Cryptid farm

Devlog

• Cryptid Farm Steam Release! (26.10.2024)
  October 26, 2024 by FistFlame#steam, #release, #update

  Happy release day everyone! This post is to announce the release of Cryptid Farm on Steam! It's available now here for purchase: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1892140/Cryptid_Farm/ (A snippet of... Continue reading

  
• Steam Next Fest 2024 update
  October 22, 2024 by FistFlame#Steam, #Next Fest, #2024

  Hello everyone! My most sincere apologies for not posting here sooner, I've been very busy behind the scenes. In case you missed it, I released a demo version of Cryptid Farm on Steam for Steam Next F... Continue reading

  
• 4th Anniversary 2024
  February 08, 2024 by FistFlame#anniversary

  Hello Cryptid Farmers! Happy 4th year anniversary! Better late than never, and my utmost apologies for being late on this one. I might be very busy these days, but I'll always make time for Cryptid Fa... Continue reading

  
• Festive Fear: Christmas 2023
  December 19, 2023 by FistFlame#festive fear, #winter, #2023

  Seasons greetings cryptid farmers! I've gone ahead and finally updated the game with the annual Festive Fear update for this year. I apologise for the lateness (only 6 days to Christmas!) as life gets... Continue reading

  
• Pumpkin Submissions 2023 Part 2
  November 05, 2023 by FistFlame#halloween, #pumpkin submissions

  Hello Cryptid Farmers! Here's a grand look at the pumpkins submitted this year! Thank you all so much for your entrees :D It's great to see yet another full field of unique user-submitted pumpkin desi... Continue reading

  
• Steam Page Release
  October 25, 2023 by FistFlame#steam

  Hello Cryptid Farmers! Whilst it's still the spooky season, I've finished up what I can for the Steam store page unveiling. Check it out and wishlist it if you can! https://store.steampowered.com/app/... Continue reading

  
• Pumpkin Submissions 2023
  October 12, 2023 by FistFlame#halloween, #pumpkin submissions

  Hi there Cryptid Farmers! Today I'm opening up the pumpkin submissions for anyone who would like to submit a pumpkin design! In addition the map will have the Halloween elements enabled once again! Ca... Continue reading

  
• Pre-Steam Demo Update
  July 17, 2023 by FistFlame

  Hello Cryptid Farmers! In preparation for my Steam page trailer recording, I'm moving ahead plans to bring in more content. To keep the live version of the game up to par with what I'm currently devel... Continue reading

  
• Small progress update
  June 12, 2023 by FistFlame

  Hi there everyone! Just thought I'd give a small update to prove I'm still about, thanks for your continued support towards Cryptid Farm! Work on the game is coming along slowly but surely with focus... Continue reading

  
• 3rd Anniversary
  January 31, 2023 by FistFlame

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  Happy 3rd Anniversary! Thank you all for continuing to play and share Cryptid Farm! I'm honestly so amazed that the game is still alive and well. It honestly feels like the time has flown by, I rememb... Continue reading

  
• Festive Fear: Christmas 2022
  December 25, 2022 by FistFlame#christmas, #festive fear, #2022

  Small update to return all the Christmas assets for a brief period! Christmas trees are back, festive designs are back, blindingly white snow is back, all the favourites and just in time! It has been... Continue reading

  
• Halloween 2022: Part 2
  October 31, 2022 by FistFlame

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  #halloween

  The new pumpkins are in! This is just a little update to show them off and bring the Halloween shop back online as well. I'll update the game again in a few days to bring these pumpkins alongside all... Continue reading

  
• Halloween 2022
  October 22, 2022 by FistFlame

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  #halloween

  Hey there Cryptid Farmers! Just letting you know that the pumpkin submissions are currently underway! If you'd like a chance to feature some of your own art in the game, now's the time to take the pum... Continue reading

  
• Development Update: Steam Edition
  June 10, 2022 by FistFlame

  Hello again Farm Fans! I've been so pleased with all the cryptid farm activity in the past few months, both in player count and in community involvement. I've seen such wonderful works of art that I h... Continue reading

  
• 2nd Anniversary!
  January 31, 2022 by FistFlame

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  Happy 2nd Anniversary everyone! Thanks for another year of continued support! I hope you've all enjoyed the Christmas update, I've seen a decent number of new players recently and I'm so grateful that... Continue reading

  
• Christmas 2021
  December 24, 2021 by FistFlame#christmas

  The winter 2021 update is here! Just a small update bringing back the old Christmas assets, including updated sprites for the snatcher! Plus, the Christmas tree crop is back and slightly renewed. I'd... Continue reading

  
• Halloween 2021
  October 30, 2021 by FistFlame#halloween

  Thank you everyone for your continued support of the game! This is a little update to bring back the Halloween shop (and add a costume for one of the cryptids). This marks the end of the pumpkin conte... Continue reading

  
• Anniversary Update!
  January 31, 2021 by FistFlame#update, #anniversary

  The Anniversary update is here! This update will return the farm from the Christmas update snow back to the regular sunny fields. Lots of small changes have been made to make the game a smoother exper... Continue reading

  
• Small Christmas update!
  December 25, 2020 by FistFlame

  There's a new update out! This just changes the look of some of the cryptids and covers the farm in snow. The soil must be very fertile to still be growing crops in this time! I always wondered what a... Continue reading

  
• Post Halloween little patch
  November 25, 2020 by FistFlame

  This is just a small update that ends the Halloween event, reducing the spawn chance of the scarecrow (only slightly) and returning the shop to it's original look. It also reduces the volume of some o... Continue reading

  
• Update: Scarecrow Cryptid
  November 09, 2020 by FistFlame#cryptid, #scarecrow, #halloween, #update

  A new cryptid has been added to the game: The Scarecrow! The scarecrow moves whilst offscreen, tracking down players quietly so that he can get close enough. As soon as you enter his kill range, the... Continue reading

  
• Halloween Update!
  October 31, 2020 by FistFlame#halloween, #update, #pumpkins

  The Halloween update is here! This update mainly adds some extra Halloween spiceyness to the game in the form of decorations and the new pumpkin crop, which at it's final growth stage becomes a carved... Continue reading

  
• Season 2: Seed update
  June 28, 2020 by FistFlame#season 2, #seed update, #update, #market, #cryptid

  The seed update is here! Thank you all for being so patient with the updates, this one will change a lot about the game and make it much nicer to play. Here's what's new! 1) New crops There are 5 new... Continue reading

  
• Crop progress
  June 05, 2020 by FistFlame

  Coding is coming along well, art is one of the big next steps. I'm working hard and researching how each of these crops look and grow. Here's a peak at the new radish and cabbage crops! The cabbage is... Continue reading

  
• Look back and Progress Report
  May 29, 2020 by FistFlame#progress, #season 2

  Hello Cryptid Farmers! First of all, we have reached over 8000 plays and 13k views. I'm so very happy you've all enjoyed playing the game! I'm always checking the analytics and it's always exciting to... Continue reading

  
• Server browser + Private servers
  February 29, 2020 by FistFlame

  This is a new update that introduces the server browser! Using it, you can create new servers and browse between the available ones. Private servers will not be seen on the server browser and cannot b... Continue reading

  
• Milestone: 300 plays in one day!
  February 28, 2020 by FistFlame

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  Somehow interest has only carried on increasing, we've had 300 browser plays in a single day today! Thank you all so much once again! I'm so pleased that the game is getting such a lovely reception! N... Continue reading

  
• mothman troubles
  February 23, 2020 by FistFlame

  Sorry if the mothman update has brought numerous bugs, I've been hard at work fixing them as I see them! Be sure to report any new bugs in the Cryptid Farm Discord group! It should be ALMOST working p... Continue reading

  
• Mothman Update + 2000 plays!!!
  February 21, 2020 by FistFlame#milestone, #update, #mothman

  The Mothman update is here! When night strikes, the mothman is in the area! Watch out for his shadow as he'll attack on sight. Also, strawberries have been added to the game! They're accessible as a c... Continue reading

  
• Milestone: 1000 plays!
  February 13, 2020 by FistFlame

  WOOAHHHH!!! We've hit 1000 plays! Thank you all so very much! I never thought we'd reach this high of an amount but I'm super happy we did! Thank you all for playing game again!... Continue reading

  
• New Discord Server!
  February 10, 2020 by FistFlame#discord

  https://discord.gg/Twbrv4F Come and join! Remember that I'll be the only moderator to start with so please be respectful!... Continue reading

  
• Milestone: 500 plays!
  February 09, 2020 by FistFlame

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  #milestone, #500 plays

  We've reached over 500 total plays, thanks everyone so much! This is by far my most successful project yet and I'm so pleased with the results! It's honestly more than I ever imagined :D I'm thinking... Continue reading

  
• Thank you Asaratha!
  February 06, 2020 by FistFlame#thank you!

  This is a thanks to Asaratha whose recent video and tiktok have brought a lot of attention to the game! It was quite a sudden change in the graph, I was shocked! Their reaction to the snatcher was inc... Continue reading

  
• Milestone: 100 plays!
  February 04, 2020 by FistFlame#celebration, #milestone

  We've reached 100 plays! This is the highest amount of plays any of my games have ever received! I'm truly thankful to everyone who gave this a shot, even if it wasn't the most polished project I've e... Continue reading

  
• A timeline of development
  January 29, 2020 by FistFlame

  The game has been through a fairly long development cycle, but definitely one of my most efficient ones yet. ZigZag's room took me just over a year and this project took me about 2-3 months to get to... Continue reading

  
• Update: Upgrade tree
  January 29, 2020 by FistFlame

  The upgrade menu is in! With this addition, there's a much bigger reason to keep farming and a bit of progression to encourage players to continue farming. That being said, I have to move on to my gam... Continue reading