Creating Machines for Lumbermill (Indie Devlog)
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- Опубліковано 3 лип 2024
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It's been a while since I've revisited Lumbermill's factory builder mechanics. In this Unity Indie Game Devlog, I finally get back into development of Factory Builder features, including an all-new conveyor belt system and six new machines. I've also brought the loans system up to date and improved the ID tool implemented in the last devlog.
Conveyor Belt System Blog Post: bit.ly/lumbermill-conveyors
⮞ Description ⮜
I've neglected working on the factory-builder side of things for a while, primarily because the conveyor system had a few major issues that called for other parts of the game to be finished first. I've finally gotten to a point where I can rewrite the conveyors, and I'm really happy with the result. That allowed me to implement 6 new machines, each with plenty of depth to allow for complex factories. A lot packed into this Indie Game Devlog, I hope you enjoy!
⮞ About BWDev ⮜
If you're new to the channel, welcome! I'm a full time Indie Game developer working in Unity 2D. Lumbermill is my main project - a management/factory builder game, which I began work on in Feb 2019. I aim to release devlogs on that project every few weeks, so keep an eye out for those!
⮞ Socials ⮜
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⮞ Timestamps ⮜
0:00 - New Conveyor Belt System
2:05 - Improved ID Tool
3:00 - Debarker Machine
3:45 - Switcher Machine
4:22 - Splitter Machine
5:12 - Basic Saw Machine
6:19 - Norfolk Break
6:35 - Loans Interface
7:10 - Other Additions (Combiner / Edge Saw)
8:00 - Patrons & Outro
#devlog #unity #madewithunity #unity2d #indiedev #bwdev #gamedev #indiegame - Ігри
Ok, now I understand why it took him a month to make this devlog, there's a lot of new stuff, I'm getting more excited to play Lumbermill every single video
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I would recommend raised conveyors … so you can cross over other belts more easily
that would look really cool in a complex lumber-mil
i +1 this
or do the Factorio thing of using Underground belts
was gonna suggest underground as well. He already created the underground layer, so having conveyers go underground makes sense. It also gives the option to make the belts underground more complex (not just a bit straight on). It will also add extra challenge when it comes to wiring. The player will have to decide which is more important or find a way for these systems to coexist.
Only few thing’s gets me so happy like seeing a Lumbermill DevLog in my UA-cam feed.
It would be neat if the saw just cut it in half, and you added a rotation machine. So to get a 4x4 you'd cut an 8x8 to get 2 8x4 and then need to rotate and cut it again to get 2 4x4 from one of the 8x4.
I've been waiting patiently, and finally, here it is! Can't wait for it to come on steam :)
That pfp tho
Your pfp fits the comment.
Not 100% sure how well this idea applies to your idea of the game but having just played Rise Of Industry, it'd be cool if you could offload lumber into a factory that will develop different things with your wood such as toys, furniture, boats etc. You would be able to choose from a drop down what you want to develop for example "Toy Train" and it will say: 4x Painted Polished plank where you'll be able to choose what type of wood and what colour of wood you decide. Then the factory will create the toy train and you could make it so that the different parts of the train (smoke stack, boiler, wheels, cockpit etc.) actually come out with different colours depending on the wood you put in.
Not to mention the fact that you could add events where it's the Chinese new year so trains with red wood sell for 50% more or that, say, England won a football tournament so red and white trains now sell for 100% more. This way you have an incentive to change what paints you are using.
just an idea :^)
Chip, sawdust and bark waste conveyors for each the appropriate machine centers. In modern mills the conveyor system works well to represent the log by log flow, but once the logs have been cut into boards, we use lumber transfer conveyors that can hold significantly more volume. These transfer decks require an unscrambler to singulate the pieces again downstream. Saw changes are a reality every 4-8 hours. If you could model in a log diameter distribution. Bigger older logs will produce more lumber, smaller younger logs less. If your island has a mixture of new and old tree groups, stands, it will impact the productivity and product profile of the mill. Excellent work !
Very good video Ben. I always get exited when you make a new devlog. The new blog also made me very happy, and I'm exited to check it out.
Keep up the fantastic work, and have a great day :D
Late congratulations… forgot it..🤦♂️
Great work as always mate :) The new conveyor system looks and sounds great, and the debugging visualisation was great, something like that could be useful when we are playing so we can see how more complex systems are transporting the goods, somewhat similar to the path systems in Prison Architect. :D
I'm a simple man; I see Lumbermill DevLog, I click
Loving the progress for this so far. An idea for things like the splitter and how they have options for things such as item ratios would be to lock certain items behind research, such as making a machine called an advanced splitter or something and letting it do any ratio, while having the basic version only do a 1:1 ratio, this could give more machines to work towards and keep the player reoptimizing their factory as they unlock new stuff.
Cannot wait to play the game! I watch every devlog as soon as you post them!
For machines, would be cool to see a conveyor gate where the player can choose to stop logs from entering said gate based off of a set conditions. Or a way to push logs off of a conveyor belt onto another based off some sort of logic.
Or perhaps a machine that weighs logs. The output of that machine could be tied to other machines or conveyors mentioned above.
Honestly, I'm glad that lumbermill is still being worked on since the begging, it's amazing how far the game has gotten
Very nice, Ben :D
Hi Steve
Hi mixel and steve
Hi Mixel and Steve and Bizon
Hey Mixel, Bizon, and codu! :D
Great progress, loving how the game looks! Thanks for the update!
Great devlog as always! You’ve made a ton of progress over the past few weeks!
Been following the series for a while! Game looks great :)
Well done on the update. It’s not always fun or glamorous to go back and rewrite old systems but you did great with both. Looking forward to your game!
Nice devlog! I'm interested in that blog you mentioned, I hope you continue with it! I've been on a couple holidays to Norfolk before, it was beautiful - I'm glad you got a break from all this work. See you next devlog!
Love the videos, the game is really coming along
Wow, that's a serious update! Good job getting that done, I'm sure it was a daunting task.
Love the devlogs man, keep it up!
This is the best factory builder I’ve seen ever
yay! love it when you post a new video
Great devlog, that's a fantastic selection of factory machines! Hope you enjoyed Norfolk too.
A super cool feature would be like a hook that can transfer items from one conveyer to another
This is really coming together Ben, can't wait to try it out. 👍
You made some great progress in this devlog!!
Lumbermill is starting to look great. Can't wait to get my hands on it.
Looks really good, can't wait to try it.
I am such a big fan of conveyor belts in games and I really wanna make them myself in game at some point. Great progress this devlog. Looking forward to more as usual😁
I forgot about this game!, and stumbled upon it again, time to binge watch and catch up haha.
Loving the new stuff bro keep it up!
I finally got your new video. So glad to be back. Anyways, this will be an amazing game. And the devlog proves it.
Amazing work.and thank you for the tips and all the help. ❤
I have some ideas that maybe you could consider. Not all of them are good just random thoughts
Polisher- removes any impurities in wood (additional profits when sold)
Wood Denotter- removes the bark and trims the wood
Firewood chopper - turns logs into many chunks of wood (1 log turns into 6 chunks and can clog up conveyer belts faster)
Sawdust collector - Place next to cutting machines to improve speed on cuts
Wood packager - stacks 2x4 for more conveyer space/storage
It would be cool if you had an option to build your buildings out of the wood that you manufacture, as well as an option to buy it
IMO I think that the splitter should only go up to 3 (1:3, 2:3).
Like I said not all of these thoughts are good, but some came across my mind while watching.
I don't completely recall if there is employee happiness, but I feel a cool thing that you could do is make a campfire that you put beside tents and you can put wood directly into it early in the game if you need to increase happiness. Then you could add another output to the bark stripper which gives bark which you can put directly into the campfire so essentially it stops costing you wood.
Great work as always :) Love your devlogs, keep up the good work! I
Finally a new video, I’ve been waiting for a month!
one thing which i think might be cool is river transportation. You would have a "conveyer to river converter" or something similar which would be a translation between the two, and then a "river to conveyer converter" as well. Now why use this? Well, rivers have been used to transport logs for a long time, and not just with the historical context but rivers would be below conveyers meaning you have two levels of transportation to work with but rivers could be faster depending on the current and provide some challenge with machines that only accept river-based input. Rivers could also be useful if you ever add height levels to the game- rivers would basically act as a diode in that they are faster and cheaper to move from high terrain to lower terrain (waterfalls) than conveyers, but conveyers are able to go uphil with the height change device being more expensive.
as far as devices go, a wood pulper would be nice, so we can make cardboard and paper (either in the same machine or in another one). A furnace-type one would be good for making charcoal and providing some power. Power storage would be nice if you don't have it yet, at night solar panels aren't going to work.
some machines to plant different tree types, and another one to harvest could be cool, maybe a little bit to complex.
DUDE THIS IS AMAZING!
I would find it really nice if the items on the conveyor belts were centered. It hurts my OCD.
Nice video though! Glad to see so much progress. 👍
WOW It looks awesome!
looking great!
Looking good!
Another devlog! :D
Nice update. One thing that I have been thinking for a while (not sure if I have mentioned it before) is that it doesn't seem right that placing a conveyor removes any trees that are in the way. For one thing, the player is losing the value of that tree and second, it just doesn't seem realistic. The player should be forced to clear the path before building. This may require a new structure (which is something else I have been thinking), a stockpile. Where newly cut trees can be stacked while waiting for processing. With a stockpile, you can have lumberjacks working before your processing systems are online. Just some thoughts. Thanks for the taking the time to create the videos. It is fun to follow along.
Joking aside, it’s a great video mate, well done!
Ah the factorio blogs are the best :)
Lets go hes back at it
This is the latest video, and I’ve watched ALL of it! (I love this series! XD)
Thanks for watching! New video soon 😊
@@BWDev I’m excited for the next one!
A feature for upgrading buildings would be cool
Love these videos. Maybe there's room for a "dowel" machine that rounds 1xN planks/logs into rods? Opens up some crafting options
what about Rough sawn lumber and planed down lumber. also as another person mentioned a rotation unit så if you have a 2x4 and you run it laying down you get the 2pcs 2x2 or if it is standing up you get 2pcs of 1x4. You can also add sawdust as a bi product for examples sheet goods with also "takes away" from the amount of wood. then you can choose between circular saws and bandsaws. Another option can be to turn the wood to slabs without debarring and add dryers. Dries slabs can then be sent to carpentry factories. There are many options what to do but i like what i see so far :)
Love these videos
Lumber Jointer / Planer! Could make the dimensional lumber you have cut worth more since it would spit out higher quality cuts.
Is game is gonna be really good I can tell
Just a FYI. When talking about lumber sizes the smaller dimension is normally said before the larger. 2x4, 2x6 2x8 2x10 etc.
Yep, and I did consider presenting it that way. Decided against it as it would cause issues when selecting a dimension to cut, as you might halve one dimension - making it switch from being the larger to the smaller, which would be confusing for setting up any following saws. If the two dimensions are written out independently that eliminates any of the confusion. The game would of course still treat the two variations (e.g 2x4 and 4x2) as the same thing anyway.
Wow! Amazing! Hope a beta comes out that we can play :)
Not sure how it'd fit in mechanically, but some ideas for processing wood could be something along the lines of a wood generator to create energy (I forget currently how you currently have that working, so if the idea doesn't fit then dw), but also you could do something where you create charcoal from the wood. Basically, there's your traditional stuff like furniture and whatnot that you currently have, but outside of that there's a couple other things which wood can be turned into. Maybe sawing wood can create sawdust, which can be collected and recycled into something else as another idea.
Nice job, it’s always nice to see your progress. I was also curious, what are you using for the node setup in Unity?
Finally a new devlog! I'm just a bit confused why the items on the conveyor belts aren't centered?
Placeholder art 🙂
how about a planer for planks?
Unity 2D :))
That splitter seems like a bit of a bottleneck but other than that this looks like really good progress!
Please add a 3×1 splitter! It always bugged me when I wanted to create a symetrical production line in factorio but it always was off by 1 tile
In the U.S. a 2x4 is actually 1.5 x 3.5
Finally :D
What about some kind of sawdust collection machine? Could be put beside any saw, would allow you to make sawdust based products like wood pellets or packing or whatever
nice!
Cool!
suggestion: would love to see a combiner which does literally the opposite of a saw
Something that caught my attention in this video: The splitter really seems to slow down the flow of logs on the conveyor belts. It seems to wait for a log to get passed before it allows the next log to enter. I don't know if this is intentional, but I would prefer a more steady flow of the logs through the splitter, so they don't build up in front of them.
Wouldn't it be great to have a furnace, to also be able to make charcoal? (like in Minecraft)
I think a funny achievement idea would be to split a log into a really thin strand. Dont know what it would be called just a random dukb idea
@BWdev you should consider adding waste management as well. Not every plank is perfect and gets used, sometimes they are disposed as firewood or used for other purposes. The same thing with the bark.
What do you think?
You should make a tutorial to play in the game. Like what all the types of houses and things actually do.
Nice ;D
I feel like the splitter shouldn't reduce the efficiency of the system. The traffic on several of your clips seems to be caused by a backup. Perhaps this was your goal, but nonetheless, I love your work. Keep it hope, and can't wait for future updates.
You could make the splitter and combiner one building
Great video as always! i had a suggestion for the edge saw, what if you let the player choose how much wood to cut off instead of it just cutting an inch off?
I've got more advanced saws planned which will do this kind of thing 🙂
but where's the bark from the debarker go?
I like devlogs
Hey thanks for ur 💖💖💖 we all love lumber mill I hope it get's popular and if it gets popular will u remember me??
Can we track down the evil person who disliked this?
Literally, there is only 1 dislike
Now there's as many dislikes as likes your comment has.
It was me.
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Hey BWDev - what is the single most beautiful line (or lines) of code in your game so far for you?
Shheeeee
It would be great If when it comes out, Its available on mac. I REALLY WANT TO PLAY THIS
I really hope the art of the new conveyers are just place holders though...
All the new machines/items in this video have placeholder art. I said that in the video...
Could I suggest the Edge Saw be renamed to Planer for thematic and logical continuity?
Good idea 👍
@@BWDev Glad I could assist!
Lumber sizes are a bit of a scramble and aren't as simple as one would think, trying looking it up :D
I’m aware, but when making a game you need to strike a balance and in this case making things 100% true to life will just confuse people
@@BWDev I figured you knew and you are definitely right about striking a balance, even experienced carpenters get lost in the weird dimensions. Have a great one.
Good video
But what about the under ground ??
The splitter feels a bit slow on what you showed here
sheeesh
I think the edge saw might make things a little too complicated.
Wow
How does the splitter interact with belts that are backed up to the splitter? Does it instead prioritize the other belt?
It’ll strictly follow the ratio set by the player. If one side is completely blocked, the splitter will stop unless it’s fulfilled the ratio for that side. You can always change the ratio to 0 for that side and it will ignore it completely 🙂
@@BWDev cool, thanks for the reply
Are there contracts? Like companies paying you for specific shipment of wood?
Yep, see the Trade devlogs from a few months back 🙂
@@BWDev I have already watched it and liked it, sometimes we all have stupid moments
add a junk yard for any waste you want to get rid of
what will the game cost when it's coming out in alpha or full
When we get access to the game, will we be able to use debug mode?