SWOM

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• Announcements·16 Jul 2026Official

  DEVLOG 1.7

  Hello everyone! 👋🏼You may have noticed that I have been a little quiet lately and put my videos and other content on hold. There is a simple reason for that: I shifted all of my focus to development. And honestly, things are going incredibly well with the game 🥰! I will be back with more videos soon, but for now, I want to share the biggest updates and show you what I have been working on.📢 Big news: Steam Next Fest!I am excited to announce that I will be taking part in the autumn edition of Steam Next Fest! That means you will soon be able to play the demo yourselves 🔥🛠 What is new in the game?I have accomplished so much during this time that it is difficult to remember everything, so here are the most important additions.✨ Magic and custom spells• I implemented new magical rules for creating spells. You can now come up with some genuinely exciting combinations. Check out the GIF to see how it works 🪄• Voice casting, and this one is wild 🤯! I added a system that lets you create your own gestures and, most importantly, spoken incantations.How does it work? You say your custom spell out loud and draw a gesture in the air. The system records that combination, allowing you to use the spell you created later 👍🏼I am still working on the recognition accuracy and will continue improving it, so this feature will be optional. You can cast spells using only a gesture or combine the gesture with your voice 🎙🌍 World, atmosphere, and environment• Dynamic weather: rain, snow, wind, and other effects now influence the game world.• Terrain and level design: I have done a huge amount of work in this area. The map is now even more beautiful and atmospheric, with many new technical solutions implemented behind the scenes 🧑‍💻• Water: new rivers and water areas have been added 💧• Visuals: I added a wide range of new visual effects, VFX, and decals.🎮 Gameplay and mechanics• A swimming system and oxygen mechanic have been implemented.• Crafting: you can now prepare meals and brew potions....
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• Announcements·28 May 2026Official

  DEVLOG 1.6

  Hello everyone! Let me tell you what interesting things have happened lately:• New PCI now have a new PC. For the past five years, I've been working on an inexpensive gaming laptop, and over time it started to severely limit development.I decided to build myself a powerful computer to work faster on the game and properly test it in different conditions: both on weak hardware and on ultra settings.The difference is very noticeable. Now everything opens, compiles, and loads in seconds, not minutes. I've been using it for two weeks now and I'm just loving it.• Developer WebsiteI've made my developer website. You can already navigate to the SWOM game section, where I'm gradually launching an interesting service.The idea is this: you'll be able to suggest tasks, vote for other players' ideas, and track how these tasks move through status columns. Essentially, it's something similar to task tracking for game development, only public.The site is currently in test mode. I'm still fixing issues, including access problems, but overall you can already visit and see how it looks: "https://wofo-industry.ru/games/swom". What do you think?• Game ChangesThere are quite a few changes to the game itself, although I'm not showing anything globally new yet. I'm continuing to work on the game's foundation and bringing various systems to a proper state.What was done: • continuing level design; • adjusted colors and post-processing a bit; • added a save system: now you can save and sleep; • added new decals on objects; • added a settings menu; • made the first version of the creature system; • added footstep and jump sounds for different surfaces; • fixed various bugs.Overall, work is progressing actively. I'm currently focusing more on the game's foundation to make it easier to add new content later.
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• Announcements·26 Apr 2026Official

  DEVLOG 1.5

  Hey everyone!What's new today?The last few weeks have been super productive: I designed a new look for the tablet and the graph-based magic section.Fixed a bunch of minor errors and bugs.Created tons of new animations — added legs and new arms, plus walk, crouch, and other movement animations.Started working on wildlife. Presenting to you: the Primordial Beast! Let me know what you think in the comments! 👇
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• Announcements·5 Apr 2026Official

  Devlog 1.4

  Hi everyone! 👋 What's new today?First of all, I've upgraded to Unity 6 🎉There's not much media content yet — I'm pretty swamped, but the moment I get a spare minute, I jump straight into working on it. So if I haven't posted in a while, don't worry — development is moving forward! ✨Good news: I've hit the 1,000 wishlists milestone! That's incredibly awesome — a huge thank you to everyone who keeps adding the game to their wishlist! 🙏On the content side: I've already created a couple of creature models for the game 🐾 All that's left is to animate them and implement an AI behavior system for these creatures — but that's the next big task.The main focus over the past few weeks has been the magic system 🔮 It's one of the most complex mechanics to implement in this project, and… I finally finished it ✅What I had to implement:A dedicated graph system for UI display;A custom shader for node connections;A lightweight UILineRenderer component;Drawing new UI elements for the graph-building interface.I've attached a few GIFs below to give you an idea of how it will look (the visuals aren't final yet, this is just a preview!).What do you think? Let me know in the comments!
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• Announcements·9 Mar 2026Official

  Devlog 1.3

  Hi everyone! What's new today?First off, I want to note that we are slowly gaining momentum and building a community of people interested in the game.One of my videos went viral on TikTok and gave a nice boost to my wishlists.I want to say a huge thank you again to everyone who follows and adds the game to their wishlist — both are very important!I also updated the Steam page: tweaked the description and added some GIFs.Regarding level design: I added the first tunnel in the mountain. I'm continuing with texturing and placing props.Regarding effects: I made a decal shader for wood, turned out pretty nice (you can already see it on the Steam page).Coding: I finally solved the movement issue on terrain and will stick with the current implementation. It's important to note that swimming is already implemented, so now I can work on animations.I started writing the spell system I came up with. The system will be extremely large and complex; there's a lot to do: from the core logic to UI interaction.I also started working on characters – I already have 4 main characters. I might show something later. Want me to?Anyway, I continue to work hard "in the name of all indies!"
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