Oh my God, your vinyl collection is incredible. I’ve been dreaming of something like this for a long time. Which recording of the St. Matthew Passion is your go-to?

Matthäus-Passion BWV 244 · Oratorium in 2 Teilen (1989 Remastered Version), 2.Teil: Nr. 47 Arie: Erbarme Dich, Mein Gott (Alt - Solo-Violine & Orchester I) by Consortium Musicum, Teresa Zylis-Gara, Su... Song · 1969 · Duration 7:32

This time I want to share a piece I’ve been listening to for over 10 years. This week, it revealed new colors to me — a composition by Bach from the album Bach: St. Matthew Passion: music.apple.com/in/album/mat...

I celebrated it quite modestly, but got a good rest. I walked all over the city and went through my entire music library. Still, the rest felt somewhat strained—as if I were trying to make up for all the days I had gone without days off.

Today, as usual, it’s time for #SaturdayDevlog. But this week I don’t have much to show—just two completed locations—because on April 1st I celebrated my 30th birthday.

Dead Man (Music from and Inspired By the Motion Picture) by Neil Young on Apple Music Album · 1996 · 13 Songs

And as tradition goes, I want to share the album that stayed with me this week — the soundtrack to Dead Man, a film by Jim Jarmusch, composed and performed by Neil Young. It’s perfect for working — it really helps me focus: music.apple.com/in/album/dea...

See you next week!

That said, it doesn’t take much time, and more importantly, it doesn’t create confusion or chaos in the codebase🔽

This week I created three more locations. I’ve noticed that the main difficulty in each one is the unique NPCs. Even if it’s just a few lines of code, each of them has its own quirk that forces me to create child classes. That probably means I didn’t design the base class well enough🔽

I thought I’d get tired of it by the second week, but I actually enjoy it. It’s a kind of written reflection🔽

It’s been over a month since I started a new series — #SaturdayDevlog — where I post every Saturday about the progress of my game🔽

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It’s a fascinating piece — something childlike and playful on the surface, but with a deeper, more mature awareness underneath. Many of you have probably heard this album, but I highly recommend diving back into this strange and beautiful ride.

See you next week!

Tangerine Dream by Kaleidoscope on Apple Music Album · 1967 · 11 Songs

This week I spent time with the remarkable album “Tangerine Dream” (1967) by Kaleidoscope🔽: music.apple.com/in/album/tan...

In the video, you can hear that volume changes are applied in real time right in the settings, so the player doesn’t have to leave the menu just to test the sound levels. What’s left is polishing the UI and adding sound effects for each interaction🔽

Hello, Saturday. And with it — our regular segment: #SaturdayDevlog

This week I’ve almost finished working on the pause menu. I added language switching, volume control, and screen mode settings🔽

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No, but it will cost like a cup and a half of coffee.

What struck me most was Alexey Khvostenko’s voice. It creates a very rare feeling of presence — as if he’s sitting with you in the kitchen, singing nearby.

See you next week!

Орландина by Khvost & Auktyon on Apple Music Song · 1992 · Duration 4:17

This time I also want to share a wonderful album I discovered by chance: music.apple.com/in/album/%D0...

On the days when I can fully focus on the game, I usually work five to eight hours. And interestingly, after about six hours of intense work, I start to feel that it’s time to stop — especially when two of those hours were spent fixing a strange bug🔽

On the other days I work in short bursts. I set a 25-minute timer, work, then switch to other tasks. By the end of the day this often adds up to two to four hours, which surprised me. Before I started tracking my time, I was convinced I worked no more than an hour🔽

In reality, I only have two or three full days a week when I can dedicate myself completely to working on the game🔽

And afterward you can’t even remember — or explain — how exactly you found it. I also discovered a fantastic tool: a time tracker, specifically Toggl Track. In simple terms, it’s just a timer. I use it to measure how much I actually work during the day, week, and month🔽

The process of creating something is an amazing thing. Very often a task feels like it’s falling apart in your hands, as if it has taken the upper hand. But after hours or days of careful searching, constant testing, and trying different approaches, the solution appears🔽

This week I finished four more locations and two complex NPCs. And with every feature I implement, I feel more and more confident. That old fear — that I’ll suddenly get stuck and won’t be able to solve a problem — is slowly disappearing🔽

Another Saturday, another entry in the #SaturdayDevlog🔽

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What’s funny is that I already knew what inheritance was and even how to use it. But apparently my brain doesn’t like easy paths.

Now, armed with this powerful tool, I hope to move much faster.

See you next week!

So I kept modifying that script every time I created a new NPC, adding little pieces of unique logic for each one. But when I started working on the sixth NPC, it suddenly hit me: inheritance exists for a reason. That realization divided my development life into “before” and “after”🔽

My main discovery this week was truly understanding the beauty of inheritance and polymorphism. At first, I wrote one big script hoping it would work for all NPCs. But I quickly realized that was a mistake — in my game almost every NPC has its own unique behavior🔽

This week wasn’t the easiest. I had to spend a lot of time taking my kid to hospitals, and a bunch of everyday tasks piled up. Still, I managed to fix a ton of bugs and can confidently say that the first chapter is now finished. It contains five locations🔽

Hello everyone! Another Saturday is at my doorstep, which means it’s time for a new #SaturdayDevlog 🔽

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Thank you very much! The release date will be announced closer to summer. Yes, I plan to make the game available on all major operating systems.

So I decided to switch to a vector font. It scales cleanly at any size and, honestly, fits my setting better.

Curious to hear your thoughts on using vector fonts in pixel art games.

See you next Saturday.