Greetings and salutations!
This week's screenshot shows further development of the "Bone Galleries" level of the Ossuary Moon:
The week just past was almost entirely a week of level-building:
Continue reading "Skeletal Passages" »
Monday, October 10. 2022
Skeletal Passages
Summary: In which the flow of a level is altered; that level is developed in a number of aspects; a setpiece is worked on; and a new level is begun in earnest.
Greetings and salutations!
This week's screenshot shows further development of the "Bone Galleries" level of the Ossuary Moon:
The week just past was almost entirely a week of level-building:
Continue reading "Skeletal Passages" »
Greetings and salutations!
This week's screenshot shows further development of the "Bone Galleries" level of the Ossuary Moon:
The week just past was almost entirely a week of level-building:
Continue reading "Skeletal Passages" »
Monday, October 3. 2022
Galleries of Bone
Summary: In which two extant levels see tweaks; a sarcophagus gains a lid; a system for simple animations is implemented; an intended level is split; moons are made smaller; "landing sites" may be placed on multiple levels of a moon; a method for level-building is perhaps found; a level is progressed; and "swordtember" concludes.
Greetings and salutations!
This week's screenshot shows a new "exit"-marker encountered in the Ossuary Moon, one intended not for ascents or descents but instead for lateral transitions:
And indeed, it was level-making that occupied the main of the work of the week just past, I do think, although other things were done, too:
Continue reading "Galleries of Bone" »
Greetings and salutations!
This week's screenshot shows a new "exit"-marker encountered in the Ossuary Moon, one intended not for ascents or descents but instead for lateral transitions:
And indeed, it was level-making that occupied the main of the work of the week just past, I do think, although other things were done, too:
Continue reading "Galleries of Bone" »
Monday, September 26. 2022
Sights Amongst the Bones
Summary: In which the look of a moon is updated; a level's set-pieces are begun; "decor" elements aid in that; an encounter is finished up; and "swordtember" gains more swords.
Greetings and salutations!
This week's screenshot shows revision to the appearance of the Ossuary Moon:
And indeed, the work of the week just past was primarily given to the Ossuary Moon, or matters connected to it:
Continue reading "Sights Amongst the Bones" »
Greetings and salutations!
This week's screenshot shows revision to the appearance of the Ossuary Moon:
And indeed, the work of the week just past was primarily given to the Ossuary Moon, or matters connected to it:
Continue reading "Sights Amongst the Bones" »
Monday, September 19. 2022
Marks of Occupancy
Summary: In which an encounter-image is painted; a character gains an individual model; a level is made to feel "occupied"; sources for codex-entries are assigned; a moon is (demo-)completed; another moon is begun in earnest; a signpost is added to a level; a new "death effect" is added to an enemy; a bug in mapping is dealt with; "unique selling points" are drafted; and "swordtember" continues.
Greetings and salutations!
This week's screenshot shows a new image for the encounter with the second arcanist of the Arcane Moon:
The week just past was a fairly varied one, I feel! There was level-building, detail-work, painting, bug-hunting and even some minor effects-work!
Continue reading "Marks of Occupancy" »
Greetings and salutations!
This week's screenshot shows a new image for the encounter with the second arcanist of the Arcane Moon:
The week just past was a fairly varied one, I feel! There was level-building, detail-work, painting, bug-hunting and even some minor effects-work!
Continue reading "Marks of Occupancy" »
Monday, September 12. 2022
A Deadly Bony Grasp
Summary: In which more feedback for the low-health state is given; a new artefact and combat-spell is added; procedural outlining gains variable width; some mapping issues are addressed; and "swordtember" is entered.
Greetings and salutations!
This week's screenshot shows a red border that now appears when the player is low on health:
The week just past was, due to a variety of factors (including a brief illness), a bit of a slow one for me, I fear. Still, some things did get done:
Continue reading "A Deadly Bony Grasp" »
Greetings and salutations!
This week's screenshot shows a red border that now appears when the player is low on health:
The week just past was, due to a variety of factors (including a brief illness), a bit of a slow one for me, I fear. Still, some things did get done:
Continue reading "A Deadly Bony Grasp" »
Monday, September 5. 2022
Depth and Shading
Summary: In which a level gains more rooms; doors gain depth; an icon for a codex-entry is made; an encounter is written and logic-scripted; a moon gains an in-space appearance; other moons and planets gain some shading; and a side-project allows rearranging and deletion.
Greetings and salutations!
This week's screenshot shows once again the Arcane Moon--but this time as seen from "space"!
The week just past continued to focus primarily on the Arcane Moon, albeit that while it included level-building work, it also branched out from there:
Continue reading "Depth and Shading" »
Greetings and salutations!
This week's screenshot shows once again the Arcane Moon--but this time as seen from "space"!
The week just past continued to focus primarily on the Arcane Moon, albeit that while it included level-building work, it also branched out from there:
Continue reading "Depth and Shading" »
Monday, August 29. 2022
Engaged in the Arcane
Summary: In which a level continues to be built; arcanists go about their business; a texture is simplified; lines are made thicker; and a side-project continues.
Greetings and salutations!
This week's screenshot shows a new room in the Arcane Moon, complete with an arcanist, miscellanea, a mana-switch--and a rather dangerous-looking beam of some energy:
And indeed, the week just past was once again given primarily to the Arcane Moon, in a variety of elements thereof:
Continue reading "Engaged in the Arcane" »
Greetings and salutations!
This week's screenshot shows a new room in the Arcane Moon, complete with an arcanist, miscellanea, a mana-switch--and a rather dangerous-looking beam of some energy:
And indeed, the week just past was once again given primarily to the Arcane Moon, in a variety of elements thereof:
Continue reading "Engaged in the Arcane" »
Monday, August 22. 2022
The Problem of Octogons
Summary: In which the appearance of a moon sees work; mana-switches gain art; a tricky problem of depiction finds a simple answer; a bit of level-logic is implemented; and a side-project has a drop of work enacted.
Greetings and salutations!
This week's screenshot shows an update to the appearance and contents of the Arcane Moon:
And indeed, it was the Arcane Moon that took up the majority of the week just past, I do believe:
Continue reading "The Problem of Octogons" »
Greetings and salutations!
This week's screenshot shows an update to the appearance and contents of the Arcane Moon:
And indeed, it was the Arcane Moon that took up the majority of the week just past, I do believe:
Continue reading "The Problem of Octogons" »
Monday, August 15. 2022
A Place for the Arcane
Summary: In which a level is pretty much complete; message-boxes become more flexible, and can be larger; a simple lighting trick is found and used; a new moon is built in earnest; and a side-project is begun.
Greetings and salutations!
This week's screenshot shows the trading encounter in the Vertical Slice Moon:
The week just past continued to be primarily a level-building week, with a few other things done besides:
Continue reading "A Place for the Arcane" »
Greetings and salutations!
This week's screenshot shows the trading encounter in the Vertical Slice Moon:
The week just past continued to be primarily a level-building week, with a few other things done besides:
Continue reading "A Place for the Arcane" »
Monday, August 8. 2022
Construction and Consultation
Summary: In which the "Hall of Lost Things" continues to be built; a few changes and one new feature are prompted by that process; a new ship-skin is added; and a consultation helps.
Greetings and salutations!
This week's screenshot shows yet more work on the "Hall of Lost Things" within the Vertical Slice Moon:
The work of the week just past was once again primarily given to the building of said level:
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Greetings and salutations!
This week's screenshot shows yet more work on the "Hall of Lost Things" within the Vertical Slice Moon:
The work of the week just past was once again primarily given to the building of said level:
Continue reading "Construction and Consultation" »
