Byproduct

Devlog

• Improve or Extend? Or both?
  November 21, 2025 by The Almechanist

  There is a lot I would like to discuss in this article, so I’ll be splitting it into roughly three sections. But the most interesting stuff will come towards the end, so stick arround if you want to... Continue reading

  
• Suit up! New chemistry and QoL updates
  November 15, 2025 by The Almechanist

  New update! I promised one last update before I went on my break. There is now a new, and substantial, chemistry called Suits. Go to the main menu and select New Game. I've tested up to automating the... Continue reading
• My new Chemistry Script, the principal of Induction and other strange thoughts
  October 26, 2025 by The Almechanist

  Hello gamers and developers alike. For those not familiar with the game Byproduct it is a minamalistic automation game which I made for the 2025 GMTK Game Jam with the theme of 'Loop.' Since the Jam I... Continue reading

  
• Bug fix update
  October 24, 2025 by The Almechanist

  Some bug fixes: Mixers can now only take one ingredient per input port. Applies to all factories but this is the only factory that is currently effected. Slowed the processing speed of Assemblers so t... Continue reading
• New Chemistry and many many bugs...
  October 22, 2025 by The Almechanist

  Hi Players! New update. Finally. I've been working on a utility script for computing the chemistry. Took me longer than I thought but I'm pleased with the result. It will make modifying and maintiaini... Continue reading

  
• Progress Update No2
  October 05, 2025 by The Almechanist

  Hey all! I've been mostly working on refactoring in the past couple of weeks. Not a lot of gameplay changes so I'm hesitant to put up a new build given that there isn't really anything new for the pla... Continue reading
• Turning A New Page
  September 08, 2025 by The Almechanist

  I'm back! A couple of bugs kept me from uploading earlier. My late upload has nothing to do with a certain Silksong release... no sirie... :P Anyway, the latest update has the following changes: Refac... Continue reading
• Progress Update
  September 01, 2025 by The Almechanist#progress report

  I'm still alive. Been more than a week since my last update, but I've been busy. Unfortunatly this isn't an update but one should be coming soon. I'm a bit of a scatter brain so my focus has been all... Continue reading

  
• Byproducts New Lick Of Paint!
  August 20, 2025 by The Almechanist

  Byproduct has a new look! This wasn't what I expected to work on this week, but once I got started I couldn't stop. I've made sure to keep the art a mix of low contrast and high contrast where it coun... Continue reading

  
• Small update
  August 17, 2025 by The Almechanist

  Small update before the end of the weekend. Fixed a couple of bugs, one for item sinks, they were getting confused about which items solved the goal of a particular sink. And another in my new goal co... Continue reading
• Plan Going Forward
  August 16, 2025 by The Almechanist#plans

  Hello! For anyone curious enough to read this devblog, these are my plans going forward. Byproduct was a game jam game, for the GMTK 2025 game jam. However, I feel the game deserves a little polish. I... Continue reading