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.
Voidrunner’s Corporate Comedy — Building a Shmup That Files HR Complaints
How Voidrunner turns corporate dystopia into bullet-hell mechanics — enemy archetypes, career-ladder sectors, bosses that steal your budget, and a shop where you can quietly quit.
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.
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.
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.
Voidrunner: From Feature-Complete to Steam-Ready — The Final Polish Sprint
What it takes to go from 'feature-complete' to actually shippable. The Dark Factory swarm's approach to the final mile: audio punch, screen feel, game juice, and everything that turns a working game into a great one.