Monday, February 22. 2021

Clearly Seeing

Summary: In which two new demo-versions are released; various minor changes and fixes are implemented; the player-light aesthetics see an update; a particular set of objects are made more-easily seen; the "stun" effect is removed from one attack; a new cursor-mode is added; screenshots and gifs are replaced with updated versions; publisher-pitching is worked towards; a new gameplay video is begun; and the new intro sees further work.

Greetings and salutations!

This week's screenshot shows some changes in the game's aesthetics:



The week just past was a bit of a busy one, I feel! Not only were various changes made, but two new versions of the demo were released!

As per usual, at time of writing you can get the updated version of the demo--version 0.9.7--from either itch.io or IndieDB:
Itch.io Page
IndieDB Page

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in A Door to the Mists at 11:31

Monday, February 15. 2021

A Leap and a Hop

Summary: In which a new traversal section is made; the new demo-build is worked towards; some re-budgeting is done; a mist-effect is once again worked on--including its use in-game; and the intro advances a bit.

Greetings and salutations!

This week's screenshot once again shows some progress on the new intro: (And yes, her head is cut off in the actual cutscene; I haven't yet decided on whether that's a problem.)



The week just past was a somewhat productive one, I feel, with work done on a variety of matters:

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in A Door to the Mists at 12:02

Monday, February 8. 2021

Stopping a Leak

Summary: In which testing against jump-height is performed; a level sees edits in light of that jump-height; work is done towards an updated build of the demo; some missing strings are re-added; a memory leak is discovered, and attended to; a crash-bug is fixed; and the new intro sees further work.

Greetings and salutations!

This week's screenshot shows a few changes made in level two, in response to the new jump-height:



The week just past was a varied one: one of painting and cutscene-work; of level-editing; of bug-fixing; and of demo-update preparation:

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in A Door to the Mists at 12:03

Monday, February 1. 2021

How High Can You Jump?

Summary: In which a cutscene progresses; and a change is made in jumping.

Greetings and salutations!

This week's screenshot shows further progress towards the new intro cutscene:



The work of the week just past was primarily given to said cutscene--but a significant game-mechanical matter did also come up:

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in A Door to the Mists at 12:22

Monday, January 25. 2021

Re-Introductions

Summary: In which mist-work continues; an export tool gains new functionality; critique is taken; and a cutscene is nascently reworked.

Greetings and salutations!

This week's screenshot shows work towards a revised cutscene:



The week just past was essentially an art one--but involved some technical elements in support of that:

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in A Door to the Mists at 13:19

Monday, January 18. 2021

Publishers and Continued Mist

Summary: In which publishers are researched; and more work is done on the previously-shown mist-effect, and on its purpose within the game.

Greetings and salutations!

This week's screenshot shows some objects newly-located beneath level six:



(Moments before a crash, in all fairness: one of the objects in question isn't meant to be so displayed in this state, and forcing it to be so results in a crash. However, doing this at least serves to show it in a screenshot!)

The week just past was another slow one, with work being done primarily on two things: The mist-effect shown last week, along with the level-elements of which it forms a part; and yet more publisher research.

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in A Door to the Mists at 12:34

Monday, January 11. 2021

Mist In Progress

Summary: In which a new-year well-wish is given; localisation is tested in light of recent changes; a new shader-input is tried; a forest is touched up; and a new mist-related effect is being developed.

Greetings and salutations!

First of all, a belated "Happy New Year", all! I hope that 2021 treats you well. ^_^

This week's screenshot shows a very-work-in-progress effect being made for level six: (Here seen in a test-level.)



As you may gather, I did indeed extend my Christmas holiday to an additional week. And I'm glad that I did: the rest was called for, I feel!

As to the week just past, it was a bit of a slow one: it took a bit of time to get back into my work, and furthermore the week included another (much shorter) annual holiday of mine. Still, some things did get done:

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in A Door to the Mists at 11:41

Monday, December 21. 2020

Writing And Holidays

Summary: In which a holiday is announced; a map is made; a new note is added; an informative page is written; a translation puzzle is implemented; new translation word-roots are set; certain scrolls may no longer be viewed up close; a lore-entry is added, text and images both; a security issue in the localisation system is (I hope) fixed; and a holiday wish is given.

Greetings and salutations!

Before I continue, let me announce that as of today, I'm taking my annual Christmas holiday. ^_^

This is intended to continue through the full of this week, and thus there will be no blog-post next week. I'm also considering extending my holiday for an additional week this year--I'm feeling particularly tired and drained, I fear--and so there may not be a blog-post in the week after, either.

However, blog-posts will likely resume after that second week at the least!

Moving on to the usual matters, this week's screenshot shows a table bearing a map and a compass (of the drawing sort), along with an illegible page:



The week just past was heavily given to text-related work, of a few different kinds, although some other things were dealt with too:

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in A Door to the Mists at 11:44

Monday, December 14. 2020

Tables and What's Upon Them

Summary: In which tables and their contents are detailed; a doorframe is made to fit its surroundings; interactions--some yet stubs--are added; a surrounding view is worked on; logic for exits is implemented; and object-names and protagonist-responses are written.

Greetings and salutations!

This week's screenshot shows a piece of the (possibly work-in-progress) view that's found surrounding the third room of level six:



The week just past was a varied one, with some each of level-building, writing, and game-logic:

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in A Door to the Mists at 11:24

Monday, December 7. 2020

Map-Making

Summary: In which papers are worked on; a map-"jigsaw" is made; a chest is filled with papers; a lexicon book is added; something secret is made; a new room is begun; a new box is made; and scrolls are modelled.

Greetings and salutations!

This week's screenshot shows a new room, this one ringed by worktables:



The week just past continued to be one primarily of level-building--but in this case, also of puzzle-making and item-modelling:

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