Set up the search bar, weather app, and panorama background

I originally wanted to make a new tab page about John D. Rockefeller, but I decided to switch to it being Mars-themed because I would be more able to incorporate API features.
I used NASA’s Insight API to retrieve some basic Mars Weather data and display it to the screen. This is my first time doing this, but I was able to figure it out pretty easily.
I got the background image from a panorama taken by a Mars rover. I really liked the color scheme, so I decided to stylize all the UI based on it.

Set up the Godot project and made a basic mockup of what the UI should look like

I’m making a game about life in the 1920s and the difficulty of balancing money, family, and other relationships. I wanted the main play area to be divided into three different tabs, and you had to manage all three of them.

Right now, the UI looks really boring and feels unresponsive. But it’s important that I create an outline of how the game’s space is used before I polish it so I can get an idea of where the mechanics will fit on screen.

Final touches on the README, itch.io page, player movement, and sound effects

I finished the GitHub readme file and added a short gameplay gif to attract the reader’s attention. I drew a stylized button link to make the “Try It” link pop.
I made a background image for the itch.io page and wrote a description.
I added some game juice by adding coyote time, which allows the player to jump even after they’ve fallen a little bit off a ledge. I also added squash and stretch to make the game feel more bouncy.
Finally, I made some 8-bit sound effects using JSFXR. They’re really simple as of now, but I think they’re enough for the kind of game I’m going for.
This will probably be the last devlog before I ship!

Created a third minigame, death screen, and a speedrun timer

The third level is biology themed, and you have to click on all the living organisms. I used a Godot TextureButton for each item, and the incorrect answers make you restart the level.

I also implemented a lose screen, which is one of the final requirements for the mission, so I’m getting pretty close to the end.

Finally, I made a system to track your fastest time to complete all three minigames.

I think I might be shipping soon!

Made a win screen, and made the UI look better

I drew a simple win screen that looks like a diploma, and the red circle at the bottom is a button which takes you to the menu.
I drew more of the UI myself, and I think it looks better than using Godot’s Labels.
For the minigame timer though, it really was easier to just use a Label here because I didn’t feel like setting up a custom pixel art font just to display some numbers.
I added the Quit button to the main menu, and made the Play button green.
Now, the main thing I have left is making a death screen, and probably one more minigame.

Created the second level - PreAlgebra

My second level involves solving a simple equation. There are four multiple choice options, which I made using TextureButtons in Godot. I plan to refine the visuals later.

Currently, the win condition doesn’t look like it isn’t working, but that’s only because there I haven’t yet made the next level.

Made a prototype of the first level

Since my game is school themed, I made the first level a history lesson. You play as George Washington in a tiny platformer level and you get to the magically floating declaration of independence.

The artwork doesn’t look great right now, and there isn’t a lose condition yet.

I did a couple things differently from the tutorial: I used a TileMapLayer instead of StaticBodies for each platform, and a rectangular collision shape for the player instead of the circular one for better feeling movement.

Set up the Godot project, made a menu screen, and healthbar display

I’m starting a new project on the mission “Make a WarioWare Game”, and my game is school themed.
I finished setting up Godot, GitHub, and WakaTime.

I made a health indicator which will pop up each time you die. The notebooks represent how many lives you have lost, and the timer at the bottom shows how long the message will stay up for.

Right now, my menu screen is super simple, and I haven’t drawn a quit button yet so it’s not really usable. But I plan on continuing with the NES color palette!

Set up my first Slack bot and added three basic commands

ObeBot can now run three commands:

1. Respond to a ping
2. Send a message to the future
3. Display a list of available commands

So far, this has been pretty easy. I’m not planning on doing any super complex commands, so I’ll probably finish this project soon.

Added a space-themed parallaxing background and a todo list app

Making the background was a little bit tricky. I originally made the shader for a different project, SuperOrbital. I used Godot’s movie maker to render the three different parallax layers to images, then I used css to make the images repeat and slide at different speeds.

The todo list was really quite easy to make, it’s just a list of checkboxes and text input fields.

Added a new window which tells you about SuperOrbital

It took me a while to get the scrolling working on the windows, but I have now successfully added a second functional application which can show you one of my other projects.
SuperOrbital is a game I made in Godot for stardance, and it’s basically the theme of this WebOS.

Added an app that lets you check out SuperOrbital (another game I made)

The scrollbar is acting weird, and the text overflows, but I couldn’t figure out how to fix it.

I set up the basic desktop interface (mostly just following the WebOS tutorial at this stage)

I just got started on GravOS, a web OS about a fictional robot assistant named Grav. Grav is a character in SuperOrbital, which is another one of my stardance projects.

Here, I made a simple background and a window that can open and close. I used the WebOS tutorial to learn how to use HTML and CSS, and I found it very helpful.

Finished Up the GitHub Readme, Game Trailer, and Itch.io page!

I did all the last remaining steps to finishing the game before shipping. I made a trailer of about 1 minute, and wrote a section of the GitHub Readme about the making of SuperOrbital. I’m going to ship now!

FINALLY fixed an annoying physics bug, improved the intro cutscene, and made the black holes look better

I’m very happy to say that the dash/platform bug I was experiencing previously has now been solved. The player used to clip out of bounds if you dashed into a moving platform, but now, the player will get teleported back to where they were before.
I also did some work on the intro cutscene, and while it isn’t yet finalized, I think it looks much better.
Also, I made the center of the black hole a perfect circle now.