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Design Overhaul 2: Propulsion

By Kyzrati | Published: April 22, 2021

The previous design overhaul discussion covered storage capping and its changes to the core gameplay, but the first experimental build we played around with also included major changes to another even more fundamental aspect of any build: propulsion. Although not all of the experiments panned out in this case, after a number of revisions I […]

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Design Overhaul 1: Capping Inventory

By Kyzrati | Published: April 9, 2021

Last time here on the blog we covered sensor changes and other new related utilities coming to Cogmind’s next major update. At the time I wrote: Cogmind’s next update (Beta 11) is taking years of play experience, feedback, and observations into consideration for a comprehensive review of the many items and their stats with an […]

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