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.

DAY // 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.

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Introduction

Design is a full life.

01

CAREER

Do good work during the day. Leave the workday where it belongs.

02

FAMILY

Protect the people and rituals that make the rest worthwhile.

03

GAME DEV

Choose a small, honest next step and let that be enough.