{"id":221,"date":"2026-10-31T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/perseidasgames.com\/blog\/?p=221"},"modified":"2026-10-30T11:10:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T10:10:20","slug":"monthly-devlog-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perseidasgames.com\/blog\/en\/monthly-devlog-october\/","title":{"rendered":"Monthly devlog – October"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This is our monthly development diary, where you can read the latest updates on the project\u2019s progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last month we revealed the studio name and logo, so this month we should be revealing the project name itself, but unfortunately…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just kidding, here is the game’s name<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Magical Girls Bureau<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And the logotype..?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This month we’ve been focusing on creating our demo cast<\/strong>, defining their character sheets and backstories<\/strong>, and exploring their visual design<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We could go on for paragraphs about the process, but we’ll get straight to the point by showing you some images <\/strong>from the design process for Aurora<\/strong>, our protagonist<\/strong>, and Nova<\/strong>, our squad leader<\/strong> and the first magical girl<\/strong> we’ll meet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please note that this isn’t the final game’s artwork<\/strong>, and the designs may undergo slight changes in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So that this post doesn’t go on forever – and as we know you’re dying to find out about the – we’ve decided to dedicate a whole post just to talk about them<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Now, let’s take a closer look at the game design<\/strong>, which has undergone the most changes<\/strong> this month, as we’ve decided to change the way the main mechanic is presented<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The premise has always been that you have a roster of magical girls<\/strong>, each with their own stats and abilities, whom you must assign to various incidents<\/strong>, each with their own challenges and requirements. The success or failure of these incidents depends on a calculation that determines how well-suited the magical girl is to the task<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That said, how can we make this interesting for the player?<\/strong> That was the question we’d been asking ourselves for some time. Having a list of incidents and assigning magical girls to them isn’t a bad idea, but we felt we could put a new spin on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After exploring various options, we came up with the idea of creating a planner<\/strong> in which we can schedule incidents throughout the week and assign a team of magical girls to them<\/strong>. Once everything is ready, the process will be carried out in sequence, and the result will be displayed<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the one hand, we’ve prepared a small prototype<\/strong> in which we’re carrying out playability tests<\/strong>, and on the other, we’re developing a simplified interface to test the user experience<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n