Hello! I'm Hati Valcoran, and I'm working on the Humblest Wizard for this pixel day! A small pixel art RPG about a mouse escaping a wizard's tower to find more of its kin.

A ratty advent calendar where if you find the doors hiding a rat, and you'll win the prizes they are holding.

If you are interested in playtesting pixel art games, rat content or being the first brave souls to help our little mouse find its way, with server roles, a couple of months of Newgrounds supporter and discord nitro waiting, come by the campfire to try your ratty luck!

https://discord.com/invite/PutBnHRBhe

Hello!

For those that haven't come across me before, I'm Hati Valcoran, and to learn game development I am working on a dark fantasy pixel art game with the help of Template88, to release here on Newgrounds.

After focusing on making the game for much of this year, the time for release keeps inching closer so it is time I renew my efforts to find daring souls brave enough to venture into the woods.

So I make this news post to announce the Beta for Forest Shack 2!

Come brave the dark forest!

Face off against pelagic nightmares!

Buy items from an owl!

Visuals withheld.

Nearly all the core systems of the game are in place and ready, the worst bugs dealt with and exterminated, now is the time to find the few remaining bugs and balance the game so our hunters can have any hope to make it.

The Beta is in an unpublished project here in Newgrounds, you can grab the link to it from our discord server.

The rats said you didn't have the guts to face them.

So come to our discord to prove them wrong!

https://discord.gg/xedSXxXTrZ

Welcome hunter,

With the threats hiding in these dark woods increasing by the night, our hunters are going to need some help if they intend to survive.

There is much worse than exploding rats in the land of Forest Shack.

So to improve your odds of surviving the long night we bring you,

Bone Totems

Carved from the bones of your kills in exchange for the coin that you could had gotten for their carcasses, they will empower your abilities.. for a price.

Their corrupting power bringing a slim hope of survival against the encroaching horrors.

I'm currently designing these bone totems, so if you would like to try them out, or keep up with news about the game's development, you can join our discord here: https://discord.gg/C5rd9e4bFb 

Welcome to,

As progress in the making of Forest Shack 2 continues we encounter a repeating problem that we cannot solve by ourselves.

We are here because something is wrong in the forest.

Striving to evade old beasts and face horrors fresh from the night, we find ourselves lacking the only currency that these woods will take.. blood..

We require more playtesters brave enough to help us map the way forward by facing the terrors hiding in these dark woods, and help steer our development of Forest Shack.

So if you have the blood, the courage, and experience, join our discord server:

https://discord.gg/C5rd9e4bFb *

*: No actual experience, courage, or ability necessary. Possession of blood is non-negotiable.

Forest Shack 2 is a rustic and atmospheric take on dark fantasy made with pixel art, where a hunter has to face how the forest that they have known for so long has turned into a dangerous place corrupted by an unknown power.

Welcome to the land of the Elk,

As the development for Forest Shack 2 has continued to advance, we have come across an issue that cannot be just solved by hitting our head against the nearest forest critter until one of the two gives way.

And so I have come to ask for your help.

We need hunters* brave enough to delve into the dark forests!

(*: Playtesters)

In order for the new mechanics to set in properly, they must be tried and true.

(Newgrounds is refusing to play the gif, here is a link to it)

https://i.imgur.com/fDinI6P.mp4

For the combat of Forest Shack 2 to evolve, it has to be tested as it changes.

(Same for this one, unfortunately)

https://i.imgur.com/zM1BiDz.mp4

And if we hope to find the way out, we will have to head into these dark woods together.

What needs testing:

Non-combat encounters, different builds of combat, prototype mechanics, progression systems and boss encounters.

How you can join,

I'm in the process of making a discord server, which you can join through this link

https://discord.gg/XrYNwTF7

Those who join will get to have their thoughts heard on planned features, and see the game's progress as it develops, being the first in line to see announcements and updates.

Let's make Forest Shack (2) a game to remember.

I have ill tidings hunter, for our prophets and astrologers have all fled, screaming ill portents!

This month, an apocalyptic weather is coming to the land of Forest Shack.

A rain of burning rats is upon us!

After our closed alpha for the tutorial section of Forest Shack 2, all our efforts were turned to refining and developing our combat inputs and now that those efforts have borne fruit it is time to turn our focus back towards the grander game.

Or would be, if the skies weren't falling on us with a squeak!

But should we let an itsy bitsy apocalypse stop us? No! It may empty the cheese from our pantries, exhaust our cats, and nibble holes in our boxes. But we will not be so easily defeated!

So in that spirit I present to you this month's update hereby named,

Flaming Rat Weather

• The first of three planned biomes

• Two new combat mechanics

• New skill tiers

• Dialogue

• A very suspicious looking deer

These are the goals we'll aim to reach at Forest Shack 2 by the end of these apocalyptic weeks.

And were we to fall and fail, may the deluge of rats cleanse us all.

Welcome hunters.

Please, take a seat while the scream mushrooms wet their throats.

And as they ready their vocal chords to deafen you, allow me to regale you with a tale as old as time.

Once there was one brave little rat

That wanted to explore fantastic new lands

Unfortunately our squeaky hero couldn't make it far

For this is the land of Forest Shack!

Forest Shack 2 will be entering its first round of playtesting in a closed beta in less than ten nights.

The first draft of the tutorial area will be prepared for the testers and we will be receiving feedback on the new combat mechanics as well as the new exploration system, the brand new Bestiary, and our redesigned combat.

There is much left to do, and the combat is nowhere near its final form. But to make sure that we are building in the right direction, we must be certain of one thing above all others. That people have fun with it.

Have a good night hunters, and remember. Trust a deer, and the night ends in fear.

Welcome everyone,

For those that don't know me, I'm Hati Valcoran, a neophyte game developer. Well met, I hope you hold a grudge against deer.

For those that do know me, nice to see you again.

After the warm welcome you have all given my first game, Forest Shack, I have decided to stop development at the 1.5 version instead of changing it further.

So what comes next?

Forest Shack 2!

While Forest Shack tried to tell a story through its atmosphere, graphics and mechanics, now that we have left our home behind it is time to face what's ahead.

Forest Shack 2 will have:

• New areas

• New enemies

• New skills

• Items and Potions

• Exploration

It will focus on more intense combat, because being forced to leave your home doesn't mean that you will be welcome where you are going.

This is a mock-up made early in the development of Forest Shack 1, and while we are taking a new approach it'll help in giving an idea of the coming changes for those of you who played Forest Shack.

*The cat was switched with an explosive dummy seconds before impact.