shader sketchbook
monthly ritual: one shader, one page of notes. dithering, raymarching, UV folds.
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prologue
a midnight workshop
Welcome, traveler. miris.quest is the quiet chamber where game-development ideas convene at the witching hour. Pull up a stool. Open the journal. The lanterns are lit.
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active quests
three trails to walk
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i.
the craft of feel
tune jump arcs and animation cancels until the controller hums. notes on input buffering, coyote time, easing curves.
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ii.
worldbuilding by lantern
fragments of fictional kingdoms drawn in ink. how to seed lore without the dreaded codex dump.
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shipping the small thing
a vertical-slice diary. five weekends, one playable demo, lessons in scope discipline.
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codex entries
tools of the trade
encounter loops
tiny prototypes of combat rhythm. attack, react, recover -- the eternal triangle.
codex_02pixel cartography
hand-drawn maps converted into tile sets. how rough sketches become navigable terrain.
codex_03narrative variables
state machines for stories. branching dialogue without losing the thread.
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field journal
recent entries
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2026.04.11
on the courage to delete a system
spent forty hours on a stamina meter. removed it in five minutes. the player never noticed it gone -- which means it was never the right system. a quiet lesson in the difference between depth and decoration.
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2026.03.27
the quiet weight of a save icon
a single floppy disk at the corner of the screen. a tiny ritual that says "your hours matter." designed three variants this week. chose the one that felt like a friend.
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2026.03.02
perlin, but for level layouts
flow fields are shaping room shapes now, not just particles. organic dungeons emerge from the same noise that paints these backgrounds. there is a unity in this.
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summon a fellow traveler
come walk a while
If this quest log resonates, leave a sigil. share a draft, a question, an in-progress prototype. the lanterns burn brighter when read by another.