A new beta version of the game is now live on Steam! It comes with the new custom character feature, as well as the instructions (and tools) you need to import a character model into the game.
If you have a copy of the game, you can simply switch to the beta branch, in Steam, and check out the beta version.
The beta branch is password protected—the beta access code is:
ig82rrKU1w0p 2023-11-02 16:07:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Making progress on the custom character import feature! The game now supports the import of character models in the VRM format and I'm currently working on custom Unity tools to allow people to configure custom characters, so that they work well with the game's setup.
The format is from Japan and it's widely used for Vtuber avatar... 2023-10-21 18:21:00 +0000 UTC View Post
I am, once again, sorry for posting so little! There has been a lot going on, lately, and while I've continued to work on the game, I simply didn't have a lot to show for it. So, about time I share some updates!
Earlier this month was Eurofurence 27, for the first time here in Hamburg, my home town!
I had a great time and, what I can say, having a furry convention around the corner to where you live is pretty damn convenient.
2023-09-27 14:45:33 +0000 UTC
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I've been working on creating some extra content to fill the Steam Workshop a little, before it goes live.
So on top of a couple of character skins, I've put together four new billboards that folks can download from the Workshop.
2023-08-24 15:58:08 +0000 UTC
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I've been busy implementing basic Steam Workshop support for the game! To properly test the Workshop I have also created a new custom skin for Big Mig to give him some fancy tiger stripes—I have attached the custom skin files to this post, so you can download and import them into your game, already, even without the Workshop!
So let's see where we're at, right now...
In the game there now is a Mods Menu 2023-08-21 15:48:51 +0000 UTC View Post
As promised, I have compiled some more helpful assets to help with creating custom character skins!
Yippee! Model files and all kinds of different textures.
The PawpertyDamage_Characters.zip contains both Blender and FBX files for every character model, as well as all character textures that I have created for them! 2023-08-03 12:08:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Version 1.1 of the game is now officially available, on both Steam and itch.io!
Here's a quick summar...
2023-07-31 22:09:43 +0000 UTC View PostIf you check the Pawperty Damage Discord server, you may have seen this already: On Steam there is now a beta branch, which you can check out to play/test the latest unreleased version of the game!
The beta version adds the new high score and leader boards feature, dynamic shadow distances (as described below), and a bunch of fixes—for more detailed changelogs, please check the Discord server!
To play the beta version of the game, yo...
2023-07-19 14:29:39 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm working on the first post-release update to the game, which will contain a number of smaller changes and fixes, as well as high scores and integration for Steam leader boards!
Work on this feature took a lot longer than expected; mostly because of some tricky UI design (which I'm still not 100% happy with) as well as figuring out how to use Steam's API.
At the end of every game of Crush Hour or Time Attack, the...
2023-07-18 14:23:55 +0000 UTC View Post
I've finished the new batch of skins for Pawperty Damage's cast of characters: So here is a compilation of all of the new textures!
2023-06-29 16:18:13 +0000 UTC
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Back from a bit of a break! Apologies it has been a while, so let's get into it...
Here's an update with what has been happening:
Earlier this month I had to take a break from working on Pawperty Damage, to prepare an application for a local funding program; if I am granted the funds, my next game project might be an experimental horror game.
Note: While some of this info is semi-public, I ask you ...
2023-06-24 15:06:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Back from my break to travel to Birmingham and enjoy Confuzzled!
Before I jumped on the plane, I have officially released Pawperty Damage, so let's talk about that!
On May 24th, the game was finally released! I published it close to midnight, which was a reminder to many people that timezones exist, haha.
Leading up to the release I ran into a number of surprise crashes, with the game, which led me to panic quite a bunch—...
2023-06-02 01:01:28 +0000 UTC View Post
We're getting closer to release!
The past couple of days I have been putting together a trailer for the game: Having a trailer is a requirement to release on Steam, so with this done there really isn't much missing to get ready for launch!
At the top of the post you can see the 2023-05-14 17:37:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's a bit of personal news! Sorry it's long and boring.
After 8 years, I was surprisingly let go by my day job's company, in a mass layoff. Whoops! Oh, well, it's just a thing that happens, in the games industry...
And as of now, I am without work; although, technically speaking I'm not unemployed for another three months—thanks to Germany's legally required notice period.
Well, I'm not withou...
2023-05-01 18:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Time flies, whoops! Sorry for the lack of posts, I've just been busy, busy, busy.
However, progress has been good, and things are starting to feel like the final stretch, until the game's release.
I still hope to release sometime in late May; probably around 20th~22th. ...Because soon after I will be off to 2023-04-30 01:26:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Soon I will be starting to implement achievements into the game!
My current ideas for specific achievements are as follows:
Edit: YouTube decided to flag the video as sensitive content and Patreon is perpetually broken, so if you can't watch it on YouTube, you will also find the video attached to this post, as a download!
I'm working on improvements to Photo mode and quickly threw together this short video, to show off the new slow motion option! (It was a spontaneous recording for fun, which is why the quality is a bit lower than usual.)
Yo...
2023-04-05 03:17:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Heya! I've been working on Photo Mode for the game: It's just like sandbox mode, but comes with a bunch of extra options, to help take pretty screenshots and record nice game footage!
It's a neat little addition to the game, and most importantly I can use this feature to record some excellent footage for the game's official trailer—something I should get started on, soon!
2023-03-29 02:17:31 +0000 UTC
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It has been a while since my last update, so here we go!
I've been very busy with all kinds of things, so I simply didn't find the time to properly prepare a post like this—but progress has been very good, I'd say!
End of last month I visited NordicFuzzCon in Malmö, Sweden, for the first time!
Had a great time there, an...
2023-03-16 02:21:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Keeping this short because I'm in a bit of a hurry, haha: Later I'm leaving for NordicFuzzCon in Malmö, Sweden, and I still need to pack my things!
A small addition to the pause and result screens: You can now restart a game, instead of going through the main menu, again!
2023-02-21 16:41:09 +0000 UTC
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The Discord server is live and Patreon integration activated!
If everything worked, you should have been joined and assigned the appropriate Discord role, automatically.
If not, you may still have to link Discord to your Patreon account—but only if ...
2023-02-17 20:27:18 +0000 UTC View PostThis is going to be boring, sorry, but please read anyway!
Hey, hey!
Not sure if it's technically "early access" or a "closed beta", or whatever, but I'm trying to make it work!
After all, the game is now in a state where I think it's pretty playable and already at least somewhat representative of what it's going to be, at release...
There's a few things that need to happen, here. ...
2023-02-13 22:36:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Direct link to the YouTube video, again, because the embedded player is broken in my post preview and I don't trust this website to work: YouTube
I've been meaning to make a post, sooner, but I was busy, busy, busy.
Let's get started...
In the video, you can see and hear the current state of the menus: Most notably the UI so...
2023-02-09 02:32:38 +0000 UTC View Post
A post exclusive to Unity Capsule members! Those are rare—apologies for that!
I've found it really difficult to prepare extra content, on top of any work that goes into the game, anyway. But here are some simple goodies and extra insights, at last!
Thought I'd share some of the current versions of the SFX I have created for the game!
These sound effects were designed in FMOD, which is a system to author and playback dynamic real-tim...
2023-02-02 00:23:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Direct link to YouTube: https://youtu.be/53abN9rh6lQ (In case Patreon is being silly.)
More sound effects! Plenty of sound effects, actually.
They still lack some polish, but I think this is the vast majority of sound effects I need—getting here was a whole bunch of work, but I think it's been payin...
2023-01-26 01:45:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Just another quick update: Still working on sound effects, so I thought I'd share some more progress with you!
In the video you can hear the current version of the car and building destruction sounds: The ones for the cars I am particularly happy with, now!
The building SFX still need a whole lot of work, however; it's a start, but I really need to get those right...
On top of that, I'm struggling with the FMOD setup (the system for authoring/playing the sound effec...
2023-01-16 00:53:02 +0000 UTC View Post
First update of 2023, yippee!
I'm currently working on the sound effects for car damage—still needs some tweaking, but it already gets the idea across!
Today I've spent a bunch of time hammering glass, to record the sound for my SFX. (I yoinked the glass panes from some cheap picture frames I bought yesterday.)
I will find small pieces o... 2023-01-08 22:32:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Another year is gone—so let's have a (very) quick look back!
Originally, I hoped to finish Pawperty Damage this year, but due to some slow-downs, obstacles and possibly burnout, this goal had to be delayed to 2023.
Nevertheless, I have made lots of important progress with the game, this year, and editing the end-of-year compilation was a nice reminder of that, for myself!
For instance, I completely forgot that, until this year, there were no cars in the game,
As promised, I'm uploading the collected pile of sounds I have recorded and cleaned up, last weekend!
These are post-processed to remove noise (as well as I could, anyway) and such, but "raw" in that sense, that these are the basic sounds which I remix and combine into more elaborate sound effects, for the game.
Maybe you recognize some of the sounds, from the other post!
The recordings are of var...
2022-12-23 17:49:07 +0000 UTC View Post
After all this time there's finally some sound, in the game!
It's not much yet, but I hope to get more and more of the sound design done, in the next few weeks. And at some point, hopefully, a professional sound designer can still take over and fix/improve what I already have.
From what you can hear in the video, the ocean noise is the only sound effect I have not recorded/designed myself: I grabbed it from Wan...
2022-12-23 17:47:45 +0000 UTC View Post