Game Manifesto
A manifesto for a persistent sci-fi sandbox where automation, risk, and player decisions shape a living universe.
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Development Logs
Progress reports, technical insights, and behind-the-scenes updates from the Awaken Protocol development.
Know Your Enemy — and Your Game
A new combat HUD update, more public dev progress — and a critical moment where I have to decide what this game is really about.
Losing Everything — and Moving Forward
A look at how total ship loss is handled, update the galaxy map data, and how in-game mail lays the groundwork for social interaction and story delivery.
Introducing the New Tutorial and Starter Ship
A light, optional tutorial now guides new players, along with improvements to character creation and a new starter ship.
From Video Failures to Exploding Spaceships
This week I failed at making videos, fixed some UI nonsense, and taught ships how to die dramatically.
Interfaces, Corporations, and Intro World’s Story
Unified corporation UI, mission-based progression, the Skill Shop system, and the first iteration of the game’s introductory world story.
Resizing Windows, Sharper Fonts, and First Steps Into Corporations
UI with resizable windows, sharper fonts, and corporations are entering the game.
Out of the Shadows: Starting to Build in Public
Years Passed… Okay, 1.5 Weeks
Missions Prototype Is Here!
Explore the first prototype of Awaken Protocol’s mission system...
Not Yet a Game
It's not a game yet, but it will be!
First demo deploy
Deployment. Server architecture. DevOps. And other scary words.
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