Making Under the Elm, a cozy mushroom foraging game about coming home.
Wishlist🍄 store.steampowered.com/app/4700290
Free Demo 🎮 crookedstonestudios.itch.io/under-the-elm-free-demo
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🍄 #MushroomMonday: Chanterelle
Golden, trumpet-shaped, apricot-scented. The tell is the underside: ridges down the stem instead of true gills. That will keep you clear of the jack-o'-lantern.
Your first one usually makes a forager of you for good.
In Under the Elm, find them in the Clearing ☀️
Hey y'all 🍄
From a girl who loves shroomies, here's Under the Elm — a cozy game about inheriting your grandma's cabin, foraging real species, and befriending the villagers she cared for.
There's also a cat. 🐈⬛
🍄 Demo: crookedstonestudios.itch.io/under-the-elm-free-demo
#PitchYaGame #cozygames
I've spent weeks on a hundred little things that a lot of you probably wouldn't have noticed on their own. I sure didn't! But, watching it all come together at dusk tonight, the world finally feels like the place I've been trying to show you.🥲
#cozygames #indiedev #pixelart
🌿 #BotanicalWednesday — Dandelion
Most people see them and think of wishes blown into the wind. The real wonder is the plant itself — root, leaf, and flower all useful in the right hands. Common doesn't mean unimportant.
Find it in the Clearing 🌱
#indiedev #cozygames #foraging #herbalism
🏘️ #VillagerFriday — Maren
Bram's wife and the stoic kitchen keeper at The Inn. Generations of women in her family have worked this space. She knows the secrets of getting the most out of your harvest.
Find her at The Inn 🏨
#indiedev #cozygames #cozygame #pixelart #devlog
Spent the day ✨repainting✨ my game's clearing. Four layers of grass variation, removing trees, adding a pond. I'm about 70% done and feeling a little insane for pivoting this far.
BUT (I think) the world feels a little more alive now. What do you think?
#cozygames #indiedev #pixelart
Seven pages of playtesting notes with only three more things to cross off. But I swear playtesting is a hydra... My spouse stopped believing "she's almost done" around page 4. Can't say I blame them.
This time, though.
Probably.
#indidev #gamedev #devlog #cozygames
The clearing wakes up - update 0.2.0 is live in the free demo! 🍄
Day fades to night, hearths flicker, clouds drift and there's more life wandering the woods. Plus some QoL and aesthetic changes to menus.
I hope to see you in the woods!
#cozygames #indiedev #wishlist #pixelart #mushrooms #gamedev
🍄 #MushroomMonday: Oyster
One of the most common edibles in the woods. Tan shelves on a dead log, gills running down the stem, a faint smell of anise. Every forager I know has a soft spot for them.
In Under the Elm, find them in the Clearing 🌿
#indiedev #cozygames #foraging #mycology #pixelart
🌳 Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/4700290/Under_the_Elm/
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Inherit your grandmother's cabin and the woods she loved. Forage real mushrooms, brew the recipes she perfected, fill the field guide she left unfinished, and tend to the villagers she took care of fo...
