Ship's Log October 2, 2026

Ship's Log #1

The planet turns purple. The shuttles get a new hull. And a first look at the Cargo Bay.

Pixel art of the Mothership Dania, a long colony ship built of modules, in orbit above a planet with purple continents; small shuttles head down to the surface. — This week aboard the Dania

Long before there was a game, I painted the planet Dania with purple forests and modelled a wedge-shaped shuttle to land on it. This week both finally came aboard.

What's new:

The planet below the ship wears its real colours: magenta plains, deep purple woods.
The shuttles have a new hull: heat tiles, a dark belly, five engines in the stern.
A first look at the Cargo Bay, where they're parked, and at the Grapple Line that gets you across it.
And the Mothership Dania herself, seen from outside for the first time.

Also in this week: 22 achievements, a locker at home, and a full redraw of the ship's escaped creatures. Three of them next time.

Old shuttle or new: which would you fly?

The first level is free to play on Windows (about 40 minutes): https://dasotauniverse.itch.io/dania-playtest

Two pixel-art globes side by side: the planet Dania with green land (before) and with purple and magenta land (now). — Dania, before and now Magenta plains and deep purple woods: the planet as I first painted it, years before the game.

Two pixel-art shuttles: the old one, a white capsule with a blue tail fin, and the new one, a cream wedge covered in heat tiles with engines at its stern. — The shuttle, rebuilt Heat tiles, a dark belly and five engines in the stern: the wedge from my old concept art.

A screenshot from the game: the cadet swings on a grapple line under a yellow crane girder in the ship's Cargo Bay. — New area: the Cargo Bay And a new way across it: the Grapple Line.

Made by one developer with an AI assistant (code, dialogue and the art pipeline).