Devlog

Washoi devlog

From a plant in a pot to an arena shooter in your browser. This is how Washiki Washoi! got built, one release at a time.

v1.0.0-alphav1.0.0-alpha.md

Latest1.0 AlphaOctober 23, 2026

Road to 1.0

Bots that listen, matches that become movies, settings that follow you home, and a game learning to waste less of your machine. Inside the work behind Washoi's v1.0.0-alpha.

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v0.9.36

NetcodeOctober 19, 2026

Keep Your Place in the Fight

Busy uploads stop throwing you backward, crouch slides hold together at higher ping, and the net graph helps explain a troubled connection. Plus a cheaper weapon setup path for Firefox.

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v0.9.35

PerformanceOctober 19, 2026

A Slow Frame Shouldn't Move You Back

Fewer movement corrections at low frame rates, better recovery from stalled connections, visible download progress, and a performance pass that gives Firefox more room to breathe.

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v0.9.34

InputOctober 19, 2026

When Fire Stopped Firing

A mouse-input fix for the first alpha: fire and aim survive browser event handling, looking keeps working while you shoot, and failed mouse capture tells you how to retry.

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v0.9.33

Public AlphaOctober 19, 2026

Meet Washoi: Our First Public Alpha

The arena is open. v0.9.33 is our first public alpha: four modes, five curated maps and a production build ready to leave the workshop.

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v0.9.32

GameplayOctober 18, 2026

Getting the Arenas Ready for Alpha

Five curated maps, restored S&D destruction, recorded wall-jump routes for the bots, and a new sound bank. The preparation release before v0.9.33's public alpha.

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v0.9.31

MovementOctober 17, 2026

Fixing the Ground Under Your Feet

Ramps that keep you grounded, ledges that let you climb, an Arc Blade that lunges when you mean it, and a welcome guide for the players arriving next.

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