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Dev Diary

Letters from the workshop on the making of 1204: Shards of Rhomania. Posted whenever an entry feels worth the ink.

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   ΗΜΕΡΟΛΟΓΙΟΝ · Devlog · 5 June 2026 AD · Year 7534 of the Roman World

   An entire week on ember particles

   How the opening cinematic ate seven days, and why I do not regret a single one.

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   ΛΟΓΟΣ · Design · 30 May 2026 AD · Year 7534 of the Roman World

   What Singleton Knew

   Three design ideas stolen wholesale from Lords of Midnight, and one I am still trying to escape.

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   ΤΕΧΝΗ · Craft · 22 May 2026 AD · Year 7534 of the Roman World

   Building the Chronicle UI

   Why every screen in 1204 pretends to be a page from an illuminated manuscript — and how we keep it readable.

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   ΟΨΙΣ · Vision · 12 May 2026 AD · Year 7534 of the Roman World

   Why 1204?

   On choosing the most catastrophic year in Roman history as the setting for a strategy game.

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