102 Commits
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Richard ZinkandClaude Opus 5.5 a8284ca85c Remains of the dead in one mesh: drawing stays fast with hundreds of them
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-11-08 01:20:35 +01:00
Richard ZinkandClaude Opus 5.5 8c5afe872f High-res effects: explosions, smoke, bursts, impact stars, healing and glowing projectiles as flipbooks
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-11-08 01:00:20 +01:00
Richard ZinkandClaude Opus 5.5 7e2e638e05 Brighter obsidian for the soul core thrones, so their stone shows
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-11-08 00:29:42 +01:00
Richard ZinkandClaude Opus 5.5 af330c09b7 The dead leave remains for good: a pool of blood and bones, armour bits from heroes, splinters from machines; dust where they fall
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-11-08 00:06:36 +01:00
Richard ZinkandClaude Opus 5.5 a24fc51605 Holiday headwear on every unit: Christmas hats, carved pumpkins, bunny ears
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-11-08 00:04:26 +01:00
Richard ZinkandClaude Opus 5.5 6ff1cc5f8d High-res textures built on first use: no cost in the pixel-art style, the 128x128 atlas only when zoomed in
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-11-08 00:01:43 +01:00
Richard ZinkandClaude Opus 5.5 fb71009110 Walk and attack animations for knight and kobold; the dead topple, sink and fade (death animations where drawn)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-11-07 23:51:36 +01:00
Richard ZinkandClaude Opus 5.5 16e299d1f1 Mossgrim's heart: a gnarled moss-grown tree rising from the throne, the heart glowing in its hollow
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-11-07 23:49:00 +01:00
Richard ZinkandClaude Opus 5.5 45060e85b7 The other masters' hearts: Mossgrim a mossy knot of branches, Lady Nightwell a blue lily, Saffrax a golden sun in brass rings, each with its own beat
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-11-07 23:44:43 +01:00
Richard ZinkandClaude Opus 5.5 d87f862199 Buildings textured by material (stone, iron, wood, cloth); the heart in crystal facets
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-11-07 23:43:24 +01:00
Richard ZinkandClaude Opus 5.5 ffad92b641 Detailed sprites: frames for walk and attack animations, gear laid over them, hit flash in the shader, 32x32 level in its own texture
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-11-07 23:32:29 +01:00
Richard ZinkandClaude Opus 5.5 4175ca7f97 Holiday switch in the debug menu; darker wood for the treasury chests
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-11-07 22:44:56 +01:00
Richard ZinkandClaude Opus 5.5 8f670554c7 Holidays: Christmas and Easter beside Halloween, two weeks before to a few days after; decorations in the dungeon and around the title
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-11-07 22:40:27 +01:00
Richard ZinkandClaude Opus 5.5 c23c4d28ec Furniture materials: wood, stone, iron, cloth, straw, fur, book spines and spellbook pages in both styles
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-11-07 22:37:31 +01:00
Richard ZinkandClaude Opus 5.5 50f8af15c7 High-res ore textures: gold, silver, ruby and diamond as lumps in the earth, no veins
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-11-07 21:32:00 +01:00
Richard ZinkandClaude Opus 5.5 9df16607ed High-res tiles also in 128x128 for close views
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-11-07 21:29:58 +01:00
Richard ZinkandClaude Opus 5.5 8197b07ac5 High-res tile textures: floor, claimed floor, earth, rock, gold, churning water and lava
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-11-07 21:26:22 +01:00
Richard ZinkandClaude Opus 5.5 69a6b13006 Imp in 64x64 when close, 32x32 at normal zoom; detailed sprites in their own texture
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-11-07 21:17:17 +01:00
Richard ZinkandClaude Opus 5.5 2d1ed177a7 Imp digging animation and gold sack in high-res; sack also on the small imp instead of the coin sign
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-11-07 21:08:07 +01:00
Richard ZinkandClaude Opus 5.5 76f3b3c7b2 Pixel art style coarser: 270 world rows
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-11-07 20:53:28 +01:00
Richard ZinkandClaude Opus 5.5 807a124a0b Graphics style: pixel art (360 rows) or high-res (1080 rows, detailed sprites)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-11-07 20:50:26 +01:00
Richard ZinkandClaude Opus 5.5 928c34e78b Detailed 32 px imp sprite and finer world pixel rows (540, 1080)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-11-07 20:41:29 +01:00
Richard ZinkandClaude Opus 5.5 bd3f42b8b8 Hero waves break in where the warning shows: they round the realm to the marked entry; the entry tile glows red
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-11-06 16:08:28 +01:00
Richard ZinkandClaude Opus 5.5 5a2ac32071 Command markers only with the debug setting; removing a marker clears them at once
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-11-06 13:12:41 +01:00
Richard ZinkandClaude Opus 5.5 ad5ceb8c13 Named creatures: names per kind and language, epithets at higher levels, memorial stones for the fallen
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-11-06 12:40:22 +01:00
Richard ZinkandClaude Opus 5.5 3e17bdf52d Weather above ground: rain puts out fires, fog shortens sight, storms strike with lightning
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-11-06 12:11:19 +01:00
Richard ZinkandClaude Opus 5.5 25334e7b17 Portrait and square screens: world pixels, interface and zoom count on the shorter side
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-11-06 11:48:06 +01:00
Richard ZinkandClaude Opus 5.5 ff48a69571 New heroes: thief steals gold, monk ignores spells, ranger lays snares, inquisitor turns weak creatures
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-11-06 11:02:50 +01:00
Richard ZinkandClaude Opus 5.5 f8eda88bb3 Mushroom groves: unclaimable moss where giant mushrooms grow slowly and glow when ready to fell
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-11-06 10:25:24 +01:00
Richard ZinkandClaude Opus 5.5 ac22351cdf Monster eye marks the camera on the minimap; middle double click resets the view angle; creatures by beds up to 100
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-11-06 10:06:51 +01:00
Richard ZinkandClaude Opus 5.5 aeaa1eba36 Portals glow in the colour of the master who claimed them
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-11-06 09:26:43 +01:00
Richard ZinkandClaude Opus 5.5 773be21455 Marks and dig selection in each master's colour; imps dig only their master's marks; AI marks near its ground, acts calmer, re-summons imps; allies never claim each other's ground
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-11-06 09:21:42 +01:00
Richard ZinkandClaude Opus 5.5 b29e312e6b Fourth master: dwarves get their own side so the yellow AI works; yellow colours and texts; AI cores use the player's throne and heart in their colour
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-11-06 09:01:57 +01:00
Richard ZinkandClaude Opus 5.5 450e55d693 Dig marks in the colour of the master who set them; every master's dungeon is lit
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-11-06 08:56:36 +01:00
Richard ZinkandClaude Opus 5.5 a00ae6a06b Real AI masters: rivals, AI seats and the co-op partner play by the player's rules (imps dig, mine and claim, rooms, towers, tunnels and the attack flag); other masters are saved; portals belong to whoever claims them
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-11-06 08:18:09 +01:00
Richard ZinkandClaude Opus 5.5 c9dafb1606 Guard and attack markers (shields and swords, up to eight each, right click removes); the world and the interface are copied opaque so glows keep their brightness
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-11-06 07:47:21 +01:00
Richard ZinkandClaude Opus 5.5 e7fc0a4751 Interface on the pixel grid: a virtual screen of whole multiples of the world's rows, sharp-scaled to every device; compact title menu on short screens
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-11-06 07:33:25 +01:00
Richard ZinkandClaude Opus 5.5 ed1b87e5f3 Pixel look: the world always renders 360 rows high (270/480 selectable), sharp scaling to any screen
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-11-06 07:14:17 +01:00
Richard ZinkandClaude Opus 5.5 4c440fb97f Creature equipment: the forge makes iron, steel and rune gear for the strongest creatures
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-11-06 00:26:59 +01:00
Richard ZinkandClaude Opus 5.5 74837f1c34 Seasons: snow above ground in winter, glowing pumpkins at Halloween
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-11-06 00:14:51 +01:00
Richard ZinkandClaude Opus 5.5 9b49bc2c9d Room levels 2 and 3, researched in the library: a quarter better each, brighter, with gold trim
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-11-05 23:44:03 +01:00
Richard ZinkandClaude Opus 5.5 8a35a903de Surface world: grass in daylight, forests, cliffs with cave mouths; free-game and editor option
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-11-05 22:35:46 +01:00
Richard ZinkandClaude Opus 5.5 398bb95681 Wood: giant mushrooms underground, felled by imps; wooden bridges and doors cost wood
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-11-05 22:07:59 +01:00
Richard ZinkandClaude Opus 5.5 34b4640d85 Drawbridges (down, up, automatic), frost spell and obsidian over cooled lava
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-11-05 21:52:12 +01:00
Richard ZinkandClaude Opus 5.5 29e4970ab1 Wooden bridges burn; knights wear bridges down, imps mend them
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-11-05 21:34:33 +01:00
Richard ZinkandClaude Opus 5.5 50e89a18df Brighter torch flames
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-11-05 16:23:19 +01:00
Richard ZinkandClaude Opus 5.5 77fa142d9d Fix invisible torch flames (halo hid them); thin wisp of torch smoke
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-11-05 16:13:37 +01:00
Richard ZinkandClaude Opus 5.5 c5378d0774 Imps set up torch stands in big rooms on their own ground
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-11-05 16:10:58 +01:00
Richard ZinkandClaude Opus 5.5 6c16bc7b18 Light for towers and traps; other masters' traps stay dark until sprung
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-11-05 16:08:04 +01:00
Richard ZinkandClaude Opus 5.5 aa586ffa89 Brighter torches with animated flames, smoke and sparks
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-11-05 15:42:05 +01:00