Shopkeeper's Tail

Devlog

• #11 - Upgrade System Development
  November 06, 2025 by dawsonturska

  Hey all, Dawson Turska here with an update on the game's development cycle. As part of our recent work, we have been continuing development on Shopkeeper's Tail, particularly on the side of programmin... Continue reading

  
• #10 - Development Update!
  October 15, 2025 by scotchTape_sero

  Hi everyone! It's been a little bit since the last update, a lot of the developers have been doing an amazing job both on the tasks they can work on as well as their class work! Currently as it stands... Continue reading

  
• #9 - Paper Overlay Shader
  September 16, 2025 by dawsonturska#art

  As part of fleshing out the art of Shopkeeper's Tail, I (Dawson Turska) have been working on incorporating a paper overlay texture onto the render viewport in Unity. In doing so, we're hoping to get a... Continue reading

  
• #8 - Final Renders and Progress Update!
  August 21, 2025 by scotchTape_sero

  Hello readers! We hope you've been well! The team made an awesome last push before college classes resumed! And we are incredibly proud of everyone that's been able to contribute. Big or small! Like s... Continue reading

  
• #6 - Models and Sprites Galore!
  August 16, 2025 by scotchTape_sero

  Hi everyone! an update with some of our developing assets! We're currently working on a lot of the 3D models and dialog sprites that you'll encounter in game. It's been a blast working with our concep... Continue reading

  
• Devlog #5 - DUIs (Dungeons and User Interfaces)
  August 08, 2025 by Logan Jackson

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  Hey everyone! We're back with another update for Shopkeeper's Tail! This time we wanted to show more of the technical side of things as well as some progress we've made on our UI. First, we've been ta... Continue reading

  
• Devlog #4 Post capstone update!
  July 30, 2025 by scotchTape_sero

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  Hello! It's been a while since the team has gone on stage and presented their hard work with nerves of steel and baited breath! Thankfully the presentation was a marvelous success and development has... Continue reading

  
• Devlog #3 - How we implemented traditional mediums into digital game design
  April 07, 2025 by dawsonturska

  As students of Kent State University, we have access to a space in our Design Innovation Reactor (a space dedicated solely to making cool, new things, with resources such as laser cutters, 3D printers... Continue reading

  
• Devlog #2 - How we used Blender to simulate claymation
  March 28, 2025 by dawsonturska

  One of the first things we did when we set out to make a mixed-media style game was ask ourselves this: How do we make something like this even possible? Working with a friend of mine, Pann Prechachev... Continue reading

  
• Devlog #1 - About the project
  February 25, 2025 by dawsonturska

  Tail of the Shopkeeper is a game we are developing as part of the Senior Capstone Project for Kent State University's Animation & Game Design program. In this course, after writing a 10-page research... Continue reading