Vexalia Dev Diary — BaltaSomniaHonest, dated notes from building Vexalia.https://baltasomnia.com/enThe starters become themselveshttps://baltasomnia.com/vexalia/diary/2026-07-21_the-starters-become-themselves/https://baltasomnia.com/vexalia/diary/2026-07-21_the-starters-become-themselves/All 31 creatures get a resolution upgrade in one sweep, and the entire human cast gets elbows, real knees, and faces that finally look like themselves.Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe prologue plays start to finishhttps://baltasomnia.com/vexalia/diary/2026-07-20_the-prologue-plays-start-to-finish/https://baltasomnia.com/vexalia/diary/2026-07-20_the-prologue-plays-start-to-finish/Real cutscenes, a hold-to-skip you can trust, and our full opening act playable from morning one to the last night (no spoilers here).Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTOrdinary life moves into the valleyhttps://baltasomnia.com/vexalia/diary/2026-07-19_ordinary-life-moves-into-the-valley/https://baltasomnia.com/vexalia/diary/2026-07-19_ordinary-life-moves-into-the-valley/Sheep, hens, and a hunting loop arrive, plus the first real version number quietly stamped in the corner of the menu.Sun, 19 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe prologue learns to count its dayshttps://baltasomnia.com/vexalia/diary/2026-07-19_the-prologue-learns-to-count-its-days/https://baltasomnia.com/vexalia/diary/2026-07-19_the-prologue-learns-to-count-its-days/We read the best document this project has produced, then rebuilt sleep itself so the story could be told one real day at a time.Sun, 19 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe weekend, and the great dash purgehttps://baltasomnia.com/vexalia/diary/2026-07-19_the-weekend-and-the-great-dash-purge/https://baltasomnia.com/vexalia/diary/2026-07-19_the-weekend-and-the-great-dash-purge/The most important day of the prologue lands (we're not spoiling it), and we finally admit we'd been breaking our own house rule 447 times.Sun, 19 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe wolf gets its own skin, and the team grows to fifteen deskshttps://baltasomnia.com/vexalia/diary/2026-07-18_the-wolf-gets-its-own-skin/https://baltasomnia.com/vexalia/diary/2026-07-18_the-wolf-gets-its-own-skin/The treehouse wolf finally sheds its borrowed body, and two new roles join the studio: a compositor and a dispatcher who reads everyone's mail.Sat, 18 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTWalls that know which side you're onhttps://baltasomnia.com/vexalia/diary/2026-07-17_walls-that-know-which-side-youre-on/https://baltasomnia.com/vexalia/diary/2026-07-17_walls-that-know-which-side-youre-on/A black cube appears in the town square, dollhouse walls learn to hide from every angle, and the studio grows to thirteen roles.Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTA wolf at the treehousehttps://baltasomnia.com/vexalia/diary/2026-07-16_a-wolf-at-the-treehouse/https://baltasomnia.com/vexalia/diary/2026-07-16_a-wolf-at-the-treehouse/The first real fight in Vexalia isn't a spar, it's a defense, and the companions finally got their arms back.Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe satchel morninghttps://baltasomnia.com/vexalia/diary/2026-07-15_the-satchel-morning/https://baltasomnia.com/vexalia/diary/2026-07-15_the-satchel-morning/Eight screening rounds in one day to make a home feel like a home, right down to a bag that shouldn't be near an exit.Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe Cradle becomes a real villagehttps://baltasomnia.com/vexalia/diary/2026-07-14_the-cradle-becomes-a-real-village/https://baltasomnia.com/vexalia/diary/2026-07-14_the-cradle-becomes-a-real-village/The street was literally flying, four meters off the ground, because of one default Unity raycast setting.Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTDungeons, runes, and the stone townhttps://baltasomnia.com/vexalia/diary/2026-07-13_dungeons-runes-and-the-stone-town/https://baltasomnia.com/vexalia/diary/2026-07-13_dungeons-runes-and-the-stone-town/After a three-day break: creature legs finally move on their own, and the tamer's bond shows up on the body for the first time.Mon, 13 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe mirror finally reflectshttps://baltasomnia.com/vexalia/diary/2026-07-08_the-mirror-finally-reflects/https://baltasomnia.com/vexalia/diary/2026-07-08_the-mirror-finally-reflects/The character mirror had been rendering pitch black since the day we built it, and we nearly lost a save file finding out why.Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe living world, and the first trailerhttps://baltasomnia.com/vexalia/diary/2026-07-07_the-living-world-and-the-first-trailer/https://baltasomnia.com/vexalia/diary/2026-07-07_the-living-world-and-the-first-trailer/Weather, day and night, three training minigames, and a 63-second trailer we cut from our own recordings.Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe day the world got bighttps://baltasomnia.com/vexalia/diary/2026-07-05_the-day-the-world-got-big/https://baltasomnia.com/vexalia/diary/2026-07-05_the-day-the-world-got-big/The world map grew four times in one sitting, and we finally figured out why our NPCs didn't look human.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTFirst playable, and the voxel pivothttps://baltasomnia.com/vexalia/diary/2026-07-04_first-playable-and-the-voxel-pivot/https://baltasomnia.com/vexalia/diary/2026-07-04_first-playable-and-the-voxel-pivot/We threw away two AI-generated creature models for one honest reason: fusion needs parts, not a smooth mesh.Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe project is bornhttps://baltasomnia.com/vexalia/diary/2026-06-24_the-project-is-born/https://baltasomnia.com/vexalia/diary/2026-06-24_the-project-is-born/Three days of pure code and no screenshots: the lore, the elemental chemistry, the combat engine, before anything had a shape.Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT