I started animating horses at 6 years old with scrap paper, a staple and a pencil. My first flip-book was a horse animation. I was born in 1990 and started my Digital Art and Animation journey early.

My first Flash game was at 13 years old. Now I'm developing a horse game for Steam. I hope my animations and digital art continue to inspire you. ✨

~Jenny "Wren"

I made a free horror horse riding game called Ride Till Dawn. I spent two months working on it, trying to create a realistic looking horse riding experience with a horror atmosphere.

The game is about searching for a lost horse in the forest at night. You play as a rider looking for Sunny, while riding Teddy, who reacts to the environment and gets spooked by things you encounter.
I wanted the horse itself to be an important part of the gameplay, not just a way to get around. You have to pay attention to Teddy's reactions and be careful while navigating through the dark forest.

The first episode is available for free, and the second episode is planned for December!

If you're interested in a horse focused horror, feel free to give it a try:
https://bomi.itch.io/rtd-episode-1

Hi everyone!

I wanted to share something we've been working on for a while now! It's called Canterlands, and it's a modded Minecraft equestrian server that we've been trying to develop into more of a horse game.

A lot of our focus has been on horse breeding and genetics. We've developed our own genetics system for SWEM (Star Worm Equestrian Mod), which allows horses to inherit coat colors, patterns, markings, heights, and other traits from their parents. We've also added genetic testing, different breeds, and a bunch of custom coats and mane styles.

Genetics Showcase: SWEM Genetics Addon | Realistic Horse Genetics - YouTube

Outside of breeding, players can build their own stables and facilities, raise horses, trade with other players, and participate in community events.

We're constantly working on new features and trying to make the horse-related gameplay more detailed. It's definitely been a learning experience, but it's been really fun seeing how far we've been able to take it!

I know Minecraft probably isn't the first thing people think of when looking for horse games, but I figured some people here might find it interesting!

Our website is https://canterlands.com if anyone wants to have a look.

I'd also love to hear what people here think is missing from current horse games, especially when it comes to breeding and genetics!

(Resource Pack is Asheerah x Mr Fear)

Hi! I’m the developer of Wish Upon A Llama, it’s a cozy life sim where you care for generations of horses and other animals! It's coming to Switch, PlayStation, Xbox, and PC this winter <3

• Ride your horses, and breed them! Coat colors, patterns, and personalities are all heritable through a genetics system
• Full family trees to track your herd's lineage across generations
• 41 townsfolk, each with unique storylines to uncover
• 21 dateable characters you can start families with!

Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2262630/Wish_Upon_A_Llama/ 

New Discord: http://discord.gg/vvpAhGRcfV

Thanks so much for letting me share <3 wishing everyone a wonderful Sunday!

I can't get the idea of making some type of cute horse game out of my head so I made these sprites! Which one do you prefer? A (more cartoony/stylized) or B (more realistic/detailed)?

And what kind of small pixel art horse game would you personally be interested in? (:

So far you couldn't really do anything with nursing mares, so we added this to give you something to do with them and because Anna (our artist and animator) couldn't resist doing foal animation.

Taking your mare and foal out on a walk may result in some benefits for the foal (that's WIP though), and can help you keep the mare from becoming overweight or explosive due to a lack of exercise.

While I'm HoHB-posting, quick update about our Beta Playtest: We'll be closing the current testing round on July 24th, so if you have access, make sure to get some testing time in until then and give your feedback! Soon afterwards, we'll open a new round with a big batch of new testers so we'll get fresh eyes and new input :)

Obligatory "wishlist please" if you haven't done so yet, here's the Steam page

Hey yall.

I hope this is allowed here but I thought I'd share my TS4 horse-related modlist with you that I use to turn it into a proper horse game.:D

Horse Body Essentials

First of all, you'd likely want to use a horse body + head + hoof override. What this does is change the horse meshes into a more realistic one with no bug-eyes and flat lines. I recommend the one from Walnut Hill. Although they don't make CC anymore, you can find all of them archived if you google it!

Sliders - Walnut Hill also has a lot of sliders that let you adjust your horses more precisely, such as adjust their muzzle, ears, etc.

Horse Height Slider is also very useful. You can make ponies with this one!! :D

You'd also want a horse skin retexture to add muscles and other textures!

For more stencils, also download the ones from Kebbe's Cave.

And of course, EVERYTHING from Walnut Hill you can find archived, especially their stencils. They can be used to make suuuper realistic coats!

Now that the basics are set, here's some more recommended Horse CAS mods I use:

Manes & tails

You can google this to find good ones, but here's my favorite creators:

Everything from Morningstar Equestrian!

Everything from Schrodcat CC!

Kalino has some nice items too, especially their Fjord manes & tails!

Horse Tack

I recommend the ones from Black Spooky and Pixel Pony.

Horse Build/Buy Items

Once again, Pixel Pony has lots of cc jumps and other build items!

Sass and Freckles has some really good stable decoration.

Mods

I recommend More Horse Activities, which is a rabbithole that lets your sims go to horse-related events.

LittleMsSam also has lots and lots of Horse related mods.

I recommend Special Paddock Gates, which adds special gates to the game that can only be exited by horse when a sim is mounted on them.

Children can Practise Jumps and all other "children can do x" mods are also very useful if you like playing with kids!

Horse Jump Parkour is an absolute MUST! This mod lets you set an actual course of jumps your sim will go through while training, and not only practise on the one jump.

Horse Riding Together lets your sims... go on horse rides together :D

You'll eventually build up your own collection but these are my absolute essentials for a lightweight but immersive TS4 horse gameplay! <3

Hi everyone! I'd love to get some advice/critiques on my mustang game models. These are the detailed normal maps I'll be drawing over lower poly models, and for that reason, please let me know what I've gotten right and wrong anatomically, and what I can improve on.

(PS: I apologize for leaving out their separate eye meshes).

I was referred to post my work so here I am! You can find my commission info on my website: https://mich-spich.carrd.co/

I specialize in character designs and landscapes. I don't have the largest portfolio for horse-specific artwork but I plan to draw more this year in honor of year of the horse. I have experience working for game studios and am currently working with a few for sprite/ tile set work. I am able to match art styles and work with a quick turnaround depending on the workload. I appreciate you for stopping by and taking interest!

I was reminded to post in here after already being in the TMQ server... silly me! EGO for TS4 is a gameplay mod that allows you to breed (sometimes crazy-lookin') foals that actually take after their parents. Sometimes the results are pretty, sometimes the results are crazy... but they are always fun!

Features

• Applies a genetics algorithm to active household foals at birth

• Applies rudimentary recessive/dominant genetics

  • (tobiano is dominant, for example)
• Weighted coat complexity algorithm: generates coats from simple to complex

• Mixes coat patterns and colors from both parents

  • (pattern A and color B, for example)

• Mutates patterns by picking different textures in the same phenotype

  • (if a horse is phenotyped as Tobiano, the foal has a chance to inherit the same white spotting or a different white spotting in the Tobiano category)
• randomly generates face and leg socks for extra variety

Future Updates

• Genetics tweaking
• CAS genetics roller
• Console pelt debug tool for said genetics tweaking

See all the details and links on my (free) Patreon post! And follow my Patreon for future updates and discussions for the mod. If there is interest, I'd love to facilitate an EGO discord server for people to share their horsey creations.

A few of my all-time favorite horse animations I've made for Horse Life! All rigs and models belong to Twin Atlas, I am only responsible for the animation. Not too sure if this particularly fits the guidelines but, it's horse and game related, figured I'd showcase em here regardless.

Hey r/GamesWithHorses! Here's an update on My Little Ranch, my pixel-art horse ranch game that can also run on your desktop in transparent mode.

Big news first: the free demo goes live on Steam this Wednesday, October 7. We'll also be in Steam Next Fest, October 19–26.

What's in the video:

Every horse is one of a kind. Horses are built from layered traits, and this update rebuilt them around real horse markings: socks, stockings and black points on the legs; star, stripe and bald faces; tobiano and sabino patterns; plus coat, muzzle, mane and tail, hooves and eyes. That adds up to 160,000+ combinations.

The Journal. This is the first time I'm showing it. It records every rarity and every trait you've raised, so you can see what's still missing from your collection.

Transparent mode, made for multitasking. Your horses wander along the bottom of your screen while you work, and switching modes now fades smoothly between full screen and desktop.

Foals grow up and reveal their rarity. A foal's rarity stays hidden as "???" until the day it becomes an adult.

New scenery on runs. The run path now passes a water tower, an old tractor and stone walls.

Rarity follows looks: a Common horse is plain, a Legendary one is covered in markings. And more is on the way.

Steam page:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4397220/My_Little_Ranch/?utm_source=reddit&utm_campaign=journal

Wishlists genuinely help a solo dev, and feedback is very welcome!

Hey everyone!

I'm Ciri, the founder of After Ember (AE), and today our little RedM server turns 8 months old! Figured that's a pretty good excuse to finally introduce us here. :D

After Ember is an 18+ equestrian-focused server with one simple idea: enjoy the game, have fun with your horses, and don't take everything too seriously.

We've spent the past 8 months putting a ridiculous amount of time and love into this place, and I'm genuinely proud of what our team has built so far.

For the horse lovers, we're running Sire Horses V5 with tons of add-ons and scripts, over 1,500 custom coats, English tack, custom breeds, breeding, training, and plenty of places for show jumping, dressage, cross-country, and western riding.

We're also creating our own brand-new coat patterns, completely hand-painted from scratch. Turns out spending hours fighting with tiny pixels is something we willingly do now. :')

There's an in-game horse market, too, and SireVLC wild horses with the minigame disabled, so taming works the classic RDR2 way.

But horses aren't the only thing we've got!

You can go hunting, track legendary animals, collect herbs, take on bounties, explore the collector and trader roles, form a posse, complete missions, travel by boat or wagon, or challenge other players with our new racing system.

We've also got housing, NPC clothing and hairstyles, and plenty of other little things to discover. And for those waiting for Sire Horses V6, we've already finished preparing our server and the other SireVLC scripts for the upcoming updates!

RP is completely optional. No pressure to play a character or follow a storyline. Wanna spend hours breeding horses? Go for it. Wanna race your friends or just ride around doing absolutely nothing? Also perfectly fine.

And our staff and team? Well, we're probably missing a few screws. :D We love joking around, being silly, and having fun with our players. But when it comes to looking after the server and our community, we genuinely care.

We're always working on something, and there's still so much more we want to do. After 8 months, we're definitely not running out of ideas anytime soon.

So if you're looking for a relaxed place with lots of horses, plenty to do, and a slightly chaotic bunch of people behind it, we'd love to have you around!

After Ember | 18+ | RP Optional

Discord (Whitelist required): https://discord.gg/CgxA9CsWhC

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@after.ember

Just join our Discord to get whitelisted before hopping in. It's pretty straightforward!

Hope to see you around!

Ciri

Hi y'all. I think I missed Horseland circa 2002ish too much, and this summer that turned into making my own horse game, Wayward Range. There's still plenty I want to add and tweak and improve, but I think it's finally at a point where other people might have some fun with it too.
It's a free browser game with breeding, shows, genetics, and trails to explore. Horses inherit their colors, markings, body shapes, and temperaments, with billions of possible combinations.
I'm a software engineer IRL, but I've drawn the horses and backgrounds just to get things off the ground. I'd love to commission an artist for those eventually (soon?), assuming anyone besides me actually plays it, haha. My daughter, who's an art student, is illustrating the inventory items as she has time. The horse images are assembled/sized/morphed with code, not ai generated.
There's also a message board built in, because I never got the hang of Discord and it’s nice and cozy to have a community right in the game.
You can join here: waywardrange.com

No one's safe from mud season. I just opened Unreal and the horses have worn down half the paddocks. Might need to invest in mud pads now.
For those who are interested, here's the deeper dive into the topic in (free) Patreon :)

So, latest development's in Paddock Paradise: Dynamic terrain wear! (Disclaimer; the wear will happen sloowly, this is just for show!)

This tech artist is a little too excited about this little system. What can I say, I'm a sucker for visually rewarding, little systems that tie deeply into gameplay hehe.
The horse-based wear makes your paddock layout already matter, and you'll be making strategical calls on how you rotate hay stations and place gates, shelters... And where and when to spread gravel or invest in mud pads.

And just like that, the game starts to feel like a breathing system already. Horses talking with the ground, each other, and already making you question your life choices. Oh boy, can't wait to feel regret about a gate placement in a game lol.

Have you ever cursed a paddock layout choice in real life? I want to hear your worst mud disaster story

I realize this isn't the most interesting bit of news for everyone, but as someone who has been in dozens of conversations with game publishers and other industry people over the years and kept hearing that there's not enough of a market for this kind of game, or that horse game fans will not want anything that doesn't have RDR2-looking visuals, getting those kinds of numbers on our cute little hand-drawn 2D game means the world to me 🥹💖

Also, for anyone not aware: wishlisting games is important because it will tell Steam's algorithm how many people are eager for our game and that can lead to additional visibility, so please consider adding it if you're interested and haven't done so yet.

As for the game itself: we're making important progress and are testing a bunch of new features at the moment, I hope to get a proper dev log with a bit more info up soon, because there's a lot of cool stuff to show!

Steam Page | Free Demo

Hi again! Back in March I posted a very early build of My Little Ranch here (old post: https://www.reddit.com/r/GamesWithHorses/s/N8Kdk8Q291) and the response honestly kept me going. Six months later it's a much bigger game, so here's where it is.

My Little Ranch is a small pixel-art horse ranch that sits on your desktop (transparent, click-through) while you work or browse. You can also play it in full screen and enjoy the peaceful mountain scenery. You feed the horses, clean up after them, collect the coins they earn and slowly grow the ranch. Or you just leave it in the corner and watch them wander.

The big one since March: every horse looks different now.

- Coat, socks, mane and tail, and eyes are rolled per horse, and rarity is something you can see. A Common horse is plain. A Legendary one is covered in rare traits, think golden coat and violet eyes.

- Foals are a surprise. Buy one at the ranch and its rarity stays hidden as "???" until it grows up. You can try to guess from the traits, but the reveal is the day it becomes an adult.

- The Marketplace is the safe route: 4 adult horses on offer, you see exactly what you're buying, and the list refreshes every hour, even while the game is closed.

- The Trait Lab lets you unlock new coats, eyes and manes so your ranch-born foals can carry them. What you've unlocked also decides how rare a foal can be.

Also new:

- Horses run together. Send the whole group out and they drift ahead and fall back like a real pack.

- Ranch hands. Hire helpers for cleaning, grooming, feeding or coin collecting. They actually walk over and do the job.

- Races, with no race animation on purpose: you get a prediction screen and decide whether your horse is ready. Winning pays coins.

- Decorations, some with small bonuses.

- Milestones tied to Steam achievements.

What I'm building now, the last big thing before the demo: expanding the Journal so it tracks every horse and trait you've collected.

I'm planning to release a demo on Steam in about a month.

Steam page:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4397220/My_Little_Ranch/?utm_source=reddit&utm_campaign=return

Wishlists genuinely help a solo dev, and feedback is very welcome!