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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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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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

Monday, April 18. 2022

Finishing the Race

Summary: In which a minigame is all but done; a moon's appearance sees work; and the exit from a dream is made less busy.

Greetings and salutations!

This week's screenshot shows some work-in-progress changes to the look of the Vertical Slice Moon:



The main of the work done in the week just past went perhaps into one specific minigame--but with a few other things done besides:
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in Moons in Crystal at 11:30

Monday, April 11. 2022

A Solar System More Populated

Summary: In which asteroids are added; "space"-traffic passes by; the path to the gaining of "metroidvania upgrades" is begun--and has a dream in its interval; the disabling of weapons and utilities is conveyed, and polished; and the game's response to window-resizing is altered.

Greetings and salutations!

This week's screenshot shows a new feature of "space": Asteroid fields!



The week just past was perhaps focussed for the most part on content of one sort or another, but with a few other things included, too:

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Monday, April 4. 2022

Crystal Lights

Summary: In which an encounter is reworked; a little wildlife is added; two new variant enemies are implemented; the "DLC proof-of-concept" is advanced; planets may have "points of interest"; the message-UI is moved; the handling of ship-skins is changed; and a work-in-progress feature is mentioned, but not detailed.

Greetings and salutations!

This week's screenshot shows some changes to the encounter that's had in the Crystal Moon:



The week just past was perhaps largely a gameplay week, with a few other things done besides:

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in Moons in Crystal at 11:56

Monday, March 28. 2022

Being Bossy

Summary: In which a boss fight sees progress; a "reward room" connects to said fight; that room contains a new breakable; the backing to the boss health-bar is reworked; back-walls now have sides; a standard enemy is given new behaviour; and a death-effect gains more particles.

Greetings and salutations!

This week's screenshot shows--well, a few things, in fact! But perhaps most obviously, a bit of the boss fight against the liche:



The week just past was a somewhat varied one, I feel, albeit one largely centred around gameplay:

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in Moons in Crystal at 10:57

Monday, March 21. 2022

Enemies Abound

Summary: In which more aesthetic changes are made; new enemies are added--including a new boss; an extant boss is made less overwhelming; performance improvements are instated; and music is added to a race.

Greetings and salutations!

This week's screenshot shows a new enemy:



The week just past was a multifarious one, I think: one of aesthetics and enemy-making and gameplay-work and technical matters and more!

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in Moons in Crystal at 11:39
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