- Development Blog - 11 May 2024
Friends, after a long break, I'm back to my developer blog. In it I write about what I am working on at the moment, what difficulties I face and how I overcome them. If you are interested, please go to my website where I will be posting this news! https://www.fon-game.com/
- Introducing Force of Nature 2: Prologue & Updated Soundtracks! - 8 June 2023
We've got not one, but TWO exciting news to share today! 🎉 First off, we're thrilled to introduce Force of Nature 2: Prologue! It's the perfect opportunity for all you eager adventurers to dip your toes into the captivating world of our game before diving headfirst into the main experience. Whether you're a seasoned veteran or new to the franchise, this is your chance to get a tantalizing taste of what lies ahead. What can you expect from the Prologue? In Force of Nature 2: Prologue, you'll get to explore a mesmerizing world filled with mystery and wonder. Explore the first world of the main game and experience the game's mechanics firsthand. Uncover its secrets as you gather resources, construct impressive homes and structures, cultivate bountiful farms, forge powerful weapons and armor, tame and care for animals, and unravel the enigmatic Force of Nature stone. And that's just the ti…
- Christmas update - 22 December 2022
Another year is approaching and festivities are all around us. On behalf of our entire creative team, we want to wish you and all those around you: a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! That we wish you may spend a lot of precious time with those you love and cherish in one of the coziest times of the year. To help you get even more in a festive mood, we have added Christmas decorations to the game and added a small quest where you can earn yourself a unique and rare gift: a potion to redistribute your skill points. So be sure to use it wisely! We're also happy to announce the release of even more related content: soundtracks and a digital artbook, where we've collected a variety of sketches, photos and more! All which are used in the game. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2247910/Force_of_Nature_2__Collectors_Pack/ We certainly hope you enjoy this exciting new content to the fulles…
- Halloween Update for Force of Nature 2: Ghost Keeper - 20 October 2022
Join us for the ultimate Halloween in-game event on October 25, 2022 for Steam Scream Fest with plenty of spirits, spooky decor, sweet treats, and more! New Quest Partake in a special holiday quest featuring ghosts! You must go through a number of ghosts to “kill” them and, when you’ve killed a certain amount, you will receive an exclusive pumpkin helmet as a spooky reward! New Seasonal Decor Looking to add some ghoulish glamour to your home? We have some spooktacular Halloween decorations you can use that include: A ghostly scarecrow Bush that looks like a witch Halloween style environmental objects New Interactive Items We’ve also included a few gourd-themed interactive items such as: Pumpkins for players to throw Pumpkin juice Pumpkin pie We hope that this in-game event, decorations, and interactive items help you to ring in Halloween!
- INTRODUCING FORCE OF NATURE 2 - CO-OP - 23 June 2022
It has been quite a while since the last update has launched, but today that changes! A lot of things have happened around the world that forced millions of people to make adjustments to their plans, including our team. The process of working on updates - multiplayer included - was therefore indefinitely suspended. INTRODUCING FORCE OF NATURE 2 - CO-OP We have now been able to pull ourselves together and are finally able to provide the highly awaited updates we have promised we would deliver. I am very glad that the network mode in Force of Nature 2 is cooperative as of today, because this will allow people to connect from all over the world, communicate and play together to achieve common goals. Find each other and unite! Ultimately, cooperative games bring us closer and make the world a friendlier place. Update/patch notes: * Added a cooperative multiplayer mode. Similar to the first…
- Dev Blog - 23 February 2022
In this post, I'll talk about the most difficult task I had to implement: synchronization of the base. This synchronization included building/moving constructions, crafting items with bare hands and on tables, growing and gathering plants, feeding and controlling animals, and interactions with ghosts. The difficulty here was in a wide variety of closely intertwined mechanics. Synchronization of all these processes had to be done very carefully so as not to break anything. There were significant changes of code and - in order to make sure everything works correctly - I gradually uploaded these changes to Steam (I combined such changes of the mechanic with small updates and with new decorations). Because these changes can potentially break the game, I always try to update in the morning and regularly check the mail/Discord/forum in Steam during the day to see if there are bug reports. On…
- Happy Valentine’s Day! - 14 February 2022
Dear friends! We want to wish you a happy Valentine’s Day and therefore we would like to give you a magnificent bouquet of flowers! We have added a decorative flower bed, in which you can grow roses. Whether it is a significant other, a family member or a close friend - appreciate what you have in each other on this special day. I am also delighted to inform you that you will soon be able to play the game together! Much love, from The Force of Nature team
- Dev Blog - 1 February 2022
In the last post, I left out one kind of interaction with the environment - damaging objects! I decided to describe it in this post instead because attacks revolve heavily around audio and video effects. Synchronization of audio and video effects Let's start with the attacks. The concept of an "attack" in the game is quite complex. Each attack has a lot of parameters - preferred target (what we click on), host of the attack, damage (physical / magical / poison), weapon material, effects (poisoning, slowing, burning, pushing, stunning, etc.). If it's an arrow, then we have to factor in its appearance and flight path; same with a boomerang or fireball. All of these effects do not have a save/load code, because they are not saved when you exit the game. Instead of creating code for writing/reading all possible effects (there are lots of them), I use a simple and logical step - I send only…
- Happy Lunar New Year! - 27 January 2022
Hello everyone, The Steam Lunar Sale is right around the corner and the Spring Festival starts shortly after. If you still haven't tried the game, you will have a great opportunity to get the game with a 20% discount! In a couple of months, I am planning to release an amazing and long awaited update that will add multiplayer to the game. This can be a great opportunity to bring your friends on board. In addition to the upcoming sale, I have some other great news! I worked closely with our friends from Mulbity Localization Group and we are happy to announce that the game will now support the Simplified Chinese language! With the upcoming multiplayer, I hope that we can bring a lot of people into our community. Having additional languages will help to open horizons to other people looking to try out the game, so let’s welcome them with open arms. Thank you everyone for all of your support…
- Dev Blog - 13 January 2022
I've been blogging for quite some time and describing the process of developing the game on my website. However, not everyone knows about it so, from now on, I’ve decided to duplicate these posts on Steam. You can view older posts here: https://www.fon-game.com/force-of-nature-2/ In the past, I’ve described the process of launching the game in Co-op mode and improving the synchronization of players' positioning and animations. Read on to learn more. Interaction with the environment I decided to synchronize environmental objects (i.e. trees, bushes, items lying on the ground, plants that can be gathered, and so on). In general, the synchronization of these objects occurs according to the same scheme: Firstly, we define the entire set of events that can occur with the object. For example, for an item on the ground, this is picking it up and dropping out, for a tree - dealing damage to it…
- Update 1.0.23 - 3 January 2022
Increased running speed of the main hero from 2.6 to 2.8 m/s Simplified crafting and combats now are set by default when you create a new game Fixed a bug when phrases for the female character did not switch when changing the language
- We're Partnering with Crytivo! - 21 December 2021
Dear friends! We are thrilled to announce a new partnership with Crytivo! You may know them as the developer and publisher behind The Universim and may recognize some of their up-and-coming published titles such as Prehistoric Kingdom, Farm Folks, and Roots of Pacha. We’re looking forward to bringing Force of Nature 2: Ghost Keeper to more people and hope to continue adding great things to the game for our supportive and devoted players. Be sure to follow Crytivo on Twitter for updates. Happy Holidays!
- Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! - 21 December 2021
Dear friends! Time flies by so fast, the year is soon coming to an end with 2022 just around the corner. In spirit of the holidays, Christmas trees are being decorated and gifts prepared. As well as New Year's holidays are approaching, which means it's time for fun and games. Our team has prepared a small but sincere gift for you - new decorations that will help you fully immerse yourself into the holiday season: Christmas tree Christmas presents Two fireplaces Fireplace tools So get yourself a nice cup of cocoa, coffee/tea or cider, wrap yourself in a blanket and enjoy the festive atmosphere in-game. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
- Steam Awards 2021 - 28 November 2021
Dear friends! Thanks to all your feedback the game gets improved with every update, for that we are very grateful to have your support. I'm sure there are still many things we can do to make the game even more enjoyable for all. (Multiplayer is on its way and we will see its release early next year.) For those familiar with Steam, it's time again for the yearly Steam Awards (2021). For which we have decided to enter in the category "Sit Back and Relax". Immerse yourself in the atmosphere within the comfort and safety of your base. Peacefully prepare your battles ahead, at your own pace, to the relaxing sounds of nature. We would be very happy if you could nominate "Force of Nature 2: Ghost Keeper" for this category. Each and every vote made will motivate us even more to continue working just as hard as we have done this year. Thank you on behalf of everyone involved in making Force of N…
- Update 1.0.21 - 24 November 2021
Sleeping bag now recovers up to 20% of health and up to 40% of stamina. Added recipe for crafting jade from jade powder. Fixed bug with windows and doors were sometimes positioned incorrectly relative to the wall. Fixed "Not enough stamina" message spammed during the battles. The latest news on the progress of multiplayer development you can find here https://www.fon-game.com/force-of-nature-2/
- Update 1.0.20 - 9 November 2021
New decorations: 3 decorative pots with meadow flowers 3 decorative cactuses 3 pots with tropical flowers 3 compositions with mushrooms Other: The doors on the building templates of the chests are now slightly open - now, when placing the chest, it is easier to understand where is the front Added icons for health and stamina bars You can find the latest news about multiplayer development here: https://www.fon-game.com/force-of-nature-2
- Development Blog - 17 October 2021
I've been busy developing multiplayer lately. There is a huge amount of work to be done, and it is difficult for me to switch on other tasks, so, as you may have noticed, the number of updates has decreased. To dispel your doubts (some are already writing that the developer has abandoned the game), I decided to continue the development blog. https://www.fon-game.com/force-of-nature-2/
- Force of Nature Soundtrack is available now! - 15 October 2021
https://store.steampowered.com/app/868800/Force_of_Nature_Soundtrack/ Quite often I was asked to upload soundtracks for the first part of the Force of Nature. But I was busy developing the second part of the game all the time, so I didn't have enough time and energy to prepare tracks and put them on Steam. However, I finally pulled myself together, allocated a few days for this task and finished it! All the tracks for the game were created by the Storm Warning! group, which was founded by me and my classmate. These are mostly instrumental parts for songs that we recorded ourselves at home, but there are also a couple of tracks that I created specifically for the game. There are not so many tracks, but a piece of our soul is embedded in each of them. Hope you enjoy them!
- Update 1.0.19 - 10 October 2021
Added sounds of birds, frogs and insects - 63 new sounds in total.
- Update 1.0.18 - 18 September 2021
Added Latin Spanish localization Added animations for stunned state of the main hero Swamp water is no longer harmful after finishing the 4th ghost`s quest Arrows and darts now have a chance to be dropped as a loot after each shot
