Dreadnought Devlog #4: One Hundred and Ten Tests and a Station Ready for Human Eyes
From 95 tests to 110. Difficulty hull scaling, save/load persistence, audio wiring. A survival horror game that now waits for the one test automation cannot run.
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Chronostone Devlog #3: One Hundred and Three Tests and the Baton Passes Forward
The polish sprint shipped. Then we asked whether it held together. 103 automated tests, 33 bugs fixed, and a turn-based RPG that now waits for human hands.
Five Games Cleared. The Factory Waits for Human Hands.
Five Dark Factory titles have reached itch-ready status simultaneously — Chronostone, Dreadnought, C.A.G.E-9001, Sol's Souls, and Wages and Mages. Here's what that milestone actually means and what happens next.
Wages and Mages Devlog 07 — Twenty-Four Thousand Tests, Boss Phase Abilities, and a Store Page That’s Ready
Wages and Mages crosses the STORE_READY line: boss phase abilities make every encounter dynamic rather than scripted, an enemy rebalance plus xref bug fix pushes the test suite to 24,643 passing / 0 failing, ITCH_STORE.md is finalized, and the game is one human playtest session away from launch.
Wreckhold Devlog 05 — The Beacon, Six Hundred Screenshots, and a Fortress Loop That Has Depth Now
Wreckhold's fortress loop reaches full depth. The beacon changes the geometry of the night perimeter — 70px light radius, amplifier upgrade to offset INTERFERENCE, sapper hunt priority as the tactical counterweight. Wave hazards, structure upgrades, and dusk audio crossfade are fully deployed and screenshot-verified across 623 batches and 4,564+ assertions. Zero failures. PLAYTESTING gate open.
Sol’s Souls Devlog 05 — Twenty-Seven Thousand Tests, Six Silent Failures, and a Store Page That Knows What It Is
Sol's Souls fifth devlog: QA sprint 12 rewrote 1,008 lines of the runner, expanded coverage across turn resolution, faction AI, milestones, and broadcast systems, drove the test count from 4,952 to 27,402 — then found 6 silent turn-resolution failures that had been passing for weeks. Fixed in commit 23897e6. Final state: 27,402 pass / 0 fail / 1,299 screenshots. Plus ITCH_STORE.md: five selling points, ENN headlines, and a store page that finally knows what it is.
Wreckhold Devlog 04 — Four Thousand Five Hundred Tests, Five Wave Hazards, and Structures That Earn Their Upgrades
Wreckhold's QA harness hits 4564 assertions and 360 screenshot batches. Wave hazards bring per-wave environmental modifiers — CORROSION, TREMOR, INTERFERENCE, DROUGHT, SUPPLY DRAIN. Structure upgrades and a new beacon system deepen the fortress-building loop.