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Still laboring over this 3d map for Zenoken, but it's coming along pretty well. Took a while to figure out how to do the 3D and get interesting animations working with SFX.

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May 15, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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Some more Zenoken 全能剣 key art I've been working on. I wasn't happy with the original face I drew like a year ago so scrapped it and did it anew. Love the new vibe!

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Main character, the Chinokitsune is in the center, behind her a planetoid set against a star field. There's a retro filter placed over the image, giving it an 80s/90s anime vibe. Words say Zenoken 全能剣 - Space Pirate Espionage
August 30, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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Another classic "How it started vs. How it's going" post for #Zenoken. Same room form several years ago, now slightly modified in layout. You can see some of the original art assets I kept and updated. HUD is 1000% better imo.
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Image of a split screen between 2 versions of Zenoken, a very old alpha version, and the modern/current version. Most of the assets have been reconfigured and updated visually. Much better palette usage, etc.
February 19, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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More work done on that initial sketch of Alex, the MC in Zenoken, in her preferred outfit, flying alone in her Winnebago-esque space ship. Follow me if you like what you see and want to keep tabs on Zenoken progress!

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Drawing in an anime style of the main character in Zenoken. It's fully inked and largely finished with the color application. Shading still needs to be smoothed out here and there. A tall woman with mint green hair, an alien cannon on one arm, who's making finger guns with her other hand and pointing it at the viewer. She has a wry grin. Her eyes are also 2 different colors. She's wearing a cropped gray sweat shirt and white underwear. The Background is a generic gradient with a subtle peach hue/light across the image.
July 14, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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Finally finished the modelling/UV mapping. Now it's on to finish the #PixelArt texture painting of this Zenoken boss. Managed to fit everything into a 256x256 texture with very little to spare. I had to get a little creative with it
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June 26, 2026 at 3:07 AM
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Little WIP sneakpeak of one of the many optional bosses in Zenoken. Probably don't want to encounter it by accident.

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Massive large bio-horror creature as a boss in Zenoken. A masive brain and several tentacles and large bulbous eyes. Also a little strange looking fungal lady riding a mushroom on top of a tentacle
June 5, 2026 at 8:32 AM
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Another couple rooms done today in the first alien area. The layers a slow down room creation a lot. This room has 17 layers of tileart/background imagery lol

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August 16, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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Stole time to work on another room in Zenoken. Although tedious to rebuild this room for the 3rd time now--I think it looks better than 8 year old iteration #1 on top. Never give up!

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A comparison image of of the same room in Zenoken built in 2 different engines. The top image is from 8 years ago and the bottom is from today which shows a bunch of modern lighting techniques an altogether better pixel art/design.
April 22, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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More vibes today for #WishlistWednesday
Still trying to get the parallax adjusted right for low scroll speeds but a good WIP. Enjoy the ambience and calm--calm is rare in Zeno.

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April 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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Just a smattering of images showing off some of the visual vibes to Zenoken. Trying to tease out what I can get away with in #Godot 's 2D lighting engine. Not every place is this dark, but some of the earlier areas are. #Gaming #PixelArt #ドット絵 #IndieDev #SoloDev #metroidvania #Gaming #scifi
One of a series of images showing the player character in Zenoken in various underground locales that are very dark. These areas just show off the WIP lighting system I'm trying to pin down.
April 16, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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Spent a productive Sunday putting together the system for opening the alien labyrinth gates, where untold horrors await, and a distant voice calls out to you.

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April 7, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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How it started vs. How it's going for Zenoken ~6 years between each iteration. #indiegamedev #GodotEngine #pixelart
June 16, 2024 at 2:07 AM
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Been a hot minute b/c school but here's some more progress for #ScreenShotSaturday on Zenoken! Lot's of work went into all the various effects. But Glad it's coming together finally.

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December 13, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Squeezed in more work on Zenoken in today after dealing with school work. WIP of the basic fire module that mimics a MMX style chargeup. Also the ability to choose other alternate firing modules that can be used independently.
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February 20, 2025 at 4:58 AM
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Just more WIP stuff of the introduction area in Zenoken. Lost Eden hovering in the the distant stormy background. Trying to get a demo done sooner rather than later. So much work left though.

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November 17, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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Just testing out Birdageddon in Zenoken. With the right tweaks I can spawn 500 birds and remain above 60fps. When will I need to spawn 500 birds? After seeing this--I think all the time now.
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June 21, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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Semester restarted so haven't had as much time for Zenoken as of late that's visual. Currently working on the first boss fight. Icarus is a little glitchy still and only has have his moves coded, but he's feelin' pretty good!

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October 12, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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Did some responsibilities & treated myself to some more WIP sauce work for Zenoken. Lost Eden, although a dead rock, is being actively terraformed by the Homo Draconus leader Sargon--the by product being some very nasty weather.
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November 6, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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Finally-- finished the suit-up animation for the Zenoken intro. A drop in a long bucket of frames. Give a follow if you like the Zenoken vibes! More followers I have, the more I'll be guilted into showing WIP stuff. My BGM too.
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September 19, 2024 at 11:14 PM
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Still working on some of the alien area designs. Some nifty little background FX that's supposed to represent a sort of 'alien magic.'

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August 11, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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Think I finally landed on the 'vibe' of the alien labyrinth areas. Added a single alien automata enemy for fun. Still need to finish up some of their SFX and animation.

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August 9, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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Shot of Alex looking across the interior landscape listening to a new track I'm working on for a few planned flashback scenes where she somberly recalls lost memories.

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June 9, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Started working on this entry way in Zenoken to a very long, but eerily peaceful exterior area that's been abandoned and fenced off for unknown reasons.

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Screenshot of an alien jungle-esque scene with an electrified high security gate keeping something out...or keeping something in.
June 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Finished implementing some non side-scrolling doors to new rooms. Also a lot of small FX additions. There will be a lot of these little side areas filled with fun little interactions. You're watched more than you know in Zenoken.
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March 15, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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Got some more work done on Zenoken today-- working on the database section of the UI where you can track lore/enemy info/collectables that yes--are smokes.

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Image showing off some of the visual construction of the in game UI for data related stuff to find, e.g. achievements, collectables(cigarette packs in this case), monster entries, etc. It has a retro-future aesthetic with bright almost neon colors with some background effects to emulate a sort of glitchy CRT effect.
September 8, 2025 at 10:33 PM