Monday, July 19. 2021

Moons In Crystal

Summary: In which a new project is introduced; and the course and state of said project is discussed in brief.

Greetings and salutations!

And welcome to the first dev-log entry for my new project:

Moons in Crystal



What is Moons in Crystal?

In short, it's a fantasy top-down space-shooter metroidvania.

As this is a dev-log, I won't go into more detail here; for now, the first post in my TIGSource thread should provide more information!

(I haven't yet set up a page on this site for the game. That will hopefully come in the not-too-distant future!)

Rather, this first dev-log entry will cover the game's progress thus far:

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Monday, June 28. 2021

Conclusion

Summary: In which an announcement is made; an e-book is released; small news is given on another project; and a "thank you" is said.

Greetings and salutations!

This week, in place of a screenshot, I will simply post the logo for A Door to the Mists:



Let it be a book-end to the project.

Because, with a heavy heart, I hereby announce that A Door to the Mists... is cancelled.

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Monday, June 7. 2021

A Period of Quiet

Summary: In which mist is touched-up; a sarcophagus is labelled and described; a king is named; changes are made to project-activity; and a hiatus is announced.

Greetings and salutations!

This week's screenshot shows a touched-up mist-line on the sarcophagus that's found in level eight:



Only a little was done in the week just past--let me elaborate:

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in A Door to the Mists at 10:53

Monday, May 31. 2021

An Enchanted Sarcophagus

Summary: In which natural cavities and their blockage are depicted; a logogram is made; labels and descriptions are written for logograms; a mist-effect is added; a level is believed near-complete; and a new level's rough draft is begun.

Greetings and salutations!

This week's screenshot shows a bit of detail added to one of the tombs in level eight:



Such polish was the main work of the week just past--that and a bit of preparatory writing:

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Monday, May 24. 2021

Entryway Signage

Summary: In which a texturing error is fixed; a line of graffiti is added; broken statuary is made and placed; identifying signs are set above tomb entrances; and goal -logic and -text is added.

Greetings and salutations!

This week's screenshot shows a sign above a door--it helps to know whose tomb one is breaking into! ;-)



The week just past was again slow, but things were done:
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in A Door to the Mists at 11:12

Monday, May 17. 2021

Half and Half

Summary: In which murals are made or polished; examination objects and logic are put in place for said murals, and for a piece of graffiti; text is written for those examinations and the conclusions drawn from them; a minor footstep-sound issue is fixed; breakable pots gain placement sounds; the actions of a set of guardians are given likely-final timings; and response is begun to the possibility of no publication being gained.

Greetings and salutations!

This week's screenshot shows a new image of a mural; others are scattered through the body of the post!



The week just past was again a bit slow--in part for a new reason, and one that I intend to go into below. However, some things did get done!

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in A Door to the Mists at 12:38

Monday, May 10. 2021

Breakages

Summary: In which the breaking of a pot is enacted; menu-scaling is removed; said removal incurs further minor fixes; an issue in mouse-handling is addressed; and a testing-change is removed.

Greetings and salutations!

This week's screenshot shows some pots, now in place in level eight:



The week just past was a bit of a slow one, I'm afraid: between personal matters and my coming down with something near the end of the week, only a limited amount was done. Still, some things were done nevertheless:

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in A Door to the Mists at 12:22

Monday, May 3. 2021

Matters of Statuary

Summary: In which a mural is worked on; a shader is extended to support that work; a depth-offsetting issue is addressed; a buffer-bug is fixed; a statue is made more efficient; physics and logic for a character is improved; footsteps and death-sounds are made; and miscellaneous improvements are implemented.

Greetings and salutations!

This week's screenshot shows progress on a mural found in level eight:



The week just past was one of progress on a variety of elements, both technical and artistic, I do believe!

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in A Door to the Mists at 12:23

Monday, April 26. 2021

A Crown for the Dead

Summary: In which level-geometry sees touch-ups and fixes; a superfluous tomb-chamber is sealed off; a crown is worked on; logic for taking and replacing said crown is implemented; a mural is begun; some text-strings are written; one more pitch is made; and an engine-tutorial is updated.

Greetings and salutations!

This week's screenshot shows the half-crown that rests with the king entombed in level eight.



The week just past was perhaps a bit of a short one, in part likely due to both a personal issue and some disruption from minor changes being made to the building in which I live. Still, some things did get done! Continue reading "A Crown for the Dead" »
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in A Door to the Mists at 11:54

Monday, April 19. 2021

A King's Rest

Summary: In which a tomb gains a corpse; said corpse is given a crown; some level-logic is implemented for interactions connected to that crown; a new collectible is added; a rock-cleft is near-finished; certain interior elements are polished a bit; the extents of a level-exterior are worked on; exits are updated; and more publisher-pitching is done.

Greetings and salutations!

This week's screenshot shows the corpse of a king, entombed and preserved, to be found in level eight:



The week just past once again focussed on level-building, with just a few other things done besides:

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in A Door to the Mists at 13:10
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