The Eightfold Path

Devlog

• The Eightfold Path is Now Available!
  August 23, 2024 by Friendly Llama#Release, #Launch, #Xbox, #Steam, #Epic Games, #Buddhism, #Meditation, #Trailer, #Puzzle, #Exploration

  Hello everyone! It’s been a long journey but the moment has finally come! Although we had to face many challenges and overcome difficulties (just like the monk) that came along with completing the g... Continue reading

  
• Release Date Confirmed!
  August 09, 2024 by Friendly Llama#release, #pixel art, #buddhism, #meditation, #mindfulness, #buddha, #The Eightfold Path

  Hello everyone! I’m very excited to announce that The Eightfold Path will finally launch on August 23 🥹 As many of you might already know, we’ve been working on this game for more than 3 years... Continue reading

  
• The Eightfold Path on Social Media
  March 15, 2024 by Friendly Llama#social media, #instagram, #x, #twitter, #eightfold path, #consoles, #unity

  Hi! We've been working hard on porting The Eightfold Path form Construct to Unity so we can launch on more platforms! We also just created Instagram and X accounts specially for the game! Follow and d... Continue reading

  
• The Eighfold Path coming to Xbox!
  October 04, 2023 by Friendly Llama#xbox, #launch, #trailer, #pixel art, #buddhism, #meditation, #spiritual, #nirvana, #retro

  Hi there! I’m very proud to let you all know that The Eightfold Path is officially coming to Xbox! After a lot of work, we are finally finishing the last details of the game, polishing the puzzles a... Continue reading

  
• Low Waters
  January 03, 2023 by Friendly Llama#map design, #level design, #water, #pixel art

  Heyy everybody!! Happy new year 🥳 Since this is the year The Eightfold Path is definitively launching I thought we'd start the year with a devlog :) This time I want to show you a new water level w... Continue reading

  
• The Four Thoughts That Transform The Mind
  October 08, 2022 by Friendly Llama

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  The Buddha once talked about four thoughts that, if one would stop to think about, one would become liberated. They were as follow: The human experience is unique Life can very easily be lost Specific... Continue reading

  
• Pause Menu and Game Progress
  August 28, 2022 by Friendly Llama

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  #interface, #UI, #design, #menu

  Hi there! For a long time, the game didn't have a pause menu. Instead, if you wanted to change some settings you would have to (smoothly) go to the main menu, which you could access by pressing Start... Continue reading

  
• The Bunny's Lost Children
  August 21, 2022 by Friendly Llama

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  The poor bunny mom lost all her children and she's now fearing the worst :( These foxes are going around the rice meadow looking for something to eat... Could they have eaten her children? 😥 Hopefu... Continue reading

  
• Cave Lights
  July 12, 2022 by Friendly Llama

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  #polish, #game design, #level design

  Heyy! We're getting close to the finish line of The Eightfold Path! Which means adding those small details in the game that will make the experience so much better. This time we created lights coming... Continue reading

  
• Sound Stones
  June 02, 2022 by Friendly Llama

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  #game design, #map, #level design

  Hi there! It's been a long time since I haven't post anything here! It's been a period of a lot of changes for me. But of course, that doesn't mean we haven't been working hard on The Eightfold Path a... Continue reading

  
• Listen to nature
  July 26, 2021 by Friendly Llama

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  #game design, #map, #animals, #update, #progress

  Hi there fellow living creatures! I know we haven't posted in awhile, we've been dealing with administrative tasks over here at Friendly Llama. We assisted to the online version of GDC where we had th... Continue reading

  
• Fear shapes your reality
  June 21, 2021 by Friendly Llama

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  #enemies, #level design, #design, #atmosphere

  Hey there! After some time away, the team is back together :) and that means getting back to work! We felt that people didn't quite notice when the monk became afraid. So, we wanted to make it more no... Continue reading

  
• Overcome Your Fears
  May 19, 2021 by Friendly Llama

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  #update, #mechanics, #level-design

  Sup! How's it going over there? Over here is going good :) We're working hard to deliver awesome games! A few weeks ago we added fear to our monk. That's right! He gets scared now, so be nice to him... Continue reading

  
• Progress report!
  May 17, 2021 by Friendly Llama

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  #progress, #audio, #level-design

  Hello there! It's been about two months since we published the first version of the game for the jam ! It's amazing to see how much the game has changed. Things are looking much much better and the pu... Continue reading

  
• Multi-Language support
  May 09, 2021 by Friendly Llama

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  #update, #screenshot, #pixel art

  Hi! How are you :) Work is going great with The Eightfold Path ! We made the main menu look MUCH better. We thought it was kind of boring to have a screen that looked like the game, and we made an awe... Continue reading

  
• New Cover Art
  May 05, 2021 by Friendly Llama

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  #update, #art, #illustration

  Hey! How's it going? Last week we worked hard our submission for the Mini Jam about frogs! We made Frogeiner , a very funny game about a frog that has to cross the street through cars and rivers like... Continue reading

  
• Caves!
  April 29, 2021 by Friendly Llama

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  #progress, #level design, #pixel art, #map

  Hi! Here we are, one month after we published the first version for the jam. The game has changed a lot and is now looking and feeling much better! With the new redesigned map there's a big and very p... Continue reading

  
• New fully redesigned map!
  April 24, 2021 by Friendly Llama

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  #update, #map, #level-design, #puzzles

  Hi everybody! How's it going? I hope you're doing well. As for us, we've been working even harder on The Eightfold Path . We started the map all over again (like we mentioned on previous posts ) and c... Continue reading

  
• A Game Where You Have to Meditate
  April 17, 2021 by Friendly Llama

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  #update, #gameplay, #spiritual, #development

  Hi there! Progress for The Eightfold Path is going great! Now, the monk gets scared when they get too close to a spirit . And you can't have a clear mind to complete the eight steps of the path if you... Continue reading

  
• Menu created!
  April 16, 2021 by Friendly Llama

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  #development, #UI

  Hello there fellow creatures of the world Since we're a lot further into making the puzzles now, we thought it was time to make the main menu ! We wanted to make it look peaceful and simple and we thi... Continue reading

  
• Magic Places
  April 14, 2021 by Friendly Llama

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  Hey there! We're working to deliver you a beautiful experience in The Eightfold Path . Animals running around make the place look much more alive and unique landscapes make it a wonderful place to exp... Continue reading

  
• Eightfold Path full version coming!
  April 12, 2021 by Friendly Llama

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  #udapte, #announcement, #jam

  Hey everybody! How's it going :) We hope you checked out our project The Eightfold Path . It's a top-down exploring and puzzle game we made for the first Zen Jam , and we got second place! You play as... Continue reading