Dev Notes — Aug 31, 2026

Can't help but feel how fast time flies. Watching one AAA title after another drop their gameplay trailers — the pressure is real. (Because if I don't finish TKA soon, I won't have time to play all those big games. And I really wanna play them, 😁.)

But hey, one step at a time. Stretch too far and you'll hurt yourself.

Last week:

• Ding is finally getting the hang of our workflow. Finished the Ripper's attack animations.

• Naux completed the second mini-boss's attack animations.

• SHJIEJIE wrapped up all new costume models.

• I handled sound design for the new monster (edited from purchased assets), developed the Ripper's behavior logic, and tweaked some scene structures.

This week:

• Ding starts on the Ripper's QTE attack (grab move? What's the proper term for this kind of mechanic?)

• Naux begins animating the third mini-boss.

• SHJIEJIE starts adding damage/wear effects to each new costume.

• I need to source sounds for the mini-bosses. Purchased assets don't quite fit, and I tried AI-generated audio too — still not ready for actual project use. Doesn't solve the problem.

• Also need to make the Ripper's intro cutscene and build out a full combat encounter with it (mainly spawn logic).

Massive workload for a small team, but seeing progress every week is what keeps me going. In a few more weeks, we'll have all boss attack animations and behavior logic done. Then it's full steam ahead on cutscenes. Once those are finished, we can start full playthrough testing. Just thinking about it gets me hyped. Plenty of challenges ahead, but as long as we keep pushing, we'll make it. Thanks to everyone who's been with us along the way.

Enough talk. Back to work.😊