- Beta 3.40 : Rebalanced - 23 December 2025
Happy Holidays, everyone! Old St. Pinapl is here with a new update for you all.The focus this time has been re-balancing, tweaking, and wrapping up some unfinished business. Rather than make you wait even longer for another big update, I decided it might be better to release this smaller update so you don't have to wait as long to get something new.Without further ado, here's what's in the new version:ReceiptsReceipts now drop with every sale detailing the cost breakdown of every item. You can burn them away in the furnace, or keep them for your records :)Changes to Item PropertiesAlloys have been re-balanced. Each alloy has new cost and property values, which are being determined by new and updated calculations based on the core elements.Craft quality no longer gets boosted by heat or property values.Increased the threshhold for when a craft's quality results in a "junk" sprite.Item co…
- 1 Year Anniversary Roadmap - 25 October 2025
Hello everyone!Today marks the 1 year anniversary of Alnico hitting early access!! Woo! I was hoping to have a fun update ready to release for today, but as usual between work and everything else, I have not been able to wrap things up like I wanted. As compensation, I hope you'll be satiated with this post where I'll go over everything that's currently planned for future updates! Big spoilers ahead!New NPCs!The final number of characters isn't yet set in stone, but right now I am working on introducing 3 new NPCs to the game alongside the merchant we all know and love.The Forge Supplier (WIP name) will be taking over the sales of smithing tools and equipment upgrades. He will also be selling new structures for your smithery, which I'll give more details on below.The Inventor will sell you more niche tools and high tech gadgets that will help improve the productivity of your forge, as w…
- Performance Debugger - 27 July 2025
I know many players have been experiencing inexplicable lag, slowdown, performance issues, etc while playing Alnico. Despite my best efforts, the issue has persisted since the game released.In an attempt to weed out the issue, I have made a debugging tool that you can run in your game to help try and determine what is causing the lag.Accessing the Debug BranchIn order to access the debugger, you will need to opt in to the debug branch of the game. To do this, right click your game in the Steam Library, and select "Properties". Next, navigate to the "Betas" tab and enter the access code "shrimpisbugs" in the text box and press the "Check Code" button.Then you will be prompted to confirm, which you should confirm, and that's it! You should now be in the Debug branch.Running the DebuggerFirst, launch the game and load into a save file as normal.Once you've loaded into your save, make sure…
- Hotfix v3.31 - 27 July 2025
New FeaturesAdded "craft type" filter options to the JournalAdded a "last filtered by" indicator to journal pagesAdded scroll bars to journal pages where applicableFixesRemoved the secret 101st Alloy from the Journal & Order Scroll pool. Oopsies!Adjusted the hat height of the hat spider (probably still not placed correctly)Updated ingot label font to fix spacing & missing charactersUnpinning and re-pinning scrolls should no longer erase their contents or crash the gameScrolls no longer open if you click on them while in a menuFixed some monocle text being a little too big
- Version 3.30 : Hot off the Iron! - 25 July 2025
IT'S FINALLY HERE!Thank you everyone for waiting so patiently. As promised, the big update has finally been posted! Without any ado, let's jump right into what's new!Main FeaturesHot new menu design, including refreshed sprites, better organization, and lots of new settings!The forging minigame has been completely overhauled. New tools, a fancy new layout, and all new sprites!Order scroll requests have new alloy and craft requirement variants. The more specific the request, the more extra coin you'll earn!Experimental localization is now implemented!!! You can now play the game in English, Deutsch, Español, Français, Italiano, Polski, Português Brasileiro, Русский, 简体中文, or 日本語 (please note that some translations are still missing, the localization is actively being worked on)A huge shoutout to everyone who has contributed to the localization effort!As stated above, there are going to b…
- State of the Game (7/14/2025) - 14 July 2025
Hello friends and strangers, your favorite fruit cube is here with a much needed update on the state of the game. Where have I been?I'm glad you asked!I want to start by apologizing for the lack of presence I've had on Steam. While work has continued since the last update, I've neglected to keep you all in the know. If you have and use Discord, I strongly encourage you to join the community server, linked on the game's Store page. I post frequent updates on the game's development there, including a changelog, regular progress reports, and announcements for big news. It's also a great way to keep in touch with you all and how you feel about the game.So to answer the question, where have I been? Nowhere, really. In the past half a year, I've done a little travelling, I had some important medical work done, and have been occasionally burnt out from work, but most of all, I have been workin…
- Localization Underway! - 11 December 2024
Hello everyone, Pinapl here! At long last, I have compiled a big ol' list of strings from the game and uploaded them to a free online resource that will let everyone help contribute to the localization of the game! Currently, we are translating the game into the following languages: Afrikaans Chinese Czech Danish "Australian" French German Italian Japanese Polish Brazilian Portuguese Russian Spanish If you speak one of these languages natively and want to help contribute, you can make a free account and help translate the game HERE! The localization effort is ongoing and there will be more strings to translate, but several volunteers have already gotten a lot of work done. Thank you all who've been working on this, I appreciate you greatly. There is not currently a way to change your language in-game, but once more of the translations are finished and more back-end work is complete, the…
- Early Access 3.15 Experimental Build - 9 December 2024
Happy holidays, everyone! I'm trying to push out a fun little holiday update this month, so please enjoy this experimental update with oodles of little changes. Let me know if anything is glaringly broken asap please so we can push this to the public build! Additions Completely re-done settings menu Added a few new settings, listed below Festive holiday decorations have been hung up in the smithery Chatlings now spawn wearing a festive costume for the season Settings Setting to disable the automatic camera slowdown you experience while holding heavy objects Setting to lock crucible rotation Setting to adjust edge-panning speed Setting to show/hide background images Setting to disable the liquid shader Setting to adjust how long the game waits between songs Fixes Fixed rotation reduction Changed surface-resizing logic when zooming (may help improve performance when zooming out) Ores now…
- Early Access 3.14 Hotfix - 14 November 2024
I got a report that someone's saves were wiped after updating and we can't have that. I can't fix what's gone, but going forward I have implemented a secondary error catcher that should grab your save file and push it into a different file if something goes wrong so I can diagnose and fix it afterwards. Apologies that my game decided it hates you, I'm teaching it more love and care. Hopefully this error was a very rare occurance and never happens again.] -Pinapl
- Early Access 3.12 Experimental Build - 14 November 2024
I haven't yet gotten to fixing the bundle of bugs that have been reported, but I did get carried away and add a bunch of new twitch chat functionality! Streamers, please enjoy these good and bad additions to the twitch integration at your own risk. Additions New !explode and !respawn commands for chatlings. Added 40 new chatling sprites. Added cages to keep chatlings in. Chatlings can now create different liquids using secret commands. Added pegs to hang your tools on. Changes Chat !help command now shows commands in-game rather than sending a chat message. Chatling move commands are now capped at a certain power level. Certain users will now spawn with special chatling costumes. Changed secret chat commands so it no longer creates molten metal. Chatlings will now show a little fist when they !grab objects. Chatlings will be forced to let go of objects if they are shaken enough. Merchan…
- Early Access 3.11 Experimental Build - 12 November 2024
It's time to experiment with some experimental changes! I've theoretically fixed an issue causing some machines to run the game very poorly, let's hope it works! Note: zooming out will still cause considerable lag for a moment. Additions Added photo mode, accessable by pressing F1. Changes Piggy Bank now has 3 new sprites. Buckets now have customizable labels. Fixes Edited the runtime, game should no longer run very slowly on some machines. Make sure to join the discord to keep up to date on the state of the game!
- Early Access 3.10 Released! - 7 November 2024
Greetings, smiths! Pinapl here with the first real update since Early Access released! First of all, I want to thank everyone for your patience while I recovered from covid, and for all the wonderful feedback I've received. I've been doing my best to read all the discussions, reports, and reviews, and it's been incredible to see how many people are enjoying the game. Thank you so much everyone!!!
- Early Access 3.05 Experimental Build - 6 November 2024
The update is almost ready for the public branch, but first I want to make sure that I didn't muck anything up in the past few days. I've added new crafting recipe data for all 40 crafts, and finished crafting sprites for 28 of them! If everyone could please craft a bunch of stuff and make sure nothing breaks, that would be great. I'll go over exactly what's been updated below now! Changes Each craft has a revised mingame recipe. Aka: the hammer targets positions and how many appear have been reworked. Each craft will have a new 'array' of hammer targets. Along with the new minigame arrays, each craft has had its difficulty reworked. Some are easier, some are harder. Trophies are still the hardest craft to make. 28 Crafts now have crafting sprites! 12 Will now default to a "craft" crafting sprite. The crafting sprite is the graphic you see while you are crafting an item on the anvil. No…
- Early Access 3.02 Experimental Build - 4 November 2024
It's me again! I've peered into your hearts and determined what you truly desire: another experimental build! Same deal as the last one, you'll have to opt-in to the experimental branch in steam betas. Theoretically, this build will be more stable than the last. Focused on bug fixes this time around. Additions Pressing "TAB" now opens the smithery journal if you have one. Changes Cobwebs and Halloween rope have been removed for the season. Order scrolls now spawn further to the left. Bucket will now melt if you heat it up too much (bucket, not crucible) Fixes Big Crucible has had it's back-sprite returned. Buying and Selling stats are now properly tracked. Hat spiders in terrariums should no longer have floating hats. Pinned scrolls no longer open if you let go of an object while hovering the scroll. Scales now properly show carbon in their calculations. Merchant no longer gives you mor…
- Early Access 3.01 Experimental Build - 3 November 2024
Hello smiths, it's me!!! I've finally recovered after getting covid a few weeks ago, and to celebrate, here's a new build for you! In order to play on the experimental build, you will have to opt-in to the experimental build in the Steam Betas tab. Google is your friend if you aren't sure how to do this. It's been amazing seeing how many people have bought and played the game already, I wanna thank everyone again for all the support. Please consider leaving a steam review if you can, every review helps out a TON! And thank you everyone who's joined the discord and provided valuable feedback and bug reports. You're all the best! Now without further ado, let's get into what's new in this version! Additions You can now re-summon the merchant for 5c with the help of a new friend. Added a bucket to the merchant's wares. Added a bigger crucible to the merchant's wares. Chatlings can now use !…
- Early Access Begins! - 25 October 2024
It's Smitherying Time! It's finally here, Alnico Smithery is publically available to buy and play! Hello all, it's your favorite fruit cube back again. For those who don't know, my name is Pinapl, and i'm the sole developer for Alnico Smithery. After 20~ months of development in my free time, Alnico Smithery is here. What a rush! Granted, this is really only the starting line. Early Access? The game is still in active development, and there is even more content to come, and existing content is subject to change. I want to be very clear that while the game is in a fairly stable state, there is always the chance that you will encounter bugs, and things may break. Please report any issues you discover so I cna work to fix them up and get this game running as smoothly as possible! Future Content? You can read more about the current plans for the game in my previous post "What's Next", but t…
- What's Next? - 21 October 2024
Hello everyone, it's your favorite citrus back with an update. With Next Fest drawing to a close, I wanted to take this moment to both thank everyone who's tried out the game and let you know what you can look forward to with the full release, coming to early access October 25th! (That's in less than 5 days!) First of all, THANK YOU! Next Fest has been huge for visibility. Over the past week it's been incredible to see how many folks have checked out the game, tried the demo, left comments, etc. I've gotten a lot of great feedback and it's been a blast hanging out with some of the streamers who tried out the game live. With all seriousness, from the bottom of my heart, thank you everyone! With the sappy stuff out of the way, lets talk about: What to expect from the FULL VERSION! Many of you have been playing the crap out of the demo, even figuring out stuff I hadn't thought of (like usi…
- Beta 2.71 Hotfix 2 - 18 October 2024
Fixes Magnet works again, yay Fixed missing boundry on left side under the refinery Various Twitch fixes
- Beta 2.68 Hotfix - 18 October 2024
I've gotten word! It's been told to me from the highest mountains and the deepest seas! There is an error! And I think I fixed it! While I was at it, i've attempted to make the click & drag physics more stable so your ore can stop exploding out of your buckets. Here's hoping, thanks for all the reports gamers! Changes Click & Drag should be more stable / less jittery now Clicking objects will now prioritize the closest object to the cursor The hotter the object, the faster you will let go Minor tutorial adjustments Fixes Fixed the error everyone got upon starting/loading a game Fixed a tutorial-related error that could occur between loads Reduced the size of the background sprites in a feeble attempt to reduce lag when zoomed out I completely re-wrote the code that handles grabbing and moving objects, so there are likely to be bugs. Please let me know if you encounter any, but I hope it…
- Beta 2.67 - 18 October 2024
Hello everyone, your favorite fruit here with another update! Next Fest is almost over, and I've been blown away by the amount of support and feedback I've received for the game. Thank you everyone so much for trying it out, it means the world to me! (maybe even 2 worlds!) Anyways, let's get on to the good stuff. What's new? Additions New craft sprites added, more to come 2 new music tracks thanks to my brilliant composer Flowerhead "Rotation Reduction" setting, increases the stability of held items More informative popups to help explain certain game mechanics New system for catching errors and displaying them Twitch integration! Let your chatters spawn in-game as chatlings! (experimental) Changes The Smithing Journal now spawns in every new game free of charge, no need to buy one anymore (unless you lose yours) Holding "shift" will allow you to grab items inside the crucible Crafting…
