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NEW OOBLEEEETS!!!
Also a bunch of other stuff, in fact, a whole devlog’s worth…
But anyway, meet Clomper:
Clomper was designed by our lovely pal Miski and modeled by our other lovely pal Sander.
TUD
Tud’s another Miski/Sander oob we hope you’ll love as your own.
Preeetty UI
New small dialogue bubbles
And other stuff!
Read the full devlog on the ooblets website, it gives a lot more info on everything.
Follow along:
Ooblets on Steam
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Discord invite
Super duper in love with these shots from @ooblets showcasing some of the (MANY) furniture sets I designed! Propmaking, and specifically, making lil furniture pieces, is by far my most favorite thing ever and I have never felt so fullfilled! <3 #Ooblets
These ones are: magical girl fantasy furniture, spooky furniture and sci-fi space age furniture!
I had a lot of trouble with the spooky set, but I’m super pleased seeing in the game!
Omg, what a treat, I learn about this really adorable game and then find the 3D modeler all in one day. Btw, everything looks so cute, omg. You're the best.
Ahw no you’re the best!
I’m glad you love Ooblets! I’ve been working for the game for almost a year now and I’m really proud to be a part of it’s production!!
(Comments like this are so nice and I’m genuinely touched :’D )
might I ask how you set up the shaders for the models? They look absolutely lovely and I'd love to make something in a similar style if that's okay.
Hey there,
The trick is, there are no shaders set up in my renders, only texture is shown and the rest is unlit! You can probably find a previous ask where I have explained all this in detail! It’s all in the texturing :D
Pretty proud of this lil boat I made for the town of Port Forward in Ooblets ;D
Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! Even if you’re alone this year, make sure there’s still love in your hearts!!
And eat candy. Lots of candy.
Prop design alert 😉😉
Ooblets January 2018 Devlog!
Rebecca and Ben here, back again to share another devlog with all of you.
What a month it’s been! We’ve gotten so much done on the game that it’s crazy to look back on everything– but that’s EXACTLY WHAT WE’RE GONNA DO!
Port Forward
You know all those towns that are situated on artificial floating islands you see everywhere? Even Ooblets isn’t immune to their presence, because that’s just what Port Forward is. It’s the newest region we’ve added and it’s also probably the most complete, as well.
The idea behind it is that it’s a little eclectic town that floats in the water. We’re planning on putting in a few smallish shops in it that you’ll be able to visit during and after completing the region storyline. No spoilers, but the story involves ¡REVOLUCIÓN!
New Ooblets!
Were you under the misconception that all ooblets were plant-based just because you grow them in the ground? We’re here with a handful of nooblets to prove you completely wrong once and for all. You should be ASHAMED
Meet Firmo and Sidekey, two new little robotic-themed babs that were designed and modeled by our very talented friend Sander.
And these delightful and distinctive babbos are Gubwee, Kingwa, and Skuffalo. I guess Gubwee is sorta plant-based but that’s beside the point. These three were all designed by bitmOO and modeled by Sander.
GLEAMIES
Didja know?? Ooblets have different rarity levels, but by far the rarest of all ooblets are their GLEAMY variations.
They’re pretty easy to spot in the wild. Battling one has a pretty good chance of producing a GLEAMY seed for you to grow your own GLEAMY.
Why do I keep writing GLEAMY in all caps? you might ask. Well dummy, it’s because THAT’S THE OFFICIAL SPELLING. Also it doesn’t stand for anything, it just needs to be said with excitement.
✨ GLEAMIES! ✨
New Crafting Machines and UI
We’ve now got a PLETHORA of crafting machines, ranging from your bog standard gooperator to your more high-end soggifier.
Check out these babies! They’re ready to ground your springbeans, goop your clustered custard, and slurry your nurnies.
We’ve also made a brand new crafting system and UI to go along with it:
There’s always room for bloppycake!
You’ve got test!
Who doesn’t like getting mail huh?? Unfortunately our example correspondent Bazil here isn’t the most articulate just yet, but we’re hoping his vocabulary will expand in time.
Interiors
We’ve got some new interiors made, like this Mimpins underground clubhouse:
And this hair salon:
Item Display Slots
It might not sound that interesting, but it’s actually a really cool feature! It allows you to place certain smaller objects on top of other furniture so you can get that Sims 4 style decor going. Eventually you’ll be able to place little plants, figurines, trophies, and other junk on your dressers, bookshelves, and tables!
Press!
Cover girl! Ooblets was on !!the cover!! of PC Gamer’s Indie Issue with an awesome article feature. I don’t think there are enough adjectives to describe how excited and floored we were about this.
Ooblets was also featured in a bunch of fancy lists for anticipated games of 2018, like IGN’s, GamesRadar’s, Sweety High’s, and les Inrocks’ (which is French I guess!). Now we just need to get the game finished in 2018…
Patreon News
We had a couple big milestones over the past month or so on Patreon. We surpassed 500 patrons and $1750/m, which is totally nutso. People keep joining all the time so we keep posting more fun stuff:
Who is this handsome lad??
This past month, patrons have gotten to hear a new music track from the game, seen new ooblet concepts like the ones above, participated in a super secret live stream Q&A we did, got a sneak peek at all the new crafting machines and the new crafting UI, saw some dumb cat gifs of our dumb cats, and hung out in the supporters channel in our Discord.
If you’d like to join our Patreon, you can do so here, but only do it if you want the rewards and have the disposable income. We’re not struggling for money (yet, at least) so please don’t feel any pressure to support us.
Fanart
We haven’t done one of these fanart roundups in a while, but we got so much crazy good stuff recently that we had to make a couple shout outs:
These are by @ChocoAnouki, @mrpibno, and @TheaTurbo. Click those names to see bigger versions of each piece.
Until Next Time!
I wonder what we’ll come up with next! If you’re wondering that too, you should be sure to check back with us each month and don’t forget to wishlist Ooblets on Steamto get notified when we release. If you want even more Ooblets news and stuff, you can follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Discord, or Patreon.
Thanks for reading all this and being into what we’re doing,
Rebecca & Ben
What do you use to make these cute little gifs and things? I love the art style and would like to make stuff of my own. Love your work ❤
Hi there!As you probably know already, I'm a 3D artist, I mostly work with the 3D porgram Blender, which is completely free. To make the gifs I use Marmoset Toolbag to generate the turntable, and use the animation tool in Photoshop to make the gifs!hope that helps!Sander
The Net Neutrality issue summarized
You (or your parents) pay approx $40-$100 or higher for internet.
So that you can all use youtube, google, Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, etc. etc. etc. This isn’t limited to social media.
Net neutrality says, “Okay, since you already paid x amount of money for the month, you don’t have to pay for each asset individually. Enjoy your internet.” NO net neutrality means that your service provider (comcast, at&t, verizon, whatever it may be) gets to say “ACTUALLY, it lines our pockets so give us an extra $5.99 for Youtube, Facebook and Twitter. Oh, but that doesn’t include Tumblr; that comes with our premium package. That’ll be $5.99 on its own as well. Now about your Google docs and email…
That’s why it’s important. That’s why I’m spamming Net Neutrality crap. If you’re using the internet, it’s YOUR problem.
-Email your congressman (text resist to 50409) It’s easy, you don’t have to talk to anyone.
-Tweet the FCC. https://twitter.com/FCC
-Tweet THIS guy. https://twitter.com/AjitPaiFCC
-CALL. https://www.battleforthenet.com/
-This site does the heavy lifting for you.
-Sign this.
-Sign this.
-Email your congressmen (that’s what I’m doing) https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative
-Swim the #NetNeutrality tag on Twitter. Seriously, it’s helpful.
And lastly, GET THIS TRENDING. It’s trending on Twitter but it needs to trend here too. This is everyone’s issue.
GUYSSSS
Ooblets (the game I’m working on, by @nonplayercat) has been nominated for a ‘Golden Joystick Award!’ Category is: ‘Most Wanted Game’! Could you spare a minute to go vote for it? http://www.gamesradar.com/goldenjoystickawards/
(you do have to vote in all categories and give your email adress to submit your vote, but If you do It would help us out soooo much! We are up against reaaaally big names so we should mobilize, right?
c’mon Ooblets fandom, we can do this *insert sailor moon-esque pose*!
hi1 i just found this blog and it looks like, you're making a game? that is so cool! i have a few questions, 1. what is it about? 2. any idea when it will be released and where you will release it? 3. oh! and how did you get into this kind of thing? 4. what software do you use? i would love to make something like this of my own, the graphics are really cool! 5.what kind of software/tools would you recommend for a beginner? sorry if this is a lot of questions, this just looks so cool!
Hi there! whoooh this is a lot of questions! lemme get into i!
First, I should clarify something; I am a freelance game artist, so yes, I’m working on a game, it is called Ooblets (@ooblets), BUT I’m not really making it! It is being made by my employers; @nonplayercat and @perplamps! (you should follow them) They have been working on Ooblets for a loooong time with just the two of them! I was a longtime fan before I was asked to work on it!
I do a bunch of fun stuff for the project; I design and make props (a generic gamedesigner term for all types of stuff; furniture, obstacles, decorations,...), I model some Ooblets, sometimes I get to design them too (which is suuuperfun) and I have done some rigging and animation things too!
now we got that out of the way,
1) the official pitch (which is on their website) is: “Ooblets is a fun game about farming, creatures and adventure” (and house decorating, but I might be biased about that cuz...)
2) I believe Ooblets will be released early 2018! I do know for a fact it is coming to Steam (GO WISHLIST IT) and it will be available on XBOX ONE!
3)Well I am 22 atm and I just graduated college where I got a masters degree in videogame design, I’ve been into this for a little while! I went to an art school until I was 18 and then followed my dream of making videogames! During my studies we were taught all aspects of making games (concepting, programming, art, animation, sound) but I chose to specialize in visuals (mostly 3D but I’ve worked on 2D projects too)!
ps videogame school might sound really cool and fun, and it honestly is, but it’s a lot of hard work! (our most common inside joke was that people taught we ‘played videogames as part of our studies’, the reality of that was that we had NO FREE TIME whatsoever and had no time to play recreationally)
4) I use Blender for my 3D modelling and Adobe photoshop for texturing!
5)Blender is completely free to use so I would recommend getting started in it! lil warning: working in 3D is kinda weird at the beginning, and for me, took about 2 years of practicing before I actually enjoyed doing it! check out the youtube channel PIGART for some basics! (or other youtube channels, there’s a lot of material out there)
phew that took me a while! But I found this quite endearing and I’m glad that you responded so enthousiastically to my work! Hope you found this informative!
xoxo Sander
Lumpstump is a new spooky tree Ooblet! The only feedback I got with this one was “Try putting the eyes even further apart” :’D
Are you gonna have a Lumpstump in your party? I believe he would look amazing with some glasses!
based on concept art by @bitm00
Presenting Bristlebud, the newly revealed cactus Ooblet! One of my absolut favorites! I wish I could cuddle with him but alas that is one of the tragedies of life.
based on concept art by bitm00
New Ooblet Alert: The Mushroom Ooblet Gullysplot!
Go see @nonplayercat‘s new devlog and see Gullysplot doing his thing!
based on concept design by bitm00
Lil gifs of Lumpstump and Bristlebud! Two new Oobies revealed in the third installment of ‘Vlog attempts’ You should check it out!
Aint these supercute? do you have a favorite ooblet yet?
modeled by yours truly, based on concept art by bitm00
We tried to make another dev vlog! It didn’t turn out much better than our previous attempts, but you can at least check out some new buildings and lots of new ooblets in it!
If you feel like it, you can wishlist the game on Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/app/593150/Ooblets/
Sorry for being so awkward!
NEW OOBLET ALERT! Some more babes I modeled got revealed :D
these were also based on briliant concepts by bitm00
Big (late) announcement:
Ooblets is at PAX!!!!
If you’re there, come check out an early demo build at the Double Fine booth 106 on expo level 4
