HornedLizardStudios

06/10/18: Still not dead, if you can believe it!

Hey everyone!

So, it's been a while again eh? It just doesn't seem to be going through my brain that there are people who only see progress through patreon for one reason or another, and of course since I can't put anything NSFW up on here directly it just doesn't enter my head to let you guys know what's going on if it doesn't seem especially momentous or important; but time marches on, don't know how the hell it got to October already, last few months have been a real blur when I ...

02/09/18: Pay Processed OK!

Hey!

As I consistently seem to, I apologise for the lack of many updates on here; the most vocally supportive of people I know exist both on here and on Discord, and my mind defaults to 'oh hey I'll just post there and let people know what's going on' without thinking maybe there are people who don't care for the service but still want updates, and... I'm a fool basically, my brain don't work good, so I do apologise for that...once again xD

In more pressing news, th...

10/08/18: More progress, stuff for you to try out!

Hello all!

Work continues well for the new engine and new version, I think I mentioned beforehand that while Byful does the new engine and gets the gameplay smooth, I've been updating the old animations to add as much as I can to them before we're ready for a proper release; the Dog is already done, and the Rat is well underway ^^

Hopefully that'll go some way to excusing the awfully long time you've all had to wait for some progress, I am truly sorry about that; I won't go on...

28/07/18: Big News! New Programmer!

Hey everyone!

So the title spoils it a bit but yes, ta daaa! Here at the bustling Horned Lizard Studios we've added another person, in a manner of speaking xD

His name is Byful, and some of you may have seen him on the discord server; he's been here since pretty much the beginning and is responsible for the surge in attention the game initially recieved when he posted and tagged my animations on e621 for me! I didnt even consider it myself, continuing to fail at marketing xD 2018-07-28 22:59:46 +0000 UTC View Post

22/07/18: Sorry for not keeping you guys up to date!

Howdy all,

Man, days just fly by at the moment! Between the heat and the house work, and of course the work on the game, I've really neglected to keep everyone up to date!

So, updates: the dog animtion is about 3-4 frames' work left before completion, then with a little editing it'll be ready to implement! The move set for the new lizard chef enemy is going well, as you can see here:

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01/07/18: Status Update!

Wassup everyone,

So I was prompted to make a post because I've heard that things are starting to get a bit tighter around here restrictions wise, Patreon specifically; now so far I've not heard anything from Patreon themselves, be it a message or any kind of changes to my account.

From what people have said this appears to be a result of NSFW content being put on the Patreon page itself, which I'm sure you've all noticed is not something I tend to do! So hopefully this will co...

11/06/18: Getting there!

Hey all,

Just a quick update for everyone! So as a bit of time has passed I've found more and more joy in focusing on work in this period, and as such I've done a few things both work-wise and in the broader sense of optimizing my work experience.

I've gotten a few more frames done on one of the adult animations and I feel I'm getting there in terms of quality and speed, to the extent that I'm confident I can start work proper again soon ^^ I'm not quite up to 10 frames a day ...

07/06/18: Thank you! (status update)

Howdy!

So if you've been following these you'll know I've been taking a bit of a hiatus, which has been good for me on the whole I think; me and mum are just sort of drifting through things currently but the support and love I've recieved from everyone here and on discord and FA and everything is just astounding, I'm beyond thankful for all the understanding and encouragement, and I can tell you truthfully it's redoubled my wishes to keep on and keep making what I want to make ^^&nb...

29/05/18: Temporary Hiatus

Hey everyone,

So some of you may have heard from Discord or FA, but I'm taking a couple of weeks off from game development while I get my head together; on the 27th my father passed away suddenly in the house, I'm afraid to say. He was waiting for a heart operation and I guess it wasn't scheduled fast enough, and despite the very fine efforts of the paramedics... yeah. 

So as you can imagine, I'm not in the best of states right now; this project started origina...

New (stable) link for 0.05

Hey all,

So as many of you know the mega links aren't behaving themselves at all and I don't know why! But I figured I could at least get a stable link up by uploading to Patreon itself; it's still a relatively small file so it should all work fine, I'm adding it to this post as an attachment now.

Hope this works better for everyone, I can only apolgise for not getting it up sooner but I honestly had no idea you could potentially do it on here! 

EDIT: may not be wor...

PREDATION ALPHA 0.05 (Download Link)

It's here!

So after a few false starts and many bug tests and such, I decided to stop fixing up every little thing and just release it on here so I can start working on new content rather than patching things up; they'll get patched up eventually but I'd rather give you all a new animation or two for the next numeric update ^^

HERE IT IS: 

https://mega.nz/#!Fap0BBCL!dxNC67A03P6x-WaECymWlk1q4h...

Status Update & To All Reward-Havers!

Hey everyone!

(edit: holy crap do I need to find some new way to greet people! xD)

So it occurs to me I've been quiet lately and not informed people of why on here! 

My sincere apologies, after everything blew up I was so busy with the Discord server and getting my head around things that I defaulted to Discord stuff to talk to people while I worked to get 0.05 up ASAP; that work is still going on, very well in fact now that I'm down to earth again! 

I hope to get i...

22/04/18: Holy Rusted Metal!

Hey everyone!

Well, it's been quite the few days! as I write this we're up to $491 a month from $71 just a week ago! I think its safe to say the popularity of it has exploded somewhat!

I'm beyond words, really; it was difficult enough to articulate myself in the previous 'we broke $100!' milestone, considering that doubled in the time it took me to sleep one night almost! 

I've never seen this much income in my life, let alone everyone taking an interest and joining...

19/04/18: Patreon tier changes, $100 goal reached!

Hey everyone! 

So as a few of you will know by now, this has been a very good week! the Discord server I've got set up (sorta) has been an unbridled success so far and I've been beaming all week as a result! I was a little trepidatious at first, I'm not really the kind of person who knows much of what to contribute in group discussions usually, but so far I've met a load of amazing people properly and make friends, it really is lovely!

Aside from that I have good news tha...

Patron Post: Discord Server!

Howdy everyone!

So I've made a discord server at the suggestion of one of the backers whom I don't know is appropriate to name in a post coz I haven't asked them prior, but thank you very much for the suggestion ^^ 

You can find it here:

https://discord.gg/zeSHTrp

Hopefully anyway! 

This is, I think, open only to people with the invite and all of these posts hav...

13/04/18: 25 Patrons! Also work progress

Hey everyone!

Yep, we're up to 25 whole Patrons now! I can scarcely believe it but already, in this very short amount of time, the support from everyone has been staggering!

So thank you, each and every one of you; I understand it is quite a gamble to turn some money per month over to a person claiming to make a video game and all that, nowadays especially, and as you can imagine it's times like these early beginnings where on my end, I really had to have faith that people would try it o...

05/04/18: Game Maker 2!

Hey everyone,

So a quick update for you all, last night I went ahead and bought Game Maker 2 using the funds from Patreon! My first actual business expense of sorts! Or at least my first big use of the donations; I was helped in part by a user who'll remain anonymous at their request, but yes I am now the proud owner of Game Maker 2!

For those who aren't familiar, I've been using Game Maker 1 since starting the game and it's what I've been learning how to code with,...

04/04/18: Alpha 0.04!

Hey everyone!

So remember how I gave you guys the last update here first with the intention of then putting the same update out on FA?

Well guess who's a doof? 

So when I realised that a long while after the fact I felt bad and I figured I'd do a couple more things I'd been working on to add more content and publish it both here and on FA as 0.04, once it felt like enough had been changed to warrant it xD

2018-04-04 18:35:27 +0000 UTC View Post

02/04/18: Added a Pipe, more sprite work

Afternoon everybody! 

So I decided to hold off posting yesterday what with the date and all, I'm not witty enough to come up with a joke for that sort of thing!

Things are going pretty well on the game front; as always the joy of animating is long and drawn out as ever, no pun intended, but on the plus side I've gotten the dog's walk cycle looking halfway decent which I always find to be the hardest one to do, in terms of making a convincing loop:

2018-04-02 16:07:08 +0000 UTC View Post

22/03/18: New Demo! New Update!

Hey everyone!

So I thought I'd post this up, despite there not being a whole lot of difference content wise:

https://mega.nz/#!BeIzACDD!pdn29y9Nv1AVCtSEUFWX1uKV24VjUb9Ff-bFG9YVpT8

(EDIT: slightly different from the first version put up, couple of silly fixes I didn't make, sorry!)

( DOUBLE EDIT: More stupid mistakes! But this is a small one so I'll just warn you; DO NOT press up ...

09/03/2018: Punch Combo / Level Progression

Hey everyone!

Quick update on what I'm workin' on at the moment; with the movement system improved now and things looking a bit more stable mechanically I've been free to start building on what I've already got, which is a nice change of pace from making the initial construction!

Which means, as you can see, I'm adding in Combo attacks! This is part of my wider idea to improve the combat of the game and make it actually fun; I don't think I'm good enough yet at that to really ...

Intro I : In The Club

Hey again everyone!

So the hotfix is up, check the last post if you hadn't seen, and I realsied that I'd been uploading some stuff to FA that I could upload here too; I'm going to be fleshing out the moments leading up to where the game starts with illustrations that will eventually appear in the intro cutscene type thing; so without further ado here's a low-effort copy paste job from yours truly ;)

2018-03-05 17:59:31 +0000 UTC View Post

05/03/18: Predation 0.03 hotfix!

Here you go everyone, little update for your perusal in which the movement is the most significant improvement, though a few little tweaks have also been added here and there; I'll c/p the other description I made as well, it's more informative:

https://mega.nz/#!tXAEWYYL!l-cHyOSG.....WoGSIAUWc_ZHBc
 

This is really just a hotfix to get...

28/02/18: Real Life Stuff!

Hey everyone,

So in the interests of keeping you all updated and such I wanted to outline a couple of things that have happened to me recently and the subsequent effect it's had on my work; I won't go into any real detail to keep things business-y but everyone deserves to know what's going on I think.

The first issue that occurred was my father's impending heart operation, which is causing a fair degree of concern for the family as you can imagine; the next issue wa...

NEW DEMO! PREDATION ALPHA 0.03

 Hey everyone!
 

So, turns out I'm not dead; all things considered this is quite a plus,  and since it's a day of romance and caring I thought I'd get everything  as best tied up as I can and show you some of the progress I've made!
 

Here's the link:
 

https://mega.nz/#!NXxn2IgS!jQ4ACzRq.....SQkwOP3BNxC2KM
 

So, far as...

19.01.2018: Brief question to everyone

Hey there!

So I wanted to ask, seeing as I'm pretty sure most if not all of you lovely people have found the site via FurAffinity or ULMF, whether you would still check this for updates or whether you would go to my updates on either of those sites to check the game's progress?

I'm sure everyone's noticed the relative lack of content on here compared to either of those two, and while that's partly because I've not got anything massive to show off yet or anything par...

Finally set up!

Hey Everyone! Welcome to the feed! 

So here we are, I've finally got a patreon up, which aside from FA I'll be using as my main thing for updates now I think; not entirely sure what to say for the moment other than I'll have a more functional Alpha up on here soon as I fix all these damned bugs, but for now if you haven't seen it there's a soon to be outdated version on Furaffinity; thanks to all those who helped me with bugs on that, it's coming along slowly!

here's the ...