Campaign Release: National Show Horse

6/14/2025 4:53 pm

๐Ÿ”ฎ Future Plans

I want to share a quick update on where things stand with HoFa and whatโ€™s next.

 

First, I want to acknowledge what many of you are feeling. Curly, Roze, and ERA have poured years of passion into this game and were deeply loved by the community. Their efforts brought art, planning, moderation, and heart to HoFa in ways that shaped its identity - and I understand how their departure has left many feeling hurt and uncertain. That legacy deserves recognition and respect.

 

That said, I want to clarify a clear misconception that players seem to have - Iโ€™ve quietly handled much of HoFaโ€™s development and operations myself from the beginning. From coding and game design to news posts and financials, Iโ€™ve been deeply involved behind the scenes, even when I wasnโ€™t as active publicly. Iโ€™ve had a hand in almost every process and while itโ€™s definitely been a week of getting organized with files and art, there is nothing the team is not still capable of completing.

 

While 2025 has brought some challenges, development is still moving forward. Iโ€™ve been focused on bug fixes, cleaning up systems, and planning next steps with help from Thunderbolt, Brumby, and others whoโ€™ve chosen to stay.

 

Please note that new item art will be on pause for the next couple of months so we can prioritize dev work, but horse art will continue since there are still campaigns and breed redos to complete. If you want to keep track of whatโ€™s coming, here is the list of breed art.

 

Lastly, HoFa is not for sale. Weโ€™re still building. And for those sticking around - thank you. Your support means a lot, and I hope what comes next earns your trust.

 

๐Ÿด National Show Horse

Today we release the National Show Horse breed art. The breed is a 50/50 cross between American Saddlebred and Arabian. The club is currently public for membership joins and has a total of 130 members. A big congratulations to the newest player made breed!

 

๐Ÿ’ฌ Discord Server

Just a reminder that the old Discord server is now the unofficial Discord server.

 

If you want to continue getting Discord updates, sneak peeks, and pings, you can join the new official server here: https://discord.gg/DNn3NtDb5Q 

 

๐Ÿ—บ๏ธ Road Map

Iโ€™ve started reviewing the list of feature requests. Those that are approved will show on the Road Map under Planned. Those under consideration will show in the Under Review column. If I have plans to add a feature request into the next update, it will show under In Progress. Once there are less bug reports, Iโ€™ll start sprinkling these in. 

 

๐ŸฆŸ Bug Fixes

As always, if a bug pops back up, please go in and mark it as Fix Failed. This puts us down to 124 bugs. ๐ŸŽ‰

 

  • Bug #1494 - Branding foals now work for private breedings.
  • Bug #1461 - Equipped items should no longer be counted in mass equip.
  • Bug #1504 - Miniature appaloosa campaign should now be able to accept new horses.
  • Bug #1220 - Wild horses should no longer change coat patterns after being caught.
  • Bug #1132 - The breed filter in the auction house should now work on pages 2+.
  • Bug #1292 - Crossbreeds should now calculate BV correctly in herd management if the BV for all parent breeds are defined.
  • Bug #1585 - Premium mane serum should now work.
  • Bug #1174 - You should no longer receive the โ€œYou donโ€™t own these horsesโ€ when trying to enter horses into halter shows.
  • Bug #845 - You should no longer be able to go into negative stalls.
  • Bug #1182 - Fixes were put into place for gen 3 campaign submissions.
  • Bug #1323 - Expired quests should no longer be available to complete.
  • Bug #1469 - Frozen foals should no longer age.

 

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Update Schedule

We have moved dev updates to Saturdays. Next updates scheduled for:

  • June 21 - very small update, will be traveling
  • June 28 - no update, I will be at an event
  • July 5 - larger update to catch up
  • July 12
  • July 19

 

Weโ€™re not done yet.

 

With care,

Bedouin



Calistra

Post Count: 8

6/14/2025 5:03 pm

Hm I donโ€™t think anyone has questioned your overall involvement during development of the game, Bed. Itโ€™s the lack of accountability from being MIA for several months and still not addressing this, knowing that bugs could only be fixed with your guidance. As a former helper, who never received their subscription for my work, we were at a standstill due to your absence though we could easily get ahold of Roze, Curly, and Era. Whose hands were tied becauseโ€ฆ you were gone. 

Features I spent real life money on, that could only be fixed by youโ€ฆ you were gone. 

Please stop avoiding accountability. Being closely involved in the game does not mean leaving bugs to be without a fix for two years or more. Life happens, no one is saying it doesnโ€™t or shouldnโ€™t. But we have yet to see you take any accountability outside of pushing blame back on the others. Not sure how trust is expected to be built with that in mind. 

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Calistra

Post Count: 8

6/14/2025 5:06 pm

Thunder and Brumby, thank you for your continued work. We see you and celebrate YOU ๐Ÿฉท



notforgotten

Post Count: 5

6/14/2025 5:06 pm

thank you Brumby and Thunderbolt, your work is appreciated so much.



Maki

Post Count: 1,112

6/14/2025 5:08 pm

Sooo you're basically trying to take as much credit as the people who ran the entire show. Act like you did nearly half as much as them. Act like your communication with them isnt piss poor. Or that you treated them like shit. Or that they didnt have every right to walk away. Say everything you can to save face and not look like the bad guy. 

 

 

"Chosen" to stay. Word has it, some weren't asked. Some were voluntold. And the word came from those people themselves. 

 

You can never earn back the trust of your old loyal players. You may get the naive innocent kids to trust you. You may get newcomers who dont know how awful you truly are. But it will never fix the amazing community you singlehandedly broke. 

 

You should be done. Give it up. You will abandon it again in a few months when you get your eigth, more profitable business idea. Sell the game. 

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Come Join the Equisar Discord 

https://discord.gg/n67Ctp6Gpd



Maki

Post Count: 1,112

6/14/2025 5:13 pm

Hey I helped design that NSH. I should ask for compensation but I know several others have stated they often with months without pay so I shouldn't expect it ๐Ÿ˜‚

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Come Join the Equisar Discord 

https://discord.gg/n67Ctp6Gpd



reddRookk

Post Count: 544

6/14/2025 5:39 pm

It feels really gross that things had to get this bad for you to start working on things - specifically on bugs that the player base has been begging for for quite a while. We held out and trusted that you would have listened, for quite literal years, and you allowed your previous staff to take the brunt of community anger and complaints for you. 
This is nothing new, though - the players have enough and wig out, you dish out a couple updates with promises for more, rinse and repeat. These fixes have taken you what? Two weeks? And some have been going on for years..? 
Why'd it take everyone leaving and pulling subs for this to happen? No one is at fault or to blame aside from you. What a kick in the teeth to the staff you tossed aside and are so quick to throw under the bus. A revolving door of constant new players and staff isn't a good look. We want to support HoFa, we just cannot support it in your hands. 

Thunder and Brumby, we all see and appreciate you. 
 



Kentucky241

Post Count: 7

6/14/2025 5:50 pm

Alright! Here's your reliable info time.

 

Bed has been involved in the game yes. Currently Bed is the only person on this so called team. The only other people left are Brumby and Thunderbolt, who have both said they're doing the art for the breeds. There is no one else left besides Bed. Now that we have made that blatantly clear, for you newbies reading this, don't trust Bed. This has been a repeated pattern of behavior where she will work on the game for a little while and then disappear. She is only working on the game now because her community has gotten fed up with her behavior and has left and pulled financial support. The game works fine as it is, just don't spend your irl money on this game because there's also been another proven pattern of the features promised to you don't actually get given. Bed has been a terrible communicator and even when Curly, Roze and Era were on the team, Bed didn't communicate at all to them. If you want to play the game, I hope you have fun, but be aware of her pattern of behavior and that a majority of the community has left. It has taken her staff to quit and for financial support for her to make time for this game. If you want screenshots and proof my discord is Hope's Life and I am in the official discord. Just dm me and I will happily give you them.



forgottenland

Post Count: 390

6/14/2025 5:55 pm

*127 bugs



Bedouin Admin

Post Count: 56

6/14/2025 5:56 pm

@All - I have apologized and am trying to take accountability by putting in the work I should have been doing all along. Yes, life got busy and that's no excuse. I'm not sure what else I can do except apologize and keep putting out updates.

 

@Calistra - I only mentioned this the way I did because it seems like no one believes the game will move forward. I just wanted to clarify that it's not by lack of ability since some have directly questioned that. 

 

@Maki - No one has been โ€œvoluntoldโ€ anything, and if they feel that way, please ask them to directly message me. I understand the situation the game is in and have specifically asked each person if they'd like to continue in their role. Each person who is still with the game has said yes even if it's only for the time being and on the condition that I keep working on things.

 

@reddRookk - I completely understand and know that I haven't done my part over the last few months. That said, I'm trying to move forward and only time will show that I'm serious. I don't expect anyone to believe me without proof which will only show over in the next 6-12 months.




BedouinSucksHorseBalls

Post Count: 28

6/14/2025 5:58 pm

No. Absolutely not. You have abused your staff and now you are trying to play victim. You have lied about so much. You really have no shame. Please see a doctor and get medicated because there's something seriously wrong with your head. I'll pray for you.

Bedouin is TRASH


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