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.

Chapter 1 · Dec 2025

A plant in a pot

The engine's first job was a farming game: map transitions, rain that followed you indoors, and a marker for when a plant needed water.

v0.1.0

EngineDecember 2025

The First Thing the Engine Watched Was a Plant

Map transitions, camera state persistence, and an indicator system whose entire job was telling you whether a plant needed water.

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v0.1.1

RenderingDecember 2025

Rain That Followed You Indoors

A weather system with ambient sound, post-processing, graphics settings — and the fix for precipitation that would not stop indoors.

A Release About Leak Prevention

Two entries. Both fixes. One of them is the reason the next release could add a touch screen without everything catching fire.

The Engine Learned to Be Touched

Capacitor.js Android support, a mobile-optimised UI, touch controls, and a Windows-safe script for opening the project on a phone.

A HUD That Described Itself

Cross-platform UI scaling from a 1920x1080 reference, a declarative HUD with a 100ms dirty-checked update loop, and a procedural map generator.

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v0.2.1

EngineDecember 28, 2025

Standards, High And Games

The release where the engine got a name, a five-colour logo palette, and a loading screen whose only job was to make the browser let it have audio.

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v0.3.0

EngineDecember 28, 2025

Before the Guns, There Were Pots

The engine's earliest public release, back when it was being built to grow plants rather than to fight. Harvest indicators, instant pot placement, and better console help.

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v0.3.1

DocsDecember 28, 2025

The First Time the Engine Documented Itself

TypeDoc integration, a custom dark theme built from the logo palette, and a docs version that reads version.txt instead of being remembered by hand.

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Next: Becoming a shooter