The development of Earthlings is progressing well, but I'm not proud of my methods.

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I'm back with another update about the progress we made on our indie strategy game Earthlings. (yes, it has a new name) We are working hard to have our demo out for June's Steam Next Fest later this year. Besides the progress update, I talk about why I no longer glorify game development (which is actually a good thing).

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In this audio log, I unpack the latest milestones and missteps in developing our 2D side-scrolling strategy game. From refining core mechanics after the last playtest to the excitement of onboarding a composer, there’s plenty of progress to celebrate.

But it’s not all good news. I talk candidly about hitting a creative wall, grappling with the game’s bigger-picture direction, and lack of publisher interest. It’s a raw look at what it’s like to keep going when your energy’s running low, and the finish line feels further away than ever.

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4 weeks ago we had the second round of playtests for Strange Desert and it went pretty well. In this episode, I share what feedback we got and what we will do with it.

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Happy to announce that we are getting ready for our next playtests as during the last 2 months we added a LOT to our game and it is pretty fun to play now. Time to get slapped in the face by some bloodthirsty playtesters. We need some feedback to understand if we are on the right track.

In this episode I cover all we worked on during the last 3-4 weeks.

In this new episode I talk about why we missed our October 7th (internal) deadline, what new stuff we added to the game and why, and what emotional hiccups may arise due to all of this.

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In this episode, I talk about letting some fundamental ideas and mechanics go to make the overall gameplay better. The stand-up will cover the following:

Last 2 weeks progress:

• Short pitch for the game
• Changing the core gameplay loop
• New character type and tools
• Background polishing
• USER INTERFACE OMG

Next steps:

• Building facelift
• New objectives
• Onboarding screen
• Key art

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The best season of the year is here so tune in for an autumn morning gam dev stand-up session for Strange Desert.

Last week’s progress:

• Make our current build pretty (and it’s not easy)
• Redo animations (as we broke them… sigh…)
• Improve most of our assets (buildings, resource areas, character sprites)
• Distant background facelift
• Continue work on level generator and biome connections
• Set deadline for internal demo

Next steps:

• Trailer ground work
• Continue work on buildings and building states
• UI
• Continue level generator and biome connections

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As we continue to develop our game Strange Desert, we’re excited to share our progress through weekly recorded stand-up meetings, which we'll be releasing as a podcast. This idea was inspired by the developers of Thimbleweed Park, who did something similar during their development process.

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In this new episode I decided to give a long answer to a short question I often get nowadays: How and why you changed to game dev?

I will talk about childhood, school, work, art on the side, funding, making the jump, doubts, influences, and the importance of a supportive family and friends. Now I “just“ need to prove that this will not end up in flames haha.

In the episode, I mention a few podcasts and books that helped me and you may want to take a look at:

• Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals link
• Ego is the Enemy link
• The Unscheduled CEO podcast link
• Naval Ravikant link
• Thomas Brush link

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