spent an hour making the itch page, the game is in it's first playtest but i've had fun messing around with it.
jakeoreilly.itch.io/starshot-idle

Total: 46h
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did way too much today, mostly UI/Upgrade stuff (which was planned for v0.4...)

i did 10.5h today, and only had to do 1.5...
i did friday AND monday's work already

expect an itch page soon!

Total: 45h
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yeah i didn't plan on doing this at all actually, but it made too much sense not to have.

first scope creep :D

day 8 done, Aliens are all in, with different levels and amounts of Stars to give! only had to do 2.5h today, but did 5 :3

also made a StatsManager and am thinking about serialisation!

Total: 34.5h
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day 7 done, a full week now
got the player, spawning, and bullets all working!

moving onto Aliens next, v0.2.0!

Total: 29.5h
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day 6 is done, actual coding has begun!
the game might not work like Bongo Cat, since i can't do background input detection in godot :(

so it's gonna be a regular idle game from here on out?
we're in v0.1.1 now! past setup

Total: 24h
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- start when i wake up or an hour after getting ready

- 4h/day mon-fri, i can stack it up for FUTURE days (8h on mon means i don't have to do any on a future day)

- no work on weekends (but i don't really do anything else lol)

it's worked so far

day 5 is done, made 4 more Alien designs!
i'm doing a LOT of sprite work considering the game isn't made yet... sike!

trying out trello for project planning this time (copying @thinmatrix.bsky.social's lol), finally made the repo and godot project today!

Total: 20h
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hey! im working on a dreamcast love letter collectathon about a guy who gets hit with a sleep spell by complete random chance and has to escape the collective unconscious!
store.steampowered.com/app/3564580/...

day 4 is done and yep i just did 2.5h today.
figured out what menu settings i wanted, and laid out my menu ui!

did a couple new aliens along with 2 frame anims, but they are not very good at all lol.

Total: 16h
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GDocs is actually so good for being able to link GSheets stuff STRAIGHT into the doc, AND being updateable???

day 3 is done and i have ALREADY broken my schedule, i did 5.5h today whoops...

did some interesting Value, Profit, Loss for the GDD (this is for all future projects too🧠). don't think these are good metrics, but it's something i'm considering!

Total: 13.5h
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welp day 2 is done, a fun mix of business / economics stuff and visual aesthetic stuff! think i'll start scoping out playtesters, got some people in mind.

i think i should take an econ / business course, it's interesting.

Total: 8h
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i have designed one Alien so far (this one's called "Identity"), i think i like the aesthetic and shape of the og Space Invaders sprites: 8x16 px wide, NOT CENTRED >:)

this is the upgrade colours of what every Alien can go through (not great accessibility...)
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oh i literally started mine yesterday, i just wanted SOME headings to work off of to plan out my game, so i was using @indiegameclinic.bsky.social's one from this video!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBxY...