Hey Foragers!

As usual, here is this month's Adventure Pack!



It may vary month to month as we create new surprises for Forager players, but here is the rough outline:

• 3-4 new original Forager comics every month
  
• New wallpapers and illustrations every month
  
• Short design notes from HopFrog and the team
  
• Forager discount coupons or Steam keys for yourself (or to gift your friends!)
  
• Discount or free coupons for Forager merch (Stickers, Shirts, etc)

If you are subscribed to the Newsletter you will automatically receive a new Adventure Pack at the end of every month!








Happy Holidays!

Hey Foragers!

I just wanted to quickly let you know that today we are starting our second ever Advent Calendar event for Forager players!

This year winners will be able to get amazing prizes every day for the next week:

• Forager Steam keys
  
• Forager t-shirts, shipped for free to you!
  
• Forager stickers, shipped for free to you!
  
• Random Steam games donated by our amazing community!

The game will also be 20% off during the Steam winter sale, tell your friends to get it now before multiplayer launches next year!


Happy holidays!

Hey Foragers!

We have been working on some free goodies exclusively for Forager fans! We plan to do this every month for FREE for everybody! Even if you don't own the game yet!




It may vary month to month as we create new surprises for Forager players, but here is the rough outline:

• 3-4 new original Forager comics every month
  
• New wallpapers and illustrations every month
  
• Short design notes from HopFrog and the team
  
• Forager discount coupons or Steam keys for yourself (or to gift your friends!)
  
• Discount or free coupons for Forager merch (Stickers, Shirts, etc)

Subscribe here to claim November's Adventure Pack for free!

If you are subscribed to the Newsletter you will automatically receive a new Adventure Pack at the end of every month!


I also wanted to mention that if you played Forager and liked the game, we would REALLY appreciate it if you could nominate us for Game of the Year!

Click the image to nominate Forager if you believe in the game's potential as much as I do:

Happy Foraging!

Hey Foragers!

When Forager first came out back in April, gamers all around the world told me they liked the game and they were excited about its future potential. I originally thought the game was 100% done and was ready to move on. But then noticed people leaving comments such as "It's a great base! Make more content for it!".

Why not add more content? Why not add more lands/items/skills/enemies/biomes/etc? There truly was a great base to work with. Gamers were right!

So I came up with a plan! I took the money Forager made and decided to put it back to development so we can keep expanding the game for everyone for FREE!


The main issue I noticed is that a single person can't possibly expand a game as quickly as I wanted, so I hired a bunch of awesome people to help! Today I want to introduce you to the current Forager dev team:





I made the original game! I had a lot of fun making it and I want devs and gamers to work together to improve it even more for years to come! Let's make this game awesome!






Heya! I’m lazyeye, a game dev from the Chicagoland area. I taught myself how to make video games while I was in college and eventually dropped out to start coding them as a career. About a year later I met Hop and helped him optimize Forager, and now I’m the lead programmer for the game! Blame any bugs on Nomm, though, not me. ;)






Hi, I'm Nommiin! I'm an 18-year-old self-taught programmer from the US! I got into game development with the dream of making a Metroid fan-game in GameMaker! Since then, I've worked on numerous GameMaker projects, learned many different programming languages, and now I'm working as an assistant programmer for Forager!






Hi, I do all of the illustration work for Forager! When I'm not doing that, I'm usually drawing comics. I draw a lot of comics. Some of the better ones even got published into books!

Powers: The ability to draw until two o'clock in the morning.

Secret Identity: Dad.






Hey! I'm Ryan, Forager's Community Manager from Scotland. Originally just an average member/moderator of the Discord server, I took a large interest in helping out and working with Hop and the community, now here I am on the team! Talking to and working with our community is always a pleasure, so many talented and neat individuals around!






I've recently hopped on board as the new pixel artist for Forager!
I did all the new sprites for the Combat Update. I am excited to be working alongside these amazing, talented people and the wonderful community!






Hey, I'm Topher! Most people shorten it to just Toph though. I make sound effects for Forager! Also, I made the bot used in the official Discord! It's kind of like my baby. Please be nice to them.







With your ideas and suggestions, we will keep working on this game for years to come!

Happy Foraging!

Hey Foragers!

The art contest is over! Thank you so much for all the great entries!

Here are the top 3 entries:



Each of these 3 top entries will receive a Forager Steam key, and a surprise pack of Forager merch!


And here are our top 7 runner ups!

DefinitelyNotBear - {LINK REMOVED}https://bit.ly/34vdwBd
Nininin - {LINK REMOVED}https://bit.ly/34wVsad
deathjafet - {LINK REMOVED}https://bit.ly/2qdM4cH
Norm - {LINK REMOVED}https://bit.ly/2JKXrPX
🍌🍞 - {LINK REMOVED}https://bit.ly/2C6WFIX
Nym - {LINK REMOVED}https://bit.ly/2JLbnJI
Firaveon - {LINK REMOVED}https://bit.ly/2WEkYHz

Each of the runner ups will also receive a Forager Steam key!



Congratulations to the winners! Our community manager Ryan will be in touch with you shortly to get you your rewards.

Join our Discord server to take part in more events and contests like these!

Thanks for participating and happy foraging!

Hey Foragers!

Our very talented illustrator Jon has been working on some free goodies exclusively for Forager fans! We plan to do this every month for FREE for everybody! Even if you don't own the game yet!



It may vary month to month as we create new surprises for Forager players, but here is the rough outline:

• 3-4 new original Forager comics every month
  
• New wallpapers and illustrations every month
  
• Short design notes from HopFrog and the team
  
• Forager discount coupons or Steam keys for yourself (or to gift your friends!)

Subscribe here to claim October's Adventure Pack for free!

If you are subscribed to the Newsletter you will automatically receive a new Adventure Pack at the end of every month!

Hey Foragers!

It's that spooky time of year again! To celebrate this year's Halloween we will be hosting a Spooky Fan Art Contest! ːcozycastondeathː



All you have to do is create your spooky Forager fan art and post it here on Steam or on our Discord server.


The contest starts right now and ends on October 31st (around 1 PM PST).


If you would like to see the spooky entries of last year, check them out over here!


Good luck and Happy Foraging!

Hey Foragers!

It's finally time! The Combat Update is upon us!

This update has been the most ambitious undertaking we have tackled ever since the game released! The goal was to add more challenging encounters, to ease out the power curve and to improve the gameplay length.

Remember, I want to keep working on this game for years to come so let me know what would you like to see in the future!

Check out the official new trailer!

• New Biome/Dungeon: The Void.
  New procedural endless world players can travel to late in the game. You must defeat all enemies before the time runs out, or you will be teleported out! Defeating all the enemies in time will allow you to continue to the next level of the Void. Each time you progress, enemies will become stronger and more diverse, but your rewards will increase as well!
  
  
• New Game Mode: Hard Mode.
  Hard Mode is available directly from the main menu when creating new savefiles, and it allows you to play Forager in a MUCH more difficult setting. All enemies are stronger and will attack your base, new enemies will also appear at night, and resource costs are increased!
  
  
• New Gear and Item Tiers: Void and Cosmic.
  Two new and powerful tiers of gear that offer higher stats and new abilities, crafted from materials gained from content added in this update.
  
  
• Improved Combat Difficulty.
  All enemies have increased stats, and some of them have improved AI and new combat moves! ALL Bossfights are also more difficult now!
  
  
• New Enemies and Bosses.
  Face off against powerful new foes!
  
  
• Pets.
  Unlock your own personal pet through the new Pet skill in the Foraging branch!
  
  
• Starfalls.
  Legends say during the darkest nights, stars will randomly fall from the sky and Foragers everywhere are free to mine them for goodies!
  
  
• Railroads.
  Go deep into the Industry branch of skills to unlock Railroads and Locomotives! These contraptions will allow you to move quickly through your giant base!
  
  
• Boss-Summoning Sigils.
  Fight new powerful late-game bosses by summoning them on your base! You will be able to fully create and customize an arena to give you an advantage over them!
  
  
• New Secret NPC.
  There is a new secret trader NPC that only spawns at night and will sell rare items!
  
  
• Skill Grid Rework.
  A lot of the boring/useless skills have been reworked or removed, and new ones have been added!
  
  
• Game Balance/Pacing Rework.
  Improved pacing and difficulty! Finally! Players won't be able to unlock overpowered skills and gear TOO early anymore, making the pacing smoother and gameplay longer!
  
  
• New Inventory Menu.
  New design and new features! Sort items manually, Send items to Vaults automatically, Add/Remove items from your Toolbar and full item descriptions!
  
  
• New Crafting Menu.
  New design and new features! Infinite crafting, Pinned recipes and full item descriptions!
  
  
• Vault Locking.
  You are now able to lock slots on Vaults to make sure only the specified item goes in it!
  
  
• 100 New Items!
  
  
• A TON of Bugfixes!

Let me know what you think of this update and what other updates we should make in the future!

Happy Foraging!

Hey Foragers!

I have great news!





The full update will be completely free for everyone, and will release next week along with a discount on the game! And here are some of the main features that it will bring:




New procedural endless world players can travel to late in the game. You must defeat all enemies before the time runs out, or you will be teleported out! Defeating all the enemies in time will allow you to continue to the next level of the Void. Each time you progress, enemies will become stronger and more diverse, but your rewards will increase as well!





Hard Mode is available directly from the main menu when creating new savefiles, and it allows you to play Forager in a MUCH more difficult setting. All enemies are stronger and will attack your base, new enemies will also appear at night, and resource costs are increased! There are also some new powerful bosses to optionally summon and fight in all game modes!





100 new items with a variety of uses and crafting recipes! Including two new and powerful tiers of gear that offer higher stats and new abilities!





New design and new features! Pin recipes, infinite crafting option, sort items manually, send items to Vaults automatically, add/remove items from your Toolbar and full item and structure descriptions!


And many things more!

• 15 new Feats with 15 new cosmetic items
  
• Starfalls
  
• Pets
  
• Railroads
  
• Secret Trader NPC
  
• Boss-summoning sigils
  
• Vault locking
  
• Balance and pacing changes
  
• Reworked Skill Grid
  
• And hundreds of bugfixes!

Again, the update will release next week on Tuesday 15th!

Thanks to everyone that helped us playtest, reported bugs and gave us feedback on content and features!

If you want to be involved in our future update closed beta testing sessions, join our Discord server!

Happy Foraging!

Hey Foragers!

Today I will answer the questions I get the most often! If you are interested in having a question answered, I will be doing more Q&A sessions like these in the future so leave me your questions down here in the comments or on our Discord server!




I can officially confirm there will be a version of Forager available for Xbox, but I can't quite talk about dates yet!







Combat Update will release on Steam and GOG this October! We are still squashing some last-minute bugs, but I will announce the official release date very soon!







Yes!






Yes! Updates for consoles usually take a few months longer than updates for PC. My team and I do not work directly on console updates (a third party handles porting). I have been told the porting team expects to have both Appreciation and Combat updates ready for consoles soon!







Yes! That annoying mushroom puzzle bug is finally being fixed!







Unfortunately, both Linux and Mac have proven very difficult for us to work with. Forager will no longer be available for Mac and Linux moving forward. Any plans to bring the game to Mac have now officially been canceled. This is a very difficult choice I had to make, and if you are interested in knowing why I and hundreds of other game developers are ditching Mac/Linux, take a look at this article!







Yes! Multiplayer for PC will be released in early 2020! As we approach the date I will start sharing with you how the game works when you play with your friends!







Yes, up to 4 Power Plants stack their effects on any given building.







Okay!