A pomodoro is a 25-minute block of focused work. I promised to do at least 10 per week when the first funding goal was reached.
My target was 10 pomodoros this week, but I was only able to do 7. Apologies: the reason is that on...
2018-06-03 21:10:34 +0000 UTC View Post
A pomodoro is a 25-minute block of focused work. I promised to do at least 10 per week when the first funding goal was reached.
Pomodoro I
A pomodoro is a 25-minute block of focused work. I promised to do at least 10 per week when the first funding goal was reached.
Pomodoros I-IV
A pomodoro is a 25-minute block of focused work. I promised to do at least 10 per week when the first funding goal was reached.
This week I worked hard on the game, but didn't do much writing, coding or artwork myself. In a way...
2018-05-27 22:12:51 +0000 UTC View Post
As well as building up the team by bringing aboard Victoria and The Scribbler, I’ve been thinking of changes we can make to our working processes that would enable us to get content out faster.
In the early days ...
2018-05-25 16:03:59 +0000 UTC View Post
A pomodoro is a 25-minute block of focused work. I promised to do at least 10 per week when the first funding goal was reached.
I normally post these on Sunday, but I forgot – sorry!
WEEKLY TARGET: ...
2018-05-22 10:34:42 +0000 UTC View Post
I promised a few weeks ago to have a serious think about how to speed up delivery of content.
What I wanted to do with your money
Keep it all for myself. Live on it ...
2018-05-17 09:19:26 +0000 UTC View Post
So far, Female Agent has been heavily scripted. You pass from one scene to the next in a predetermined order (e.g. you can’t visit Oceana before you visit Corinthian).
In Bangkok we want the player experience to move from contr...
2018-05-17 09:16:09 +0000 UTC View Post
We’re planning to introduce a set of new gameplay mechanics in Bangkok. Here's a quick update.
Money
The agent needs money to live, to do certain activities, and to buy stuff. She will earn money from...
2018-05-17 09:05:35 +0000 UTC View Post
I was sure that you guys would vote for selectable facial features, so I was surprised by the outcome of this vote.
In fact, you could say I was ass-tonished! Ho ho.
After weighting, the avatar back view won by a handy m...
2018-05-14 21:45:11 +0000 UTC View Post
A pomodoro is a 25-minute block of focused work. I promised to do at least 10 per week when the first funding goal was reached.
Pomodoros I-II
A pomodoro is a 25-minute block of focused work. I promised to do at least 10 per week when the first funding goal was reached.
(Dev soundtrack: Baroness, "Blue Record")
WEEKLY TARGET: 10 pomodoros
We're trying to introduce more dialogue and decision choices, so your agents have more ways to interact with people and situations.
Writing these involves anticipating the kind of Agent you'll enjoy playing, so you can help us by telling us about t...
2018-05-11 17:56:47 +0000 UTC View PostSnap poll warning! This poll will end Monday at 1800 BST.
Our illustrator Victoria is ready to do some more work for the game. What would you like her to draw next?
How this works: everybody gets...
2018-05-11 15:36:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Coding Victoria's new avatar artwork into the game has required a bit of faffing around in Illustrator and with the game code so far, but good progress is being made now.
As part of testing, I just generated the same agent in both the public versio...
2018-05-08 20:15:55 +0000 UTC View Post
A pomodoro is a 25-minute block of focused work. I promised to do at least 10 per week when the first funding goal was reached.
(Dev soundtrack: Smashing Pumpkins, "Monuments to an Elegy")
WEEKLY TARGET: 1...
2018-05-06 22:07:40 +0000 UTC View Post
A pomodoro is a 25-minute block of focused work. I promised to do at least 10 per week when the first funding goal was reached.
Pomodoros I-IV
A pomodoro is a 25-minute block of focused work. I promised to do at least 10 per week when the first funding goal was reached.
Pomodoros I-IV
A pomodoro is a 25-minute block of focused work. I promised to do at least 10 per week when the first funding goal was reached.
(Dev soundtrack: Soundgarden, "Down On the Upside")
WEEKLY TARGET: 10 pomodor...
2018-04-29 20:45:00 +0000 UTC View Post
A pomodoro is a 25-minute block of focused work. I promised to do at least 10 per week when the first funding goal was reached.
TGIF! Mine's a Bloody Mary.
Pomodoros I-IV
With the big uplift in Patreonage last month I was able to hire an actual illustrator, the lovely Victoria.
Her illustration skills are way better than mine, but her style isn't radically different, so I was delighted when she agre...
2018-04-27 12:21:25 +0000 UTC View Post
A pomodoro is a 25-minute block of focused work. I promised to do at least 10 per week when the first funding goal was reached.
My real work has been annoying this last couple of days, but I managed to get in a solid block of w...
2018-04-26 21:44:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Weekly pomodoro report
A pomodoro is a 25-minute block of focused work. I promised to do at least 10 per week when the first funding goal was reached.
TODAY (Dev soundtrack: The Mars ...
2018-04-22 22:50:22 +0000 UTC View Post
A pomodoro is a 25-minute block of focused work. I promised to do at least 10 per week when the first funding goal was reached.
Random encounters are planned to be a major part of the game in Bangkok, so I spent some time creat...
2018-04-18 20:14:30 +0000 UTC View Post
A pomodoro is a 25-minute block of focused work. I promised to do at least 10 per week when the first funding goal was reached.
I managed to squeeze in some game dev pomodoros instead of preparing for a long client call, and I ...
2018-04-16 22:40:49 +0000 UTC View Post
A pomodoro is a 25-minute block of focused work. I promised to do at least 10 per week when the first funding goal was reached.
TODAY (Dev soundtrack: Stevie Nicks)
Pomodoros I-IV 2018-04-15 22:18:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Goblin steve asked a simple, but powerful, question: “Roughly, how often do you intend to put out an update?” The frustrating answer is, quicker than I can put them out.
The follow up question t...
2018-04-12 09:54:57 +0000 UTC View Post
A pomodoro is a 25-minute block of focused work. I promised to do at least 10 per week when the first funding goal was reached.
Pomodoro I
Today we built some code that can trigger unique encounters when you're hanging out in the nightclubs. The test encounter that we built is really simple (the club photographer at Corinthian can ask to take a photo of you for their website), but...
2018-04-10 21:32:32 +0000 UTC View Post
A pomodoro is a 25-minute block of focused work. I promised to do at least 10 per week when the first funding goal was reached.
Pomodoros I-V