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Implementing Control Rebinding
This is a small update and I've added control bindings for character movement. At the top of the screen in game you'll see a keyboard icon and when you can click on that you can rebind the players motion controls. If mo…
Announcement1 changeGameplay - Home By The River
Launch is Today! HBTR Update 10
Today Home By The River launches on Steam and it's been a long and great journey for me in developing a game with deep mechanics. Thank you to everyone who has been supporting Gamer To Game Developer for the last ten ye…
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HBTR Steam Next Fest Broadcast
Revive your polluted land and build your home, farm and lab. Remove trash, dead trees, and plant new trees. Build green energy like solar, wind, a clean reactor, and transform your world by your efforts. This is a more…
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HBTR Steam Next Fest Broadcast
Revive your polluted land and build your home, farm and lab. Remove trash, dead trees, and plant new trees. Build green energy like solar, wind, a clean reactor, and transform your world by your efforts. This is a more…
Announcement1 changeGameplay - Home By The River
Home By The River Update 9
I spent a lot of time eradicating bugs and improving the game in general. A great improvement is that the hoverboard now hovers which makes it fun and easy to build taller buildings or up in the sky. I failed many times…
Security14 changesGameplayUI/audio - Home By The River
Home By The River Update 8 - Pioneer AI's
This is another major update and the introduction of the first NPC characters to help the player. These are Harvester Pioneers that can remove trash, cut down dead trees and harvest mature crops. You can enlist them by…
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Home By The River Update 7
These updates apply to both the demo and full versions of the game: Thanks to StarlightRemix for another great soundtrack. I’ve improved the NPC dialogue window by showing the NPC in the window so it is clearer which NP…
Store17 changesFixGameplay - Home By The River
Home By The River Update 6
These updates apply to both the demo and full versions of the game: Thanks to StarlightRemix for making awesome soundtracks for HBTR! All soundtracks in the game are now original works by StarlightRemix. Holding down le…
Store13 changesFixGameplay - Home By The River
Home By The River Update 5
These updates apply to both the demo and full versions of the game: I’ve added a Sigil Corp droid swarm that comes at 10pm every night. The swarm will get a bit bigger each night. The player has a lightning rod that wil…
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Home By The River Update 4
These updates apply to both the demo and full versions of the game: I’ve added cute fluffy bunnies that hop around in the game world. You can feed them vegetables to gain virtue! Buy vegetables from the pantry. The main…
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Home By The River Update 3
These updates apply to both the demo and full versions of the game: I’ve made cooking more interesting and now you need ingredients to cook food. I’ve added a flour mill from which you can grind corn, wheat, and sugar i…
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Home By The River Update 2
This update applies to both the demo and full version of the game. Some exciting news! StarlightRemix is working on creating new and original soundtracks for Home By The River. With this update you can hear the first so…
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Home By The River Demo Update 1
I've made some general updates: Most trees in the background are now animated so that they look like they are gently blowing in the wind. I've added pins so that the interface on the right and bottom can be hidden. This…
Announcement1 changeUI/audio
