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First build on an iphone

I thought I’d be a bit of a planning Polly this morning and set myself a few goals, one of which was a bit of a chore. I finally got a fully-functional build of Beta on an iPhone.

And let me tell you.

Apple does not make it easy.

It’s bad enough that I’m sure–100% proof positive–that the steps involved in simply setting up Xcode have dissuaded countless would-be developers from even bothering to interact with the platform.

That won’t detract from this monumentous achievement!

I’ve only ever gotten a test-version of an app up and running on my iPhone a handful of times, and each time it has been an absolute nightmare.

So, I’m counting this as a win.

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Macro vs. micro

The code for Beta is getting to a point of significant enough complexity that I’m having trouble keeping everything organized. The problem over the last day or two has been that I keep testing out different art styles and types of animation. A few of the mobs I’ve created–Mowl is a good example–have what I […]

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Meet Gregor

Since the game I’m building is primarily a trivia game, it was always going to be the case that the first mobs I build were going to be biased toward stuff I like. Meet Gregor. He’s in a bit of a predicament. He woke up as a bug, AND NOBODY WILL TELL HIM ANYTHING ABOUT […]

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Git good or git gone

I finally set up a repository on github for the game. I am HORRIBLE about that and always have been. Now, though, I’ve got Claude automatically pushing changes to the cloud. I’ve never had a catastrophic loss like you read about that would necessitate a git repository, but the whole idea is to have it […]

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Much TODO about nothing

I had a general TODO list for this game, which was basically a list of features and creatures I’d like implement. Really nothing more than a repository for ideas. In my notes app. (“What if there were a mob named King Stephen, who dressed like a king and asked questions about Stanley Kubrick movies?”) After […]

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Jerson Verhers

As mobs get higher-level, their questions will increase in difficulty, and there will be special Boss-level mobs that specialize in one area of trivia. Jerson Verhers, here, can often be found roaming the woods by the lake. Jerson loves horror movies, but everyone gives him shit about it. Probably because he carries a spatula rather […]

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