Building the logic - designing efficient routingBotlings move in one direction and keep on moving until you turn them. Because they are born from a simple source, this tends to make lanes of the botlings. These lanes have…
Playtest round 1 has concluded! 🛠️Hey everyone! The playtest got us quite a few players and we got what we needed via your great feedback using the ingame forms and some data points (anonymized of course). A…
How Botlings Twists the Classic Factory FormulaToday I want to talk about logistics and layout design. At first glance, botlings move a lot like traditional conveyor belts. You plan their routes and they transport goods from…
Playtest is NOW LIVE! 🛠️Hey everyone! The countdown has officially begun. Early Access is approaching, but to make sure it’s a truly GREAT, highly playable, and polished experience right from day one, I…
Why I'm Here: A Game I Truly Believe InHey everyone! Right now, players from all over the world are diving into the updated Botlings demo, pushing my tiny mechanical swarm to its absolute limits, and launching bots…
Streaming BotlingsHi all! I'll be streaming Botlings throughout Next Fest. Some of it will be a recording, but I'm going throw in a few live streams in there as well. I'll be playing the full game…
The Soul in the Machine - Adding the AI Awakening SystemHello again! Time for second part my diary: why Botlings? Building on that foundation of Factorio logistics and Lemmings movement, something was still missing. The factory ran…
How My Childhood Favorites Breathed Life Into BotlingsHey everyone! Every game developer’s journey starts with the titles that shaped them. For me, the road to creating Botlings is a direct love letter to the gaming masterpieces I…
Giving You Full Control Over the Swarm (And Fixing My Code)Hey everyone! I have been reading through all your comments, feedback logs, and suggestions from the demo, and one request kept popping up. You wanted more control over the pace…
From Swarm to Factory (And Back Again)Hey everyone! I want to dive deep into the core loop of Botlings and talk about how the automation here completely flips the standard genre formulas on their head. The Core Loop:…
Botlings DEMO is out now!We are incredibly happy to announce that the Botlings demo is officially live! We have been working hard to get this into your hands, and we cannot wait to see what you build.…
