YJ Project

Detection Indicator

Some mobs jump up when they notice Yoki. Now, in addition to this, a special indicator "!" will appear near them.

In process

While we are working on updating the interface, we are creating concepts of new elements for future updates. We will talk about all elements individually and in detail closer to the versions where they will be added.

The next version 0.6.7 will bring a lot of technical changes to the game. The launch of the game will change, there will be new settings and other small improvements that will improve your gaming experience.

All the changes in this sixth series of updates prepare Nine...

First level icon

As new levels become available, we will be creating a new icon for each island. The first level and its new icon in the menu are available now!

Tailscript

We've created our own alphabet for our universe!

Tailscript is the symbolic language of the anthropomorphic beings of the YJ universe. Its symbols were formed from light and ash, carrying ancient songs, oaths, and tales. Each symbol flickers like a dancing flame, whispering the breath of the timeless world.

Legend of Frostpaw

In old menu concepts you may have met the "Frostpaw" button. The functionality of this button will only appear in the 3rd phase of the game development, when the open world with quests and npcs will appear.

In the next version this button will return to the menu and will inform about "future content". The same sense has the same meaning of the "Gallery" button, the functionality of which will appear much earlier.

Yoki UI

New interface inside the game. In addition to updating the design, we will slightly improve the game logic:

- Instead of fire there will be mana, which is spent when using a magic attack or when using a shield.

- The scale under lives, as before, fills up when destroying enemies and restores health and mana when full. It now has 3 divisions instead of 4.

- Under Yoki's icon there will now be indicators of buffs and debuffs (they will be used later)

Parallax effect

From the very beginning of creating the background for the menu we wanted to make a parallax effect, but we had to give up this idea because of the difficulties in adapting to different screen resolutions. Nevertheless, we managed to solve the problems: we finalized the background layers and changed the pixel alignment settings.

Now the background of the main menu will move when you change the position of your cursor!

0.6.6 -> 0.6.7

What's next for us? After we finish the series of atmospheric updates, we will be updating the gameplay. Earlier we planned to allocate 2 months for UI improvement, but we decided to include UI improvement in the current series of updates.

Right now, the game's UI has a lot of flaws that we would like to improve before the game is released on Android and Linux. In addition, after the release of 0.6.7, there will be another interesting update that will improve the world of NLY even more,...

YJ pin

We post game updates on the 10th of every month!

The newest version of the game: Here

Current development status: Phase 1 — 60%

2025-04-12 07:07:48 +0000 UTC View Post

Nine Lives of Yoki v.0.6.6

More atmosphere!

📣 What's New?

New UI

• Most of the interface has been updated. New style and improved logic UI Kit.

Graphics Settings

• Now you can change graphics settings manually or use presets.

Light Objects

• In addition to torches, Yoki's shield and fireball now also emit light, illuminating everything around them.

Graphics Settings

In the 0.6.6 update we will add the ability to customize graphics, which was added at the beginning of the sixth series of the atmospheric update (0.6.3).

On the screenshot you can see the settings window: manual settings on the left, presets on the right. The standard preset includes all possible “effects”, the vanilla preset disables all settings, and the ‘Low’ preset disables the most resource-intensive “effects”, while leaving the visuals acceptable.

Improvements

In the upcoming version 0.6.6 we will slightly improve all NSFW scenes (wolf, snowman, green slime).

Right now we are working on updated UI and graphics settings, and preparing materials for the next updates.

Fire

Yoki's magic now emits light too!

The glow of fireballs and shields spreads to other objects and entities.

Under Snow and Stars - soundtrack

This track was born at an altitude of a thousand meters, when our sound designer 88wonda was returning to his hometown after many years.

This track was born at an altitude of a thousand meters, when our sound designer 88wonda was returning to his hometown after many years. Cold streets, memories and warm nostalgia are all in these sounds.

Looking ahead

We are preparing files for future updates, which are expected very soon. We decided to share with you a sketch of the menu for character improvement. With the help of special currency you will be able to increase the strength of Yoki's attacks, shield recovery time and even acquire new skills.

UI update

We have drawn new textures for the interface a long time ago. Instead of simply changing the visual part of the UI, in the future we want to highlight a separate update for adding a large number of functions.

Since we are going to add graphics settings in the next version of the game, part of the new UI will have to be implemented in the new style. But the really detailed work on the UI will begin a little later.

In the meantime, you can enjoy the new style: ethnic patterns and in...