Community25 Oct 20251 Year Anniversary RoadmapHello everyone! Today marks the 1 year anniversary of Alnico hitting early access!! Woo! I was hoping to have a fun update ready to release for today, but as usual between work and everything else, I have not been able to wrap things up like I wanted. As compensation, I hope you'll be satiated with this post where I'll go over everything that's currently planned for future updates! Big spoilers…
New Features · Added "craft type" filter options to the Journal · Added a "last filtered by" indicator to journal pages · Added scroll bars to journal pages where applicable Fixes · Removed the secret 101st Alloy from the Journal & Order Scroll pool. Oopsies! · Adjusted the hat height of the hat spider (probably still not placed correctly) · Updated ingot label font to fix spacing & missing cha…
IT'S FINALLY HERE! Thank you everyone for waiting so patiently. As promised, the big update has finally been posted! Without any ado, let's jump right into what's new! Main Features · Hot new menu design, including refreshed sprites, better organization, and lots of new settings! · The forging minigame has been completely overhauled. New tools, a fancy new layout, and all new sprites! · Order s…
Hello friends and strangers, your favorite fruit cube is here with a much needed update on the state of the game. Where have I been? I'm glad you asked! I want to start by apologizing for the lack of presence I've had on Steam. While work has continued since the last update, I've neglected to keep you all in the know. If you have and use Discord, I strongly encourage you to join the community s…
Hello everyone, Pinapl here! At long last, I have compiled a big ol' list of strings from the game and uploaded them to a free online resource that will let everyone help contribute to the localization of the game! Currently, we are translating the game into the following languages: · Afrikaans · Chinese · Czech · Danish · "Australian" · French · German · Italian · Japanese · Polish · Brazilian…
Happy holidays, everyone! I'm trying to push out a fun little holiday update this month, so please enjoy this experimental update with oodles of little changes. Let me know if anything is glaringly broken asap please so we can push this to the public build! Additions · Completely re-done settings menu · Added a few new settings, listed below · Festive holiday decorations have been hung up in th…
I got a report that someone's saves were wiped after updating and we can't have that. I can't fix what's gone, but going forward I have implemented a secondary error catcher that should grab your save file and push it into a different file if something goes wrong so I can diagnose and fix it afterwards. Apologies that my game decided it hates you, I'm teaching it more love and care. Hopefully t…
I haven't yet gotten to fixing the bundle of bugs that have been reported, but I did get carried away and add a bunch of new twitch chat functionality! Streamers, please enjoy these good and bad additions to the twitch integration at your own risk. Additions · New !explode and !respawn commands for chatlings. · Added 40 new chatling sprites. · Added cages to keep chatlings in. · Chatlings can n…
It's time to experiment with some experimental changes! I've theoretically fixed an issue causing some machines to run the game very poorly, let's hope it works! Note: zooming out will still cause considerable lag for a moment. Additions · Added photo mode, accessable by pressing F1. Changes · Piggy Bank now has 3 new sprites. · Buckets now have customizable labels. Fixes · Edited the runtime,…
Greetings, smiths! Pinapl here with the first real update since Early Access released! First of all, I want to thank everyone for your patience while I recovered from covid, and for all the wonderful feedback I've received. I've been doing my best to read all the discussions, reports, and reviews, and it's been incredible to see how many people are enjoying the game. Thank you so much everyone!…
The update is almost ready for the public branch, but first I want to make sure that I didn't muck anything up in the past few days. I've added new crafting recipe data for all 40 crafts, and finished crafting sprites for 28 of them! If everyone could please craft a bunch of stuff and make sure nothing breaks, that would be great. I'll go over exactly what's been updated below now! Changes · Ea…
It's me again! I've peered into your hearts and determined what you truly desire: another experimental build! Same deal as the last one, you'll have to opt-in to the experimental branch in steam betas. Theoretically, this build will be more stable than the last. Focused on bug fixes this time around. Additions · Pressing "TAB" now opens the smithery journal if you have one. Changes · Cobwebs an…
Hello smiths, it's me!!! I've finally recovered after getting covid a few weeks ago, and to celebrate, here's a new build for you! In order to play on the experimental build, you will have to opt-in to the experimental build in the Steam Betas tab. Google is your friend if you aren't sure how to do this. It's been amazing seeing how many people have bought and played the game already, I wanna t…
It's Smitherying Time! It's finally here, Alnico Smithery is publically available to buy and play! Hello all, it's your favorite fruit cube back again. For those who don't know, my name is Pinapl, and i'm the sole developer for Alnico Smithery. After 20~ months of development in my free time, Alnico Smithery is here. What a rush! Granted, this is really only the starting line. Early Access? The…
Hello everyone, it's your favorite citrus back with an update. With Next Fest drawing to a close, I wanted to take this moment to both thank everyone who's tried out the game and let you know what you can look forward to with the full release, coming to early access October 25th ! (That's in less than 5 days!) First of all, THANK YOU! Next Fest has been huge for visibility. Over the past week i…
I've gotten word! It's been told to me from the highest mountains and the deepest seas! There is an error! And I think I fixed it! While I was at it, i've attempted to make the click & drag physics more stable so your ore can stop exploding out of your buckets . Here's hoping, thanks for all the reports gamers! Changes · Click & Drag should be more stable / less jittery now · Clicking objects w…
Hello everyone, your favorite fruit here with another update! Next Fest is almost over, and I've been blown away by the amount of support and feedback I've received for the game. Thank you everyone so much for trying it out, it means the world to me! (maybe even 2 worlds!) Anyways, let's get on to the good stuff. What's new? Additions · New craft sprites added, more to come · 2 new music tracks…
Additions · New "Performance Saver" option in display settings to help improve performance at the cost of graphics Changes · Increased the player's grip strength · Pinned scrolls are now easier to find when they're put behind stuff · Adjusted alloy proportions so pot metal is harder to make Fixes · Fixed crash relating to pouring ore during the tutorial · Fixed bug causing the loss of your zoom…
Additions · New 'refinery vacuum' lets you suck up loose ore · Refinery 'lift' now outfitted with a built in scale, try it out! · Crucible tipper now has a weight scale built in · Can now disable specific sounds from the Audio Settings Changes · Mouse no longer locked to window until it is unscuffed · Tooltips are now enabled by default · Tooltips display coin value · Some tooltips are hidden w…
Changes · Clicking the piggy bank nose again will stop it from dispensing coins Fixes · Saves are now properly maintained between versions · Fixed audio-settings crash · Fixed menu cropping when on the right side of the room · Cleaner object no longer steals bingots
With this update i've been focusing on bug fixing and performance improvements. A lot of under-the-hood changes have been made in a most-likely futile effort to get the game running faster on weaker machines, I hope it helps! With that said, here's the changelog you all know and love: Additions · New cleaning sphere item comes free with every save file · More crafting mingame sprites (WIP) · Ne…
Hello everyone, and welcome to the announcement post. As the title reads, the free demo is finally live! Anyone can go and try out the game for FREE! I've been working my butt off the last few weeks to get this out, so i'm both very relieved and nervous that it's finally public! For those of you who don't know me, My name is Pinapl, and i'm the sole developer of this game! I've been working on…
I've finally added the new music, courtesy of Flowerhead! With new music in the game, the file-size has nearly doubled, yippee! Anyways... Bugs eliminated, stuff added. here's the damage report: Additions · New music! · Added a special holiday rope. What does it do? :0 Changes · Updated nail texture to be more medievally · Updated look of ingot names on ingots · Slightly increased valid hammeri…
Letting you all zoom out was an incredibly bigger headache than it warrented, so you better enjoy it to the fullest! Note: zooming all the way out seems to reduce framerate slightly, unsure why. Bugs eliminated, stuff added. here's the damage report: Additions · Rehauled camera controls, including the ability to zoom out · Added new settings & a "continue" button to the menu · Info popups re-wo…
The Early Access release is only 25 days away! Follow me on social media to participate in a fun-fact countdown! Anyways... Bugs eliminated, stuff added. here's the damage report: Changes · Updated save/load logic, settings should no longer reset between versions · You can now hold click to speed up merchant dialogue · Popups no longer spawn if another popup is currently on screen · Coins make…
Alnico Smithery is coming to early access October 25th! Be excited!!! Anyways... Bugs eliminated, stuff added. here's the damage report: Menus & UI · Auto-save setting now notes it is in seconds · Credits no longer speed up when clicking the finish button · Added blinking "|" to text input fields · Game now starts in a larger window by default · Removed "pause" and "unpause" text from top left…
Alnico Smithery is coming to early access October 25th! Be excited!!! Anyways... Bugs eliminated, stuff added. here's the damage report: Additions · Completely redesigned main menu · New camera-drag sensitivity option in settings · Added pumpkins & cobwebs in celebration of spooky season · New pop-ups explain game mechanics as you play · Added charge meter to the hammer in the crafting minigame…
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