Quick Elevated Arcana dev update:

New Skybox, New Map nodes, who dis?

Many QOL improvements set up for the next release. Currently working on procedurally generated expeditions

P.S. Why are Cubemaps so hard?
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I'm in the middle of updating to bevy 0.16, but to tide you over here's some footage from an 'Extreme' mission earlier this week. Needs just a little tuning :)

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Elevated Arcana's April Update has just dropped for Testflight! Check it out here:

testflight.apple.com/join/vU0TR09Q

This update showcases a first pass at the 'Embarkation Cradle', the map from which you launch missions and navigate the Aether

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Slow and steady progress
- Added Fractured Arenas for map nodes not yet completed
- Add some scenery
- Added connection rendering between nodes
- Added Win/Lose Conditions for games + different game modes

Up next: The pleasure of untangling and rewriting our save system

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Okay! Been a while since the last Elevated Arcana Update!

What's new:
- Got married so my dog now has a maternal figure in her life
- Been working on the expedition / map view, feels about... 51% done. Gotta polish.

Up next:
- Fixing Game Saves
- Balancing Release!

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You ever get so annoyed with constantly recompiling #rust that you implement a pseudo scripting language as a #bevy asset with hot reloading? Maybe just a #gamedev thing.

I think it might actually be turing complete-there's if statements, looping, and variables

Using this to make icons
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Elevated Arcana Day 18:
- Built out the controls for navigating the 'Aetherloom', our metaprogression system
- Lots of tweaks to various UI elements + Added Tweens
Next:
- Finish the MP Node UI (bottom)
- Implement Purchasing Nodes
- Build out *actual* metaprogression upgrades
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Bonus Update!

Got the models imported and spawned in game - next step is to associate each metaprogression track with their specific nodes

This vid is 30 upgrade path placeholders

Users will 'pan' the sphere around and the UI will update to reflect the nearest node
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Elevated Arcana Day 14:

Here's the mockup & Blender blockout for the metaprogression interface in Elevated Arcana - between stages spend currency earned during runs to permanently upgrade your tower

Next few days will be spent getting this in game
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Been posting a lot about Elevated Arcana lately without actually telling anyone what the game's about.

You're a sorcerer marooned on the tides of the Aether - Combine the four elements to cast spells, gather resources and build your citadel!

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Elevated Arcana Devlog Day 8:

- Updated In Game HUD with Draft
- Updated Tab Navigator In Aethercraft menu with new buttons
- Fixed many bugs around time/levelling
- Fixed bugs with available relic selections

Planning on getting a new Testflight release out tonight!
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Mockup for the new In-Game Hud - might get it done in time for tonight's release

Trying to maximize the 'viewable' portion of the world - but will probably need to re-add pinch-zoom so players can view the whole arena

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Elevated Arcana Devlog Day 6:
- Implemented Skip + ReRoll buttons (lvling)
- All spells unlocked by default
- Bosses drop anima/xp
- Updated buttons to reflect Disabled/Active state

Next:
- Rebuild In Game HUD
- Bug Fixes
- Testflight Release Monday!
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Elevated Arcana Devlog Day 4:

- Built Level Screen Outro
- Implemented Manifest Relic Button
- Added Dev Console command to list all owned relics
- Revisited Relic Selection logic to correctly account for prerequisites

Up Next:
- Implement Skip/Re-Roll buttons
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Elevated Arcana Devlog Day 3.5:
- Much refactoring of localization code
- Concepted new 3D Modelled UI Rendered to textures
- Juiced Relic Carousel
- Updated Leveling UI & HUD
- Messed with 9 Slice Textures
Next:
- Finish Leveling UI
- Beta Release Prep & Bug Fixes

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Elevated Arcana Dev Journal Day 1:

- Refactored some code around Spline paths to make entities stop following the path after they've reached their destination
- Drafted level up screen UI + Leveling Intro Sequence
- Drafted out a carousel visualization for leveling
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