Honcho Game

Headlights & Indicators

Work on Honcho is currently focused on getting the screwdriver fully implemented into the game. To achieve this, we need to add functionality for all components installed with the screwdriver, which includes Headlights and Indicators.

Headli...

Batako - A Work-in-Progress

Batako; All New Trucks

Originally, with the modular, "Ship of Theseus" design of the Dazio T360 truck, I'd not expected a demand for additional trucks. This demand has been vocal enough that I've reconsidered and decided to expand the scop...

0.15 Now Available on Itch.io

A new demo version has been uploaded to the usual location on Itch. Lot's of good changes including ladders, new animation and pushing! Details below:

0.15 Demo Change List

• Various improvements have been made to Keiko's Push...

  2025-07-18 11:51:00 +0000 UTC View Post

Change List 0.14

Change List 0.14 now available on itch

• Fixed stepped bed collider issue,

• Fixed Map UI targeter not working for Kusahiro, abandoned trucks, Daizo Scrap Shop,

• Fixed UI of loot spawns sometimes being displ...

  2025-07-04 10:02:36 +0000 UTC View Post

Change List 0.12

• Fixed air filter player reference causing a null reference at the Daizo Auto shop,

• Fixed issue with taking engines out of kusahiro breaking the engine interactions of the player truck,

• Rewrote the data collect...

  2025-06-19 15:53:13 +0000 UTC View Post

Demo Change List 0.1d

important fixes for missing items. Repair Bench was consuming the item to repair stuff, but wasn't also removing it from the savedata memory correctly, causing save issues. This has now been fixed.

• Fixed issue with Kusahiro gathering...

  2025-06-15 10:32:40 +0000 UTC View Post

Demo Change List 0.1c

New build available for download on itch. Fixes to cargo and delivery logics should help a fair bit with disappearing items. Removing a bunch of redundant files has also allowed me to use a more normal compression method which should help with ins...

Demo Change List 0.1b

Change List 0.1b now available on itch.

• Fixed issues with labelling on Character Creator appearing as "ponytail",

• Fixed Feet and Ears sometimes appearing on Character Creator, even though they don't exist,

• ...
  2025-06-11 20:26:42 +0000 UTC View Post

Honcho Wishlist Trailer & Demo Access

Somewhere in rural Japan... closed access to the Honcho demo is available!

Thank you all for your patience with this. The demo is now available for all paid Patreons. Here’s how it works:

• If you’ve ever ple...

  2025-06-11 14:51:48 +0000 UTC View Post

DevLog May 2025

Unity 6

Finally got around to upgrading to the new Unity LTS of Unity 6. LTS (Long-Term Support) provides developers with the best stability and support for their projects. Unity 6 also provides the benefit of being able to replace the Uni...

Transmission

As I work on adding controller support into the game (more on that later), I wanted to keep you in the loop with some continued improvements to the vehicle mechanics. This time, I've gone through and improved the transmission.

2025-04-16 20:39:49 +0000 UTC View Post

GPE Engine

Forgive me for I have sinned. I've added a new engine to break up the dull but important tasks required to hit demo. Now this silly idea has been excersied, I will return to controller support and gameplay related tasks.

389cc GX390 1C OHV...

2025-04-03 10:52:02 +0000 UTC View Post

Avoiding Tutorials

The repair bench needed new art as it looked pretty rough. While working on that I began to worry that players wouldn't understand what it does or even if it's usable. Rather than add in a tool tip that players won't read, I settled on a visual ca...

Balancing Loot

Last week saw significant refactoring in how we handle loot spawning in the game.

In Jalopy, loot consisted of engine parts found in abandoned cars and trade goods that spawned in boxes along the roadside. The system was very basic ...

It's you!

Can't release a demo without controller remapping, video options, audio options and of course a credits screen.

Be sure to let me know if you don't want to appear in the credits, would like your name changed or any other changes you ca...

Engines (and yes there are turbo chargers)

Probably the most important component for improving performance in your key truck is the engine. 

Base Engines

The first of the 3 engines is the 356cc AK250E I4, which comes as standard on the Daizo T-360 kei tr...

Delivery Complete

Some juice was needed for completing deliveries. So I've added a delivery complete breakdown screen upon completion of a delivery contract. Complete with statistical breakdown and ranking system.

Cheers,
Greg

Exhaust

Allo, allo. What do we have here then? It's another micro-update! This time we're taking a look at exhausts. Cor.

Headphones on for the video above as we're showing off how exhausts effect the audio of the engine. In the above video, we exa...

Alternators

Toot toot! More component variations for the hardcore followers. This time, Alternators.

What does an alternator do? Well it keeps the battery charged by converting mechanical movement into electrical energy. In the game, we display this as ...

Air Filters

Air travelling through the engine is an important mechanic to simulate, as it helps us determine not only performance, but also the rate of wear on the truck's engine.

Let's breakdown how this is handled in Honcho.

Air

The fi...

Carburetors

Or Carburettors as we'll refer to them from here on. 

Trying to keep the momentum going so I can get this demo out ASAP. As listed before o...

Breakdown Recovery

Accidents can happen when you least expect them... But with Honcho, you don’t have to worry—we’ve got you covered.

Enjoy affordable recovery with 24/7 support, because life moves fast, and so should your vehicle break...