Eden

Devlog

• Reading the water
  August 03, 2026 by better-gaming#evolution, #creature, #prehistoric, #underwater, #fish, #procedural-generation, #retro, #boss-battle, #upgrades, #roguelite

  Two changes went into Eden this week that look unrelated on paper. One is a system, one is a coat of paint. They came out of the same complaint, though, which is that you could look at the game and no... Continue reading
• Two ways to eat
  August 02, 2026 by better-gaming#evolution, #upgrades, #fish, #creature, #prehistoric, #underwater, #procedural-generation, #retro, #boss-battle, #rougelite

  Every part in Eden has always worked the same way. You save up Vitae, you buy the next tier, your bite goes up a little, your armor goes up a little. It's progression, and it works, but it's also hone... Continue reading
• Evolution...not of the fish, but of the feedback
  July 21, 2026 by better-gaming#evolution, #upgrades, #feedback, #users, #boss-fight

  A little while back I wrote about ripping out Eden's feedback form. It collected exactly nothing, so I rebuilt it as a one-tap prompt inside the game, right after something happens, like a boss fight,... Continue reading

  
• Drawing a Fish with Math
  July 08, 2026 by better-gaming#evolution, #upgrades, #menu, #simulation

  Eden is free and runs in your browser — phone or desktop. Play it here → Evolution is the whole point of Eden. You start as something small and you spend the game becoming something else. So it al... Continue reading

  
• Inside my dev mode
  July 02, 2026 by better-gaming#dev, #tooling, #evolution, #velocity, #iteration

  Eden is free and runs in your browser — phone or desktop. Play it here → Most of what I build for Eden never has an audience. Not because it's bad, just because it's not gameplay. It's the stuff t... Continue reading

  
• v0.4.1: Light in the deep, and a better way to listen
  July 01, 2026 by better-gaming#upgrades, #evolution, #feedback, #bloom, #immersive, #simulation, #fish, #retro, #fun, #new

  Eden is free and runs in your browser — phone or desktop. Play it here → Two big things landed in this update that look unrelated on the surface: a visual overhaul and a rebuilt feedback system. B... Continue reading

  
• Eden Goes Mobile
  June 25, 2026 by better-gaming

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  #evolution, #upgrades, #retro, #fish, #ocean, #rpg, #mobile, #iphone, #android

  As of 1.3, Eden runs on your phone. Play it in your pocket Touch controls: drag the left half of the screen to swim (a relative joystick — wherever your thumb lands is center), with Bite, Dash (hold... Continue reading

  
• The single Markdown rule that keeps my indie changelog honest (and why you should steal it)
  June 23, 2026 by better-gaming

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  #ai, #workflow, #claude, #changelog, #productivity, #semver

  One of the unsexy-but-real problems with AI-assisted prototype development is drift. You ship things fast, the AI helps you ship even faster, and suddenly you have a v1.1.0 with 20 changes you half-re... Continue reading

  
• ​The Cambrian explosion in your browser: Zone 4, the Gravekeeper, and choosing your ancestor​
  June 22, 2026 by better-gaming

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  #evolution, #cambrian, #fossil, #underwater, #boss, #indiedev, #characterselect, #update

  The original EVO: Search for Eden let you play as a single creature climbing the evolutionary ladder. One of the things I always wanted was the ability to branch — to choose a lineage and follow its... Continue reading

  
• v0.0.1
  June 18, 2026 by better-gaming

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  v1.0.1 2026-06-18 Improved Essence drops more frequently from all prey — pods, jellyfish, and reef hunters all leave more behind. Plankton no longer drop essence. Improved Evolution upgrades beyond... Continue reading
• I had a favorite game in the 90s. So I made a spiritual successor.
  June 18, 2026 by better-gaming

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  #action, #survival, #singleplayer, #lo-fi, #retro, #indie, #solo-dev, #free

  What is Eden? Eden is a 2.5D underwater evolution game built in Three.js. You start as a small filter feeder and work your way up through three zones, eating plankton, cracking open pods, fighting bos... Continue reading

  
• Initial Eden Launch! Changelog!
  June 17, 2026 by better-gaming

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  #evolution, #creature, #prehistoric, #underwater, #fish, #procedural-generation, #retro, #boss-battle, #upgrades, #roguelite

  v1.0.0 2026-06-17 New Enemy dialogue system — every creature type introduces itself the first time you meet it, in RPG-style dialogue with typewriter text and a named speaker. New Persistent Feedbac... Continue reading