Thaumaturge-Art

Summary: In which a dragon gains an arena; a thorny boss sees a fair bit of work; a crystal shader is pressed into other service; a third boss is added to the new demo; the list of bosses for that demo is considered; "continuous" particle effects gain an upgrade; "cone" attacks make better use of "continuous" effects; "cone" attacks gain better auto-generated geometry; and a holiday is decided upon.

Greetings and salutations!

This week's screenshot is a gif, showing one of the prototype bosses intended for the new demo!



And indeed, it was pretty much a week of bosses:

Continue reading "A Roster of Bosses" »

Summary: In which death- and damage- effects continue to be added; two more enemy-attacks gain effects; explosive seeds may be shot; bosses gain prototype art; and bosses also gain effects for attacks, damage-taking, and death.

Greetings and salutations!

This week's screenshot shows one of the prototype bosses, now with prototype art!



The week just past was perhaps to a large degree another effects-week--but with other things done besides:

Continue reading "Deadly Plants" »

Summary: In which prototype attacks gain prototype effects; likewise-prototype effects are added for enemy -death and -damage; and the prototype representations of (non-boss) enemies are, I think, completed.

Greetings and salutations!

This week's screenshot shows some new prototype elements added to an enemy's attack:



The week just past was perhaps largely an effects-based week, but with some technical matters besides:

Continue reading "A Challenging Myriapod" »

Summary: In which an apology is given; explanation is made for a missed blog-post; enemies continue to be prepared for the demo; a foe becomes visible in the aethereal; and a matter of damage sees change.

Greetings and salutations!

This week's screenshot shows some further prototype-art:



Phew! My apologies for having not posted an entry last week! To explain:

On the Sunday before last--that is, not the day prior to my writing this, but one week before that; the day prior to when I would usually have posted--I fell horribly sick. What's more, the week that followed proved to be a stressful one for me.

As a result, I fear that I wasn't in much of a position to write on Monday of last week. :/

Indeed, given the way that things were going, I elected to just take last week off of work, as sick leave.

In any case, I'm feeling largely better now I believe, and can report on the week before last, at least! And it was a week in which some things got done, I daresay:

Continue reading "Discrete Damage" »

Summary: In which a demo's layout is worked on; portals are made; creatures are integrated into a demo; tweaks and bug-fixes are implemented; uncertainties are aired; prototype-art is made; and a small update is applied to the design-doc.

Greetings and salutations!

This week's screenshot shows some creatures previously-made, but now with prototype-art:



The week just past was primarily one of working towards that potential new demo that I have in mind...

Continue reading "Polygonal Creatures" »

Summary: In which the final boss may be fully prototyped; a new demo is begun; some enemies gain tweaks and fixes; and a performance issue is addressed.

Greetings and salutations!

This week's screenshot shows a new location! Albeit one not intended for the final game...



The week just past was one of both creative and technical work:

Continue reading "Showing Progress" »

Summary: In which more enemies are prototyped; enemy prototyping may be done (for now); an extant foe is made more flexible; "wildlife" is reworked; the final boss sees development; the design-doc is updated; a bug is fixed; and maps become more consistent.

Greetings and salutations!

This week's screenshot shows another new enemy, once again with prototype art:



The week just past was a fairly busy one, I feel!

Continue reading "Varied Curses" »

Summary: In which I fall sick; a work-in-progress foe is completed in prototype; two new enemies are prototyped; and enemy-prototyping may be near-done!

Greetings and salutations!

This week's screenshot shows another new enemy prototype:



The week just past was a bit of a short one for me, I fear, as I was hit by two separate ailments (if, I think, both minor), and some concomitant loss of sleep.

As a result, work was a bit slow near the middle of the week, I feel, and I took Thursday and Friday as sick days.

(Thankfully, I do think that I'm slowly recovering!)

Still, somewhat did get done:

Continue reading "Deadly Tendrils" »

Summary: In which various enemies, from two different moons, are worked on; and enemy reactions to breakables are upgraded.

Greetings and salutations!

This week's screenshot shows a new foe to face!



And indeed, the work of the week just past was given primarily to the making of enemies, with a few other changes besides!

Continue reading "Making Enemies" »

Summary: In which sprites are further upgraded; a boss is completed; the final boss sees work; a moon's enemies are begun; and an old enemy has a change of attack.

Greetings and salutations!

This week's screenshot shows a reworked attack for an extant enemy:



The week just past was a fairly productive one, I feel! It was also a week focussed primarily on enemies--albeit with a little bit done besides:

Continue reading "Wildlife of the Cave Moon" »