Hello there everybody.

First things first, I hope that everyone is okay during these trying times. This has been a difficult period for alot of people, including myself, but I'm still trying my best to create the best product I can for the people avidly awaiting your first trip into this world. However, there is alot to go through today, so let me update you all on whats happened since the last Devlog!

Name Change and New Logo:

As you can tell, the name of this project has been changed from 199X, to MEANINGLESS. This has happened for a multitude of reasons. The first being that there actually was already a game of the same name, on steam, so to avoid confusion in regards to marketing and respect for the original developer, the name got changed to MEANINGLESS, There are other reasons as I said why the name change happened now, but thats for another discussion. With a name change, comes a new logo, the new MEANINGLESS logo turned out really well and I have to thank it's creator, Kallionic! He is a really good friend of mine and I appreciate that he took the time to get the exact feel I wanted this logo to portray. (Twitter handles for everyone helping with this project is below and will be retroactively added to previous devlogs).

Updated Visuals and UI Implementation:

If you have been following the Twitter page for MEANINGLESS, you may of noticed that the project has had some new post-processing tidbits added onto the already amazing emulation of the PS1 rendering systems due to PSXEffects. You can also see in this batch of screenshots that I have finally begun to implement something resembling a UI system with the introduction of the minimap! I would appreciate any feedback on this minimap design as it is still very much being worked on and refined, hence the slight issue with the minimap in the 3rd image there, everything here is subject to change!

Level Design Updates:

In the last Devlog, there was only a mere test level to work with, however this has completely changed with the addition of a... somewhat, random generator! Thats right MEANINGLESS is finally living up to the rouge-like description! This was very much a painful process to setup, however the systems are now in place for mostly Random Generation of these rooms, the next steps will be increasing the variation of the areas of the game, however thats something to touch upon in the Future Content section of this post, heres an image of some of the maps and locations that you may run into! This section of the game is powered by DunGen which allows for generation such as what you can see being debugged in the above image.

The Title Screen:

Speaking of stuff that didn't have much working internally at the time at the last Devlog, the Title Screen also has gone through a substantial change internally, maybe later on in this series of Devlogs I might show what the old title Screen may of looked like, but heres the new title screen in all of it's semi-functional glory! Again this is all subject to change and feedback is greatly appreciated!

What's Next?: 

As for whats next for MEANINGLESS? A lot of the groundwork for what will be the basis of the first release of the project is getting close to completion, now it's just adding in functionality and features such as the options menu, a working pause menu among some other things, maybe that difficulty button will gain functionality? What other rooms can I get the generator to generate? It's all up in the air right now, however the next Devlog will probably be a much shorter one going over what will probably be some extra UI functionality among other things, but other than that, that is all for this Development update for 19- I mean, MEANINGLESS! I really need to get used to writing MEANINGLESS and not 199X. I hope your all staying safe out there and I hope to meet you here again soon for more updates on MEANINGLESS!

Important Links:

MEANINGLESS Twitter: https://twitter.com/MeaninglessReal
Kallionic's Twitter: His twitter noclipped, currently MIA
Solid Kira's Twitter: https://twitter.com/KiraIsSolid
Premonitions Twitter: https://twitter.com/PremonitionTV