Ship's Log October 9, 2026

Ship's Log #2

The first level, free, in your browser or on Windows. Behind it: the biggest week of the build so far.

A pixel-art screenshot: a cadet in a blue uniform swings a glowing baton at a red training robot on a catwalk aboard a spaceship. Text: "The demo is out. The first level, free, in your browser or on Windows. Behind it: the biggest week of the build so far." — The demo is out

The demo is out. The first level of the game is free to play, right in your browser or as a Windows download, and the first feedback from strangers is in: the opening runs long, the keyboard is awkward, the bosses go down too easily. All three are being answered.

It was also the biggest week of the build so far. The second picture has the whole list. The short version:

The first Act now plays from New Game to its last scene, with eighteen side quests around it.
Four skill trees, 137 talents.
Armour, weapons and shields that show on your cadet, piece by piece.
New keyboard and mouse controls: you aim with the mouse.
Big attacks now show where they will land, a moment before they do.
The ship's escaped creatures, redrawn as promised. Three of the fifteen are in the third picture.

Most of that is in my own build for now; the first level's share of it comes to the demo with its next build.

Which of the three creatures would you least like to meet in a dark corridor?

Play the demo: https://dasotauniverse.itch.io/dania-first-encounter

A list titled "The week's log" on a starfield, ten entries: The demo is out. Act I, start to finish. 18 side quests. 137 talents. An opening film. Armour that shows. Loot by the stars. Aim with the mouse. Attacks you can read. 1,336 automated tests. Below: "Most of it is in my own build for now. The demo's next build brings its share." — The week's log Most of it is in my own build for now. The demo's next build brings its share.

Three small pixel-art creatures, each shown before and now: a round mint-green Puffkin with a leaf on its head, a red fox-like Cinderkit with a flame-coloured tail, and a brown Burrowmaw with a wide mouth full of teeth. — The ship's creatures, redrawn Drawn by hand before; now each one is a small 3D model, rendered back into pixels.

Four different pixel-art cadets in blue uniforms, side by side: one slim with a blond ponytail, one short with red hair, one with grey hair and a goatee, one tall and heavy with a teal afro. — New in the demo: make your own cadet Body, height, build, skin, hair, a beard and a name: 108 bodies to start from.

The same cadet three times: in a plain blue uniform, in blue training armour with a helmet, and in sea-green deck armour with a crested helmet. — Armour that shows on your cadet Every piece you put on shows. Two of the four suits; they reach the demo with its next build.

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