Gnomes News

Greeting Gnomies,

We've knocked over a few more bug fixes and QoL improvements.

[h3]Hot Fix Details[/h3]

• Reworked Steam API connection which should hopefully solve achievement and leaderboard issues.
  
• Added ability to swap build bar items by click and dragging items to slot of choice.
  
• Removed GL pixel format request to increase compatibility which hopefully resolves some start up crashes.
  
• Added sombrero art for cactus and clarified sombrero description
  

Thanks everyone who's been helping us with bug reports and testing. Your sacrifice has been for the greater good of Gnomekind!

Cheers,
Tommy and Patrick
DYSTOPIAN

Hello Gnomies,

We want to say a massive thank you to everyone of the 8000 of you who picked up the Gnomes over the last couple of days. Gnomes has been an overwhelming success. We never expected this and we couldn't have done it without you!

• Fixed multiple shop items bug, balisong bug
  
• Increased OpenGL version compatibility
  
• Logs should be better for crash / not starting bug etc
  
• Fixed ordering in screenshots
  
• Improve steam API usage, please notify me of further issues with achievements and leaderboard
• I also recommend performing save and exit / continue on a fat endless run to manually trigger leaderboard save

Please keep reporting bugs and we'll keep improving the game. We also have an FAQ section, let us know if any questions aren't covered here.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/3133060/discussions/0/595145168817005283/

Thanks Gnomies,
Tommy and Patrick
DYSTOPIAN

[h3]Greetings Gnomies,

The day is finally upon us! Gnomes has officially launched on Steam. Thank you so much for your support, feedback and kindness as a community!
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/3133060/Gnomes/

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[h3]We still need to ask you for one last favour![/h3]

Please help us by leaving a positive review on the Gnomes Steam page. Once we have reached certain a certain number of reviews, the visibility of Gnomes greatly increases on Steam. This helps us gain more players which increases the possibility of more content for Gnomes and more games from our studio in the future.

To review the game, you need to own the full version of Gnomes and have played for at least 1 hour.

We are forever grateful for anyone who takes the time to helps us out with this. It helps us more than you could know!


Thank you for your unwavering support
Tommy and Patrick
DYSTOPIAN

P.S.

We’re also going to be launching with some bundles that offer a further 10% discount on Gnomes and games made by some of our friends! (this also works retroactively if you’re already an owner of any of these games)

[h3]Nomad Idle - The highly anticipated new release by The Fox Knocks[/h3]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3042190/Nomad_Idle/

[h3](the) Gnorp Apologue - The legendary incremental game created by another friendly RUST developer Myco[/h3]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1473350/the_Gnorp_Apologue/

[h3]Dwarves: Glory, Death and Loot - Another unhinged game about short dudes killing green bad guys by ichbinhamma[/h3]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2205850/Dwarves_Glory_Death_and_Loot/

[h3]Sea of Survivors - Tommy’s debut title made with two of his close friends.[/h3]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2347940/Sea_of_Survivors/

Hello Gnomies,

It's only hours until launch time. We have pushed one final patch that addresses a few issues. Thanks for your unwavering support, we are so grateful for our amazing community and fans!

What's new?

• Locking / Unlocking items in shop feature added
  
• F2/F3 Screenshot features now integrate with Steam
  

New Items Added:

• Windmill
  
• Kiss of Death
  
• Plutonium Rod
  
• Leafy Greens
  
• Huckleberry Pie
  

Please let us know about any possible bugs or other issues! Let's hope this is the final build (for now).

Thanks again Gnomies,
Tommy & Patrick
DYSTOPIAN

Hello Everyone,

As some of you may know, Gnomes is made by a small team of two developers, we set out to make a tower defense passion project. Since releasing the demo, Gnomes has exploded in popularity which has been quite overwhelming for us. We never could have anticipated the support we've received for your community and fans. You have our most sincere thanks, this experience has been truly life-changing.

It is our intention to launch a feature complete version game that offers our entire vision of the gameplay experience we wanted to create. We wanted to get the game in the hands of our players as soon as possible, so there are some non-essential features that we will be taking care of post-launch.

Here we will provide are the official answers to some of your frequently asked questions and will continue to make updates here and through official announcements. to keep you informed as things change.

[h3] Will the Gnomes be available in languages other than English? [/h3]
- Not initially, in order to prevent delaying our launch any further we will only be supporting English on launch day. However, we are going to work closely with our community to facilitate language support once we have finished all of the essential "must haves" of the game.

[h3] Is there plans for future Gnomes content? [/h3]
- As it stands we have fulfilled our original scope and vision for Gnomes. However, if there is demand from our players and our resources permit, we may add additional content in the future.

[h3] Will the Gnomes include Steam Deck and Controller Support? [/h3]
- Only mouse and keyboard will be officially supported at launch. However, the game works very well on Steam deck, and there are already some great community controller layouts. In the future we will add controller support and an officially supported Steam Deck version. However, we want to take the time to do this properly, rather than rushing in a sub par version of either.

[h3] Will mod support/Steam Workshop be available? [/h3]
- Not at launch, however we will investigate the technical feasibility of different levels of mod support post-launch pending player demand.

[h3] Will Gnomes have Linux and MacOS support? [/h3]
- Gnomes currently works perfectly on Linux with Proton.
- Unfortunately, the MacOS security certification process is impossible for us at this time.

[h3] What game engine was used to create Gnomes and why? [/h3]
- We have created a custom game engine using Rust, OpenGL and FMOD. Our custom engine is purpose build for Gnomes which has allowed us to drastically cut development time and resources. However there has been some short comings which still need to be addressed (controller support, localization, etc).

We will update the FAQs as more questions appear. In the meantime, feel free to join the Discord community if you have any further questions and suggestions: https://discord.gg/Bw9m5Nuna2


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