Dev Log - March 30th - April 3rd, 2026

[undeadsteam]

Last week focused on gameplay systems expansion, camera mechanics, backend scalability, and visual polish across animation and VFX. Strong progress was made in both feature delivery and technical improvements.

Game Design

Completed

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In Progress

Character camera movement setup
Build Task 1.5 description (~50%)

Client Development

Completed

Assets prepared for technical animator test task

🧠 Planning

Swamp location rename (localization)
Camera movement effects exploration

In Progress

Damage and stats cheats
Experience slider in lobby ️
Chat improvements and bug fixes
Loading optimization
Reload progress bar implementation
Camera effects for aiming

️ Game Server Development

Completed

Damage cheats implementation ️
Character speed integration
Cheat systems merge and build prep
Fixed Round start NPC idle behavior

In Progress

New map part integration ️
Network player states refactoring

Backend Development

Completed

Inbox service healthcheck logs cleanup
Inbox service scaling implemented
SessionId issue fixed on GameApi hub
Daily rewards bug for expired subscriptions fixed
Global parameters, metadata, and tags integrated (S3 sync) ️
GlobalParameters grouping added in Admin Panel 🧩
Speed configs for Player, Bot, NPC added

In Progress

Party mode matchmaking
Proposal ConfigId as main identity parameter

Animation

Completed

Walking animation adjustments
Idle animation improvements 🧍

In Progress

Character visual QA after animation updates
Testing new NPC animations
Fixing clothing skinning issues

Tech Art

Completed

Projectile tracers implemented
Asset bug fixes ️
Updated muzzle flash VFX

In Progress

Level-up VFX in lobby
Map and asset optimization
Chunk system testing, review, and documentation

[cryptobro]

good to see scaling and healthchecks being addressed early, backend stability often gets ignored until it’s too late

[nihalsari]

@undeadsteam said in Dev Log - March 30th - April 3rd, 2026:

Last week focused on gameplay systems expansion, camera mechanics, backend scalability, and visual polish across animation and VFX. Strong progress was made in both feature delivery and technical improvements.

Game Design

Completed

—

In Progress

Character camera movement setup
Build Task 1.5 description (~50%)

Client Development

Completed

Assets prepared for technical animator test task

🧠 Planning

Swamp location rename (localization)
Camera movement effects exploration

In Progress

Damage and stats cheats
Experience slider in lobby ️
Chat improvements and bug fixes
Loading optimization
Reload progress bar implementation
Camera effects for aiming

️ Game Server Development

Completed

Damage cheats implementation ️
Character speed integration
Cheat systems merge and build prep
Fixed Round start NPC idle behavior

In Progress

New map part integration ️
Network player states refactoring

Backend Development

Completed

Inbox service healthcheck logs cleanup
Inbox service scaling implemented
SessionId issue fixed on GameApi hub
Daily rewards bug for expired subscriptions fixed
Global parameters, metadata, and tags integrated (S3 sync) ️
GlobalParameters grouping added in Admin Panel 🧩
Speed configs for Player, Bot, NPC added

In Progress

Party mode matchmaking
Proposal ConfigId as main identity parameter

Animation

Completed

Walking animation adjustments
Idle animation improvements 🧍

In Progress

Character visual QA after animation updates
Testing new NPC animations
Fixing clothing skinning issues

Tech Art

Completed

Projectile tracers implemented
Asset bug fixes ️
Updated muzzle flash VFX

In Progress

Level-up VFX in lobby
Map and asset optimization
Chunk system testing, review, and documentation

clothing skinning issues still undefeated as always

[cryptohog]

camera mechanics getting this much attention suggests it’s a key part of the player experience

[cryptobro]

looks interesting