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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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in Moons in Crystal at 12:17

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: