The little archeology sweeper game is taking a 3 week nap while I study for an unexpected exam! Life really does get in the way of video games
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Day 14 - Set up the main game loop, destroyed children
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You *can* bootstrap yourself into an indie gamedev career. I did it. It also looked like 100 hour weeks for months on end, or crunch so bad it permanently fucked up my shoulder, and generally living in abject poverty for a decade

And now I make $15 an hour. That's what a success story looks like

Day 12/13 - some shop function working! Next is to set up the research window and add the display positions into the save

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Anyone into farming sims, creature tamer and deckbuilding want to play the Sprytewood alpha?

It currently has content for 15-30 min and I'd really like to know what you think of it!
jil-hue.itch.io/sprytewood

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Days 9 / 10 / 11 - Been working on the shop backend and animation! This loop is for switching between the shop and research windows 🦡

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Always thinking about the cows in Harvest Moon: Magical Melody

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Day 8 - Got save / load data working! Why does the day feel less productive when there’s not visual progress??

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Day 7! Tools unroll, artifacts zip to the inventory, and the shop side is in progress! Hoping to get some visuals done for that tomorrow!
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Is it even #gamedev if you’re not cursing whatever god forsaken version of yourself existed 2 hours ago?

5/5/25 5:13PM me would literally never make that mistake

Days 4-6: Fixed a couple bugs, added an inventory autosort button, and designed the layout! Gonna start on some animations next!! 🦡
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Day 3!! Full of refactoring and mining for cassettes (yay inventory system!)

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Day 2! I want to keep it cozy so we’re sweeping for artifacts instead of mines. Added customizable artifacts, quality data based on total clicks and a tool modifier, and placeholder sprites! The tool follows your pointer when it’s active, too!

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Day 1 - Minesweeperish minigame in progress! Made a grid generator, clickable spaces, and a tool that digs out 3 spaces at a time. Planning on an archeology spin!

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New job starts in June, so May is gonna be for making a teeny cute game! What if overscoping is actually afraid of ME?
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I spent a year on my #gamedev company and I’ll soon be back to a 9-5. It’s bittersweet.

I didn’t quite get where I had hoped but I’m glad I got to try. I already feel nostalgic so here are some of the things I’m most proud of from the last year:

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