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Wauz 🦇
@wauzmons.elysian-eclipse.com
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He / Him, Founder of Seven Ducks Studios, trying to create Elysian Eclipse, a Spiritual Successor to Spore. https://www.elysian-eclipse.com/

Fediverse: https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@wauzmons
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It is now clear what part categories the plant editor will have: Stems, Branches, Foliage, Flowers, Fruits, Fungi, Corals, and Minerals. The tentacle thingies here are the first coral part.

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A coral-like creation in the plant editor. It has a bunch of tentacles, spreading out in a circular shape. They consist of straight stalks, ending in round bulbs. The part list in the sidebar shows all the mentioned part categories.
November 30, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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I'm working on adding proper branches to the plant editor. This tree here is also using the new rocks as decoration.

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A tree with a curved trunk that splits into three branches, each ending in a sphere of pink leaves. Its base is decorated with white clay blocks.
November 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Not sure if this is a good idea, but you can now vote for things on the #ElysianEclipse roadmap, if you have a Trello / Atlassian account. It also lists very important features like pooping and getting drunk, lol. trello.com/b/3GntuYDl
The roadmap card for Dynamic Flying, displaying that it has one vote.
November 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Elysian Mesh can now generate rounded cubes! The first part to make use of that, will be the clay block. It can be used to create both natural and artificial structures.

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Three stone structures made from clay blocks. The first one is a rock formation, made from orange blocks. The second one is a cylindrical pole, made from gray blocks. The third one is a stack of slabs, made from beige blocks.
November 21, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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So, I have quit my job and moved away from the city and have way more nature around me now. I can now fully focus on what I love. Making video games. Spending time with my (picture related) pets. And just, idk, existing without being pressured to constantly generate profit for other people.
Flocki, a medium-sized dog with white fur and brown spots. She has long, pointy ears and relatively short legs. She is standing on a garden wall, surrounded by various plants.
November 17, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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The Future of Elysian Eclipse 🧵

This post is a bit more personal than usual. As you may know, it is my dream to create virtual worlds for others to enjoy.
A bright blue galaxy with an unnatural shape, representing a snowflake or lotus flower.
November 17, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Surprise! There is something BIG happening right now that will heavily affect my life and Seven Ducks Studios. I probably won't be able to post much this month. But don't worry, it's something great and #ElysianEclipse will benefit a lot from it! You'll see!
A shocked Blorb from Elysian Eclipse.
November 3, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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The notification system is here! It will show you when you get an item or when one of your actions fails. It will also be used to display achievement progress in the future.

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A creature, looking like Spamton from Deltarune, standing in a red landscaoe. There is a stack of transparent UI elements visible in the center of the screen. All of them say "Pipis + 1" to notify you that a Pipis was added to your inventory. The last element in the stack is fading away.
October 26, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Many different fish and other edible sea critters can now be obtained from fishing! Additionally, new cheats to instantly acquire items and lock the time of day have been added.

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A mastodon-like creature standing in a red landscape. The inventory UI is visible, showing a so called Copperfish. Its description says: "Much more affordable than a goldfish."
October 19, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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*creature noises* #Spore #Meme
A stock image of the cambrian explosion, depicted by many cambrian animals flying out of a supernova. It is framed like a motivational poster with "POV: You started Spore" as label.
October 13, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Who needs a fishing rod when you can just cast the line from your mouth? Fishing will be the first levelable skill and will also be used to test loot tables! And no, it won't have a minigame yet, lol.

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Blorb fishing on a beach. The line is attached to his mouth. The target display says "Fishing - Press F to Reel In" and the action bar contains a fishing ability.
October 11, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Wahahee! In V 0.5.3 it will be much easier to position body structure parts in 3D space, allowing you to make even more complex body shapes! ...and get sued by Nintendo.

I might also make a showcase video for this.

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A recreation of Waluigi, made in Elysian Eclipse.
September 21, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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#ElysianEclipse V 0.5.2 is here!

This version is available to test for aquatic tier or higher supporters and will become completely free once the next version drops.

Patchnotes for all 0.5.x updates: www.elysian-eclipse.com#/wiki/V_0.5_...

Supporter Download: ko-fi.com/post/Version...
A detailed clay hut, made in the new hut editor version. It is decorated with rocks, vases and decals.
September 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Discord messages, showing off screenshots from the plant editor. The first one is an upside down tree, labelled "illegal tree" and the other one is an Among Us crewmate, labelled "when the leaves are sus".
September 9, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Take a look at the amazing leaves @roseae.bsky.social created for the plant editor! They will be abailable in a future version and can be applied to a variety of different foliage parts!

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1: Smooth leaves in green 2: Ridged leaves in orange 3: Hollow oval-shaped leaves in light blue 4: Hollow rhombus-shaped leaves in purple 5: Thin needles in light green
September 9, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Tumblr is still my favorite social network.
Post by glimpysworld: Omg twins with this stupid clay Garfield I made a few years back Post by garfield-spotter: gorfl spotted!!
September 3, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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His name? Gorfl. His mission? Lasaga.

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A garfield head on a beach.
September 1, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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The plant editor prototype is a mess right now, but can already make some really cool stuff. I know there hasn't been an update release in a while, but I want to keep working on V 0.5.2 for a little longer.

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A light blue tree with oval leaves. There are multiple curved branches growing from its base, ending in glowing bulbs. It is surrounded by small purple rocks.
August 22, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Kar

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A red creature with a a duck beak and cat ears. It's lower body looks like a weird car and is connected via a long neck.
August 22, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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A new part category, "Minerals" will be available in the hut and plant editors soon! It will allow you to decorate your creations with different rocks to better integrate them into the environment.

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An orange and blue clay hut, opened in the editor. it is decorated with rocks of different sizes, placed both on the floor and on the hut.
August 15, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Worked a bit on the Quaxel Engine this weekend. It can render animated 2D characters in 3D space now!

#Quaxel #GameDev
August 3, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Wind animations have been added to the foliage! The intensity can be changed at runtime for certain weather events.

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July 28, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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I spent some time to create development tools, to help me better organize the project. Here for example, I can lookup groups of status effects to see by what abilities or environments they are caused.

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Some log outputs from the described tool.
July 26, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Here is a more advanced example of the foliage shader, where it forms a bush that gets colored with a world-space gradient.

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A bush made of multiple spheres, colored in a green-blue gradient.
July 24, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Here's a first look at one of the new foliage shaders! This is just a quick example. It can be used with different types of leaves and will support wind and color effects.

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A plant with a green stalk, ending in a big and fluffy ball of light blue leaves.
July 22, 2025 at 2:47 PM