Heart Gamedev Podcast

In this episode I talk about my progress this week with WASarD. I had a pretty bad day on Tuesday and decided I wasn't going to let that day carry over into the rest of the week. I'm happy to report that Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday went much better.

I also talk briefly about a new book idea I'm working on. The working title is "How to Make Time for your Indie Game (without quitting your day job)." The premise of the book is a list of "time finding motivators" or things you can do that will motivate you to make time for your game.

Wishlist WASarD on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1151870/WASarD/

P.S. WOW! 50 episodes already. Thanks for all the support!

In this episode I talk about the things I learned while watching playtesters try the new WASarD Build and where I'm planning to take the project from here.

Wishlist WASarD on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1151870/WASarD/

In this episode I talk about how the "size" of a game can mean different things to developers than it does to players.

I also talk about the biggest thing I would change for my next project (thought it might be premature to talk about that since WASarD is only just about to enter production haha)

Wishlist WASarD on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1151870/WASarD/

In this episode I confess to not making much progress on WASarD over the last couple of days.

I also talk about why I think that is and how I might better balance my discipline, motivation, habits, and momentum to make better progress in the future.

Wishlist WASarD on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1151870/WASarD/

In this episode I talk about publishing my demo on Steam and consider the implications of when to publish it based on a recent video by Shaun Spalding.

Video by Shaun Spalding: https://youtu.be/OV0s442AbMQ?si=o9M8YfgFlpXEHb_m

Wishlist WASarD on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1151870/WASarD/

In this episode I give a quick update on WASarD, my health, my plans for the new year, and leaving twitter.

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In this episode I talk about implementing the new stats object, the problems that have come from that, and the fun I'm having creating damage and fire rate calculating functions.

Wishlist WASarD on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1151870/WASarD/

In this episode I talk about the progress I made this week, my worry that I haven't prototyped quite enough to justify implementing some new features, and my new fixation on the idea of stress and recovery.

Wishlist WASarD on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1151870/WASarD/

In this episode I talk about rebuilding momentum after taking a month off of WASarD. I also talk about my plans moving forward in December.

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In this episode I talk about my current work situation, how I feel about part time gamedev, and my progress with WASarD.

P.S. I forgot to mention this in the episode, but I did release a new demo of the game on itch. You can check it out here: https://uheartbeast.itch.io/wasard

Wishlist WASarD on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1151870/WASarD/