Welcome to the 68 week devlog for Cosmic Construct. As I often mention I have alot of side projects I upkeep, and have commitments outside of developing the game. This turned out to be one of those weeks so I didn't get much done. (I've also been playing Phantasy Star Online private servers. ;--; It's just part of who I am.)

To follow the game's progress you can join me at:

• My bluesky account[bsky.app] which gives more frequent updates.

• The Cosmic Construct community discord server[discord.gg].

• Also Wishlist Cosmic Construct on Steam and follow it's steam page.

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Pawn AI

Despite not working on the AI much this week, I did manage to get the pawns largely to a state where they are again running around performing their tasks which is a good sign. I also did a much needed backup of the development files. The last backup I did was in October of 2025 *cringe*. (Although, technically the code is updated much more frequently on github.)

Side Projects

Other than maintaining "the Keygemin IP" as a side project, I occasionally feel compelled to write chapters of the stories set in that universe. I honestly feel terrible for leaving my books on a year long hiatus while I go off doing other things. I do wish I was able to set off to finishing one task at a time. Even within the scope of writing fiction novels, I write multiple books concurrently. Is this healthy behavior? No. I do finish my projects eventually. :P

I've been testing a brand new web fiction publishing platform[www.fictionry.com], by the name Fictionry. The features of which I really like. Needs some polish, but I think it could, even in its beginning stages, have real potential to compete with larger platforms. I saw that immediately coming in as a user and wanted to help the developer there.

So if you are a budding author that wants a good chance to be seen on a platform that had potential, look there as an opportunity to stand out. Better if you do the writing yourself, if you know what I mean.

I've done a bunch of rapid prototyping for some 3D game dev projects. The screenshot in front of you is one of the failures of that prototyping, in an attempt to procedurally generate a dungeon from component parts. The columns you see here are supposed to be on the corners of the platforms holding them up, and snap to origin issue. I decided its better to use prebuilt rooms and socket them together.
I'm not sure if I'll even use this in the future, but I have alot of ideas in my brain that I need to see realized to feel satisfied about. Once they are realized, I can check them off a mental list of what to use for my "theoretical ideal game". My fellow gamedevs should know how that feels.

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I'll say pawn AI again, regardless if that actually gets done. Development is slow sorry about that, I'm just one guy.

- Pawn AI

This is the 67th week devlog post for Cosmic Construct. 

To follow the game's progress you can join me at:

• My bluesky account[bsky.app] which gives more frequent updates.

• The Cosmic Construct community discord server[discord.gg].

• Also Wishlist Cosmic Construct on Steam and follow it's steam page.

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Pawn AI

I did do some work on the pawn AI, but most of my dev time has been spent trying to optimize the way in which structures are drawn. After adding in the placeholder images, I found during my "random tile test", where I assign every title on the map a random ID value, that the game was running a little slow. I want to make sure that texture page rendering doesn't cause any stuttering, and that needs to get fixed.

Side Projects

Spent some time this week working on a different game. One that has a far smaller scope. d(o.od)

This will not be the kind of game you might expect, given that it is playing cards. You might think Balatro clone, blackjack, poker, or some traditional card game. Actually, I'm thinking dungeon crawler rpg  lite / roguelike.

You might say, well that isn't really small scope, and normally you'd be right. However this is one of those games that is built from small emergent systems. Once one is in place I don't have to think about it much. I let the results occur organically, and the the player solve the problems as they are presented.

After giving the players option to deckbuild, and dynamic difficulty that makes the game harder when the player wins, and easier when the player looses; the game will self balance. You can then score the player on deckbuilding and game difficulty. The harder the dungeon a player completes, the better they are; simple as.

I'll work on this game in the background, and it'll be available long before Cosmic Construct is released

For other reasons, I've been redrawing my previously commissioned avatar to make a complete PNG tuber part assembler thing.

I'll add parts to it over time, but for now I'll call it done.

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The pawn AI is taking a longer due to my procrastination on it. I've been doing other things as not to get burned out on this project. As I said before, I don't want to end up resenting working on it.

- Pawn AI for now