CAREER
Do good work during the day. Leave the workday where it belongs.
Ares Softworks
Dev Log // Career. Family. Game Dev.
Thoughts, experiments, and lessons from building small games, apps, and a life with limited time. I spend my days as a Product Manager in healthcare and my evenings building video games (plus the occasional app), collecting ideas and figuring things out as I go.
Latest notesDAY // 071
BUILT ONE ANIMATION
The idle feels less awkward now.DAY // 089
RESEARCHED OBJECT POOL
Should give me some extra frames on mobile.DAY // 117
ADDED FOOTSTEP AUDIO
Everything suddenly felt heavier.DAY // 161
REPLACED PLACEHOLDER ART
It's starting to look like a game.DAY // 263
PLAYED FOR 15 MINUTES
Documented three bugs on my issue log.Change log
View all entriesDesign is a full life.
FAMILY
Protect the people and rituals that make the rest worthwhile.
GAME DEV
Choose a small, honest next step and let that be enough.