Developer posts and news about this game.
Hey there gobs and gobs and other gobs! So for the past couple weeks I've been hard at work catching bugs and making adjustments to the demo in small increments. There has however been a notable lapse in patches lately. This is because I've also been taking the time to workshop s
Fixes: Resources spawned from trees and near rocks have been adjusted to only refresh once a day and retain their state across maps/time Fix incorrect left target swap binding on controllers Fixed issue with player regaining control of their character during build mode if they ra
Fixes: Softlock issue where a half finished tutorial appeared after claiming land for the first time.
I hadn't noticed a previous patch broke the goblin for Steam Deck and Steam Machine, causing it to appear as a white box. This patch addresses that issue and a couple of other changes that were already in the pipeline when I noticed this. Fixes: Fixed player sprite appearing as a
Less bug fixie and more adjustie! This time I'm making slight changes to the demo's opening sequence to provide the player with an off-ramp for the initial challenge. The challenge itself is unchanged and still has no effect on the the way things unfold, but the option is there i
This patch is a bit smaller, but should help make some actions feel a lot better! Changes: Added new aiming idle animation when throw is active. Adjusted transparency and starting position of objects being thrown to improve visual clarity. Food can now be consumed directly from a
Fixes: Fixed missing Place prompt on newly placed Item Displays in your shop Fixed price color defaulting to green when haggling for multiple items at once Fixed navigation control hint for Shop window displaying wrong glyph. Fixed issue with held food items still being usable du
Still got a list of fixes to get through, but putting these out ahead for tonight while I focus on the bigger ones. Fixes: Fixed issue with Lucy's Tavern intro failing to progress the cutscene when the player fails to pathfind. Fixed missing Place prompt on your shop's Item Displ
Fixes: Fixed main cash register not showing the input for Managing shop
Thank you all for the feedback so far! I've got a few fixes and changes I wanted to push ahead of the other stuff I'm working on to address some of the more frustrating issues I've seen so far. Fixes: Fixed issue with controls not displaying for held items (like boxes). Fixed iss
We're live goblins! Now that the demo is open to the public I've got a few things to ask of you all: Post any feedback you've got for me in the forums or just message me about it on bluesky (good or bad the goblin is greedy) Leave a review on the demo's store page ! Haggle for th
September 25th, 2026 Let's get right to it, on September 25th, 2026 Gobutiko is going live with its first playable demo and this goblin can hardly hang on to their hat! What's in the box? An indefinite sandbox preview - The story at this point is limited to your goblin learning t
Here goes another entry to the Goblin Log series, the official format for me to ramble on about game mechanics with extra details the other merchants don't want me to tell you about! This time we're taking a quick look at Concept Cores, which are Gobutiko's effect system for hagg
Welcome to the first entry in our Goblin Log series! These are going to be brief overviews into specific mechanics you'll find in Gobutiko to give you an idea of what you can expect while running your little shop. This time around we're going to jump right into the central mechan
Our first play-test session will be closing on June 3rd @ ~11pm UTC! If you haven't had a chance to participate, don't worry! I will be setting up another session later this summer with new content added based on all your great feedback! I appreciate everyone's help and patience
In the upcoming game Gobutiko you are a goblin merchant, and of course being greedy you will haggle with your customers by rolling dice to wear them down and push the prices (hopefully) in your favour. Read the full article here:
We're live(-ish)! The first playtest session is now open to play! If you've previously signed up, you should be able to install the game now. If you haven't, don't worry, I'm flipping the sign up over to open access so you won't have to wait. How long is the shop open? This sessi
Calling all goblins! Hey everyone, I'm currently hard at work crafting the game's first public demo build! I was going to jump straight into one big demo release, but I would like to have that build be as polished as possible before releasing it into the wild (plus I don't want t