Ship's Log October 16, 2026

Ship's Log #3

A new opening, a home to start from, and rooms with more in them. Free, in your browser or on Windows.

A pixel-art picture of a family home aboard the ship: a woman in a sand-coloured coat stands by a shrine with candles under an orange banner with a sun on it, potted plants on the wall. Text: "Demo 0.3.5 is out. A new opening, a home to start from, and rooms with more in them. Free, in your browser or on Windows." — Demo 0.3.5 is out

Demo 0.3.5 is out, free in your browser or as a Windows download. It's the same first level with a new opening, a home to start from, and rooms with more in them.

Your first day starts in orbit, then an alarm and a run through the ship to Sergeant Talle.
New Game opens inside your family's home, with nine save slots.
The Training Center's rooms are rebuilt to be played, not run through, with a few things to find.
Run one way and fire the other: the sidearm has a button of its own now.
Sergeant Talle's face is in his speech bubble.

Past the demo, the ship kept growing: four elites, a map you can read at a glance, and a new gallery in the Academy (last picture). More on those next week.

Which room in the demo gave you the most trouble?

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

A list titled "The week's log" on a starfield, in two groups. "New in demo 0.3.5" (free on itch.io, in your browser or on Windows): A new opening. A home to start from. Rooms you play. Fire behind you. Attacks you can read. "In production" (past the demo, still in the workshop): Four elites. A map at a glance. Bigger numbers. — The week's log

Two pixel-art speech bubbles with the same line from Sergeant Talle, "Cadet! Over here. Walk with W, A, S and D, jump with Space." In version 0.3.4 the bubble is text only; in 0.3.5 it shows his face: a dark-skinned man with close-cropped hair, an earpiece and an orange uniform. — Sergeant Talle, face to face His first line, then and now: his face is in his speech bubble, and it blinks.

Two pixel-art pictures of a cadet in a blue uniform: before, standing alone on a plain dark panel; now, standing in a green-walled family home beside a green sofa. Text: "Character creation and selection now features the cadet in his home instead of a blank background." — Your cadet, at home Character creation and selection now features the cadet in his home instead of a blank background.

Two pixel-art pictures of a green-panelled academy hall: a wooden stair turning back on itself under a painting of a ship, and a wooden gallery with tall windows and a full bookcase, a cadet on each. Text: "Sneak peek of the Academy's new level design, featuring a new navigation element: stairs." — The Academy grows a gallery Sneak peek of the Academy's new level design, featuring a new navigation element: stairs.

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