Follow the journey of building ManaBat and running a studio funded by decentralized infrastructure
Phase 5 water generation is complete and cleaned up — sawtooth edges, material splits, dead code all gone. Phase 6 kicks off with multi-chamber cave generation and a spline-based entrance system.
Voxel generation cleaned up to prototype-ready quality, and a new river spline system carves intelligent, biome-aware channels through the world.
Two weeks of world generation progress — a unified global material system with biome texture arrays, then a full scrapped-and-rebuilt spline-based river pipeline.
A foundational week — jagged terrain smoothed out, biome elevation overhauled, water and hydrology fully reworked, and shaders revamped for proper material blending.
Individual biome elevations and macro slope blending are in — the world is starting to feel like it actually has geography
394 CC0 PBR textures across 7 biomes — Caves, Coastal, Heart, Jungle, Mountain, Plateau, and Volcanic Desert — all organized and ready for Godot integration
New /independence page launched — documenting the decentralized infrastructure portfolio that funds ManaBat without publishers, VCs, or compromise. World Mobile AirNodes, Infinity Rising File Nodes + Domes, Iagon storage, and more.
World generation keeps climbing — smart river placement, blended biomes, patched geometry, and a clean ocean plane all land in the last few weeks
Launched the world-generation-pangea-approach branch — macro generation phases 1–4 complete, high-res biome generation on the horizon
Started Phase 2 of combat prototyping — building the voxel world generation framework with 9 biomes, dynamic landscapes, and elemental scarring
Animation fixes, two new weapons, combat stances with Block/Dodge/Parry reactions, target lock system, and bug squashing complete
Weapon animations, damage system, and floating damage numbers with elemental styling
Dynasty Warriors-inspired combat progress - light attack strings, heavy finishers, and root motion troubleshooting
New ManaBat prototype update - elemental orbs, materials, and damage effects!
The first reveal of ManaBat - combining elemental magic, horde combat, and procedural storytelling into something unique
First week of ManaBat development - building the movement system with elemental traversal mechanics
The origin story behind founding an indie game studio funded entirely by decentralized infrastructure