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Penguin Garden @gardenpeng.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

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 🤔

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Penguin Garden @gardenpeng.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

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 #gamedev #turnbased

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Penguin Garden @gardenpeng.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

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. #gamedev #indiegame #turnbased

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Penguin Garden @gardenpeng.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

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? 🤔 #gamedev #indiegame #turnbased

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Penguin Garden @gardenpeng.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

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 🤔 #gamedev #indiegame #turnbased

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Penguin Garden @gardenpeng.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

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 😅 #gamedev #indiegame #turnbased

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Penguin Garden @gardenpeng.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

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! #gamedev #indiegame #turnbased

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Penguin Garden @gardenpeng.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Roads now properly connect to each other! And the info under every city is a bit clearer and now matches the player color. #gamedev #indiegame #turnbased

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Penguin Garden @gardenpeng.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

I'm experimenting with more buildable structures for the engineer such as walls #gamedev #indiegame #turnbased

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Penguin Garden @gardenpeng.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

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. #gamedev #indiegame #turnbased

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Penguin Garden @gardenpeng.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

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. #gamedev #indiegame #turnbased

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Penguin Garden @gardenpeng.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

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. #gamedev #indiegame #turnbased

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Penguin Garden @gardenpeng.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

The end turn button now cycles through all available actions before you can end your turn. #gamedev #indiegame #turnbased

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Penguin Garden @gardenpeng.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

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! ❄️ #gamedev #indiegame #turnbased

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Penguin Garden @gardenpeng.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

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. #gamedev #indiegame #turnbased

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Penguin Garden @gardenpeng.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

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

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Penguin Garden @gardenpeng.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

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 #gamedev #indiegame #turnbased

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Penguin Garden @gardenpeng.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

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 🤔 #gamedev #indiegame #turnbased

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Penguin Garden @gardenpeng.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Added some more new buildings! They are getting a bit too many, maybe I should think about adding separate tabs for different building types? 🤔 #gamedev #indiegame #turnbased

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Penguin Garden @gardenpeng.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

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. #gamedev #indiegame #turnbased

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Penguin Garden @gardenpeng.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

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 🤔

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Penguin Garden @gardenpeng.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

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 #gamedev #indiegame #turnbased

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Penguin Garden @gardenpeng.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

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! #gamedev #indiegame #turnbased

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Penguin Garden @gardenpeng.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

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 🤔 #gamedev #indiegame #turnbased

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Penguin Garden @gardenpeng.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Since you can only have 1 building on a tile I added a feature that allows you to sell buildings. Well, right now you don't get any money back but you will in the future 😅 #gamedev #indiegame #turnbased

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Penguin Garden @gardenpeng.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Trying out some new menu buttons. Probably a placeholder but who knows, maybe they'll really grow on me 😆 #gamedev #indiegame #turnbased

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Penguin Garden @gardenpeng.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

I put in a temporary indicator for how far your production is finished and a way to hurry production. It only gives you as much as you need to still finish the building in one turn! There is no overflow at the moment so this is useful. #gamedev #indiegame #turnbased

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Penguin Garden @gardenpeng.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Thinking of a way to handle settling new cities is one of the big issues for 4x games. I don't want to limit players from expanding too much but I also don't want everyone to plant as many cities as possible so for now they have scaling food costs. #gamedev #indiegame #turnbased

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Penguin Garden @gardenpeng.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Working on some offensive skills now! Grenades require a tech and some resources but do a lot of damage. And no they don't have an animation yet 😅 #gamedev #indiegame #turnbased

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Penguin Garden @gardenpeng.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Trying out some global powers. Here's one for the religious faction - it lets all your units fly for a turn and increases their movement. Yes, I know the menu is ugly, it's just a placeholder 😅 #gamedev #indiegame #turnbased

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Penguin Garden @gardenpeng.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Trying out some unit abilities. Here's a simple one that gives you movement points but damages you. Right now all the active abilities are displayed at the bottom, I wonder where the passive skills should be #gamedev #indiegame #turnbased

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Penguin Garden @gardenpeng.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

We decided to make every building get placed on the map, no longer can you stack 100 buildings in your city 😆 And some of them, like the barracks, can produce units! #gamedev #indiegame #turnbased

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Penguin Garden @gardenpeng.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Here's the city screen and a system to assign citizen to tiles similar to civ. I've always liked the civ system, it's simple but offers a lot of freedom to players so I will use it for now unless I get a better idea. #gamedev #indiegame #turnbased

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Penguin Garden @gardenpeng.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

We put out a very early prototype for a game jam, here's the itch page if anyone is interested! Almost everything is subject to change, even the name I'm not sure about 😆 desuvultgame.itch.io/warcrimes #gamedev #indiegame #turnbased

desuvultgame.itch.io

Warcrimes by Penguin Garden

what if civ was made by /pol/ - early prototype

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Penguin Garden @gardenpeng.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

The settler type unit can also build roads! I want to simplify the game a bit so there won't be a separate worker unit. Part of me likes the worker spam in civ 3 but it gets tedious after a while. #gamedev #indiegame #turnbased

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Penguin Garden @gardenpeng.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Working on the Research Tech Tree next! It won't be as massive as in games like civilization but it's still an important feature to have in a 4x game. Shoutouts to game-icons.net for the awesome free icons! #gamedev #indiegame #turnbased

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Penguin Garden @gardenpeng.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Starting off with some basic stuff! You can move units around, found new cities and make buildings. I'm still not sure how much info I want there to be on the city screen but this will do for now. #gamedev #indiegame #turnbased

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Penguin Garden @gardenpeng.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Happy New Year everyone! 🎉 We're excited for everything 2025 has to offer and will start sharing progress about out new project right away!

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Penguin Garden @gardenpeng.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Can't have Christmas without presents! That's why the snowy maps have lots of treasures waiting for you. But you have to get there before your opponent #gamedev #indiegame #turnbased

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Penguin Garden @gardenpeng.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Winter season has also arrived in Desu Vult! Be careful to not slip on any ice. #gamedev #indiegame #turnbased

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Unleash the Giraffe🦒&🦒 @unleashthegiraffe.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Excited to host the official Bluesky edition of #TurnBasedThursday this week! 🥳 Devs, I want to see what #turnbased magic you're cooking up. Players check out the games and support the devs by liking ❤️ sharing 🔁 and wishlisting ✅ the games. Let's get this bird airborne! :)

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Penguin Garden @gardenpeng.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Here is another spell that the Cult has access to. Haunted Ground is a great way to dissuade your enemies from crossing certain areas as every step risks taking damage. #gamedev #indiegame #turnbased

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Penguin Garden @gardenpeng.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Are there enemies coming your way? Just put a bear in their path! The bear is a neutral unit so you don't have direct control over it but with some careful positioning it could prevent enemies from getting to you. #gamedev #indiegame #turnbased

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Penguin Garden @gardenpeng.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

The Crusader is not only heavily armored, but he can strike all units around him. That includes friendlies so be careful where you start swinging 😅 #gamedev #indiegame #turnbased

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Penguin Garden @gardenpeng.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Don't think you've won the battle if you manage to defeat all units that the Cult has! They could turn every corpse on the map into a zombie. #gamedev #indiegame #turnbased

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Penguin Garden @gardenpeng.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

The Zealot is a very powerful attacker but he has a major weakness: he MUST attack if he is near an enemy. Try to not put him next to exploding frogs or other enemies you might not want to fight 😅 #gamedev #indiegame #turnbased

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Penguin Garden @gardenpeng.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

You don't have to always attack your enemies head on in Desu Vult. Sometimes more underhanded tactics like stealing their gold could be worth it! Besides stealing from enemies, the Thief can also steal from shops on the map. #gamedev #indiegame #turnbased

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Penguin Garden @gardenpeng.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Peasants may be weak but if you have a lot of them they can start a revolution! 🔥 How do you recruit peasants you may ask? Well, they are available at some neutral buildings. And maybe there is a secret faction that has them? 🤔 #gamedev #indiegame #turnbased

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