- The Grindstone - 14 July 2020
Ready for this summer? Surely someone has already left for the holidays and others will be leaving soon. Instead for the people who will stay at home this year spending these hot days in front of the computer, here we come to help with a new construction and a sketch related to it. The Grindstone! Chico has managed to gather enough material to build a very useful tool. Thanks to the Grindstone, now our friend will be able to do some maintenance on the objects he uses daily to get material, making the work a bit less tiring. Thanks from the 1Monkey2Brains team and a wish to have a great summer.
- The Hive - 10 June 2020
And here we are with our monthly rendezvous. We are glad to show you our new effort, the bee hive, very easy to build, simple and green... still you will find two new animations to watch while screensaver is running. Like all of us, every now and then even Chico likes to sweeten his mouth, and what's sweeter than honey? So our hero took the decision to build a little house for bees in the hope he could steel from them some honey to cheer his evenings in front of the fire. But ... bees are not so willing to give away what they made with so much effort by flying from flower to flower, and like soldiers they stand guard against everyone who tries to steel their sweet honey. We hope these new sketches could give you a joyful moment while you are spending some hours in front of your faithful computer; see you at the next update. 1M2B
- The Dart Board - 11 May 2020
Greetings, everyone, we're back with a new update. As already mentioned we will release a new monthly update, so that during the moments of inactivity of our PC, the screensaver that will start is always richer and more varied skits. This month we are to propose the Dart Board, a construction that will give a moment of leisure to our hero who spends his days cutting trees, breaking rocks, facing stinging cactus and all the dangers that lurk on a peak in the middle of nowhere... Let us know what you think, and if you have any special requests, we're available. That's all for now, a greeting from the team and we'll be back at the next update. 1M2B
- Day One - 7 April 2020
Hi, we want to share with all of you how proud we are for having Chico released on Steam: it's been a long and exciting ride and we've finally reached the end of the road. But we also wanto this journey to go on because Chico needs more and it would be a pleasure for us to release ever new content... we say, on a monthly basis... after a little break, indeed :) Thank you all for giving us suggestions, criticisms... really, thank you all for supporting us. 1M2B.
- Update 10 - AI And More - 2 March 2020
Hello, we have a great news for you today. Recently we was thinking about the opportunity to let Chico customize the peak he’s living on by himself, that is without any help from you; in this way you could for example start the screensaver before taking your coffee break ( remember, you can also let Windows launch the screensaver by clicking somewhere in the option menu )... anyway, as I said, you can take your coffee break and once you come back to your PC you might say: "Wait, I never built that hut… and what?! Cooking stuff next to the toilette?! What's happening here!!!"... or something like that. In this fresh update you can click to a button in the main menu which is intended for enable/disable the Chico's AI; this means that you can still customize the screensaver if you want, but you don't have to... just let Chico do some hard work for you. That's not all yet, we have another l…
- Update 9 - The Painter's Easel - 24 February 2020
Hi everyone, this is a very small update we want to show you today: the painter’s easel together with its animation. Just like all the other assets you can craft it both customize and sandbox mode and then look at what Chico is doing during the screensaver and if you are lucky you might see our hero acting like Monet while painting a beautiful landscape... or our logo :). We have also implemented a new feature to provide Chico with free will which will give him the ability to choose by himself what to build and where: there is a basic AI algorithm in order to lead Chico in such a difficult choice. Of course you will be given the opportunity to disable this option somewhere in the menu if you think you can do better. This feature is under test at this moment and will probably be released in the next update. That’s all for today, see you soon. 1M2B.
- Update 8 - In Screensaver Loot And More - 17 February 2020
Hello, in this new update we are going to show you some new animations we added to the screensaver mode; actually these are not so new since we are talking about all the animations you already see when you loot resources in customizer mode ( but maybe you get used in sandbox mode and thus you don’t know what I’m talking about ). Anyway, those animations are also available while the screensaver is running, so you might now see Chico kicking rocks or digging by his bare hand and so on; none of this means that your storage will be filled with wood or any other kind of resource, of course; as ever, our purpose remains the same, that is to enrich your screensaver with ever new animations ( you must play in customizer mode if you want to really loot resources ). Now it’s time for the second news: the vegetable garden. The garden is a new content for the screensaver but it works a little diffe…
- Ghost, Cauldron And More - 7 February 2020
Hello, here we are again with a new update that mainly concerns new content. We have got you used to enrich your screensaver by crafting stuff, but we want some events to be not only random but also completely independent of the player’s choices, like for example the ghost, which might appear at some point while Chico is hanging around. When this happens ( only in screensaver mode of course ) you will see our hero start trembling in fear while the ghost is coming ( if you are lucky, otherwise you will just hear the classical and overused howling of ghosts ). We have found that random events are a very powerful means in order to make the screensaver more interesting and that’s the reason why we have planned to add more of them over time. The following video, with a pixel art camera filter applied, has been captured directly from the screensaver. Living on a peak with nothing to do is pro…
- Sandbox And More - 31 January 2020
Hi everyone, Chico has been in early access for a while now and we have already got some valuable feedback helping us find out where our next step should lead on. We have introduced a new feature that fits the original concept Chico is based on; since we are not trying to give you another survival game, but rather a way to customize your Windows screensaver, at some point during the development we thought: “Hey, what about an editor to give players the ability to put their stuffs in game from scratch? Wait!!! Are you talking about the sandbox mode???”. The sandbox mode comes alongside the survival mode ( called “Customizer” in Chico ) and you will be able to switch between them anytime: for example you can build the hut and other stuffs in survival mode and then switch in sandbox mode, destroy and recreate everything from scratch. Here is how sandbox mode works: Please try it and give u…
- Chico - The Well And More - 17 January 2020
Hello, here we are with another update, new contents and other important news about Chico. First of all we fixed annoying bugs that some players might have experienced: objects spawn issues player getting stuck glitches or abnormal resizing We have fixed all of them but unfortunately we had to change the saving system and therefore the old save file is no longer compatible; this means you need to reset the game by using the appropriate button ( Options->Game->Reset ). We are very sorry for this inconvenience, but fortunately there is also some good news today, since we did some improvement: looting is now much faster than before you can choose your favourite default screensaver camera from the screensaver menu we added the well, a new asset with two dedicated animations we added some dedicated cameras to some already existing animations we added three new idle animations for the screens…
- Major Bug Fixing - 13 January 2020
Hello, someone might have experieced a boring issue: sometimes Chico gets stuck giving you no choice to move him around. We worked on a solution and the problem should be fixed for everyone, but unfortunately we had to change the saving system which is no longer compatible with the old one, and for this reason you need to reset the game: you can do it by using the reset button in the game option menu or removing the file sav.txt in the folder C:\Users\"YourUsername"\AppData\LocalLow\1Monkey2Brains\Chico\. Many thanks to "kernelsandirz" for giving us valuable feedbacks that help us fix the issue. Sorry for the inconvenience, 1Monkey2Brains.
- Chico - In Game Screensaver And More - 10 January 2020
Hello, this is our first update in early access and we want to thank you for all the interesting feedbacks we are receiving. We became aware that there was no clearness on the meaning of Chico and so, following your suggestions, we have made our first change in order to make it clearer that Chico is meant to be a way for customizing your windows screensaver. We renamed the old “Play” button in “Customize” and added a new “Play Screensaver” button to the main menu which will give you the opportunity to switch between customizer and screensaver; in other words you can still activate the windows screensaver by the menu, but now you can also start the screensaver in game at runtime ( you don’t have to wait for windows to launch it ). We also made some changes in the UI and you can now better look at which type of camera filter you are just setting. In respect of our plan to keep adding cont…
- New Funny Sketches And The Onion Clock - 6 January 2020
Hi Chichi, we want to talk you about the last changes we made before the early access release. Workbench and storage, which can be already useful in game to build big structures and store resources, have some funny sketches now that you will be able to admire at screensaver time execution. We also want to share with you the new onion clock we made in place of the old and unpolished digital watch. The inventory now can also be opened by the little bag-shaped icon at the bottom of the screen ( or keep using the “i” key ). And last but not least, thanks to Leonardo Ceralli, our musician, for composing that beautiful song you can listen while playing the game or watching the screensaver. 7 January Chico will be released in Early Access on Steam, which is a very point of pride for us; now we need your feedback in order to improve the experience and keep supporting Chico with periodic updates…
- The Washbasin - 30 December 2019
Hi Cichi, today we are here to talk about our last effort: the washbasin... yes, because our hero will spend a few minutes everyday to wash after a hard day’s work. Everyone knows how hygiene is important in everyday life and even Chico can't help washing his face or going in for a nose pick... in the hope he will be ready to go back to work anytime soon. How it works: the screensaver: Chico will try to save what’s left of his dignity by washing his face and doing more cleaning over ( and inside ) his body the game: over time Chico will grow a pair of moustaches and a thick beard; thanks to the washbasin you can still turn his face as smooth as a baby’s bottom. We are still working to improve the game experience and add more and more sketches in order to enrich your screensaver, according to our plan to keep supporting the game over time with periodic updates and thus offering ever-chan…
- Happy Holidays - 23 December 2019
Hi Cichi, we are working hard on Chico in order to release in Early Access after the holidays. Ok, I know, that’s not a big update :) We just wanted to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. The 1Monkey2Brains team.
