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Hello, I'm Dawnlight!

I'm a software engineer and hobbyist game developer working on various projects I'm passionate about, such as my JRPG indie game, Hollows Academy. On my website, you'll find all the various projects I've worked on, plus where to follow me across the Internet!

Come see and learn what I've done and how I've done them! If you want a place to start, check out my latest video where I talk about my RPG indie game, Hollows Academy or you can check out my Bluesky feed here!



Latest Posts

-like add characters to the player's party, get certain weapons or even special items! So please look forward to the next updates on Hollows Academy ✨

@did:plc:yykf62b3c6o4u4pt7gimgwmq 6/3/2026, 11:49:27 PM
6/3/2026, 11:49:27 PM

It still needs some work, but the basics of it have been implemented and I'm excited to work more on it! So far, the one quest has been assigned to a character and the player is able to receive and accept the quest, thus showing it in the Quests menu, but there will be more quests to do things-

@did:plc:yykf62b3c6o4u4pt7gimgwmq 6/3/2026, 11:49:27 PM
6/3/2026, 11:49:27 PM

📜 Quest Log Update!

A brand-new Quests system is being added! You can keep track of active quests, side quests and their descriptions directly from the new Quests tab in the inventory menu.

Now your quest information is just a button press away. ✨

#gamedev #indiedev #godotengine

@did:plc:yykf62b3c6o4u4pt7gimgwmq 6/3/2026, 11:49:27 PM
6/3/2026, 11:49:27 PM

Hey y'all! I just released a new written AND video devlog of me rambling about my RPG game, Hollows Academy (formerly Magical Girl Saga) on my website! You can find the written log and video log here!

dawnlight.dev/blog/Hollows...

@did:plc:yykf62b3c6o4u4pt7gimgwmq 5/15/2026, 9:32:31 PM
5/15/2026, 9:32:31 PM

Another very minor update to my game, we now have a light that illuminates around the player at night (and eventually caves and other dark areas too!). It has a bit of a flicker to it as well to make it seem more like a lantern light.

@did:plc:yykf62b3c6o4u4pt7gimgwmq 3/19/2026, 1:43:22 AM
3/19/2026, 1:43:22 AM

TW: Short White Flashing Screen

Minor thing for today, added in a better transition animation for transitioning from the overworld into battle.

Wasn't too hard with a godot shader, though I had little experience with godot's shaders beforehand, but I got it all figured out!

@did:plc:yykf62b3c6o4u4pt7gimgwmq 2/2/2026, 12:54:39 AM
2/2/2026, 12:54:39 AM

I want to make a video going more in depth about it too sometime this week, but yeah! I migrated from Godot 4.0 to 4.5 and decided to rewrite the dialogue system to better match other games in the RPG genre. Now to just rework the inventory system...

@did:plc:yykf62b3c6o4u4pt7gimgwmq 1/19/2026, 11:04:35 PM
1/19/2026, 11:04:35 PM