Devlog #9: First Mob Animation

Hey everyone!
This week’s build focuses on tightening the game’s core systems while adding more visual life to the world.

New Content

• Rough Snail Sprite + Animation:
  The first mob prototype is crawling into the world! Early animation pass is in, with idle and walk cycles functioning through the new animation pipeline.

• Rough Portal Sprite + Animation:
  A shimmering blue portal is now active.

Core System Updates

• Core Animation Logic Foundation:
  The animation system has been built for flexibility so future mobs, characters, and environmental effects can use shared animation structures.

• Inventory Window Shell:
  A first pass of the inventory UI is in place, setting the stage for items to start dropping from mobs to be picked up.

• Persistent GUI Window State:
  Windows now remember their state within the current sessions. This also sets the stage to persist GUI state between sessions. This includes the player card, the mini-map, and the new inventory windows

Technical Work

• Supabase Typings Update
  Major library upgrade required a complete regeneration of type definitions. While this was a time sink, I am hopeful that it will prove to be a huge internal improvement for safer, faster future development.

Fixes & Polish

• Fixed client event listener duplication that caused double reactions.

• Cleaned up render object lifecycle to prevent leftover sprites after closing the game.

• Stabilized React render loop for GUI windows.

• Added forced full game state sync after respawn to ensure consistent player data.