[Devlog] August 2025 - Week 2
[p]Welcome to the week 38 devlog for Cosmic Construct. Each week I write a devlog covering work done since the previous devlog.[/p][p]To follow the game's progress you can join me at:[/p]![]()
[/p][p]I've spent most of the development time for this week doing a combination of drawing the icons, and establishing how to best to arrange the icons to work on them more quickly later. Many of the icons I need to do are effectively the same image with various roman numerals over them, and a change in border color.[/p][p]So, I decided to take on some of the more artistic designs I wanted to make, like for the stacks of currency. Something which I can reuse throughout the game later. It's convenient to have these art assets where I want them. I also enjoyed making "chibi" versions of some of the game's menus.[/p][p]![]()
[/p][p]I was getting a little freaked out when I realized I would have to do all of the icons twice, but of course I could just use a neutral threshold greyscale filter or shader to do all of this. Needless to say, it will not be a problem. Cutting the tileset out for steam can be done in python.[/p][p]![]()
[/p][p]I have an animation timeline at the bottom for various sheets, and there will be I think 11-12 sheets in total by the end of development. Yet another art asset I need to complete before release, but this is my life now.[/p][p]\[] Dice rolling animations and UI display for the Sparkle minigame.[/p][p]I've been having some difficulty with making the dice rolling animation look as natural as I want it to. Something I can ascribe to being a skill issue. The hand will be rolling six dice off of a backboard from either side. Its the hand opening and release that I am having an issue with looking how I want. Definitely the most difficult animation I've made in a long time, if ever.[/p][p]\[] Structure art (If I have time)[/p][p]I didn't work on the structure art at all.[/p][p]---[/p][p]Things that will be worked on over the next week.[/p][p]- Finishing the die rolling animations for Sparkle.[/p][p]- More achievement icons, and achievement viewer UI.[/p][p]- Structure art (If I have time)[/p]
- [p]My bluesky account which gives more frequent updates.[/p]
- [p]The Cosmic Construct community discord server.[/p]
- [p]Also Wishlist Cosmic Construct on Steam and follow it's steam page.[/p]