i really wanted to work on things between now and June, but i seriously burnt myself out these last three months and need time to recover. i'm sorry if you were looking forward to something new before then.
Starting in April because I'm posting this in April April: No Games May: No Games June: 1 Month-Long Game July: 2 Week-Long Games August: 1 Week-Long Game September: 1 Month-Long Game October: No Games November/December: 1 Two-Month-Long Game
my updated game development schedule for 2026
any time highlighted in blue is when i'll be making games this year.
alright, i've been thinking lots about my schedule for 1GAW this year and i wanna make some changes to it to avoid burnout and let me focus on other things too.
i just realized i can write devlogs and blog posts and post-mortems about my games on itch. i can finally talk about the things i've been learning without bluesky's character limit forcing me to keep it short.
i think the two biggest things i learned working on this are 1) what goes into making platformers, and 2) that i really wanna focus on improving my art. i know the artstyle i want for Ares, but i need to take the time to actually develop it more.
The game is out!
port-55.itch.io/bom-corp
THE STORE PAGE IS DONE
The art's nothing too special, but here's some screenshots from it so far.
the 10th, friday. ^^;
i don't mean to delay it over and over, but it needs a bit more time to be finished. it's coming along great and i wanna make it the best it can be for you.
the game for last week is almost done, but it needs a bit of extra time. so i'm gonna upload it on tuesday the 7th instead.
new sona >:)
I did manage to get last week's game done btw, but I'm waiting for my friend to be able to write a song with it. The friend I collabed with needs more time, and I don't want to rush her.
It’s coming up on two months since I started these 1GAW projects! It means the world that I’ve had so many friends so interested in the games I’ve been making, and it’s been so much fun creating these little projects. Doing this through January was an amazing experience and I ended up getting 3 whole games done (2 of which were, surprisingly, actually good!). But going through February though, severe burnout set in and I was only able to finish one game that wasn’t as good. With my current schedule, each game becomes a mad scramble to get something to exist instead of making something and learning from it. No break, no time to process it, and no time to focus on other things. That’s not why I wanna make games this year. I’m working up to a really cool game idea I want you to actually be able to play, and making things just to make things isn’t gonna get me there. So if I’m gonna continue and see this through, I have to give myself more time between games.
Outside of game devving, I’d like to focus on lots of life I’ve been neglecting. I haven’t gotten to spend much time with my friends or even my partner lately. I’ve also been trying to take care of myself more and feel more confident in me. Even within game devving, I’m learning there’s other things I wanna focus on besides just making games. I wanna study art more and refine the style of my graphics. I’ve been developing really cool tools that help me dev that I haven’t gotten to tinker with lately, and I’d like to tinker with them. I wanna change my persona from being an eyeball to something else, preferably more cutesy and furry. I like the slightly gothic vibe of the eyeball, but overall it doesn’t feel like me at all. (Also how do I emote with it??)
Overall, the past two months have been amazing even with the burnout. The biggest things I’ve learned by far over in that time are the importance of time management and what actually goes into making a game start-to-finish. March starts my first 1GAM project, and I’m extra excited to show you what I’ve been learning. Thank you, dearly, to all the friends who’ve been interested in my games so far. Hopefully I can create even better things for you. >:)
What I've learned doing 2 months of 1GAW, and a slight change in plans
sorry for no game again this week. i overdid it and pushed myself *way* too hard, and i think i ended up working myself sick by accident. i'm gonna be a lot more careful next week. ;~;
for only $10, you can get 1,439 awesome games AND make a donation for getting ICE out of minnesota!!
itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...
This was my first 1GAW project of the year, but I delayed it while a friend needed more time to help me with the music. She did amazing on it. <3
It's finally out. ( : ౦ ‸ ౦ : )
port-55.itch.io/airian
this is literally all i was able to create. you can't even move anything. ;~;
blegh, not feeling well enough to make a game this week. tried my best but i wasn't even able to get a prototype up and running-
eyeball with cat ears
cat ears
this was so much fun to make. it was honestly one of my favorite projects.
this week, i made a game where you can write your own music.
( : ౦ ‸ ౦ : )
port-55.itch.io/otamatones
I'm gonna be doing 1GAW/1GAM/1G2M projects for a year straight!! At the end of the year, I'm hoping to get good enough to develop a pretty big game idea! >:)
Never talked about my 2026 plan here, whoopsies~
I didn't have as much time as I thought this week, and the time I DID have I didn't manage the best. So this came out a bit underwhelming and definitely isn't my best work.
( : ౦﹏౦ ; )
That being said, I still got something to exist. So I'm really proud I made this!
NEW GAME NEW GAME!!! Test your burger-making skills and see if you can stack the ultimate burger!!!!
port-55.itch.io/burger-stack
One slime is afraid of another goopier slime hanging off the ceiling.
