6 Month Challenge: Week 7 Dev Log
Progress Report
Tutorials
I completed the Dodge the Creeps tutorial but still have some bugs in my code.
Marketing
My first YouTube video, a review of the new FOUNTAINS demo, got 119 views and several subscribers, so that’s a pretty great start as far as I’m concerned. I got some helpful feedback on Reddit that should help me with subsequent episodes.
I plan to focus mainly on Godot-made projects, but every so often I expect to cover exceptional devs even though they used Unity or Unreal. We Who Are About To Die creator Jordy Lakiere is one such dev. For the past 7 years, he’s poured his soul into making a Roman gladiator roguelike, and it is truly a masterpiece. I’ve shot and edited some footage playing his demo and am now working on the script and voice recording.
I’ve also got plans to cover a runaway hit made on Godot called Bunker 21 and another from a studio called Plasma Beam Games called Super Space Galaxy.
Game
I’ve gotten more clarity on the theme and feel of my game and started making a few preliminary sketches and dialogue lines.
It will be a Thanksgiving-based political satire in which you play as a government-enhanced turkey that’s challenged to solve algebra problems using a game mechanic based on Dodge the Creeps. Yep. There it is, folks! That’s our winner. :)