Clackwork Devlog #3

• Making progress in making the case for my clock
• Added 3D models for the keycaps so I could gauge the size for the cutout for the keys
• Screen mounting solution still needs to be figured out

Clackwork Devlog #3

• Reworked entire PCB, the ESP was supposed to be on top but I followed the tutorial a bit too literally.
• Switched from Autodesk Inventor to Fusion for CAD because it might not be a good idea to learn a whole new piece of software 7 days before the deadline.

Clackwork Devlog #2

• Finished all the silkscreen related art
• Made the GitHub repo for the project!
  https://github.com/j4y-boi/clackwork

Clackwork Devlog #1

• Finished making the PCB, the only thing that remains for the PCB is adding some silkscreen art, it’s extremely bland at the moment.

• Made a logo for this project in Figma! (Check the project banner).

• The basic idea for this project is going to be that the USB port on the back of the alarm clock can also be used as a USB HID device by toggling keyboard mode on the device. This’ll happen with a keybind. This is also kind of the reason why I built this thing with 8 switches lol

I’ll start work on CAD tomorrow.

(Edit: I should’ve researched this earlier, but the Seeed Studio XIAO ESP32-C3 can’t be flashed with a HID firmware like the Arduino Uno 🥀, I’ll have to choose between either using Bluetooth to get this working, or get a ESP32-S3)

Working on game mechanics, also found out that you can actually generate meshes with CSG 3D objects. I don’t even need to learn Blender for this project at this rate! (Though, it would be nice to learn)

The GUI looks pretty horrendous at the moment, but it’s still a WIP.

Changes:

• Added a dummy save file screen
• started work on a dialog system
• started work on first 3D level
• you can now skip the opening logo’s
• implemented save management system

Gameplay won’t be finished for a bit, I got a rough concept and storyline plotted out, but only time will tell how much will actually be implemented.

What did I do?

• I made an itch.io page:

https://j4y-boi.itch.io/pip-the-mouse-desktop-edition

• I made a trailer! (I had to compress the video to upload it here, it may have better quality on Youtube):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3zFl_8S51Q

What remains?

• Nothing, I’m shipping soon!

What did I do?

• Fixed a lot of physics related bugs (and probably also created a ton, but I don’t have the willpower to search for them)
• Pip turns a bit during dragging (such dramatic change)

What remains?

• The itch.io page

What did I do?

• Improve Stats/Settings menu further
• Fixed misc. bugs related to food physics
• Added smoke to the items that dissapear from the clear button

What remains?

• Fixing Pip’s physics bugs

What did I do?

• Added saving
• Updated Stats menu a bit
• Added clear button (not visible in screenshot)

What remains?

• Fixing collision detection when somethings on top of Pip
• Particles
• General QOL and UX improvements

What did I do?

• Fixed Pip being an immovable object
• Added play and feed features
• Added extra animations

What remains?

• Save files
• Clear screen button (to remove excess food and ball)

What did I do?

• GUI can now be enabled without game being active window
• Clickthrough

What remains?

• Pip actually eating the food and interacting with the ball
• Save files
• extra idle animations
• fixing pip being immovable object

What did I do?

• fixed some misc bugs related to dragging food around

What remains?

• Check last devlog

What did I do?

• First gameplay elements implemented
• art added
• GUI largely functional

What remains?

• Pip actually eating the food
• Play feature
• Save files
• Clickthrough (The game is currently running as a fullscreen application)

web demo is up and running, starting work on gameplay now

main menu work, also currently trying to get a demo up

Made a Godot project, also started making the main menu theme first for some reason