JULIA IS LOSING IT

wow it's 2026 x2 bc it exported wrong

New tower platformer prog ;p might be one of my last devlogs though

New demo that's a bit more optimized, hopefully, and has a lot more platformer progress. Some bug fixes as well.

Red herring level progress. I'm crashing out but it is OK ;o

More platformer progress. I tried to optimize the game as well, but I lowkey think I failed. Whatever :D

Quite a few levels complete in the platformer. It's lwk hurting my eyes ;;

Making progress on the platformer as usual - gonna optimize the game now.

A lot of platformer progress and some optimized things for the collision & screen. Don't remember everything lol ;; I'm losing it

Finished top lvl of tower! Gonna post a demo now.

Tightrope's done. I don't remember if I made any other changes? Either way, I have an idea for the next one - "in the balance" ;)

Working on the tightrope level now. I had an idea, but the actual implementation might not work for jumps? Figuring that out still.

Finished a few other levels, including the caret one (which was a pain to design/test).

Added Japanese-supported fonts that hopefully won't break in the demo :]

Working on the bottom of a new tower & fixed window resizing issues that some playtesters had.

Working on the post-"long way" level, which is no. 33. Figuring out jump spacing was a bit iffy.

Turned off threading support so the demo doesn't break on some browsers, added translations, and a whole lotta platformer :p

Finished translating my current labels! Time to add more to the map.

Significant label progress + more platformer prog ofc ;;

Starting to add in a (hopefully correct) Japanese translation for each of my level labels :]

Finished the top bit :p I'll go back to working on the game menu when I have more time ;;

Designing the top level of the third tower while studying for econ t-t

Finalizing tower 2's levels :]

New demo w/ platformer updates that hopefully work - also threaded support is on, so use Chrome to be safe if you're playtesting ;;

Making decent progress on the second tower & am adding labels as I go.

Working on the second main platformer block now !!

Overall map looking pretty clean. I'll try to expand more horizontally :]

Added a guessing level !! Like the glass bridge ifykyk except not too high stakes

Making more platformer progress upwards...also adding text labels along the way :]

Adding a top level and simultaneously trying to study...help T_T

Worked on the left side tower during school :]

So the game menu isn't quite there - so I made the game map start button go directly to the platformer. I think it's gonna be mainly a platformer now, and only a rhythm game if I have time (as music takes time to make). So yeah. There's gameplay, at least :]

Finished the caves & added text to the platformer ;; SURELY I get the game menu working today !

More platformer progress because I got distracted from my original goal again !!

I uploaded a new font for my UI and also added the background for my game menu. I lowkey got distracted so I have to lock in now T_T

Tower level is done !!

Making good progress on the platformer!! I hope to get the main UI functionality down today as well :]

New demo out! Has updated character anims. It's still not possible to access the two minigames I made, unfortunately T_T

Significant platformer progress! aslkdjasdkasdlk ::))

Fixing up the overlay UI so that we can actually press the play btn :]

Trying to use a shader transition thing for my UI overlay...I am quite confused T_T

Quite a bit of platformer progress :]

Working on adding new UI in. Not sure why the play button is sticking to Jun's head tho T_T

Made a mini-game. I probably have to use original music tho...artlogs whyyyyahfsidjhfak;wefj

Added the jump + fall anims! The landing is still quite shaky, but I think I'll focus on gameplay now.

New demo w/ improved collisions, character movement, lighting...and hopefully it loads faster?

Added in the idle + walk anims for Jun in the platformer and map.

Finished the second set of stairs :D

Tried to fix things according to someone's playtest - made going up the stairs smoother with collision shapes. I'm gonna do that for the next set of stairs now.

Fixing up the platformer - removed unnecessary code + fixed the jump functionality. And camera !

Uploaded a demo with Jun actually in the game + background!

Making a mini-platformer within my game. Setting up the tileset :D

Working on getting gameplay UI in!

Worked a lot on the scenery! Added clouds, mountains, grass, and moved the title to a more readable place.

Added UI overlay & am now adding clouds :]

No idea if I'll be able to finish in time lol T_T

MAIN MENU WORKS IT IS IN AND 25% OF THE BUTTON WORKS BUT THAT IS ON PURPOSE SO YOPPEE

Added respawning (if you fall) + a respawn screen that I need to do art for.

I keep getting stuck in this box even though I've tried everything T_T

Collision CSG boxes set up for the first and second room. Player movement + collision set up again as well. I'm not quite sure why I get stuck in some of the CSG boxes, though...?

Setting up player movement again but with a 2D sprite in a 3D setting :]

Third demo. Not much change - only lighting/shading. I worked mostly in Blender, but now my main priority is gameplay (because 1. this is a game, and 2. artlogs don't count towards my hours).

Made armature. It's poseable, but...not great. I spent a long time trying to figure out hair as well, but in the interest of time, I'm going to go with 2D characters in a 3D world and focus on getting gameplay down. If there's any extra time, I'm coming back to the model.

Working on the hair now. It is pain t_t

Finalized Jun's model! Now I can start on the hair and clothes. Then textures. THEN RIGGING FINALLY!!!!

After Jun anims are done, gameplay can finally begin.

Working on the 3D model for Jun (the main character)!

First time trying to model a human-esque figure. WHY IS IT SO HARD?? I had the proportions true to real-life people, but it ended up looking weird.

Finished getting my main menu into Godot :D

Finished making the main menu buttons work in Godot! They change color upon being hovered over, and they slide to the right using tweens as well. Took a while to get the writing font + color consistent T_T

I got the main menu image into Godot, but it's too small. I'm going back to edit the drawing in Procreate - I'll also export the character, title, and options separately so that they can be animated. Finishing the main menu's the main goal of today.

Modeled a claw machine (hours are for Siege, but I'm gonna use the model for Shiba)! Yippee :D

Added in banners and finished the last room, effectively finishing the lobby :]

Also replaced all images with textured planes, because images don't show up in Godot.

Added poles + finished the final room legs as well - think I just have to add art-related assets to the map and make all images into planes and then the lobby will be done :D

Forgot to devlog the billboard & coins I added. I'm gonna finish the last room and turn all images into planes (because otherwise they don't show in Godot...), and after that I should be set to start with the player models.

Didn't realize I went over 10 hours since my last demo t_t

The lobby isn't quite done yet, the images don't load, and the lighting sucks in Godot, but overall the model survived the import/export process :D

Added rail edges to the floating sign area (middle platform) and finished the dock railings. The middle platform is hard to deal with for transforms because it's angled :/

Added the platforms for all the main rooms & poles for the dock.

Added the pond in :D

Added some little doodles into the map and fixed some objects that were jutting out of the building. I said I was gonna work on the dock...but I think I'll draw the pond that goes under it first.

Rails are done! Working on the dock now.

Stair rails are done, I'm working on the rails for the dock now.

Added stairs for the first floor! I'm gonna add rails to the sides and also on the dock as well.

Added wall lining & more poles embedded into the wall to finish off the look. I gotta make the staircase after this. Modelling the basic map first and then I'll do gameplay - extra furniture will come if there's time (there is never enough time D:).

Adding the poles in now and used my old wood texture for it - looks good :D

Added the blueprint to the wall & the new plank texture. Looks cool :D

I gotta add more graffiti and furniture though. And model the rest of the map. Then gameplay...AHHHHHH!!!

Good night :)

Shiba spray is in!

Added a wall texture and redid the floor. Put it into Canva and made it lighter and lessened the contrast, but you can still kinda see the tiles :/

Wood texture looks okay in Blender, but weird in Godot. I'll fix lighting after I'm done with all the basic materials.

Basic model of map & player movement have been established -- it'd be cool to get feedback on that. Everything else is most definitely a WIP.

I'm starting to model the basic map in Blender. After that, I'll get the character model into Godot, and then start finalizing the map, then the character, then gameplay