A LOT, a and I mean a TON of updates, progress and content. A lot of polish, bugfixes and juice. So much good stuff. I hope you like the game, I've been having a blast working on it.

I've been trying to capture development and write long form devlogs and discussions for videos, those will be coming out soon.

You can read through the overview of work since the last update below:

## 2023-08-31

- added hit readout to display how much damage any hitbox inflicts

    - color gradient based on how much damage

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## 2023-08-30

- implemented Grab attack and Grappling for [[Scrapped Droid]]

    - sound effects

    - state logic

    - hitboxes

    - refactors

    - hitbox factory

- fixed Tachyon Amulet target room input interface passing input up into scene when it should be paused

- Specimen Records

    - collectible lore entries that give names and descriptions of enemy NPCs

    - Minirolla

    - PUCK

- brightness setup screen

    - when starting a new game, prompts the user to adjust their brightness to fit the correct standard

- updated Dialogic

## 2023-08-28

- BIG secrets

    - created Tachyon Amulet

        - sprites

        - item definition

        - use script implementation

    - using a Tachyon Amulet prompts the player to enter an Area and a RoomID

    - if valid, spawns a Daemon Door in the ground

        - Daemon Door sprite art

        - animations

        - shaders for flame and portal

        - implementation to switch to level when interacted with

## 2023-08-27

- added fog shader

    - added fog to [[Room A0]], [[Room A27]] and [[Room A16]]

    - improved lighting in [[Room A0]]

- refactored godrays shader

- sprite art:

    - destructable wooden fence

    - debris particles

- created destructable fence

    - sprites

    - implementation

    - particles

    - sound effects

- fixed BaubleGet:

    - not loading sprite of power bauble

    - refactored item get code to be cleaner and use methods for smaller functions in _ready

    - fixed shine not using proper prefab, shine particles now offset correctly

- created new enemy: [[Rust Crawler]]

    - sprites

    - animation

    - entity, code & state logic

    - added instances to various levels

## 2023-08-26

- added AirDodge

    - animation

    - state & code

    - wavedash

- concept art

- refactored note pickup

    - created NoteGet prefab which combines load note and interactable to make it easier to add a note to a room

    - refactored interactable to properly report its deletion regardless of where it is in the tree

- created audio tape variant for notes

    - background frame art

    - cassette tape art

    - added waveform shader while audio plays

- created new note: [[Rambling Thoughts - Worker Bot #18]]

- created new note: [[Ancient Recording]]

    - recorded audio

- created new [[Room A31]]
    - connects to [[Room A28]] from the top

    - sprites

    - layers

    - collisions

    - connections

    - map tile

- sprite art:

    - two new platform sprites

## 2023-08-25

- sprite art

    - trash piles

    - concrete pillars

    - pipes

    - metal connectors

    - signs

- music

- created new [[Room A29]]

    - landfill area

    - sprites

    - collisions

## 2023-08-23

- added teleport sound when Warp bauble is activated

- added black bar to cover up extents of [[Room A27]]

- moved [[Bolt Cutter]] from [[Room A27]] onto rooftop in [[Room A26]]

- added [[Bolt Cutter]] to [[Room A15-S]]

- created new [[Room A28]] which connects to [[Room A14]] from the left

    - background sprites

    - layers

    - background animation

    - light and occlusion

    - ambiance

    - map tile

- created new item [[Scrap Metal]]

    - item in database with description

    - pickup screen sprite & inventory icon

- created new item [[Creaking Music Box]]

- created new item [[Rotted Doll Mask]]

- created new item [[Faded Photograph]]

- created new item [[Worn Pocket Watch]]

- refactored code for referencing item data json file

    - ItemData singleton provides access and helper methods

    - refactored item storage and inventory screen to use wraper

- itemGet screen now plays sounds according to the type of item

    - I.E. if its important, a key item or just a regular item

    - added to ItemGetScreen, ModuleGetScreen and BaubleGetScreen

- created new sound effects

    - horror1

    - horror2

    - horror3 for important item pickups

    - regular item pickup sound

    - key item pickup sound

## 2023-08-22

- recorded chainlink fence sounds

    - locked, unlocked

    - metal gate opening

- added option to specify the unlock sound for a door

- added [[Bolt Cutter]] item

    - icon, pickup screen, description

- created [[Room A27]]

    - connects from [[Room A14]] to the right

    - has a chain link fence that consumes a Bolt Cutter to open

    - created metal wall sprites

    - created metal floor sprites

    - chain link fence gate closed
    - sprite layout, layers, collisions

    - map tile

## 2023-08-21

- added map tile for [[Room A14]]

- added option to make a door consume the key upon use.

- doors can specify the sound for when the lock is tried, defaults to sfx_door_locked.wav

- context menu now takes a sound as an argument when initializing, defaults to an error sound

- created varient sprite for trashbag 2

- added trash sprite to A22

## 2023-08-20

- created some ambiance

    - waterfall

    - added spatial ambiance players to [[Room A20]] [[Room A22]] and [[Room A23]]

    - death goop

    - added ambiance players to[[Room A17]] [[Room A18]] and [[Room A20]] for death goop

- chainsaw guy now triggers battle music

- battle music is automatically faded out once all enemies in the area have been defeated

- recorded door sounds

    - trying lock

    - unlocking

    - opening

- refactored doors to have more state logic

- doors play appropriate sounds and can have customizable opening sound effects

- added cheat code to add a module

- added cheat coded to open BaubleRush menu

    - has a list of all the baubles, pressing 1 adds it to your collections

- boss in Room A25 no longer respawns after exiting room

    - ambiance is removed after tm1200 defeated

- Created new [[Room A14]]

    - connects to [[Room A13]] and [[Room A25]]

    - background sprites

    - collisions

    - created a way to drop down from a platform by pressing down

    - refactored footstep solver to be cleaner for determining which sound to play based on material of ground

- Sprites & art

    - 3 debris towers

    - trash bin

    - 3 trash bag variants

- added sprites to [[Room A6-3]]

- Possibly fixed the audio stutter issue by reducing buffer size on interface to 256

## 2023-08-19

- ambiance

    - weird loop

    - horror loop

## 2023-08-13

- started working on module selection option

    - added selection UI component

    - Ui coded and functionality implemented

    - module submenu

        - displays proper slot information for modules

    - signals and focus control

    - animations

    - sound effects

    - added renaming modules

    - names are persistent

    - renaming interface

    - fixed bug where could not refocus on buttons after renaming

    - fixed bug causing crash when working with modules in a single session

- fixed bug where module icons would appear gigantic when loaded in the world on ground to be picked up

## 2023-08-12

- fixed bugs with seemingly infinite modules in module screen and apparent loss of equipped power baubles when modules were unequipped

    - the two bugs were really both consequences of a single issue, which is that the player starts the game with an empty module unequipped. When the player exits the room, this module would get saved to the game data, and then loaded in on the next room, and because that starter module was in the player prefab, it would effectively duplicate itself every time the player went to a different room. Thus, when the player tried to switch modules, they would likely find themselves managing dozens or hundreds of copies of the same module, and since it works like a queue, whenever they unequipped a module, it would go to the back of the line. And because there might be more duplicate modules than there were slots, odds were they wouldn't be able to find their original module that had the bauble equipped.

- added item data lookup helper functions to Utils

- item prefab for in world now loads icon under the shine in the world

- items now only need to be specified the name of the item, the icon is looked up in the item data definition so no need to provide path to icon

- added check to PolyphonicSoundController to know if any of its channels are currently playing audio and when they have finished

- added push sound to pushable objects

- fixed bug where module screen tutorial would get added to notes list

    - todo: create an alternate version of the module screen tutorial that can be access from the notes screen and add that in when the module screen instantiates its tutorial note onscreen

- fixed bug where the incorrect note would open on the notes screen

- created secret room

    - wooden palette sprite

    - old lantern sprite

## 2023-08-11

- created sounds for opening / closing inventory

- fixed bug with QueueMusic events causing game to crash after attempting to play a song queued in a different room

    - refactored QueueMusic events to queue songs as the path, and MusicController now only loads when a song is about to be played.

- animated fire sprite and small fire effect prefab

    - light animations & randomness

- torch sprite

- MusicController controls audio for transitions between UI

- add map opening & closing sounds

- added inventory open & close sounds

## 2023-08-10

- new art for potential game cover

- updated game page with screenshots and new page layout

- Item Storage interface

    - refactored code

    - implemented storage and retrieval

    - storage is persistent

    - connects to player inventory

    - fixed signal handling

    - improved input handling

    - item box interactable object instantiates the UI screen, pausing the game and continuing after close

    - fixed UI Number Box input issues when cancelling a number selection

    - fix focus after completing item transfer

    - fix UI Number Selector

    - sound effects for storing and retrieving items

- [[Room A26]]

    - fixed ground collisions

    - fixed ladder in house

    - added camera zoom events

    - add music events

- Item Box

    - sound design for opening & closing

    - implemented sounds