In the extreme off chance that anyone still plays the game (a couple of thousand apparently still have it installed!), just thought I'd let you know 3.0.0 has been released.

This essentially only updates the Android versions targeted, and updates some libraries (e.g. billing) that are no longer permitted. I've also taken out Quests, since Google no longer supports them. Doing these changes took... a long time to work around all the wildly awful code.

I gave it a brief (very nostalgic) play, and it all... mostly works. Some of the UI is a little more wonky than usual, the performance / appearance / bugs are as janky as ever, but at least now users can download it!

If you spot anything massively broken let me know, since it's now... relatively easy to make small updates, although I don't recognise any of my own code so nothing major.

The game is completely open source, in case you're curious what I had to do to get it building again (far too much).

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It was just crypto spam bots that you guys had to keep reporting (thanks), if you need anything DM me!

Hey,

Not sure if I ever get an answer since this game have been dead for years but what is the point of reaching higher levels than 100? i.e. does lvl 150 gives you anything versus lvl 100?

Also what's the point of prestiging? Prestiged once and I am lvl 100+ again and I can easily purchase all upgrades and stuff, I see zero point of prestiging again?

Thanks!

So I decided to reach out to the creator of these games and asked about if any of his games will be updated or being worked on. Here's what Jake said word for word.

"Unfortunately I don't really do game dev in my spare time anymore since becoming a more senior Android dev at work! I haven't updated any of my personal apps in a couple of years.

I would say most of Pixel Blacksmith should still work, with the exception of quests. I can't really fix any of the games, since publishing any updates would require catching up on 3-4 years of Google Play requirements (target versions etc), in an awfully written codebase. As such, even changing a bit of text would take at least a week or two of work.

Eventually I may open source them, but I'd need to do a lot of sensitive information clearing out first. That's the most likely roadmap for them though.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, I hope you enjoyed your time with them regardless."

So unfortunately all his games are no longer being supported, but may become open sourced. If a Moderator can Pin this post so anyone that looks up this sub reddit that they know what's going on. Thank you.

I used to play this when it was supported a lot by Google Play, loved the concept of micromanaging, processing, buying materials and it's been my favorite game back at 2017. But the app is no longer receiving updates, as said by the developer :((

Any games that have a similar mechanic or gameplay like this? It doesn't have to be strictly like the blacksmith genre. Just the process of micromanaging that keeps it complicated and fun.

I can't afford the gems but there's no way to get rid of them so I can get new merchants.

Has anyone experienced this issue and is there a fix? I've had this game before but redownload it and it wasn't available.

So I've been playing since around, oh idk, say June 17 in 2018 and I only just found the bulk stack crafting option. And I of course turned it on because I was like "oh sweet, more slots" and then quickly realized how much slower it is. If anyone hasn't used it, it puts all the items into one slot and adds their total time. Ex: 10 unfinished bronze dagger will be only one slot but it takes 10 seconds, but assuming you have 5 slots it would actually take 2 seconds without stacking. This means that stacking is absolutely useless, with maybe the exception of having so much stuff to make that it doesn't even matter, or when you don't have many slots. I think a smart stack of sorts would be useful, the math is simple too, (totalitems/((t per item)/#slots))) if my algebra is correct, which would make it take the same amount of time as if they weren't stacked. Idk, just seems like that's how it should be. Anyone agree?

I recently rediscovered this game and had forgotten how much fun it was. But I noticed the game hasn't been updated in over a year. Is development just slow, or completely discontinued?

Also, I remember doing quests last time I played, but now anytime I try to view upcoming quests, completed quests, etc... nothing happens. (For clarification, I'm referring to the Google Play quests, not the hero quests).

Finally, I seem to have maxed out at 6 super upgrades even though I have 8 collections. Is there a way to increase the number of super upgrades you can enable that I'm not aware of?

I started playing this yesterday. At level seven, I got Father Christmas. He gave me two Goody Bags. Will selling them level me up a ton?

Is there any way to get it besides having the elf assistant?

Cant find any info on what that is or where to craft it.

Hey there!

Decided to pick this up again after not playing it for a long time (switched phones and only just got around to importing my save,) but I'm having trouble with the language option. The vast majority of the game seems to default to French no matter how many times I try to switch languages. While I am French, I'd really rather play the game in English as the French translation is often pretty awkward and confusing and I prefer playing games in English anyway. Not judging, I know translating is hard and I do appreciate that there's an in-game language setting and a spreadsheet so people can comment on the various translations, I might add some comments to it later myself.

Didn't have that issue on my old phone (Galaxy S6), but I did notice it on my new phone (Galaxy S8) even before I imported my save, for what it's worth. Swapping to a language other than English seems to give me the same issue, where a handful of things are in (insert language here) but the rest of the game is in French. Anything I can do about that?

Thanks in advance.

Hey all, I hope more discussion about the game here sparks some more conversations! I ran into a bug recently where trading with what the sprite shows as Santa becomes Blinky the red dragon. When selling to it, it crashes the game. When reopening, the game shows the trade has completed. Santa/Blinky spawns frequently now and every trade I make with him has the game crash.

Another thing I noticed was in the trophy room santa's name is Blinky, with their preferences being the same as the dragon. On my girlfriends game, Blinky appears as he should be along with his brother.

I have uninstalled and reinstalled the game to no avail. Any help would be appreciated!

When ever I take quests for completing helper or hero missions, they will not update no matter how many missions I complete so I can't finish them

I've already received some chests and it is not counting ...

Question is in the title. My first game, I had 3/21 super upgrades unlocked. After my first prestige, I had 7/21. Do you unlock 4 each time, and have all unlocked after prestige × 4?

Hello I have completed 7~ quests on different times however I am unable to claim any rewards.Does anyone have info regarding this? Thank you.

My quest progress for the "Massive Spender" and "Keep 'Em Coming" quests reset in between sessions today.

Let me know if there is any information you might need from me to track this bug down.

Does anyone here know if after the event ends do the holiday items disappear? (Presents, those bag things, etc)

This is awesome its like a way to contact jake that few know about!! :)

I just tried to make items from the smelter and there is nothing in que but all in pending.

Using "Bulk Craft Stack" when crafting items does not grant any EXP after the completion of the item.

Is this a feature or a bug?

1. Whenever I put a gem on an item, the game crashes. When I open it back up the item has the gem on it, but getting frustrating having to crash the game every single time I need a gem on something.

2. I'm getting lots and lots of presents, but the plain present I have 0 of.

3. I have to touch each station twice to be able to open the interface for them. Is this intentional?

4. Under tier it always says "for items made out of None." What does None mean?

edit: I have a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge