The first public enemy lineup gets narrowed down, with scale tests, stronger silhouettes, and the first full animation passes.

Nutcracker research, bigger mouths, stranger movement, and the first serious pass at making the enemy cast feel distinct.

The soundtrack direction takes a big step forward, while AI 3D reconstruction proves much less useful for Jack than expected.

Directional attack art, early enemy categories, engine fixes, and a useful combat reference from Final Fantasy XII.

Movement behavior, combat flow, enemy attack ideas, and the heavier Nutcracker-inspired music direction.

Game feel, attack polish, movement differentiation, and slide bonus ideas.

A more precise storyboard for a vertical gameplay-first Jackstrap promo video.

A fake movie-poster experiment leads to a clearer plan for a Jackstrap explainer video.

The Nutcracker dolls become the core enemy concept for Jackstrap.

Hit VFX tests, Jack's fire death animation, punch differentiation, and attack timing categories.

Ground-crack hit VFX ideas, asset organization, attack planning, and enemy interaction tests.

A major animation workflow cleanup, larger sprite exports, and early combo UI work.

Testing punch impact effects, game feel, and animation timing for Jackstrap.

Testing punch impact effects, game feel, and animation timing for Jackstrap.

Movement animation progress, animation tracking, shadows, and early upgrade UI work for Jackstrap.

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Short Jackstrap development update.

Short Jackstrap development update.

Short Jackstrap development update.

Short Jackstrap development update.