Chronostone Polish Sprint — Screen Shake, Title Animations & Itch-Ready
How 20 commits turned a functional RPG into something that feels alive — screen shake sliders, crystal title screens, and what itch_ready actually means.
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Polybreak Devlog #2 — The Polish Sprint That Made BRKR-9000 Feel Alive
Polybreak's major polish sprint adds synthwave floor grids, dramatic boss entries, level-clear fanfare, world transition cards, audio variety, and campy AI humor — all procedurally generated at runtime.
C.A.G.E-9001 Devlog #2: The Furniture Is Alive
Deck 3 introduces mimics — furniture that bites. Plus the Road Hog boss, the BITS economy, three difficulty modes, and 20 specimens catalogued. The Scanner Dilemma gets worse.
C.A.G.E-9001 Devlog #1: Building a Creature-Collector Horror with AI Agents
The origin story of C.A.G.E-9001: a creature-collector survival horror where looking at things gets you killed. How AI agents write and maintain a 500+ line D.R.E.D AI personality across two games.
Voidrunner Devlog #1: Birth of a Corporate Bullet Hell
The origin story of Voidrunner — a bullet hell where you play a sentient HR weapon filing complaints mid-fight. How AI agents maintain joke consistency across hundreds of enemy and item descriptions.
Polybreak Devlog #1: Building a 100-Level Breakout Campaign with AI Agents
How Dark Factory's AI agents authored 100 distinct brick-layout levels across 10 themed worlds — from ICE PLANET BOREUM to CASINO ROYALE. The origin story of Polybreak.
C.A.G.E-9001: Designing a Creature-Collector Horror Game
A first-person look at the design and lore of C.A.G.E-9001 — the RektTek creature-collector horror game. The scanner dilemma, specimen roster, D.R.E.D., kill penalties, and horror-comedy balance.
Polybreak Level Design: How AI Agents Craft 100 Levels That Feel Human
A technical breakdown of how Polybreak's 100 campaign levels are generated — zone maps, difficulty arcs, power-up placement logic, and how constraints make procedural levels feel designed.
The Six Bosses of Voidrunner: Designing Corporate Antagonists in a Bullet Hell
A deep-dive into Voidrunner's six boss encounters — their corporate parody mechanics, attack patterns, and the design philosophy behind building bosses that mean something.
Four Games, One Milestone: The Dark Factory is Itch-Ready
The first Dark Factory wave reached itch-ready status. This is the launch-readiness stage; public itch.io links are published after verification.