Another thing I’ve been working on lately is two types of objects which can be linked to stage elements, such as a moving platform. One object detects when a nearby light source is casting light on it, and the other detects when a shadow is being cast on it. Stage elements can have multiple or a combination of these linked to require activation.
Been a bit! Didn’t really touch the game in 2025 due to other priorities, but I’ve been chipping away daily since 2026 started as one of my main goals.
Recently started working on the first real enemy since the resprite/engine rework, a shadow slime that jumps towards Luna at random intervals.
Worked on some menu overhauling this weekend and added a debug feature to allow me to click and drag light sources.
Also got a Steamdeck, so a lot of this was to make it easier to mess around with on that (my debug shortcuts were all numpad-based and the screen keyboard doesn’t have a numpad lol).
Finally finished the punch combo and made a lever you can interact with to affect stage elements, in this case to make a transparent wall appear or disappear which blocks Luna but not her shadow.
It’s been a bit! Not a lot has changed since my last post, but I wanted to recap some things I’ve chipped away at over time.
Some newly implemented stuff (really, reimplemented from the previous smaller iteration of the game): air kick, running animation with the lamp, lamp swing combo, and three abilities (big shadow,
So this past week I randomly decided to start redoing some of my work on Seluna, mostly because the cool new late-game outfit I wanted to add was too detailed for the ~32 pixel tall sprites. Started with the base I was originally going to use for dialogue/cutscenes and have been re-spriting basically from scratch.
