Payton Murdock - Dukoa Stage 2D

Devlog 10/13/2026 - Posing & Lights

I love S2FM a lot. And the thing I love most is lights and just using them in general. I haven't seen much beautiful shading in 2D animation much. I'm sure it's out there but I decided that Stage 2D would be all about shading and lighting.

Tools are now on the left, properties and the library are tabs on the right, and the Timeline sits along the bottom. Layers have a lock column.

Frames can now be exported as a PNG sequence.

Lights live on light layers, and a light layer lights the layers below it. There are four kinds:

Point
Spot
Sun
Ambient

Devlog 10/11/2026 - Day One

Dukoa Stage 2D is a 2D animation program I'm making. It works the way classic 2D animation software works. a timeline of layers and keyframes, symbols you build once and reuse, and a Library that holds them. I want it to feel simple and fun to use, and it's built around lighting so a shot doesn't have to be flat.

All I got done was this simple New Project panel. Very underwhelming and probably not where I should've started but whatever guys.

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