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v0.1 Kickoffdone

Godot project, pixel canvas, web exportdone

Site with play link, iOS install and update logdone

Research of reference mechanicsdone

Original monster art generator (180 sprites)done

v0.2 Battle coredone

Slingshot aim with bounce-preview guide linedone

Deceleration physics, wall + enemy bounce, piercedone

4-unit party turn order, shared team HPdone

Enemies with HP bars and attack countdownsdone

Element damage multipliers, crits, weak points, hit counterdone

Bump combos: all 16 familiesdone

Strike shots (11 types, 2-stage on ascended forms)done

Stage flow: battles + boss, win / lose / continuedone

Particle effects, damage numbers, screen shake and flashdone

Battle HUD: team HP, portraits, SS counters, pausedone

Home, quest select, results, settings with music / sound togglesdone

Chiptune soundtrack and 8-bit sound effectsdone

Notch / tall-phone safe-area layoutdone

v0.3 Monsters & skillsdone

Roster data: 60 families x 3 forms, races, statsdone

Passive abilities: slayers, recovery, drain, breakers, modesdone

Gauge shot: timing gauge with GOOD / FANTASTIC bonusesdone

Luck skills: critical, shield, guide, combo critdone

Monster detail card: stats, abilities, combo and SS descriptionsdone

Battle type bias: balanced, power, speed, blastdone

v0.4 Gimmicks & bossesdoing

Damage walls, gravity barriers, warps, mines, wind, blocksdone

Hex circles, speed panels, laser barriers, healing wallsdoing

Shields, drones, bounce / pierce obstructorsdoing

Bosses: multi-bar HP, rotating weak points, attack patternsdone

Special mobs: armored, revivers, summoners, linked skullsdone

Status effects: poison, sleep, paralysis, hexdone

Field items: hearts, sword, hourglass, guidedone

Quest gimmick preview and recommended countersdone

v0.5 Home & collectiondone

Save systemdone

Home screen and bottom navigationdone

Rank, EXP, stamina, gems, golddone

Monster box: sort, filter, lock, tags, selldone

Party decks (multiple saved teams)done

Player profile / Striker info statsdone

Box capacity and expansiondone

v0.6 Summon machine & shopdoing

Summon machine with capsule animation and rarity cuesdone

Banners: featured, element, festival; rate tabledone

10x guarantee, 100-pull pity, friend-point machinedone

Monthly summon (points from logins and stamina)planned

Shop: stamina refill, box space, continues, gem packs (free)done

v0.7 Growthdone

Fusion levelling with EXP fodder and golddone

Plus eggs (HP / ATK / SPD) with mega-fuse chancedone

Evolution and ascension with element shardsdone

Luck via same-family fusion, max-luck rewardsdone

Dex with collection rewardsdone

v0.8 World & dungeonsdoing

Story map: 8 regions x 5 quests x 3 difficultiesdone

Results screen: EXP, gold, drops, speed cleardone

Daily quests (EXP garden, shard mine, gold vault)done

Element temples by weekday: time trial + gauntletdone

Event quests with farmable boss drops and scheduledone

Tower of Trials: 30 floors, monthly resetdone

The Abyss: 20 deep floors for veteransdone

Luck chests, first-clear and no-continue bonusesdone

Quest replay library for past eventsplanned

v0.9 Live-game systemsdoing

Missions: daily, weekly, achievementsdone

Helper friends and friend pointsdone

Tutorial and new-player guidedone

In-game update log and version checkdoing

v1.0 Polishdoing

Chiptune music and sound effectsdone

Balance pass across all questsplanned

Performance on older phonesplanned

Accessibility: text size, reduced flashingplanned

Cloud save backup / transfer codeplanned

v1.1 Endgame formsplanned

Transcended 4th forms with sub combos and 2-stage SSplanned

Connect skills unlocked by party conditionsplanned

Runes (equippable passive slots, graded C to S)planned

Element sigils: badge power from luck, sigil skillsplanned

Rune temple farming and rune upgradesplanned

v1.2 Competitiveplanned

Speed-clear leaderboards per questplanned

Weekly boss rush with rankingsplanned

Stadium tournaments against ghost teamsplanned

Seasonal ranking rewardsplanned

v1.3 Co-op multiplayerplanned

Online co-op for up to 4 players (Cloudflare Durable Objects)planned

Room codes and friend invitesplanned

Host-only stamina, shared rewards, co-op bonus chestsplanned

Co-op affinity rewardsplanned

Game design pillars

roster: 60 monster families (12 races x 5 elements), each with 3 forms (Base, Evolved, Ascended) = 180 original pixel-art monsters. Gacha-only races: Drake, Knight, Mage, Fairy, Spirit, Golem, Treant. Farmable (quest drop) races: Slime, Beast, Bird, Serpent, Beetle.
elements: Fire > Wood > Water > Fire, Light <-> Dark. Advantage x1.33 damage dealt / x0.66 taken, disadvantage reversed. Quest modifier Element Surge raises it to x1.5 / x2 / x3.
abilities: Anti-Gravity, Anti-Damage Wall, Anti-Warp, Flight (mines), Mine Sweeper, Anti-Wind, Anti-Block, Anti-Hex (magic circle), Anti-Slow; element & race Slayers (x1.5 / x2 / x2.5 / x3); Shield Breaker; element resistance; Recovery (S/M/L), Drain, Regen; Inner Strength, Dash, Power Mode, Wall Boost; SS Reducer, SS Accel; Barrier.
combos: Blast, Volatile Blast, Laser (1-way, cross, 8-way), Homing, Spread shot, Lock-on shockwave, Energy circle, Meteor, Chain lightning, Frost nova, Heal bullet, ATK-up aura, SS-charge pulse.
strike shots: Power Surge, Hyper Speed, Meteor Rain, Giant Form, Phase Shift (bounce <-> pierce), Weak-Point Hunter, Barrage Burst, Rally (heal + cleanse), Aegis (invincible), Chain Command (all allies fire combos), Bash Follow-up, Blackhole.
gimmicks: Damage Wall, Gravity Barrier, Warp gates, Mines, Wind turbines, Blocks, Hex circles (chick curse), Slow / Speed panels, Shields guarding weak points, Laser barriers, Healing walls, Heart / Needle / Power panels, Lava floor; enemy mechanics: 1-damage armored mobs, revivers, summoners, moving bosses, linked skulls, poison / sleep / paralysis.
enemies: Mobs drawn from the roster; bosses are Ascended forms scaled 2-3x with multiple HP bars, rotating weak points, several attack timers and attack patterns: laser, homing volley, shockwave, meteor, wall/mine placement, summon, heal, enrage.
quests: Story map: 8 regions x 5 quests, difficulties Novice / Normal / Hard / Extreme / Mythic. Daily quests by weekday (EXP garden, evolution shards, gold vault). Element Temples (time trial + gauntlet). Event quests whose boss drops a farmable monster. Tower of Trials (30 floors, monthly reset). The Abyss (endless-style 20-floor dungeon). Speed-clear turn targets, first-clear gem rewards, luck chests.
gacha: Summon Machine: 5 gems single / 50 gems 10x. Rates 5-star 12%, 4-star 88%, featured monster boosted on rotating banners, 10x guarantees at least one 5-star, 100-pull pity to the featured unit, Friend-point machine for low-tier pulls, capsule animation with rarity cue effects.
meta: Home screen with rank / EXP, stamina (+1 per 3 min, cap grows with rank), gems, gold; bottom nav Quest / Monsters / Summon / Shop / More. Monster box (sort, filter, lock, sell), party decks, fusion levelling, plus eggs (HP/ATK/SPD), evolution with element shards, luck via same-family fusion, Dex, missions (daily / weekly / achievements), login bonus calendar, gift box, NPC helper friends, settings, update log.
fx: Pixel particles everywhere: element hit bursts, wall sparks, combo shock rings, laser beams, homing trails, explosions, crits with screen flash + shake, damage numbers, combo counter, coin and egg drops, summon capsule sparkles, level-up and evolution bursts.
platform: Godot 4.7 GL Compatibility renderer, 360x640 portrait pixel canvas. Web build at sling.placebox88.uk/play and an iOS dev build installable over the air from sling.placebox88.uk. Offline single player; co-op multiplayer is a post-1.0 stretch goal.