Wow, it has been a little while for some progress. It's a good time for an update.
If you've seen my other posts recently, you'll know I was making a different 'imp' altogether for this Post-XMas season. It did get a little chance to catch-up with this weird wad development, but not much to really "show".
Progress is "progressing" but more in a housekeeping kind of fashion. The playtest feedback so far has been sparse, but currently positive. It's clear that some things from the first alpha are working great, while some things are a bit unnecessary or just plain silly. It will be a while before there's anything new to play, mostly because I'm refactoring and removing a lot of the unnecessary bits.
A huge shoutout to the unsung hero of development: the Mannequin (they will be front and center in the main area of TESTZOO in the future).
Without being too technical, Mannequin is a magic object that I made to toy around in game. It can change sprites, do color shifts, and change animations by shooting it!
It would be impossible to test animations without this thing. Especially rotations.
Anyways, it will be a while before I get anything nice to look at, but trust me, I'm still working on it.
Enjoy the in progress sprite show in the meantime!
Thank you all for your support in 2025! We'll take this 30+ year old game to weird places!