Today, I’m going to completely change how I’ll develop Monkanics going forward. As I’ve realized my current methods aren’t enough to effectively develop the game.
But this is actually GOOD NEWS!
Read more on the Monkanics Devblog:
Quick-up #15: Designing Monkanics’ First Map
Today, I spent about 45 minutes building a small map for Monkanics v0.1’s release.
I call it, THE ZOOLAG!
(It’s a pun on the work ‘Gulag’ combined with the word ‘Zoo’, because monkeys)
Read more on the Monkanics Devblog:
Here are some screenshots of Zoolag in-game:
Why you are not enabling SSAO and SDFGI?
It will look better than this simple bland graphics.
So, I have some BIG updates for my communication methods going forward. (TL;DR: I’m moving away from text devblogs, and am moving to video)
Firstly, I posted my last post on Substack for now:
The Making of Zoolag and BIG Communication Updates (Devblog #3)
It’s pretty much word-for-word what’s said in this reply, so reading it isn’t necessary.
I’ve made MASSIVE upgrades to the Monkanics discord, as it’s now the main focus of my effort in building a community.
This for rounding up playesters version 0.1 and beyond, allow instant communication with the developers (me), provide feedback for Monkanics, and meet other people.
So, I recommend joining the server here (There’s onboarding for new members):
I’ve made a public development tracker for Monkanics on Trello:
With this, you can see what I’m working on, at any time, without a quick-up.
I’ve made my first YouTube video about Monkanics on YouTube:
It’s a behind the scenes of how I made the first map for version 0.1 with a timelapse.
I also have a no-commentary version of building the map, as an unlisted video:
Consider subscribing to the channel as well.
For now, this topic will still contain all Monkanics devblogs and updates of the sort. So stay tuned.
Not for version 0.1. However, the more complete Monkanics will have a weapon creation system, called inventions.
I actually have the system fully designed, but I first need to have the game itself exist in some basic form so I can work up to invention creation.
Great news!
I’ve finished implementing a health bar and the death/respawn system. This leaves only minor optimizations left to do before version 0.1 of Monkanics is complete.
Simple Health Bar:
Simple Death and Respawn
Once I get done with those, I’ll do a private playtest with a friend or two to make sure the game boots up.
After that, I’ll make preparations to distribute v0.1 and schedule the first ever playtest over on the Monkanics discord.
You can also keep track of everything I’m working on via the public Monkanics trello: Trello
I get a content encoding error at the end of your post (on Pixel 9, Firefox Nightly Dev)
Edit @Demetrius_Dixon edit it back for a test, I disable JScript by default on all sites and haven’t used Trello in ages so wasn’t loading because of that and other restrictions.
I think it’s the trello. It shows a full preview on my screen. I can edit the link.
Edit: I think the preview doesn’t work on mobile.
Possibly or it wasn’t loading because of how I setup website access by default and Trello wasn’t whitelisted on this phone
I now need to do some private playtests to make sure the game, bare minimum, works.
By “works”, I mean:
I’m still figuring out a LOT right now. Like how to distribute the game file, ask people to playtest, when the schedule it, how to collect feedback, what to do next, etc.
But what I do know is that version 0.1 is ROUGH, and pretty much a glorified networking tech demo. I knew that going in, but still.
I few more important things to mention:
I have to do a small marketing run before the first public playtest for new discord members. This will mostly happen on YouTube, as I’ve been having success with my videos and shorts. (Much more success than Substack, IMO)
I’m also looking into bootstrapping funding for some Monkanics concept art. This is about 2-3 months out, as I need to get acclimated to my new job and the nitty-gritty of commissioning.
I’ll keep you all updated.
If you’d like to participate in the playtest when it’s scheduled, join the Monkanics discord here:
And subscribe to the my YouTube channel for more updates:
Welp, I tested the game with @carmxdev and it didn’t work unfortunately.
The problem was that the client couldn’t join the server. The exact reason is currently unknown.
However, I did make some cool discoveries, like where to find the correct IP address and the fact I have to first bind the IP address to a server before it’s creation.
But something is still wrong with the project. But I’m bound to figure it out eventually.
Again, thanks Carm for his help. Imagine of the public playtest ended up like that. Yikes.
Most likely it’s either that a network created for this type of thing is isolated or a firewall blocking something. TBF I cant tell cause I wasn’t there.
Why does this forum have a like limit!
I have first hand experience with this one 
I know right. And my image upload won’t work either so I’m forced to just 
You know, you can copy/paste the like image if your on a PC.
That’s good. It sure doesn’t work on android.
See id like that.
But instead here
