Game Development

Monday, July 27. 2020

An Exit Becomes a Teleporter

Summary: In which the effect of level five's blob-light is worked upon; a new lore-entry is written; a musical instrument receives label and description; additional responses are added to a puzzle; the "thoughts" system sees a minor extension; a convenience exit becomes a convenience teleportation; the manner of saving the selected resolution is altered; a crash in the prologue is fixed; a scaling bug is fixed; and the feature behind that scaling bug is reconsidered.

Greetings and salutations!

This week's screenshot shows further work on the single working crystal light in level five:

The week just past started off slowly but picked up somewhat, as I recall, and a decent amount was done by the end I feel:

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Thaumaturge

in A Door to the Mists at 14:58

Monday, July 20. 2020

A Return to Level Two

Summary: In which level five sees work on puzzle and audio; some goal-texts are added (and logic for one removed; a glowing crystal light acquires a new effect); a musical instrument is placed; the beginning of a new, small lore-entry is made; a new exit is added to level two; some minor issues are fixed; and the aesthetics of blob-lights are reworked.

Greetings and salutations!

This week's screenshot shows some changes made to the aesthetics of "blob-lights":

The week just past was a bit of a miscellany:

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Thaumaturge

in A Door to the Mists at 18:28

Monday, July 13. 2020

A Search Amongst the Books

Summary: In which puzzle-building continues; crystal lights are placed; one such light may be activated; crystal shaders are improved; and a musical instrument is made.

Greetings and salutations!

This week's screenshot shows a brass instrument, its gut strings long since rotted, from the lower districts of Tenereth-that-was:

The week just past was another slightly-slow one--but nevertheless some things did get done:

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Thaumaturge

in A Door to the Mists at 14:29

Monday, July 6. 2020

Glowing Gems

Summary: In which development of a research-puzzle continues; level five sees some changes and refinement; crystal lights are added; and a crystal shader is developed.

Greetings and salutations!

This week's screenshot shows a light-fitting for level five, its central crystal alas dim and inoperative: