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Headlights & Indicators

Work on Honcho is currently focused on getting the screwdriver fully implemented into the game. To achieve this, we need to add functionality for all components installed with the screwdriver, whic...

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Batako - A Work-in-Progress

Batako; All New Trucks

Originally, with the modular, "Ship of Theseus" design of the Dazio T360 truck, I'd not expected a demand for additional trucks. This demand has been vocal enough tha...

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0.15 Now Available on Itch.io

A new demo version has been uploaded to the usual location on Itch. Lot's of good changes including ladders, new animation and pushing! Details below:

0.15 Demo Change List

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Change List 0.14

Change List 0.14 now available on itch

  • Fixed stepped bed collider issue,

  • Fixed Map UI targeter not working for Kusahiro, abandoned trucks, Daizo Scrap Shop,

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Change List 0.12

  • Fixed air filter player reference causing a null reference at the Daizo Auto shop,

  • Fixed issue with taking engines out of kusahiro breaking the engine interactions of the pla...

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Demo Change List 0.1d

important fixes for missing items. Repair Bench was consuming the item to repair stuff, but wasn't also removing it from the savedata memory correctly, causing save issues. This has now been fixed....

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Demo Change List 0.1c

New build available for download on itch. Fixes to cargo and delivery logics should help a fair bit with disappearing items. Removing a bunch of redundant files has also allowed me to use a more no...

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Demo Change List 0.1b

Change List 0.1b now available on itch.

  • Fixed issues with labelling on Character Creator appearing as "ponytail",

  • Fixed Feet and Ears sometimes appearing on Character C...

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Honcho Wishlist Trailer & Demo Access

Somewhere in rural Japan... closed access to the Honcho demo is available!

Thank you all for your patience with this. The demo is now available for all paid Patreons. Here’...

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DevLog May 2025

Unity 6

Finally got around to upgrading to the new Unity LTS of Unity 6. LTS (Long-Term Support) provides developers with the best stability and support for their projects. Unity 6 also pro...

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Transmission

As I work on adding controller support into the game (more on that later), I wanted to keep you in the loop with some continued improvements to the vehicle mechanics. This time, I've gone through a...

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GPE Engine

Forgive me for I have sinned. I've added a new engine to break up the dull but important tasks required to hit demo. Now this silly idea has been excersied, I will return to controller support and ...

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Avoiding Tutorials

The repair bench needed new art as it looked pretty rough. While working on that I began to worry that players wouldn't understand what it does or even if it's usable. Rather than add in a tool tip...

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Balancing Loot

Last week saw significant refactoring in how we handle loot spawning in the game.

In Jalopy, loot consisted of engine parts found in abandoned cars and trade goods that spawned in bo...

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It's you!

Can't release a demo without controller remapping, video options, audio options and of course a credits screen.

Be sure to let me know if you don't want to appear in the credits, would like ...

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Engines (and yes there are turbo chargers)

Probably the most important component for improving performance in your key truck is the engine. 

Base Engines

The first of the 3 engines is the 356cc AK250E I4,...

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Delivery Complete

Some juice was needed for completing deliveries. So I've added a delivery complete breakdown screen upon completion of a delivery contract. Complete with statistical breakdown and ran...

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Exhaust

Allo, allo. What do we have here then? It's another micro-update! This time we're taking a look at exhausts. Cor.

Headphones on for the video above as we're showing off how exhausts effect t...

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Alternators

Toot toot! More component variations for the hardcore followers. This time, Alternators.

What does an alternator do? Well it keeps the battery charged by converting mechanical movement into e...

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Air Filters

Air travelling through the engine is an important mechanic to simulate, as it helps us determine not only performance, but also the rate of wear on the truck's engine.

Let's breakdown how th...

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Carburetors

Or Carburettors as we'll refer to them from here on. 

Trying to keep the momentum going so I can get this demo out ASAP. As listed before 2025-02-17 17:02:59 +0000 UTC View Post

Breakdown Recovery

Accidents can happen when you least expect them... But with Honcho, you don’t have to worry—we’ve got you covered.

Enjoy affordable recovery with 24/7 support, because...

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Interactive Map and Tool Bag

Last month I spoke about how how the player not having spanners on their person at all times was a big blocker for the demo. Well the game now has a tool bag that can be accessed at a...

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Fitting a new Exhaust.

Happy new year!

I originally wanted to write a post about how world generation works in Honcho, but I’ve been working on all sorts of areas of the game this month. It made more sen...

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DEV LOG - DECEMBER 24

Hello all,

There's been a bunch of work on different areas, so I thought it best to group all of these together into a single post. Hopefully the wait since wet weather was implemented hasn't...

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Wet Weather

Spent the week implementing wet weather visual effects and also improving on the animations shown last week.

Improved Animations

The animations shown last week were a bit ropey and I ...

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Pedals, Dashboard and Driving Animations

Spent some time working on the interior of the car. I've redone and added the following:

Dashboard

You may have noticed the dashboard looked pretty low resolution and rough in older v...

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ATM

I've added the ability to deposit, withdraw, repay and borrow money from ATMs in Honcho.

The driver for this feature was bank loans. Bank loans exist to ensure players can access money at reg...

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Comfy

"Cosy" or "Wholesome" games are a hugely established sub-genre of video game. The moniker celebrates games a specific gentleness, colour and charm to them. The sub-genre has become so popular that ...

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Vehicle Painting

Little video to show how painting will work.

Using spray paint, players can freely paint their truck with a variety of colours. Spraying the panel will blend from to colour on the panel to t...

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