Candlewyth

Devlog

• Devlog #7: The Assets Must Flow
  April 22, 2026 by etscrivner#candlewyth, #drpg, #asset pipeline, #particle system, #dungeon crawler, #technical

  It's been a little more than a month since the last update but don't worry - the project isn't abandoned. We've just been very busy working on it and it's been hard to find time to sit down and compos... Continue reading

  
• Devlog #6: Inventory, Dungeon Scripts, Dialogue
  March 20, 2026 by etscrivner#candlewyth, #drpg, #dungeon crawler, #technical

  It's been ~2 weeks since our last update and believe me, I've been in the code and design mines fixing my own mistakes and even managing to make some progress on the core game. Camp / Inventory The fi... Continue reading

  
• Devlog #5: Combat System Rewrite
  March 09, 2026 by etscrivner#candlewyth, #dungeon crawler, #rpg, #technical

  This week was a massive rewrite of the entire combat system and UI. The previous system needed to be drastically simplified, especially in regards to how combat events occur and are communicated. The... Continue reading

  
• Devlog #4: Skeleton Gameplay Loop
  February 28, 2026 by etscrivner

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  #playdate, #dungeon-crawler, #candlewyth, #ui

  This week my goal was to get the skeleton of the main gameplay loop up and running. For a dungeon crawler this is the Town <-> Dungeon loop in which the player enters the dungeon, explores and gets be... Continue reading

  
• Devlog #3: Into The Weeds
  February 20, 2026 by etscrivner#playdate, #rpg, #dungeon crawler

  Want to stay up-to-date? Join the mailing list at: https://candlewyth.oh4.co/ It's that time of the week again where I take a break from working on Candlewyth to update you fine folks about how things... Continue reading

  
• Devlog #2: The Scaffolding
  February 12, 2026 by etscrivner#candlewyth, #technical, #playdate

  Last week we covered the plumbing for designing and deploying our dungeons. We ended up with a final camera for the dungeon crawler and tooling for maps, textures, and texture atlases. This week it's... Continue reading

  
• Devlog #1: The Plumbing
  February 03, 2026 by etscrivner#map editor, #story, #dungeon crawler

  Consider joining the mailing list at: https://candlewyth.oh4.co/ TL;DR: We designed the file formats for the game and built out the map editor. The story has also been in very active development. I'm... Continue reading