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The map at night

First committed 20 Sep 2026, 16:17
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The map at night

Four ways the world map could read as night while everything tappable stays easy to find, at three zoom levels, with a day-to-night slider. A second round turns the request for something between Moonlit and Blue hour, with more of the map's colour kept, into a grid of nine levels to point at.

Edited for the Dev Log
  • Removed the links between studies; the tabs replace them
  • Removed two screenshots from an earlier game, and reworded text written as notes to a reviewer
  • Paraphrased the reaction that led to the second round
  • Left out the author's recommendations and the notes on what was not tested

First committed 20 Sep 2026, 16:17.

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9 September

  1. The first week, in screenshots

11 September

  1. Day one: two generated boards

13 September

  1. The player market

14 September

  1. Three checkpoints
  2. Startup, guest and account screens
  3. World navigation: strip or floating
  4. Visual identity: three brand directions

15 September

  1. Worker roster and cancel

16 September

  1. Working at home: Mill, Bakery and a Care Bench
  2. Hometown: a village above the world
  3. The Hometown grows
  4. The request board

18 September

  1. Wooden traps and biscuit bait
  2. Crafting and creature field guide

20 September

  1. Round one: four ways it could look
  2. Making the map's roads and borders read
  3. The map at night
  4. Round two: one world, three finishes, four hours
  5. Beamed down from Hometown
  6. Water: depth, fish and things that glow
  7. Where you are: the player marker and the ring

21 September

  1. Small life: fireflies, butterflies and birds
  2. Terrain references: shores, rocky Stonefield and roads

22 September

  1. Landmarks: the market, Energy and Water
  2. Capture ladder viewer

23 September

  1. The pin bounce when tapped
  2. Dance-Off capture scene
  3. Menus for the capture loop
  4. When the connection drops
  5. Icons, portraits and pins
  6. Market and Settings as windows

25 September

  1. Biome horizons: hiding the edge of the map
  2. Biome ground: how each biome's terrain could look

27 September

  1. Fewer taps to hire a worker
  2. Quarries and ore: material groups for custom 3D
  3. Single finds on the map

28 September

  1. From crafting menus to production lines
  2. A market that fits in one hand
  3. Production lines on the real screens
  4. Icons and buildings for production

29 September

  1. Choosing Hometown's camera
  2. Could Hometown be 3D?

30 September

  1. Relit billboards: one Kitchen, lit at runtime
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