Will I remember to update this? Who knows? :D --- ## Game Dev Logs ### 2024 - [[TJ's Game Dev Log - July 2024|July]] - Entered Pirate Software Game Jam 15 with zero knowledge, made a partially finished (non-playable) puzzle game - [[TJ's Game Dev Log - August 2024|August]] --- ### Prior knowledge My prior knowledge/skills that I think will come in handy: - 7 years of worldbuilding experience (plenty of ideas for settings & stories, plus existing content to build from) - I made a prototype of a card game called Gauntlet using a slideshow, I have feedback from 1 playtester that I haven't implemented yet because I let the game gather dust. - A love of games from childhood - 3 years of social media management - Digital marketing - Basic project management skills - how to Google stuff - mad Google Sheets skillz 😎 (complex formulas will help with logic expressions) - My only coding experience is with HTML & CSS - UI design - Awareness of dark patterns - Pixel art - Digital art - 12+ years of graphic design specialising in logos & icons - Started making fonts last year and I want to try making a pixel font next Things that might *not* come in handy and I need to keep in check: - Perfectionism - Shiny-new-toy syndrome Things I know pretty much nothing about: - git / version control - animation - making videos - streaming