Monday, June 27. 2022

Fades for Rooms

Summary: In which a trader's appearance is worked on; room-edges fade into the background; room-covers are improved; a level is begun in earnest; and some bugs are found and attended to.

Greetings and salutations!

This week's screenshot shows updates to the "Hall of Artefacts" in the Vertical Slice Moon:



The week just past was perhaps given primarily to a new aesthetic feature, to changes in the room-cover system--and to some significant bug-hunting. And with a few other things done besides!

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in Moons in Crystal at 11:20

Monday, June 20. 2022

New Things

Summary: In which levels gain lighting and tweaks; a new level is added to the Vertical Slice Moon; a tutorial encounter is completed; the ambient lighting of moon-backgrounds is changed; the lighting editor is enhanced; a new Twitter account is made; and a new company logo is designed.

Greetings and salutations!

This week's screenshot shows a revision to an extant part of the Vertical Slice Moon: Specifically, that the "Hall of Traps" level now has lighting, as well as a bit of decor!



The week just past was primarily one of content-building, I believe, with a few other things done besides:

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in Moons in Crystal at 11:13

Monday, June 13. 2022

Engaging With NPCs

Summary: In which a logo is revealed; certain collisions are less "physical"; an NPC is worked on; a viewing-angle is changed; a level gains a minor change; and a company is registered.

Greetings and salutations!

This week's screenshot is prompted by advice given to me in the week just past, advice that it might actually be better to have my logo out sooner rather than later.

So then, let me at last present the game's main menu in full--the title-logo at last unredacted!



The week just past was somewhat of a miscellany-week: a week of technical tweaking, of gameplay work, of level-editing, and more:

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in Moons in Crystal at 11:21

Monday, June 6. 2022

Lighting and Looks

Summary: In which an editor is made for the purpose of lighting; a shader is updated; another shader gains some variation; the appearances of two levels see work, as does their moon-exterior; the interaction icon is changed in look and placement; an NPC is being modelled; and certain enemies may seek mana.

Greetings and salutations!

This week's screenshot shows a few changes in the tutorial level: some decor, some lighting, and some variation in the tiled floor:



The week just past was perhaps one largely given to matters of appearance, with a few other things done besides:

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in Moons in Crystal at 11:58

Monday, May 30. 2022

Touching the Aethereal

Summary: In which a new metroidvania-ability is implemented.

Greetings and salutations!

This week's screenshot shows the effect of a new metroidvania ability:



And indeed, that new ability was, I think, the main work of the week just past, albeit with some other things done besides:

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in Moons in Crystal at 14:27

Monday, May 23. 2022

Shedding Some Light

Summary: In which level-building continues; tutorial-messages are added; "blockages" are made; room-hiding is reworked; a door is thickened; lighting is implemented; and performance optimisations are sought and enacted.

Greetings and salutations!

This week's screenshot shows another addition to the aesthetics of the game: lighting! (As well as some tutorial-text.)



The work of the week just past was perhaps given primarily to issues raised by level-building, with some actual level-building and other matters done besides:

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in Moons in Crystal at 15:04

Monday, May 16. 2022

A Tutorial Moon

Summary: In which a UI bug is fixed; weapon-icons are reversed; a UI is reorganised; enemies may respawn--but generally not as they once were; an autosave is put in place; some writing is done; a start is made to level-building; an old enemy returns; and some new issues are discovered.

Greetings and salutations!

This week's screenshot shows the return of an old foe, now with a new coat of paint!



The week just past was another bit of a miscellany--but perhaps most notably included a push into content-creation:

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in Moons in Crystal at 12:27

Monday, May 9. 2022

Optional Changes

Summary: In which writing is done for the codex; the number of codex-entries is reduced; the liche gains a new effect on death; the effects and camera-work for teleportation are reworked or polished; new accessibility options are added; and some video options are implemented.

Greetings and salutations!

This week's screenshot shows some new accessibility options:



The week just past was one of those "miscellany" weeks: A week in which a number of different aspects of the game saw work:

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in Moons in Crystal at 11:22

Monday, May 2. 2022

Codex Entry

Summary: In which an item gains proper art; the UI for item-enumeration is set in place; enumerated items are given upper limits; the codex fills out; and some further effects-polish is enacted.

Greetings and salutations!

This week's screenshot shows a revision to the appearance of the Rune of Power item:



The week just past was, for the most part, a visual one, albeit with a few other things being done besides:

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in Moons in Crystal at 12:41

Monday, April 25. 2022

Applying Some Polish

Summary: In which the Ossuary Moon gains skirting; the appearance of the Vertical Slice Moon is further developed; multiple visual elements are polished; new map-icons are added; game-selection is implemented; the main menu gains some text; credits and legal notices are compiled and made available; and the race is tweaked.

Greetings and salutations!

This week's screenshot shows a tweak to the appearance of the Ossuary Moon: the bases of walls and pillars now end in a rather less rectilinear fashion!



The week just past was, in some ways, a "polish" week: A week primarily of the implementation of ancillary functionality, of tweaks to appearances, and of various improvements of one sort or another:

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in Moons in Crystal at 12:05
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