Illustris

Devlog

• Development Log #8
  November 12, 2025 by Nexature

  We've entered the final stretch here and the game is starting to shape up. Kolt finished rigging our model and has it in engine, Lily ensured the blockouts are walkable and created blueprints for movi... Continue reading

  
• Development Log #7
  November 06, 2025 by Nexature

  We've been working on getting the game to be fully playable in that you can walk through the levels at least. Cole blocked out level 1, Lily migrated level 3 from the previous project over to the new... Continue reading
• Development Log #6
  October 29, 2025 by Nexature

  Another update, our group lead, Emily, has withdrawn from the semester due to events in her personal life and will no longer be working on the project. Lily will be taking the helm as the new group le... Continue reading

  
• Development Log #5
  October 23, 2025 by Emilyluxenburg#regroup, #TeamUpdate, #ScopeAdjustment, #IndieDev, #KeepMovingForward

  Some unexpected news. Both of our coders, Dwayne and Sam, have had to step away from the project. We've been discussing as a team how to best move forward and have decided to make a new Unreal project... Continue reading

  
• Development Log #4
  October 16, 2025 by Emilyluxenburg

  This week was all about gameplay features and our MC . Things are really starting to come together as we move deeper into development. Character Work Emily completed rigging for our main character Cod... Continue reading
• Development Log #3
  October 09, 2025 by Emilyluxenburg

  The model for our main character, Wisp, is complete. It took longer than expected, as this was Kolt's first time modeling a character. Here's what he looks like: Sam has completed an early version of... Continue reading

  
• Development Log #2
  October 02, 2025 by Emilyluxenburg#level design, #Game Design, #capstone, #Illustris, #DevLog, #GameDev

  Hey everyone! Time for another update on Illustris . We’ve been making great progress Work has started on the 3D model for our main character . On top of that, we’ve been working on HUD designs th... Continue reading

  
• Development Log #1
  September 25, 2025 by Emilyluxenburg#Game Design, #Light, #Dark, #Coding, #Unreal Engine

  Hello! Welcome to Illustris! We are a group of Students from Kent State University, creating a game for our Senior Capstone project. Our main character is a small lantern spirit, named Wisp. Here's so... Continue reading