☁️🌈My Dream Pony - Under Development

[BerrieStrawberrie]

Thank you! Yes, I really love to hear other people's ideas usually they offer something I would've never thought of that really brings something cool to the game. I honestly didn't think I could get this far but every challenge thus far I'm able to find a way through. I think this project has been really beneficial for my confidence in coding in this field.
I can't wait to make another video too I just want a few more things done to have a bit more to show in it but thank you again for your support 😃

Edit:

And I've completed a short video for the stuff I've been workind on 😁

 

[BerrieStrawberrie]

Hello!

Hope everyone is having a happy holiday season. Just providing a little update:

Starting to design some of the NPCs. I'd like each pony type to have an Anthro species associated with it

Pony	NPC Types
Unicorns	Bat-anthros
Avians	TBD probably something with wings?
Dragons	Frog Anthros?
Kittling	Cat Anthros ( Kitt Folk)

Starting to work on the shop details and logic. Also trying out some simple animations on the NPCs nothing too complicated I'll see how I like it since I don't really have an animation program right now.

And almost forgot he clothing shop Kitt folk NPC.

Also finally got some body patterns completed. First one is a paint body pattern similar to real horses but more fantasy.

 

[cpvr]

Happy holidays to you, too! Sounds like you’re making some awesome progress—designing NPCs and assigning anthro species to each pony type is a cool way to bring diversity and personality to your world. The shop details and animations on the NPCs are pretty neat. I really like the concept, especially the mix of species like frog anthros and bat-anthros—such unique touches!



The Kitt Folk NPC for the clothing shop sounds great, too. It’s always fun to see shopkeepers with personality. The paint body pattern is a nice detail as well—it’s a creative blend of realism and fantasy.🎉



Keep up the amazing work! I’m excited to see how everything comes together.😃

 

[BerrieStrawberrie]

Hello!

I've been having a busy holiday season hanging out with my husband's family. Although I still found a little time to work on my project 😀 I made a couple more special traits:

Face Vulpine​	Hair Rainbow​

Haven't been able to focus much on coding with the holidays but art is a part of the project so feels good getting some more things done. I may also be slowing down a bit. I've been accepted to a program for Frontend Developers and it'll be beginning January so I'll have a bit more to do with my extra time but I'll still be working on my project. Oh and before I forget I also got another shop keeper done:

 

[cpvr]

Hello!

I've been having a busy holiday season hanging out with my husband's family. Although I still found a little time to work on my project I made a couple more special traits:

Face Vulpine​	Hair Rainbow​
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Haven't been able to focus much on coding with the holidays but art is a part of the project so feels good getting some more things done. I may also be slowing down a bit. I've been accepted to a program for Frontend Developers and it'll be beginning January so I'll have a bit more to do with my extra time but I'll still be working on my project. Oh and before I forget I also got another shop keeper done:

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The new traits look great!
The shopkeeper is also adorable!

Congratulations on getting accepted into the program for Frontend developers!

 

[BerrieStrawberrie]

Thank you!

I'm learning a lot in this course and a lot of good methods for web designing. I can't wait to apply some of this to my site and project process. Because I definitely see how I'm not streamlining my development now so I'll probably pause so I can restructure things in a more methodical way but I will definitely continue this project it has helped me learn so much about php, databases, and dynamic websites. Also I really love my game idea and can't wait to bring my new skills to it 😀

 

[BerrieStrawberrie]

Hello everyone!

I haven't been able to develop much more for my game lately. Although I'm currently working on programming the NPC shop restocking ever so slowly but I have been working on a new style for the items. Nothing is nailed down for sure but I like the new softer version of the items:

Old Version ​	New Version​

 

[cpvr]

Hello everyone!

I haven't been able to develop much more for my game lately. Although I'm currently working on programming the NPC shop restocking ever so slowly but I have been working on a new style for the items. Nothing is nailed down for sure but I like the new softer version of the items:

Old Version ​	New Version​
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The new style looks fantastic! I love the added detail. Have you decided whether you’ll go with a random restock system or a timed one?


How’s everything coming along with the course? 😁

 

[BerrieStrawberrie]

Thank you!

I'm going to do a timed restocking system at least for all the regular NPC shops that sell normal items but maybe there will be one or two special shops that have a more random queue element. First I need to figure out how to schedule it XD I have the actual stocking mechanism completed already.

My course is going well I'm really enjoying it my CSS skills have greatly improved I'm thinking I'll probably end up redesigning my website again. And I've learned some useful practices for working with coding projects.

 

[WontByte]

First I need to figure out how to schedule it

You first need to schedule it that fits your game. Like, would the item be something unique that you'd want to pass out once a week, or once a month, for instance.

Once you determine when you want to throw the item out there, you need to create some sort of script to create and place it (where it can be grabbed). Authentication to run the script is a must or someone will figure it out sooner or later and you'll have a black market of items as they pump them out and sell them.

Then, you take that script and run it on a system cron job or a page cron job. The system cron job will execute it on the second you tell it to, whereas a page cron job would require a page access somewhere for anyone to initiate it.

Either way, you need to store the last time it was executed so that when it's executed (say on a page view as opposed to a cron job) it knows only 1 minute has passed so that it won't give the item out again. It has to compare a variable of when it was last run to the time it's being asked to run again. If the difference in time is equal or greater than 1 week, it would give the item out, rewrite the last given variable to that moment, and not let it run again until the predetermined time again, whether on a cron job or a page load job.

 

[BerrieStrawberrie]

Well I got a rudimentary version of what I want to work. I've actually set it up so that my items table has a field for stock quantity and an assigned NPC shop. To populate the shop's inventory, I then created an event that will add quantity to the item stock field. That worked fine, but my issue was figuring out if I needed to create a job class or if I could schedule an event with Laravel 11. Most of the current tutorials unfortunately weren't for Laravel 11 so didn't use the latest method but I figured it out. I was able to schedule my restock event to run every 15 minutes for all current NPC shops.

So I have something that works, but like I said its rudimentary. I'm not sure if this is the most efficient or effective way to do this but first time around it doesn't have to be perfect. As I learn I can always improve.

Oh and a great feature about Laravel is it does basically all the heavy lifting with security. Which is a big help if I had to figure out authentication methods along with programming functionalities this would take a lot longer.

 

[BerrieStrawberrie]

Some minor art updates continuing testing of my new item art style so far I'm still liking it:

These will be fertilizer items used for farming.
Also I'm going to start working more seriously on the avatar models I've decided I'll do a young and mature model both feminine and masculine. I wish I had the capacity to include more body types but I don't want it to get overwhelming at this point:

And finally the baby avian is born! Not perfect but acceptable also the baby versions will display the special traits inherited as you can see from the rainbow hair in this example:

 

[Baw$e]

Good luck with your pony game and finding new players. Keep it up with the updates it shows your dedication. Nice work.

 

[BerrieStrawberrie]

Good luck with your pony game and finding new players. Keep it up with the updates it shows your dedication. Nice work.

Thank you!

I appreciate the encouragement and your recommendation to learn Laravel it has been a big help in my project.

 

[Baw$e]

Thank you!

I appreciate the encouragement and your recommendation to learn Laravel it has been a big help in my project.

I'm glad it helped. Laravel was recommended to me awhile back. I was previously using CodeIgniter.

 

[BerrieStrawberrie]

Completed the male and female bases. I'm thinking there won't be as many options for the avatars. Meaning a set number of skin tones, mouths, eye colors etc.

 

[cpvr]

Some minor art updates continuing testing of my new item art style so far I'm still liking it:

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These will be fertilizer items used for farming.
Also I'm going to start working more seriously on the avatar models I've decided I'll do a young and mature model both feminine and masculine. I wish I had the capacity to include more body types but I don't want it to get overwhelming at this point:

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And finally the baby avian is born! Not perfect but acceptable also the baby versions will display the special traits inherited as you can see from the rainbow hair in this example:
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The baby Avian is beautiful, I can’t wait to adopt it! Keep up the great work!😃

 

[BerrieStrawberrie]

Hello everyone!

I've been working on redesigning the website layout. We just finished our responsive design module and I wanted to make my webpage more scalable. Also I want my game to feel more like an adventure RPG. I felt my initial website design was lacking in utility and also that immersive feeling. I've finally finished a mock-up I'm happy with granted this is still the draft design but it scales for devices and has more of a ui interactive feel to it. Working within this structure I'll definitely be designing more types of pages but I thought I'd share my most recent work.

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Also following that RPG vibe I was thinking it would be so boring to be restricted to human only. I myself never even pick human if other races are available so It's time for me to develop some lore and other race options. I think it will make doing the avatar features a little more difficult but I think it'll add a nice layer to the game idea.

 

[cpvr]

Hello everyone!

I've been working on redesigning the website layout. We just finished our responsive design module and I wanted to make my webpage more scalable. Also I want my game to feel more like an adventure RPG. I felt my initial website design was lacking in utility and also that immersive feeling. I've finally finished a mock-up I'm happy with granted this is still the draft design but it scales for devices and has more of a ui interactive feel to it. Working within this structure I'll definitely be designing more types of pages but I thought I'd share my most recent work

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Also following that RPG vibe I was thinking it would be so boring to be restricted to human only. I myself never even pick human if other races are available so It's time for me to develop some lore and other race options. I think it will make doing the avatar features a little more difficult but I think it'll add a nice layer to the game idea.

The new design looks great! Well done. 😀


I like the RPG vibe as well. You could try using ‘Mortals’ for the RPG side, which emphasizes their limited lifespan compared to other races. The ‘Earthborn’ concept might also be interesting to tie in, as it would highlight humans’ connection to a specific land. ‘Commonfolk’ could work too, making them the standard inhabitants of the world. A ‘Survivors’ theme could be compelling as well, especially if the land has experienced a catastrophe.



Another idea is a ‘Dreamers’ concept, where humans have unique abilities. For example, they could obtain special items through a summoning feature or aid pets in another way. If you want to incorporate a supernatural element, humans could be described as ‘Lightborn’ or ‘Darkborn,’ depending on their role in the world.

 

[BerrieStrawberrie]

Thank you!

Mhmm yes that's pretty similar to what I was thinking too. In my initial idea for the story of the game players would basically be kinda like a isekai story line. Adventurer from another world vibe, but who's to say they all have to come from Earth I mean there could be any number of different beings.

Oh different abilities that's a very interesting idea. Since I'm going with a more rpg vibe I was thinking it would be cool if you could level your avatar too with different skills to improve things like farming, breeding, or training etc. Having race specific skills would be pretty cool too now that you mention it.

I actually really like the idea of kind of lightborn/darkborn. FFXIV uses something similar for different clans within the same race and it usually comes with physical differences like warm skin tones or cool skin tones. I thought that would be a good way add some variation to the races as well. But of course my brain is moving faster than my pen with this so I'll see how much I can come up with.

Edit**
Finally getting serious about my world creation and lore. I found a cool site to keep everything together in one place too :

The World of Geldingmire

My current plan is to have (4) Playable races or Adventurers. Humans, Vampiric, Bestial, Elemental within each race there will be (2) Factions except for Humans. Then within those factions you can align with light or dark theme. The light and dark themes will basically just be the base skin tones available and maybe tribal markings? Hmm I'll see what differences I add when I get there I don't want to make too much work for myself.
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Race	Faction 1	Faction 2
Humans (Mortal)	People of Desert People of Frost
Vampiric (Immortal)	Flora: Basically elves but in a cooler vampire way. Summer Autumn	Fauna: Basically vampires Diurnal Nocturnal
Bestial (Long Lived)	Felkin: Felin anthros Dawnclaw Lunarclaw	Direborn: Canine Anthros Solarfang Moonbane
Elemental (Immortal)	Oceanic:: Mer people or some other aquatic anthro?? Tidecrest Hadalborn	Aerial: Avian People? Or angelic TBD: Seraphwing (TBD) (TBD)

I'm also thinking that your avatar will also be able to level and learn some skills that will help play the game for example:

• Increasing experience gained by ponies
• Improving growth rate for farms
• Improving item success rates
• etc..

I'm not sure how I want to race to interact with skills yet but I don't think I need to decide now. I have a lot of art and story to work on now @.@

 

[Simpl3anomaly]

Ooooh! It's been so cool reading through this and seeing the amount of process you've made! Looking forward to seeing more updates.

 

[BerrieStrawberrie]

Ooooh! It's been so cool reading through this and seeing the amount of process you've made! Looking forward to seeing more updates.

Thank you!

Can't wait to share more 😃 it's a lot of work but it's really fun too.

**Well actually I have some more concepts done, but still more or less draft forms. Think I need an art break though going to work on the coding side and UI a bit more now:

Gave them a bit more expression 😀

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[BerrieStrawberrie]

Quick update!

I've taking a break from character development and working on updating more of the layout. I have a redesign concept for the stables. The stables will be how you view all the ponies you own. One of the main themes I want to carry throughout the site is customization and expression. For the stables I thought it would be cool to have a stable structure that you can pick colors and be further customize with items (signs, chimneys, etc..). This stable structure will be visible on your stable page but also on your profile page in some way. Along with the basic structure users will also have a background that they will be able to change for example to snow, or stormy scenery etc.

Basic Stable Structure​	Backgrounds​
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Also been working on the pony card this is still under construction, but I wanted to try and match the gold theme but have a way to display status effects on ponies while being viewed in the stable as a group.​

• Heart Icon: Missing health points​
• Lightning Icon: Pony leveled up stat points needs to be distributed​
• Shield: Pony entered in a contest for upcoming hour​
• Baby Bottle: Pony Pregnant​

(Still in progress) Putting it all together an example of the desktop version:

A version for smaller screens and Tablets:

And finally the formatting for phones:

 

[Sleepysaur]

This is incredible, you've made so much progress in the amount of time you started this thread until now! Have you made any socials or anything I can also follow and keep up-to-date with the project?

 

[BerrieStrawberrie]

This is incredible, you've made so much progress in the amount of time you started this thread until now! Have you made any socials or anything I can also follow and keep up-to-date with the project?

Thank you!

I feel like I keep starting things from every direction but I know it'll eventually all come back together as a complete project 🤣 Right now, I only have Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/mydreampony-blog I post pretty much the same things between here and there

**Edit

Took me a couple days but finally came up with a new pony profile page design I like. The buttons at the bottom act as tabs to display different information about the pet below.

*Another Quick Update *
School has been picking up and haven't made much progress with my coding however I did figure out a better way to process my images so that was a huge success but functionality progress still slow lol. But anyways been working on designing the starter outfits for each adventurer race. I want the starter outfits to have a little character to them and be more than just like a tank top / shorts. I want each starter set to have something that represents the background of the race a bit. This one is the Vampiric Flora they are akin to an elven type . There will be (3) initial hair designs and one costume set that will come in a few colors. Of course there will be other items that you can change the outfit but this will be the starting one.

 

[BerrieStrawberrie]

Hello everyone!

Just wanted to say I'll be taking a short break from developing I recently got an internship with a university to assist with building an archival web application. So while I won't be working directly with my own game I will still be developing the skills I need to improve my own project. When I have some down time I probably will work more on the art and stuff so if I have any updates I'll still share those. But I don't want to spread myself too thin so I'll take a short hiatus from coding my own project. Since I'll be doing school and this internship my plate will be pretty full 😀

 

[Simpl3anomaly]

Hello everyone!

Just wanted to say I'll be taking a short break from developing I recently got an internship with a university to assist with building an archival web application. So while I won't be working directly with my own game I will still be developing the skills I need to improve my own project. When I have some down time I probably will work more on the art and stuff so if I have any updates I'll still share those. But I don't want to spread myself too thin so I'll take a short hiatus from coding my own project. Since I'll be doing school and this internship my plate will be pretty full 😀

Congrats!!

 

[cpvr]

Hello everyone!

Just wanted to say I'll be taking a short break from developing I recently got an internship with a university to assist with building an archival web application. So while I won't be working directly with my own game I will still be developing the skills I need to improve my own project. When I have some down time I probably will work more on the art and stuff so if I have any updates I'll still share those. But I don't want to spread myself too thin so I'll take a short hiatus from coding my own project. Since I'll be doing school and this internship my plate will be pretty full 😀

Congrats on the internship, that’s a big step.

Building your skills like that is the kind of thing that pays off in the long run. Keep at it. We’re proud of the progress you’re making. 😃

 

[BerrieStrawberrie]

Congrats on the internship, that’s a big step.

Building your skills like that is the kind of thing that pays off in the long run. Keep at it. We’re proud of the progress you’re making. 😃

Thank you!

Sorry on the late response I have been so busy lately but I need to be better at carving out time for myself. 😀 It's great to have a community like this that shares my interests I do need to be more active again here.

 

[cpvr]

Thank you!

Sorry on the late response I have been so busy lately but I need to be better at carving out time for myself. 😀 It's great to have a community like this that shares my interests I do need to be more active again here.

You're welcome!
Take your time. We’ll be here whenever you’re ready to jump back in, that’s what the community’s for. 😀 Hope everything’s been going well! ^_^