Works on building main island on map and scripting correct properties. This took a while because I had to watch some tutorials on YouTube to finally understand the basics in map building on Roblox Studios. I also added some more constraints to the game (dying when touching water, can only fish when within 3 block radius of water, etc).
Starting creating the core features of the game. Did some very basic outlining of the map, but mainly focussing on scripting. It took a frustratingly long time to hook up hackatime to Roblox studios lol, but luckily since I am already familiar with python, Luau was pretty easy to pick up. Right now I have an inventory, money counter, and tycoon tab with some working functions. Not much right now but I hope to make a really good game by the end.
Devlog #4 - The shop page got a full update this week. I added a retro joystick color selector and a popup image feature so customers can actually see what they’re buying up close. Sounds simple, but this took way longer than expected as the popup image kept rendering as static, and I spent a good chunk of time fixing sizing issues before finally getting it to fit. On the backend side, I got Stripe out of sandbox mode and connected the real API key to hook a prebuilt checkout form after ordering, so payments are now fully live and secure. Two features that look small on the surface but had a lot of errors.
Devlog #3 - As promised, I have now rebuilt the success page from scratch to match the theme. It now has the same floating amber particle background from the hero, a cool ring animation around the confirmation emoji, gradient text, and an order status tracker showing exactly where the customer is in the fulfillment process. The whole card animates in with Framer Motion on load.
The hardest part was getting the particle canvas to sit behind the glassmorphism card without z-index fighting everything else. Took a few attempts but backdrop-filter: blur(20px) on the card with the canvas absolutely positioned behind it ended up being the cleanest solution.
Devlog #2- Just finished wiring up the automatic confirmation emails through Resend’s API. After every purchase, the customer gets a branded email from [email protected] with their order details. First test email went straight to junk (new domain so expected) but the code worked after several minor issues.
Devlog #1 — Added success confirmation page!
Got the full checkout flow working end to end today. When a customer completes their purchase on Stripe, they now get redirected to a custom success page instead of a blank screen.
The tricky part was getting the session ID from the URL after Stripe redirects back — Next.js 15 requires useSearchParams() to be wrapped in a Suspense boundary or the whole build fails. Took me a bit to figure out why Vercel kept rejecting the deployment, but two characters fixed it.
