Aiming has its own motion
The ship controller carries a movable reticle, recentering behavior and a separate aim gimbal. The nose follows the aim while movement stays within the flight corridor. That separates where the ship travels from where the player wants to shoot.
Give the route a rhythm
The April level redesign adds roller-coaster movement, slot gates and an escort section. Tutorials and iteration polish follow in the next milestone. The screenshot now shows the running prototype rather than the title artwork.
Still a prototype
The project remains an on-rails Godot shooter with procedurally assembled scenery and combat encounters. This devlog documents the retained April implementation; it does not announce a finished campaign or a newly released public build.
What I learned
The reticle, ship nose and flight corridor each communicate a different constraint. Their relationship needs to be readable during movement, not just when the scene is paused.
Sources & development context
Skyfang Squadron commits f2263f6 and ffea675; scripts/player_ship.gd, game_world.gd and README. Work date is April 13. A fresh local gameplay capture was rendered September 13, 2026.
This retrospective separates the original work date from publication. Historical test results are not claims of a new test run.