Welcome to another Elysian Log, where we look at what was implemented this month and what you can expect from the next month of development.

Let's get started!

Milestone: Legs and Advanced Morphs

The editors have received huge improvements. The creature editor now contains 5 different types of legs to choose from which automatically scale and attach to the ground. They already have a few customization options and will receive even more in the future.

Another big addition are advanced morphs. These allow us to add part-specific settings to creations, like changing the pupils of an eye, as seen in the video. This system will get further expanded, so you can customize all parts like this. There is also a new "Inverted Mode" for merging decorations, which allows you to cut holes into creations. Perfect for a bloody halloween creature!

Milestone: Cell Stage Foundation

The fist playable cell stage demo was released with this month's patreon demo! You can swim around in two empty biomes to test the terrain generation and movement. Since food and enemies were moved to another update, you can't earn any DNA to edit your creature in the traditonal way, but don't worry, the new cheat menu (F4) allows you to unlock parts and gain DNA, so you can freely edit your microbe. A lot of core game mechanics were finished with this demo, allowing us to further build on it in the coming 0.2.x updates!

Milestone: Patch Map System

We originally planned to have the player linearly progress through 6 areas, while also being able to go back through a map. However this approach would have a lot of the same flaws that Spore's cell stage had, making it very repetitive to replay the stage.

This is why we came up with a new system! Each biome will consist of a 5x5 grid of randomly generated tiles, each representing an area of the biome. You will start in the middle of this grid. Every tile will have a different modifier, affecting the world generation. For example the "Infested" modifier would make a lot of viruses spawn in that area, giving you the objective to destroy them.

Once you've completed an objective, you will gain access to all adjacent tiles. There will be special types of tiles, marked by icons and colors. These will either give you a new part or contain a bossfight, needed to progress through the next area. This will allow you to plan your own path, to either rush straight to the next biome or be a completionist and unlock as many parts as possible!

Other Things

This was by far the biggest update yet. Besides all the things in the video, we also finished a lot of backend stuff to make upcoming mechanics work. Some of the most notable things are a caching system to store temporary data between scenes and an omnidirectional movement system, to make it possible to swim in 3D space in the aquatic stage. We made a small aquatic prototype, but for now it won't be shown publicly, since it's still very unstable.

What's coming next for Elysian Eclipse

For the next month of development we want to focus on the following:

• Further Advancements on the Cell Stage
  
• Feet for the Creature Editor
• Experimental Undo/Redo Buttons for all Editors
• Ability to enter Descriptions for Creation

Thank you for your Support

Meme of the month by ...myself. It was just too dumb to not include it.

Thank you to all the patrons! Without you this wouldn't be possible!

You can support the project here: https://www.patreon.com/wauzmons

Creature Supporters (Tier 3)

• BarbedWire
• Brian Zito
• Brokenxana
• Caleb Teatro
• Charles Dreyer
• Chii Dervilacus
• Christopher Madrigal
• Denver Knox
• Doc
• Jareth
• Kettle Cup
• Marek
• Mirox75
• NachtJaeger8888
• PastelSentinel~
• Poshkip
• ThatGuyGW
• Tuxedobird
• max larsen

Aquatic Supporters (Tier 2)

• Adam
• Adam Vossen
• Ajax the Ethereal
• Alekren
• Alik Vannatter
• Amauri Taveras
• Amethyst Gemstone
• Ashtron of Masks
• Benjamin Rouge
• Beth Dereszynski
• Bigguschungus420
• Brian Means
• Bubble
• Captain Card
• Casey Conyers
• Cheridan Maynard
• ChibiMango
• ChosenSquirrel
• Connor Peck
• DarknessDemonWolf
• Defenfiver
• Denny D'Andrea
• DerAudi
• Dereck Garcia
• Derma Thiel
• Doctor Venuz
• Doomlightning
• EWanderer
• Eagle's Haunt Productions
• Emerald Phoenix
• EndMendFriend
• Ethan Speaker
• Fairwarrior
• Gavin Bryant
• Gideon Moore
• Glitchy Blackout
• Greg Muffin
• GyLala
• Gås
• Hempfancier
• Hoodieman25k
• Imperial Sardaukar
• Ink Blotch
• Isaiah Watson
• Jack Searle
• Jake Moses
• Jesse Forsyth
• Jessi Lane
• Jobe Ford
• Joemama69
• Keaton Horsepool
• Keith Skipper
• Kurtis Rudnisky
• Kyle Tippets
• Leon XYE YT
• LiGTY
• LittleWolfean
• Luigi_irl
• Luka Talevski
• M
• Masterhow101
• Matthew Cenance
• Maxime Garcia
• Michael Gauthier
• Mishaela Wallace
• Morry
• MyFairLady
• No Identity
• Noah Moon
• Omega
• PCsuchti
• Pop-FizzXD
• Rebecca DarkEdgeTV
• Richard gonzalez
• Russell dempster
• Scuttlebug Jinx
• Seattle Sounders
• Serg Dert
• Seth Hoover
• Shyriath Farstrider
• Starfunplay
• Steven Brunwasser
• Techno_Joe
• ThatOneEspeon
• Timeless
• Trash
• Ueda Yuuji Fan
• Walton The Walrus
• Woodenleaf
• WyvernFartz
• Xacarith
• Yorp
• arik jorgensen
• bm
• flambetable .
• grock (iota interactive)
• katadorbs
• lemmy101
• momotech764
• ninjaconor
• sencorer
• shrek but with youtube
• squareberry
• xenohunter987

Cell Supporters (Tier 1)

• Alex Stahl
• AllisonThePurple
• Christoffer Winther-Petersen
• Courage
• Cthuloso
• Doot Yourself
• Emily Davis
• Eric Bohn
• Eytan Kaplan
• Gasolina
• Gay and no bitches stop being a lil bitch
• Gladius Illuminatus
• Golden Mask Gamer
• Loyal Chris
• Lugzan
• Macalaster Wilms
• Matthew Theobald
• McGoose
• Meha
• Menschen Sind Toll!
• Michelle Murphy
• Moony
• Nicholas Tonn
• NotEvenLogic Gaming
• Nyxu
• ParadoxInfinite1
• Patrick Schafer
• Rastro
• Roman
• Simon H. Svendsen
• SkillWarry
• Vidar
• Weston Woehr
• Xavier Moen
• darkstar