The Ponies

Hey, everypony! We know it’s been a quiet year so far, but we’d like to start out by saying we’ve been hard at work on the game still, and although it’s been slow, we’re hopeful to get something playable out soon!

 

We now have 3D modeling positions open again on the project, and we’re looking for any folks interested in joining our team! This would mainly involve creating a variety of objects that ponies would interact with. Experience with animation and the Unity engine is a big plus! If you’re interested, we highly encourage you to reach out to us via Discord or our online contact form.

 

Progress Update

We hope to get some exciting new stuff ready very soon to show you all! We appreciate your patience, and wanted to give you a small update on our progress on the game. It’s quite a big thing to explain, but basically during the previous couple years, we had hit a bit of a slowdown in terms of development. The existing code, although functional, was quite messy and made it tricky to proceed with implementing bigger features – so we essentially got stuck in a limbo. This made it tricky for newer developers to come on and understand our code, as a lot of dependencies were in place that tied in with several game features. We realized this was unoptimized, and very confusing to work with if you didn’t already understand the code structure, so we went forward with doing a development reset of sorts.

 

This does not affect the gameplay design, however. All planned features from before are still planned for the game. The art style will also remain the same (albeit with a few updates we think you’ll like!), and everything about the game itself remains the same. The only major changes are “under the hood” with how the code itself is written and structured. Tackling this had postponed our original demo plans and set the time frame a bit further out than we originally intended, but now we have a much better code structure that has made it much easier to develop more features of the game. This will allow us to move forward in creating a fun and exciting game to share with you all, and will even allow us to include more features for the alpha demo than we originally planned for! We’ll keep you all posted on future updates, and we encourage you to join our Discord server to get the latest news on the game’s development. Again, we’d like to thank you all for your patience, and for being such an amazing community. We hope to have something playable for you soon!

Hey all! It’s been a while since we’ve posted anything, and we apologize for keeping you all waiting for so long. We know you’re really excited for this project and we appreciate all your support thus far! We’ve recently gotten back into the groove with some small updates, including a concept art live stream on our YouTube channel. In case you missed it, or would like to watch it again, you can view it once more here: https://youtu.be/I9JSBY0Ko0w

 

We’re making a lot of progress and we’re hopeful that 2024 will be a productive year for the project. We’re aiming for an alpha demo release this year, so keep your eyes peeled for new updates!

Spring is here, and we’re once again looking to expand our team with talented individuals! To be more specific, we’re especially looking for C# programmers experienced with scripting behaviors. Some responsibilities would include:

• Scripting various pony interactions
• Scripting object interactions and behaviors
• Creating systems that hold various elements of character data

Knowledge about the inner mechanics of life simulators, as well as experience with object-oriented programming is preferred!

Please apply using our contact form, or alternatively you can reach out to us on our Discord server, following the links below:

 

The Ponies Team Contact Form

The Ponies Community Discord

We want to wish everybody a happy New Year! We’re hoping for a very productive 2023 with a lot to show you in terms of the progress we’ve made thus far. In the coming months we plan to show off some of the exciting stuff we’ve worked on. We’ve also made a resolution to release a pre-alpha version of the game this year, so we’re hoping we can reach our goals quick enough to bring that to you as soon as possible!

 

We’re still seeking to expand our programming team. Unfortunately, programmers have become a bit harder to find in the community lately. If you or someone you know is experienced with primarily C# programming, working with the Unity game engine and also has a love for technicolor ponies, then we’d love for you/them to join us this year! You’ll have the chance to work with a fun and creative team all while working to create a passionate fan game for the community to enjoy. If you’re interested, we hope to hear from you via our contact form or Discord server! The more help we can get, the more we’ll be able to reach our goals this year.

 

We’d also like to thank the community for all your support this far, and we hope to see you throughout the year and that we’ll be able to provide you with an amazing game, even if it’s only in its early development stages. We hope that everyone will have an amazing 2023!

Hey everypony! We know you’ve probably seen lots of posts lately of us needing programmers on our team, but we’ve been a bit short handed when it comes to that so we’ve been actively seeking.

 

We’re looking to expand our programming talent with a couple folks who have experience coding in the C# language and working with the Unity3D engine.  Our primary focus is on the live mode portion of the game. This will involve:

• Scripting social interactions and pony behaviors, and developing the relationships system.
• Scripting object interactions and developing the motives system.
• Implementing the pony models and making them customizable.
• Further developing the existing character data system.

 

Later additions to the game will be the Create a Pony tool and the Neighborhood screen, where save games are stored and stylized as various houses/lots in one town and work together in gameplay.

 

If you’re interested in joining our team, the best way to reach out to us is through our Discord server: https://discord.gg/Vs5u8hp . We’re looking forward to adding your talent to our team!