So yesterday when we launched the Kickstarter I said "Ok let's see how this goes but I'm gonna treat it as if it's not successful", so the development plan was just "let's just continue going with a February Release.
But then I checked in the first hour and it was almost $2k, I said "woah".
Then I checked a few more hours later and it was nearly $6k in like 5 hours.
Then I sai...
2025-02-09 21:30:55 +0000 UTC View Post
REFUNDS AND KICKSTARTER!
Our Kickstarter is live! Go check it out! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sgthale/myrobot
In an effort to help the Kickstarter as much as possible, if you are a current member we are going to refund your current $5 or $9 tier!
😋If the Kickstarter succee...
2025-02-08 14:17:40 +0000 UTC View PostThis is for January 2025 Build and above, older builds do NOT work with this.
You can generate text responses (Offline and FREE) locally without internet connection using any OpenAI-Standard web API front end (Kobold, Oobabooga, LLMStudio, etc.). See Setting up an LLM (Text Generation) below...
2025-02-05 20:34:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Download link below!
WEW. This month was super busy with the addition of the Kickstarter which comes out this Saturday! If you are a $5/$9 member you will be fully refunded the month of the Kickstarter so you can help there instead! More details on this in another official post.
JANUARY...
2025-02-05 04:41:10 +0000 UTC View Post
January build is complete! The trailer drops tomorrow and the build comes out on Wednesday. Things it includes:
Emotions
Laughing
Poking
Map Scan
Kobold LLM gen support
Some new Clothing Accessories
Bug Fixes
Improvements
And more!
Video shows the summary, text shows the technical!
This week:
Boombox
Laughing
Boombox
The boombox is a very simple object with play/stop and 5 music buttons. The 5 buttons correspond to the 5 songs that this game will have (hopefully if the Kick...
🎆🎆We are launching our Kickstarter SOON!🎆🎆
We hope we can fund VR and a proper Steam Release!
💣[CLICK HERE TO NOT MISS IT!]💣
What does this mean for Patreon users? Read below:
The month we launch the Kickstarter,
Video shows the summary, text shows the technical!
This week:
Poking
Emotional Behaviors
Prompt Assist
Poking
The new animation pipeline is awesome, I was able to make 16 new animations each with their own logic, t...
Video shows the summary, text shows the technical!
This week:
Mini Map
Emotions
Session Improvements
Mini Map
The Mini Map will be used to navigate around the large map. It current displays nearby presents, ...
2025-01-12 01:02:53 +0000 UTC View Post
(DOWNLOAD LINK BELOW)
Yey! I did another huge pass on improvements and bugfixes. Read the changelog but the overview is: better controls (no mode middle mouse), bugfixes, and new processor upgrade mechanics! Oh and multiplayer messages so you can leave around messages for other users.
The game is starting to feel like a proper game. The game loops are slowly but surely connecting wi...
2024-12-22 18:57:40 +0000 UTC View PostVideo shows the summary, text shows the technical!
This week:
Upgrade Abilities Implementation
Multiplayer Messages
Preparing For Release
Upgrade Abilities Implementation
I hooked up the new upgrade system to the robot a...
Video shows the summary, text shows the technical!
This week:
Robot Upgrade System
Software Changes
Revisiting November Update
Robot Upgrade System
This is adding another fun level of complexity to the robot. If you ever...
Link Below
Changelog in the link below as well. Ok so this update is pretty big. The map is now easily twice the size it was before and I cleaned out the entire backlog of bugs. There are a ton of new features including but not limited to:
New menus for:
Graphics
Input
Microphone
AI Voice Changing
Member Services...
2024-12-02 01:16:05 +0000 UTC View PostWe are currently only hosting in the USA but we are looking into setting up a server in the EU. Where are YOU?
2024-11-24 00:40:24 +0000 UTC View Post
November build is complete! I added an entire new map zone with tons of fun stuff and secrets! Also I finished the entire backlog of bug reports.
2024-11-23 03:02:07 +0000 UTC View PostVideo shows the summary, text shows the technical!
This week:
Pause Menu
UI Improvements
Primitive Larva Husbandry
Bug Report Tool First Impressions
Pause Menu
This was badly needed. Previously everything ...
Video shows the summary, text shows the technical!
This week:
Ongoing Tremendous Project Success
Planning November
Pause Menu
Ongoing Tremendous Project Success
This project doubled twice in the past 20 days! And t...
Link below
This build feels very good. It's a lot more streamer friendly too! Framerate is WAY better, less bugs, the larvae don't lag, and map is slightly more organized, and graphics are better too! Also surfing is FUN.
Make sure you try out the QuickSave (F5)/QuickLoad (F6) so you can unstuck yourself whenever.
There is a new bug report tool (F12) allowing you to take scree...
2024-11-05 00:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
I've been doing TONS of bugfixes and optimizations along with some new features!
Tune in for the premiere!
2024-11-02 21:36:27 +0000 UTC View PostVideo shows the summary, text shows the technical!
This week:
WE WENT VIRAL!
Multi-language Support
Bug Report Tool
Optimizations
WE WENT VIRAL!
Video shows the summary, text shows the technical!
This week:
Hoverboard
Misc Features
Hoverboard
The hoverboard is super fun! As I said a while back, there are two pillars for the game design for MyRobot: exploration and character beha...
Video shows the summary, text shows the technical!
This week:
Camera Stability Fixes
Beginning Surfboard
Camera Stability Fixes
First, the dummy character you see is a complete work in progress but I do want to represent you, the playe...
Character customization is now a third complete. Hair and facial properties were important. Next on the customization list is varying animations depending on the mood (sad/happy) and mood-based AI responses. This will be for another update later on.
Update Premiere video:
2024-10-06 17:29:16 +0000 UTC View PostVideo shows the summary, text shows the technical!
This week:
Polish
Bugfixing
Polish
This week I improved and did minor tweaks to the new behaviours and items for the Slice of Life update. This is because next week I am plannin...
2024-09-28 23:16:09 +0000 UTC View PostVideo shows the summary, text shows the technical!
This week:
Paint Gun
Hair Comb and Scissors
Paint Gun
Paint gun is really cool. I wrote a shader that mimics having a liquid inside and applied some fake physics to make it...
2024-09-22 19:05:47 +0000 UTC View PostVideo shows the summary, text shows the technical!
This week:
Eyeball Behaviours
Customizable Eyes
Eyeball Behaviours
The purpose of this update was to continue the Slice Of Life's robot customization part of the update. S...
2024-09-14 00:50:54 +0000 UTC View PostVideo shows the summary, text shows the technical!
This week:
Hair Stylist Scissors
New Hair Features
Washing Machine Behaviour First Look
Hair Stylist Scissors
The scissors are a very simple and easy to use tool ...
2024-09-07 23:54:10 +0000 UTC View PostNo development post this weekend. Continuing regularly scheduled programming next week!
2024-09-01 21:49:44 +0000 UTC View PostVideo shows the summary, text shows the technical!
This week:
Hyper Realistic Finger Grabbing
Physics Woes
Hyper Realistic Finger Grabbing
This was needed because the robot was not able to actually wrap its fingers around ...
2024-08-24 23:36:56 +0000 UTC View Post