Hello friends! It's been a while, so surely it must be time for some gnorp news. This post will be about Epilogue, an upcoming (free) expansion to the game that will bring new mechanics, an (almost) entirely new set of talents, new buildings, and lots more! Where Are We At??There's been some ups and downs. A few months ago I decided to implement a new system for the expansion. That system was implemented in full, but in testing it was found lacking, which meant I had to re-engineer it. It was supposed to be the final piece of the puzzle but ended up as the final (fingers crossed) headache. The HeadacheI set out to solve the following problem: Decision making in Gnorp can sometimes feel a little bit front-loaded. You pick your talents, and set sail towards a certain future. At least certain in the sense that you know what you're about to do. A slammer-focused build means buying lots of slammers. I could provide another example, but I am trying to be less wordy in my writing, and in the age of LLMs the last thing I want is to subject you to wordy writing.So, in order to solve this problem of front-loaded-ness, I came with an unoriginal system I unoriginally call Augments: Randomly chosen modifiers that you could activate or re-roll, and I strapped it to another new system in Epilogue: Space Travel. Space TravelGnorps are exploring the possibility of space travel. Boosters are installed on stacks of housing, and off they go towards (not to) the stars. Why do they do this? \ and recycling. Treasures from the heavenThe cost of housing just keeps going up. In Epilogue, you'll be able to apply recycling as a solution to this problem. Here's how it works: Step 1: Send some unemployed gnorps on vacation It's a long vacation, sort of like when Frodo went to visit the elves in the Undying Lands. Step 2: Treasures from the heaven Through a process that is not well-understood by down-to-earth gnorps, objects that are particularly useful for constructing housing falls from the sk...
Hello everyone! Trading cards are here! In addition, there are also a whole bunch of Points Shop items, and there is a limited time bundle for the Steam Winter Sale.Trading CardsTrading cards are now available. Completing a set of them, allows you to craft badges. When crafting badges, you will also be able to get background and emoticons. Completing a set of foil cards, allows you to craft this stunning badge, in all it's radiant glory.John ApologueAnimated AvatarsThese are animated avatars you can buy in the points shop to use as your Steam profile picture. They are amazing, and I'm glad you agree.Animated Avatar FramesIf you just love your current profile picture, you can combine it with one of these frames. Also amazing, and one of them is from the Party Pad, from the upcoming Epilogue Expansion. Here's the link to the Points Shop for (the) Gnorp Apologue! A new bundle, with COOKIE CLICKER??It's incredibly cool to be part of this bundle for the winter sale, that features some of the absolute best incremental games that you can find on Steam. Happy holidays!
Hello! With no Half-Life 3 announcement, the world needs (the) New Gnorp Times more than ever. Today we'll talk about hats, and the current status of the Epilogue Expansion,I hope you are doing well, by the way!HatsAll the hat winners are now live in-game! Here are a few of them:The Mug Gnorp becomes a literal mug at the garden. Also featured are the Rock Gnorp, and the Unfortunate One. When enabled, the Hooded Gnorp appears in certain buildings. And there is also the Anglerfish Zygnorp. This hat, if enabled, appears during prestiges (and endings), and is a little raincloud. Some hats can be combined. This one is Stereoscopic + Bring Your Gnorp To Gnorp Day. These are all the implemented hats, made by you guys:Lei, by PumpkinburgerSnail, by JoyBandana, by Zymosan99Drill, by anonymousDented, by SleepyHead (with idea from Ultrakill Enjoyer)Frog, by KeroRobin Hood, by GoatBunny, by Pecan, and PopgoesGnome, by PopgoesStereoscopic, by FirmamentalityBring Your Gnorp to Gnorp Day, by Caty, MetallicSaladFork, Pumpkinburger, and StingThe Unfortunate One, by MatsanAllseer, by PopgoesDorp, by MetallicSaladForkHooded, by PopgoesAnglerfish, by Borgage, MetallicSaladFork, and DokkefyxenDrone, by MatsanFox, by DoshigeMug, by PecanRaincloud, by DailyNightmares, ThatOneGuy, and PopgoesRock, by MatsanBundle of balloons, by DoshigeThank you to everyone who submitted a hat, and thank you to all the winners who have now left a permanent mark within the game. Epilogue StatusIt's been a while since I last spoke about the progress of Epilogue, so here is the gist of it: Implementation is ongoing. Once that is finished: Lots of testing, polish, localization, more polish, more testing. Full disclosure: I was certain to have finished the Epilogue Expansion by now, and I've been crunching to accomplish exactly that. Alas, I've missed a couple of self-imposed deadlines, and as a result the world remains deprived. Progress is continuing though, and since we last spoke some (many?) things have ch...
