{"id":1745416,"date":"2026-11-11T22:38:37","date_gmt":"2026-11-11T22:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rdN9zYPSJeWwwUoLSy8LmN"},"modified":"2026-11-11T22:38:37","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T22:38:37","slug":"this-solo-dev-is-building-the-most-violent-cozy-farming-game-ever-made-and-lumberjacking-has-never-looked-cooler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/this-solo-dev-is-building-the-most-violent-cozy-farming-game-ever-made-and-lumberjacking-has-never-looked-cooler\/","title":{"rendered":"This solo dev is building &#8216;the most violent cozy farming game ever made&#8217; and lumberjacking has never looked cooler"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>When I say the words &#8220;cozy farming game,&#8221; it probably conjures a certain set of images: topdown sprites, daily crop-related chores, a cast of townsfolk primed and ready to be the focus of hyperfixation. What it probably <em>doesn&#8217;t <\/em>conjure is the image of a burly lumberjack-wizard launching an anime-ass energy wave from his magic logging axe that splits a line of trees lengthwise so that their falling halves can instantly level the surrounding forest.<\/p>\n<p>But now, I know that it should\u2014and it&#8217;s thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/4429710\/Spellogger\/\" target=\"_blank\">Spellogger<\/a>, a first-person lumbermancy RPG being developed by solo dev Basti to serve as &#8220;the most violent cozy farming game ever made.&#8221; And as you&#8217;ll see in the video embedded below, Basti is making excellent progress towards that goal.<\/p>\n<div class=\"see-more see-more--clipped\">\n<figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet hawk-ignore\" data-lang=\"en\" cite=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cantworkitout\/status\/2120200059652592100\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&#8217;m making the most violent cozy farming game ever made https:\/\/t.co\/fHAnrFUbLC<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cantworkitout\/status\/2120200059652592100\">November 10, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"see-more__filter\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Like your various Stardew-likes, Spellogger starts with the player arriving at their newly-acquired farmstead. Unlike your various Stardew-likes, however, you&#8217;re not a farmer: You&#8217;re a lumberjacking wizard in a magical forest that grows infinite trees overnight, and your goal is to deploy your escalating arcane mastery to harvest as much lumber as possible through increasingly-absurd tree-felling spellcraft.<\/p>\n<p>There are no enemies. There is no livestock. There is only a constantly-renewed forest of trees that shoot off damage numbers when you hit them and announce OVERKILL if you happen to hit them <em>very hard.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know <em>why <\/em>this is the specific game the Swedish solo dev decided to make, but I do know that I admire the commitment to the bit. Basti&#8217;s X feed is a gleeful showcase for whatever wizard nonsense was most recently implemented as a Spellogger feature, from carving through saplings by <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BastiArtGames\/status\/2115817687339225293?a=rdJQdxfVDngUnlPzKEo&amp;s=20\">throwing an enchanted axe<\/a> like a boomerang, to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BastiArtGames\/status\/2113203288032334010?a=4f7oWvgEAbLXknq6SSg&amp;s=20\">detonating trees with bursts of chain lightning<\/a>, and even <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BastiArtGames\/status\/2112624378533818372?a=XRQ_-wO6z-bL5oyJoGo&amp;s=20\">summoning a meteor from orbit<\/a> to give entire groves the dinosaur treatment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"see-more see-more--clipped\">\n<figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet hawk-ignore\" data-lang=\"en\" cite=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cantworkitout\/status\/2112624378533818372\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In my lumberjack game you can summon a meteor to take down trees, cause why not. https:\/\/t.co\/2Uv4pXNXoB<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cantworkitout\/status\/2112624378533818372\">October 20, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"see-more__filter\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>I want to stress once again that this is a magic forest with infinite trees. So, you know. It&#8217;s fine. In a fantasy setting, anything can be environmentally sustainable.<\/p>\n<p>Spellogger doesn&#8217;t have a release date, but it&#8217;s due to launch <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/4429710\/Spellogger\/\">on Steam<\/a> sometime in 2027. It <em>does<\/em>, however, have a demo available\u2014though you&#8217;ll only get to progress through the first 10 levels of lumbermancy. The meteors will have to wait.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"74ab53c2-de20-11f1-84fa-8dc5521b7d7f\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2026 games\" data-dimension48=\"2026 games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:661px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:98.94%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"6offQUY4CXebir2TC27dMd\" name=\"kingdom come 2 square\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/this-solo-dev-is-building-the-most-violent-cozy-farming-game-ever-made-and-lumberjacking-has-never-looked-cooler.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"661\" height=\"654\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/new-pc-games-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"74ab53c2-de20-11f1-84fa-8dc5521b7d7f\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2026 games\" data-dimension48=\"2026 games\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>2026 games<\/strong><\/a>: All the upcoming games<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Our all-time favorites<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-50-best-free-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Free PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Freebie fest<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-fps-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best FPS games<\/strong><\/a>: Finest gunplay<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-rpgs-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best RPGs<\/strong><\/a>: Grand adventures<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-co-op-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best co-op games<\/strong><\/a>: Better together<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/rpg\/this-solo-dev-is-building-the-most-violent-cozy-farming-game-ever-made-and-lumberjacking-has-never-looked-cooler\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I say the words &#8220;cozy farming game,&#8221; it probably conjures a certain set of images: topdown sprites, daily crop-related chores, a cast of townsfolk primed and ready to be the focus of hyperfixation. What it probably doesn&#8217;t conjure is the image of a burly lumberjack-wizard launching an anime-ass energy wave from his magic logging axe that splits a line of trees lengthwise so that their falling halves can instantly level the surrounding forest. But now, I know that it should\u2014and it&#8217;s thanks to Spellogger, a first-person lumbermancy RPG being developed by solo dev Basti to serve as &#8220;the most violent cozy farming game ever made.&#8221; And as you&#8217;ll see in the video embedded below, Basti is making excellent progress towards that goal. 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