December 2025 Build

This cycle focused on consolidation. Core gameplay systems, UI flow, and performance work were aligned into a single, stable build while lore, art and external presentation progressed in parallel. The result is a build with no placeholders and a clearer path forward.

⚙ UI & GAMEPLAY

• ✅ New Skills Window completed and fully integrated
• ✅ Character Creation screen implemented and expanded
• ✅ Skill system and database reworked for long-term scalability
• ✅ Skill visuals and logic now reflect real build decisions from the first screen
• ✅ Inventory scrolling and filtering stabilized

🧭 WORLD SYSTEMS & PERFORMANCE

• ✅ Fog of War generation implemented and rebuilt for terrain-aware visibility
• ✅ Map generation fully refactored and threaded
• ✅ Map size doubled (≈7200 tiles)
• ✅ Generation time reduced from 4+ seconds to ~1.5 seconds
• ✅ Scene loader refactored and fully implemented
• ✅ Full backend refactor across core systems
• ✅ FPS increased from ~800–900 to ~1300–1500

🎨 WORLD, ART & LORE

• ✅ Tarot cards Kalila and Yabel finalized
• ✅ New palettes applied to improve contrast, saturation, and readability
• ✅ New bosses and first NPC done
• ✅ Lore-focused intro cinematic in production, built with original score, narration and illustrated sequences

🧍 UI / UX & SETTINGS

• ✅ Tooltip system rebuilt from the ground up
  • New visuals and animations
  • Foldable sections with static and animated modes
• ✅ Full Settings screen implemented
  • Toggles, sliders, dropdowns, key remapping
  • Preferences correctly save and load
  • Audio bus cleaned and reorganized
• ✅ Loading screen implemented
• ✅ New UI textures and fonts added
• ✅ Menu navigation stabilized (ESC behavior, window modes, borderless switching)

🎵 AUDIO / PRESENTATION

• ✅ Audio system refactored with proper cross-fades
• ✅ New music tracks added for Main Menu, Character Creation and Selva Oscura
• ✅ Menu SFX pass completed
• ✅ Intro video added with multi language subtitle support
• ✅ In-game menu implemented

🌐 WEBSITE & COMMUNITY

• ✅ Narrator voice introduced for dev logs and future updates
• ✅ Preparations underway for an eventual Patreon launch

🧹 CLEANUP & MAINTENANCE

• ✅ Outdated plugins removed
• ✅ Deprecated enemies and files deleted
• ✅ Tooltip branch fully cleaned of errors
• ✅ Multiple long-standing bugs resolved

🔜 NEXT

• 🔜 Gameplay-heavy updates focused on world expansion
• 🔜 Further Fog of War performance optimization
• 🔜 UI scaling tests for wide, ultra-wide, and portable resolutions
• 🔜 Loot feedback polish and interaction clarity

November 2025 Build

This cycle pushed several core systems into a stable state while expanding content, visuals, and player-facing interfaces. Terrain, Fog of War, loot, UI, and character creation now operate within a unified framework that reflects the shape of the final game.

• ✅ Loot Framework completed with rarity bands, material tiers, affixes, and full drop rules
• ✅ Validation tools added for consistent and predictable item generation
• ✅ Fog of War rebuilt with terrain awareness, improved blending, tile culling, and visibility propagation
• ✅ Enemy roster integrated with AI, behaviors, stat profiles, and readable tooltips
• ✅ 38-weapon framework connected with silhouettes, material tiers, and damage rules
• ✅ Skillbar expanded with modular casting: cones, AOEs, and variable radii supported
• ✅ Inventory improvements including scrolling, filters, and smoother item handling
• ✅ Terrain & water enhancements including animated water tiles and dynamic decorations
• ✅ Better-Terrain + gdUnit4 now support generation and testing workflows
• ✅ Character Creation System expanded: stats, race, class, skills, passives, starting gear, and XP modifiers update in real time
• ✅ Portrait selection added with a classic RPG-style presentation
• ✅ New CGI lore block completed — the first cinematic teaser for the game’s world
• ✅ New tarot cards added: Harmas the Stalker and Kalila the Profaner, linked to worship mechanics
• ✅ Art pipeline refinements for character creation, tarot consistency, and weapon lineup
• 🔜 Loot feedback polish: drop markers, rarity glow, and improved pickup interactions
• 🔜 Fog of War performance optimization for larger maps and complex encounters
• 🔜 UI scaling tests for wide, ultra-wide, and portable resolutions