Prototype Development Kickoff
  April 18, 2021 by PaulRdy

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  #exploration, #narrative, #rogue lite, #no combat system

  🔥 We're back in full force! 🔥 Thanks to the generous funding provided by the FFF Bavaria we're able to start developing a prototype for Fireside! In this article, we'll tell you about the histor... Continue reading

  
• The Trading System in Fireside
  March 17, 2021 by caphhe

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  #game design, #trading system, #balancing, #adventure, #unity, #wholesome, ##exploration game, #items, #atomspheric, #2d, #art

  As you might have heard already, we applied for funding at the beginning of February and are happy to announce that we will receive funding from the FFF Bavaria to develop a vertical slice of Fireside... Continue reading

  
• What's next?
  February 13, 2021 by PaulRdy

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  #survival, #game, #update, #whats next, #fireside, #calm

  We’re back with a new devlog! We went silent in January with our streams & devlogs since we were focusing on two things: applying for funding and expanding the team. This required our full attention... Continue reading

  
• How You Could Help to Develop the Narrative of Fireside
  January 02, 2021 by PaulRdy

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  #writing, #exploration game, #narrative, #looking for writer

  As we mentioned in our recent developer log we're looking for a writer to join our team for Fireside. We're thrilled that five of you already have expressed interest in joining the team! Currently,... Continue reading

  
• Where we are going - The game design of Fireside
  December 19, 2020 by PaulRdy

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  #game design, #fireside, #exploration, #wholesome, #narrative rogue lite

  Hey, person on the internet! You're interested in our game Fireside, that's awesome! As it turns out, we're currently looking to expand our team with a writer. We'll keep sharing this call during the... Continue reading

  
• The Player´s Notebook - Basic UI Design
  November 21, 2020 by Linus Gärtig

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  #art, #ui design, #ui, #unity3d, #design

  As CP and Paul kept you busy with some programming articles in the previous dev logs, we should talk about art again. Today, we are going to make stuff look good and talk about UI design for Fireside!... Continue reading

  
• Our HTML Logging Tool
  October 24, 2020 by caphhe

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  In our previous devlogs, we talked about different features and design decisions for Fireside. This time we're going to mix it up a bit with a tool that helps with the development of any game. Dependi... Continue reading

  
• Implementing and optimizing our Level Generator in Unity
  September 19, 2020 by PaulRdy

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  ##procedural, ##generation, #procedural generation, ##procedural map generation, ##exploration game, ##csharp, ##unity, ##parallel

  Back in May, we talked about the algorithm we’re using to generate the overworld for Fireside. Today we’re back to talk about that some more! When we left off, we were able to generate a set of po... Continue reading

  
• Overlap Resistant Speech Bubbles
  August 15, 2020 by PaulRdy

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  #ui, #speech bubbles, #physics, #physics based ui, #unity, #unity3d, #overlap resistant speech bubbles

  Hey everyone! It’s the middle of the month, and that means it’s time for another Fireside Devlog! More specifically, this devlog will be about how we implemented our speech bubble system. This sys... Continue reading

  
• Define Your Games Art Style
  July 20, 2020 by Linus Gärtig

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  #art, #game design, #2d, #atomspheric, #narrative

  Game design has moved forward, tools are being developed and everything is starting to come together. Isn´t this the perfect time to start work on the art style of Fireside? You got it! Today, I wou... Continue reading

  
• Our Node-Based Quest Editor for Fireside
  June 23, 2020 by caphhe

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  #adventure, #narrative, #dialogue-system, #node-editor, #unity, #tutorial

  After Paul told you in our last devlog about the procedural generation of our game world and how it barely fits in our small scope for Fireside, I will tell you today about the other feature that bare... Continue reading

  
• An Important Note on our Values: Solidarity for George Floyd
  June 04, 2020 by PaulRdy#blacklivesmatter, #solidarity, #politics, #games

  We're developing a game about sharing and solidarity. The murder of George Floyd and ensuing events in the USA present the absolute anti-thesis to the values we as a team want our game to represent. M... Continue reading

  
• A Concept for Procedural Level Generation
  May 16, 2020 by PaulRdy

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  #procedural generation, #c#, #unity, #level generation, #perlin noise

  When we decided to continue working on Fireside after Stay Safe Jam, we wanted to keep the scope small and the game simple. After all, we're still studying while developing this game and our #1 priori... Continue reading

  
• The Player´s Home - Creating Concept Art
  April 23, 2020 by Linus Gärtig

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  #adventure, #game, #concept art, #art, #hand drawn, #atomspheric, #fireside, #2d, #survival

  Hey everyone, Paul already told you something about our future plans last time, I would love to share something I have worked on the past week! With the start of the development, we started working o... Continue reading

  
• Moving Forward with Fireside
  April 11, 2020 by PaulRdy

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  #fireside, #survival, #relaxed, #development, #social interaction, #adventure

  Hey everybody, when we started working on Fireside for the Stay Safe Jam , we certainly didn't expect to be publishing this developer update after the jam finishes. Having done many (I'd say over 50)... Continue reading