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Devlog

• Initial Brainstorming 9-16
  September 30, 2025 by gmRocky

  A quick brainstorming session between developers using flowcharts to figure out the base ideas and mechanics desired for the game overall... Continue reading

  
• Player Movement & Board Sizing 9-16
  September 30, 2025 by gmRocky

  Rocky's process for visualizing the possible combinations of movement for the different species the players could pick up for the game. The bounds of the board are presently a bit fluid, with Mel's de... Continue reading

  
• Custom Deck Testing 9-17
  September 30, 2025 by gmRocky

  Rocky's quick creation of double-sided square tile 2D assets for making custom decks in Tabletop Simulator. This particular setup can be used to playtest the game's mechanics and tweak any sizes in bo... Continue reading

  
• Game Boards, Actions, & Events 9-20
  September 30, 2025 by gmRocky

  Rocky uses CC3+ to generate a static game board. Input from Mellemony shifts focus from creating multiple static pregenerated terrain boards into smaller board terrain tiles which can be shuffled and... Continue reading
• Board Terrain Tiles, Symbols, & Cards 9-21
  September 30, 2025 by gmRocky

  Rocky creates nine 6×6 grids with equal terrain amounts in each cells where all species are able to cross from one end to the other, starting with rough drafts in MSPaint and eventually porting them... Continue reading
• Migration Patterns 9-23
  September 30, 2025 by gmRocky

  Rocky uses MSPaint to generate rough forms to assign and designate the movement patterns for each species... Continue reading
• Event Cards 9-24
  September 30, 2025 by gmRocky

  Mellemony creates a running list of ideas for the fluff text of the Helper and Hinder Cards. Rocky adds the crunch text to those which apply. Both decide the unique amount of cards to be limited to 21... Continue reading
• Game Manual 9-26
  September 30, 2025 by gmRocky

  Rocky writes out the rough draft of the game manual... Continue reading
• Species Cards & Pollution Tiles 9-27
  September 30, 2025 by gmRocky

  Mellemony works on the front faces of the Species Cards. Rocky puts together the shapes to be used for the Pollution Tiles... Continue reading
• Event Cards & Playtesting 9-28
  September 30, 2025 by gmRocky

  Rocky adds the text onto the Event Card base which Mellemony provides to create the deck to be used in game. Rocky playtests the game with individuals to check for game balance, clarification issues,... Continue reading
• Final Touches 9-29
  September 30, 2025 by gmRocky

  Edits to the game cards for visual and mechanical updates are made. Uploaded to the Steam Workshop for availability to play on Tabletop Simulator... Continue reading