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Cowzy Friday: Cows, Troughs, and Behavior Trees 🐄🐄🐄
Hey all! This week I spent a lot of time working on getting cows eating, animating, locomoting, and some barn updates as well! I covered...
Wesley Chartrand
6 days ago2 min read
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Cowzy Friday: The Rancher job & day system!
Welcome back for a quick update on The Cowzy Game ! This week’s focus has been on the new Rancher job and the passage of game time....
Wesley Chartrand
May 22 min read
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🛠️ Cowzy Friday: Wrapping Up the Toolbar UI
Hey everyone, and welcome back to another Cowzy Friday update! This week sees a set of major tasks completed for Cowzy Town. I've wrapped...
Wesley Chartrand
Apr 253 min read
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Cowzy Town Friday: Petting animals and info panels!
🐄 Cowzy Friday: Petting Cows and Planning Ahead Welcome back to another Cowzy Friday update! This week was a fun mix of project...
Wesley Chartrand
Apr 122 min read
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Cowzy Friday: Swapping buildings from the UI
Welcome back to another Cowzy Friday update! 🐄 This week brings some progress to our building system and UI. Swapping between build...
Wesley Chartrand
Apr 42 min read
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Cowzy Friday: UI Image swapping!
Welcome back to another Cowzy Friday update! This week, I've been focused on the UI a bit more, while also working on implementing...
Wesley Chartrand
Mar 283 min read
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Cowzy Friday: Another UI update and Event Dispatchers!!
Welcome back to another Cowzy Friday update! This week, I've been focused on a refactor of the Toolbar UI , making it more modular, and...
Wesley Chartrand
Mar 212 min read
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Cowzy Friday: Toolbar UI & Villager Builidng
Welcome back to another Cowzy Friday update! 🐄🐄 This week I'll be discussing: Toolbar UI updates More Interface implementation Getting...
Wesley Chartrand
Mar 71 min read
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Cowzy Friday: Toolbar UI & Interfaces
Welcome back to another Cowzy Friday update! This week will be much more technical! My major accomplishment has been making my Toolbar...
Wesley Chartrand
Feb 283 min read
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Cowzy Friday: Toolbar UI
Welcome back to another Cowzy Friday update! This week, I've been working on the Toolbar UI (Kevin, Rene, if you're reading this, I did...
Wesley Chartrand
Feb 212 min read
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Cowzy Friday: Advancing construction and dynamic build stages.
Welcome back to another Cowzy Friday update! This week, we’ve made great progress on construction mechanics, allowing buildings under...
Wesley Chartrand
Feb 142 min read
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Cowzy Friday: Building System Updates & Future-Proofing!
Happy Cowzy Friday! 🐄🏡 This week, I spent time refactoring older functions, improving building mechanics, and setting up future-proof...
Wesley Chartrand
Feb 71 min read
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Cowzy Friday: Tools, Energy, and Building Previews
Welcome back to another Cowzy Friday update! This week, I’ve been working on the tools database, incorporating that with villager energy,...
Wesley Chartrand
Jan 312 min read
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Cowzy Friday: Villager Behaviors and Energy Mechanics
Welcome to another Cowzy Friday update! This week, I’ve been focusing on refining villager behavior and beginning work on the villager...
Wesley Chartrand
Jan 242 min read
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Cowzy Friday: A light update on resources!
Cowzy Friday: Smarter Villagers and Resource Node Updates Welcome to another Cowzy Friday update! A lighter update this week as I've been...
Wesley Chartrand
Jan 182 min read
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Cowzy Friday: Gathering and dropping off resources!
Welcome back to another Cowzy Friday update! As the development of The Cowzy Game continues, I’m excited to share this week’s progress...
Wesley Chartrand
Jan 112 min read
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Cowzy Friday: Happy Moo Year!
Happy Moo Year, everyone! 🐮🎆 I’m kicking off 2025 with a small but fun update on The Cowzy Game . After enjoying the holidays with my...
Wesley Chartrand
Jan 42 min read
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Cowzy Friday: Mining Animations!
Happy Holidays from The Cowzy Game! 🎄🐄 As the holiday season is in full swing, so are the villagers.. literally! . I created 3D...
Wesley Chartrand
Dec 27, 20242 min read
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Cowzy Friday:
Welcome back to the The Cowzy Game ! This week has been all about setting up and learning about, refactoring my asynchronous loading,...
Wesley Chartrand
Dec 20, 20243 min read
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Building Cowzy: My Journey into Unreal Engine Development
Welcome to the first blog post documenting the development of my cozy city builder game, The Cowzy Game! This project is not just a...
Wesley Chartrand
Dec 14, 20243 min read
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